Prime Time 5, Transition, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

Reading: Reality or fiction? a) Read the second extract from the film script. b) Look at the underlined passages and explain them. This second extract comes later in the movie. The adult Truman now knows his world is fake, but he does not know why. He has just tried to escape from Seahaven, but has been stopped. 3 A LIVING ROOM SOMEWHERE. NIGHT. Two old women sit on their sofa. On the television in front of them, a live picture of Truman drinking a cup of coffee at his kitchen table. A message appears on screen: “FOLGERS Coffee – Good to the Last Drop.” Then a title, “Truman – Total Record of a Human Life” appears. This is replaced by an interviewer sitting opposite Christof. STUDIO. NIGHT. Interv.: (to camera) Welcome to week seventeen hundred and sixty-eight of “Truman”. is is “Tru Talk”, the forum where we discuss events with the show’s award-winning director, Christof. (to Christof) Before we start taking calls, what keeps us watching one man twenty-four hours a day? Christof: e reality. We’ve become frustrated watching actors give us false emotions. While the world he lives in is fake, there’s nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts. No cue cards. He tells us about ourselves. – How about some viewers’ calls now? The Interviewer presses a button on his desk. Interv.: Charlotte, North Carolina, for Christof. You’re on, caller. Go ahead. Man: Truman has never been closer. e way he looked directly at us, spoke to us for the “rst time. Do you think he’ll ever work it out? Christof: Not now. He tested his world, as we all do at times, and it passed the test. Interv.: (pressing another button) Long Island, you’re on “Tru Talk”. Woman: How can you say Truman lives a life like any other? Christof: e only di·erence between Truman’s life and our own is that his is recorded. We all play our roles … Woman: He’s not a performer. He’s a prisoner. Christof: He can leave at any time. If he wanted to discover the truth, there’s no way we could stop him. I think he feels comfortable in his “cell” … Woman: No, you’re wrong! He’ll prove you wrong! He can still do it! Christof: (directly to camera) Do I know you, caller? You sound familiar. Speaking: Talk about the two extracts a) Explain the contrast in the way we see Truman in the two extracts. b) What is the movie’s message about the media? c) Is Truman’s life like your own? Why or why not? Explain. Your turn: The Truman Show has become real When the movie The Truman Show came out in 1998, TV programmes were completely different than they are today. In the meantime, The Truman Show has almost become real; TV shows in which people are filmed 24 hours a day are shown on many channels. Go online and find out more about: • popular TV programmes in 1998 • TV shows from today that remind you of The Truman Show • the possible future of reality shows Collect your findings (e. g. short paragraphs, pictures and screenshots) on a poster and present it to your classmates. 4 5 61 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des V rlags öbv