Random media aside:

[theweaselking]

Watching The Truman Show, which is an excellent movie despite itself.

Was thinking that Truman would have been far easier to control had they added religion, screwing him up from a young age that God didn't WANT certain things to happen or he'd suffer.

But there's at least two major reasons not to do this.

#1: No matter which religion they picked to inflict on Truman, they'd alienate a big chunk of the audience. The "nonspecific American Christianity" they used would poll better, and make more money for the show.

#2: Under no circumstances could Christof[1] POSSIBLY allow any God before Him.

[1]: Ed Harris. And no, that name isn't meaningful. At all.

Comments

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

I've heard people say this was the film that proved Jim Carrey could act. To which I could only reply, "He played the role of JIM CARREY." And yet, an enormously watchable film.

Maybe you could introduce religion if it was, like, the British remake of the film. With Stephen Fry in the title role.

[iblis-kukl.livejournal.com]

[torrain.livejournal.com]

...I'll just be over here, having a yesssss, Stephen Fry... Would watch... moment.