what if my life was secretly stage managed theme
We imagine what it would be like to find out that we have not been shaping our own life as we thought, but that it had been minutely stage managed by others.
Examples
In "The Truman Show" (1998), Truman overcame his fear of water and sailed across the ocean only to encounter a mysterious wall. Traversing it through a convenient door, he found out that his entire town was encased in an enormous dome. It was all an elaborate construction to create the ultimate reality TV show, and he had been the unwitting star.
5 total · 3 choice · 1 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| as1985e1x20 | choice | Jane discovered that many of the people closest to her were merely actors, and that her life was being filmed with hidden cameras and the content made into a drama. |
| movie: Death Watch (1980) | choice | Kathryn's life was broadcast on television without her knowing, and her companion Roddy was responsible for ensuring that the reality of her situation was concealed from her. |
| movie: The Truman Show (1998) | choice | We must contemplate the possibility that we all live in some sort of stage managed universe. |
| tz1985e3x29 | 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. |
| movie: Dead by Midnight (1997) | minor | A secret government agency implanted John with false memories of the family they had him living with. This stage managed portion of John's life took place only toward the beginning of the film. |