PM@M Replay: The Truman Show

Revisit this Post-Mormon at the Movies "classic" as 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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