What Happens Later - Tumblr Posts

Thoughts on what happens after the Truman Show

He changes his name as soon as he knows that people can change names. Anything to distance himself from the show

At first, reporters and psychologists swarm him at every opportunity but he won't respond. He won't say anything to them. Until years and years later when he tells everyone what it was really like.

He's constantly surprised by things. How small and distant the moon looks. The strange nonchalance of an unscripted conversation. Food from different cultures. How the weather changes gradually instead of just switching on and off.

When he first saw CCTV cameras everywhere, he started to think it was all an elaborate trick until it was explained to him what they were actually for. Even so... sometimes he wonders.

Everyone knows his name which is extremely jarring

He lives with Sylvia and she tries to help integrate him into the real world. It's a difficult journey, but eventually he makes it.

He's astounded by the sheer depth of freedom he has. He can walk down that path he hasn't been down before. He can travel wherever he wants. The whole world is at his fingertips.

He becomes an explorer and tries his best to reach every part of the world. He's still scared of open water, but there's something about the sailing that comforts him, in a way. There's so much open, free space

Truman doesn't watch TV. He tried but it resulted in a very bad panic attack

Panic attacks are not that uncommon

Sometimes he has to check if the people he's talking to have earpieces or not just to reassure himself

He finally gets to go to Fiji!