Special Service story
A man finds that his life has been on TV for the past five years. Directed by: Randy Bradshaw. Story by: J. Michael Straczynski.
9 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| reality television in society | choice | We heard how people were bored with ordinary TV and obsessed with a reality TV channel featuring an unwitting John. |
| celebrity culture in society | major | We saw how people, women in particular, were obsessed with John and his life on TV. |
| celebrity worship | major | We saw how people, women in particular, were obsessed with John and his life on TV. |
| commercialism in society | major | John's life had been commoditized without his knowledge. |
| invasion of privacy | major | John opined that it must surely be unlawful to treat him as the TV company had done. They effectively live streamed his entire life to cable TV. |
| the desire for fame | major | In the end, John discovered that fame and money were, in fact, somewhat to his liking after all. |
| what if my life was secretly stage managed | major | John discovered that his life was, in fact, a stage managed TV show reality - and in the end he was left wondering whether perhaps it still was. |
| coping with an obsessive fan | minor | John was, not entirely to his dismay, beset upon by hoards of besotted young women. |
| husband and wife | minor | John discovered that his wife of several years was in fact a paid actress. |