The Truman Show (1998) has been hailed as a prescient treatise on reality television - but it’s so much more than that.A milestone in the career of Jim Carrey, the film has a lot to say about capitalism, consumerism, and the culpability we all have in the broad systems of exploitation that define our age.Plus, there are quite a few laughs in there, too!The film stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, a man who grew up living an ordinary life that—unbeknownst to him—takes place on a large set populated by actors for a television show about him. Additional roles are performed by Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Ed Harris, Paul Giamatti. (via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show">Wikipedia</a>.)***If you can, please support the show on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/progressivepop">Patreon</a>! (https://www.patreon.com/join/progressivepop)You can find a <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/progressivepopepop">list of books</a> that informed this show at (https://bookshop.org/shop/progressivepopepop)

Man on the Moon (1999) - Andy Kaufman and the Absurdity of Anger

Progressive Pop takes a critical, irreverent look at the intersection of pop culture and politics. Each episode, we examine the implicit political, economic, and social values communicated through some popular piece of mass media.