Definitions and The Truman Show Postmodernism

Definitions:
HyperRealism- This is when something is exaggerated in comparison to reality. This can be an artistic representation. This is also a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high resolution photograph and is an advancement of Photorealism.
Simulation- This is an imitation of a situation or a process or the act of pretending also known as deception. The simulation could be imitating an operation of a real world process or system, a Computer model of something is an example.
Simulacra/Simulacrum- This was first used in the 16th century to describe a representation, such as a statue or a painting especially of God but by the 19th century it had gathered a secondary association of inferiority for example an image without the qualities of the original. Arts like Photorealism, Pop Art and Italian Neo realism do this also things like caricature, Recreation, Iconography, Philosophy.
Simulacra is an image or representation of someone or something that could be unsatisfactory substitute or a slight unreal or superficial likeness.
Fake News- This is a type of journalism or propaganda that is deliberately sharing misinformation or hoaxes this can be spread through many of the media forms such as social media, broadcasting or traditional print.

5 Reasons why the Truman Show is Postmodern:
1. The setting is hyper real, it uses false images for the set like the clouds and sky.
2.Hyper-Realism: The protagonist Truman played by Jim Carrey starts to get the inability to tell the difference between what is real and what is not, everything he thinks is real is actually a lie. And brings the idea that whatever you perceive to be reality is reality.
3. There is a distrust in ideologies and the problematic relationship when it comes to ideas of art itself. Truman you could argue is a form of art in a hyper real art world seen as entertainment by its viewers suggesting we live not inside reality but inside our representations of it. This is a postmodern idea in the very concept of the film.
4. Truman's world is deconstructing and questions whether his life being commercialised is moral or not and this idea of things going too far. Deconstruction is classic of Postmodernism.
5. Follows Simulacra: The first stage is recognising an illusion and the second stage is the distinction between the image and representation breaking down and threatens to replace the real world. And the final stage is there is no longer a distinction between reality and its representation. For example Truman recognises this illusion stage of his life then is threatened with not being able to leave this place.