“He also says that The Truman Show had an impact on patients that other films did not, no matter how powerful they were. “I never heard people say, ’ The Godfather, that’s my life.’ “
While Dr. Gold says they could have easily called their new disorder the EDtv Delusion or the Matrix Delusion — both films that refer to an unreal existence— three of the five patients he treated at the storied mental health hospital directly likened their plight to The Truman Show, the 1998 film about Truman Burbank, an affable suburbanite who slowly becomes aware that his every movement is broadcast 24/7 to voyeuristic viewers around the world.
National Post wrote an article about you, the cheeky bastards. Give it a few years before the Number 23 Syndrome really takes hold.
via fimoculous
