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Freedom In The Truman Show

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In the 1950s, almost half of Americans owned televisions. The rise of this entertainment brought in new ways to entertain people. A creation from this new found entertainment was Reality Television shows. However, as popular as television was, there wasn't a spike of these shows until the 1990s. The increasing popularity creating a boom for Reality Tv. (Wikipedia, n.d.). Consequently, The Truman Show was released in 1998, examining the ethics of Reality Televisions shows. One section of Ethics explored is freedom. Freedom is essential to most culture, although some might define freedom differently than others. In America’s society, it has since 1776. Nonetheless, in the movie the creators take away the component of Freedom, which can be argued

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