Therapist Reacts to THE TRUMAN SHOW

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Jono: If you're the victim of gaslighting and manipulation, it's all about control.

Mother: You're just feeling bad because of what happened.

Truman: It was dad, I swear.

Jono: How can we keep you in this lane, thinking this way, doing this one thing.

Christof: There's no more truth out there than there is in the world I created for you.

Jono: Everyone in this town is an actor who's in on lying to Truman about his reality.

Meryl: You're upset because you want to go to Fiji, is that it?

Christof: But in my world, you have nothing to fear.

Jono: When you start doing the unpredictable,

that's when people's veneers start to fall

and you start to see how are people really.

Truman: Let's go now.

Drive.

Meryl: Truman!

Jono: And breaking free of it takes Herculean effort.

Truman: Maybe I'm being set up for something.

Do you ever think about that, Marlon?

Like your whole life has been building towards something.

Jono: It also takes the ability to trust in yourself enough

to say, I'm gonna listen to my own gut.

Christof: I know you better than you know yourself.

Truman: In case I don't see you...

Good afternoon, good evening, and good night.

Alan: I don't want to spend a ton of time on this,

but logistically, this movie makes no sense.

And you know what? It doesn't matter.

Jono: And why doesn't it matter?

Alan: Hello, and welcome to Cinema Therapy.

I'm Alan Seawright, a professional filmmaker who needs therapy. I'm joined by...

Jono: Jonathan Decker, licensed therapist who loves movies.

What are we doing today?

Alan: I think we're going to take a look at the reality of our lives

as projected on everyone's televisions 24 hours a day.

Announcer: It's The Truman Show.

Alan: It's the Truman show. That actually just sounds like real life now.

Jono: Yeah, I know.

Alan: It's awful.