"If I don't see you again, I wish you a good morning, afternoon and evening." This sentence is not very familiar, often seen in the signatures of friends, mottos and circles of friends, it is from the movie "Truman's World".
Truman's World is an American film released in 1998 and starring Kim Carey. Have you ever seen this movie? Do you remember the connotation of this movie? Xiaobian came to talk to you today about this film that was nominated for the 71st Academy Awards For Original Screenplay, and the lead actor won the Best Actor Award at the 56th Golden Globe Awards for this film.
In this film, Truman lives in front of the camera for a full thirty years. His neighbors, friends, and even parents are actors, and everything around him is false, and it can be said that Truman's life is a show.
The "Seaview Island" where he lived was actually a huge studio, his every move was captured by hidden cameras, his birth was watched by 1.7 billion people, 220 countries watched him learn to walk, and his whole life was watched by people, only he himself did not know.
Truman lives on this island every day, like all normal people, he is optimistic, has a sincere heart of kindness and enthusiasm, his life is so simple and beautiful, if all this is really good. Every day, Truman will warmly greet his neighbors with "If I don't see you again, I wish you a good morning, afternoon and evening", and his heart still has some of the childhood dreams, still has not forgotten the original intention, still has not lost himself - like Magellan to explore the world.
When he learned the truth of the matter with the help of the "father who came back from the dead", he did not give up, did not collapse, but overcame his fear of the sea and bravely faced the unknown future. Truman traveled alone by boat, escaped from this sea-view island, escaped from this forbidden island!
Whether in a ridiculous situation or at the crossroads of life, Truman has never given up passively, lost and degenerated, or lost himself in the stable status quo. He bravely made a choice, broke a gap in the cage of confinement, and won a different life for himself!
If the world were absurd, would you have the courage to face it all? Xiaobian is a little ashamed of himself, maybe not truman's firmness and bravery... How will people choose?
If you are also confused and wandering now, then please believe that no one can control the lives of others, and the person who finally changes their lives will always be ourselves!
As a self-media person, look at it from another perspective. Why did Truman have such an encounter? Is it himself? Apparently not, it was driven by a sick desire of people in the vector society of the time. People are tired of watching drama, tired of actors, they want to see life records, they want to see a person's real life. Think about it carefully, is it a bit like the current reality show, many variety shows now, but the "Truman Show" in "Truman's World" is more extreme! In fact, everything that happened in this show is not false, but controlled by people, which has to be thought-provoking. Are we now in an era of "entertainment to the death"?
The Internet is a double-edged sword, have you used this sword well? And self-media, have you built this sword, and on which side are you working hard?
Although the power of the media is powerful, what should be considered in the entertainment era is: how to rationally use this power to truly serve the society!