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    He would go to jail, it would make the logistics of the program much easier.

    I am actually now surprised they did not push for something like that to save money.

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      Viewership would probably drop, and the product placement embedded in the show that funded the whole program would be difficult to do in jail.

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        Jumping the shark and downsizing the operation is more realistic.

        The movie was before the realityshow boom, the least realistic part is everybody being hooked up in a such static show. They would have tried different things to keep the ratings, actually him being a molester would have given a hike to the ratings, maybe also offering him to join a gang in jail, or giving him missions to kill other people.

        Product placement is the least of my worries, give me any product I will shoehorn it in a jail environment.

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        If the modern Internet has taught me anything, anything can be sponsored and embedded.

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          The Truman Show didn’t have commercial breaks or ad reads. People in his environment may speak highly of a product (sometimes to a suspicious degree), but they only spoke to people inside the simulation. The products had to naturally fit into his environment.

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            Just like this new double headed toilet brush, the Goug-O-Matic Pro 3000 Plus fits naturally into the male urethra. Look how naturally it slides in and latches on, allowing for one to relieve one’s bladder and clean around the house!

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              “Trueman’s jail is a converted fsctory, we can put ads on the wall from when it was a factory.”

              – Truman Show Producers

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    I feel the actual answer is the show would have simply made sure no children were ever anywhere near Truman. They controlled every aspect of his life, after all.

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        “Say what you like about Christof, at least he didn’t molest Truman as a kid, leading to him becoming a sexual oredator himself.”

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          I know it was typo, but the mental image of a sexual orator pleased me greatly, “Four score and, how You doin’?!”

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            Imagine if he was a sexual orabator all lookin in the mirror like oh yeah you like that beard don’t you oh what you want I should take off this hat General Lee mmm (strokes beard) call me Mr President then well talk meet u at appopatjx nnngh

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      The craziest thing is that it’s not based on a book. Ths cultural capital of the 90s absolutely baffles me - so many profound but original movies! For a good 7-10 years, Hollywood wasn’t Hollywood’ing

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          Yes a sequel would be such a crap idea, but I would love to see the concept explored more in depth. A good ol’ TV series would have worked, or a book

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        The level of risk Hollywood is willing to take on today is very low due to streaming. There is more competition for people’s attention and money.

        They would rather take an IP that they know is popular than to take a risk on something unknown.