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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I literally choked reading this. S tier content sir/ma'am

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What I'm saying is that the show would have evolved to do more ads.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

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

-- Truman Show Producers

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2 points 1 month ago

He's also been raised to perceive the world as Christof (Christophe? Kristof? Ed Harris' character) designed it. So ubiquitous product placement would not have felt strange to him, or even people overly talking about a product, because he'd have nothing to compare this behavior to. Not until he began to suspect things, which is when he confronts his wife ("who the hell are you talking to?")