003 - The Truman Show
Post-Mormon at the Movies
English - October 16, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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“We accept the reality of the world with which we’re presented.”
Nick and Dan discuss 1998's The Truman Show and its connections to the Post-Mormon experience.
Mentioned in this episode:
1. The Truman Show
2. Andrew Niccol and Peter Weir
3. The Twilight Zone inspiration
4. An essay discussing The Truman Show from the Association for Mormon Letters
5. The Screwtape Letters
6. The Allegory of the Cave
7. Gaslighting and cognitive dissonance
8. The Oatmeal's comic about cognitive dissonance and the backfire effect
9. Using fear to motivate/manipulate ("Perfect Love Casteth Out Fear")
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