In The Truman Show, the unwitting star of the same-titled show, Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), starts to get a clue that all isn’t as it seems in his idyllic island life after a series of malfunctions on set, but what if these “accidents” weren’t so accidental after all? The premise of one fan theory holds that a dedicated group of insiders purposely sabotages items on the set, intentionally setting Truman on the path to the truth: that his life isn’t his own, and he is unknowingly the center of a popular semi-reality television show and has been since birth. Truman had plenty of reasons to begin doubting “the nature of his reality,” as Westworld fans might say, but might a few dedicated undercover crew members have hastened this discovery? It’s a theory worth exploring.
In the film, Truman’s entire reality is constructed by Executive Producer Christof (Ed Harris) down to the casting of Truman’s parents at birth and, later, his best friend Marlon (Noah Emmerich) and even his wife Meryl (Laura Linney). When Truman starts to get curious or deviate from the showrunner’s plans for the show by wanting to travel off-island or pursue the wrong love interest, Christof discourages Truman from these ideas by instigating challenges for Truman. Christof artificially brews a storm at sea that kills off the character of Truman's father (Brian Delate), instilling in Truman an intense water phobia, and has the girl he’s interested in suddenly move away. For a long time, Truman, endearingly played by Carrey, has no idea that his life is being manipulated in this way.
Eventually, Truman starts to notice strange things happening in his quiet hometown. He runs into his supposedly dead father dressed as a homeless man before the man is pushed onto a bus by the show’s crew members. Another time, a man parachutes onto the island, having infiltrated the set as part of the Free Truman movement taking place in the "real world" external to the show. From there, a string of seemingly random, unusual occurrences seem to spiral, accumulating to the point that even Truman, resident of this incredibly carefully curated world, can't ignore it. Much like Wanda in the MCU's WandaVision, Truman can draw only one conclusion: his world isn’t real. This is where the fan theory (via Reddit) comes into play. Those unusual occurrences are no coincidence or bad luck on the part of the showrunners but are a carefully orchestrated series of events designed by undercover crew members to help Truman finally escape the island.
The fan theory cites a number of the suspicious happenings that support this conclusion; an insider could have loosened the bolts to the set light that seemingly falls from the sky near Truman. Truman changing the radio station and accidentally tuning into a crew member describing his every move could have been an inside man or woman switching the channel frequency to allow Truman to pick it up on his car radio — all part of the Free Truman movement. If this sounds familiar, there's a reason — Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds and out in theaters now – follows a similar plot. Even the police officer that greets Truman by name despite never having met him before could have been in on the plot, dropping Truman’s name intentionally to give him another clue.
There are definitely other elements within the premise of The Truman Show that lend credence to this theory. The show carefully crafts and shapes every single element in Truman’s world, down to the water-based destination travel brochures he sees while waiting for the travel agent and the sign on the way out of town that reads, “Are you sure it’s a good idea?” It is hard to believe that a show that puts that much planning and hard work into every detail would have so much gone wrong in one day without someone on the inside helping to make it happen.
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