Parallels can be drawn from Thomas More's 1516 book "Utopia", in which More describes an island with only one entrance and only one exit. Only those who belonged to this island knew how to navigate their way through the treacherous openings safely and unharmed. This situation is similar to "The Truman Show" because there are limited entryways into the world that Truman knows. Truman does not belong to this utopia into which he has been implanted, and childhood trauma rendered him frightened of the prospect of ever leaving this small community. Utopian models of the past tended to be full of like-minded individuals who shared much in common, comparable to More's "Utopia" and real-life groups such as the Shakers and the Oneida Community.
Similarity to "Utopia"
The Truman Show
The Truman Show | Similarity to "Utopia"
Parallels can be drawn from Thomas More's 1516 book "Utopia", in which More describes an island with only one entrance and only one exit. Parallels can be drawn from Thomas More's 1516 book "Utopia", in which More describes an island with only one entrance and only one exit. Only those who belonged to this island knew how to navigate their way through the treacherous openings safely and unharmed. This situation is similar to "The Truman Show" because there are limited entryways into the world that Truman knows. Parallels can be drawn from Thomas More's 1516 book "Utopia", in which More describes an island with only one entrance and only one exit. Parallels can be drawn from Thomas More's 1516 book "Utopia", in which More describes an island with only one entrance and only one exit.
who provides the voice of mr smithers on the simpsons
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Harry Shearer
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where was he born?
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Los Angeles
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what else were his professions other than being a voice artist?
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He is also an actor, comedian, writer, musician, radio host, director and producer.
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to which radio network was he a host?
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National Public Radio
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what sort of shows has he hosted?
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He was host of the public radio comedy/music program "Le Show".
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has the show faced any criticism?
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Yes, Wisconsin Public Radio cancelled "Le Show"; Shearer claimed WPR was "displeased with the political content of the broadcast".
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what is the music segment of the show about?
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"An eclectic mix of mysterious music" is how KCRW describes the music played between other segments on the program. Frequently played tracks are from musicians like Johnny Adams, Astral Project, Marcia Ball etc.
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what were some of the films in which he has acted?
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"This Is Spinal Tap", "The Truman Show" and "A Mighty Wind"
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what religious analogy does the second movie have?
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Christof represented Jesus as an "off-Christ" ("Christ-off") or Antichrist, - the megalomaniacal Hollywood producer is compared to Lucifer; conversation between Truman and Marlon at the bridge can be compared to one between Moses and God in the Book of Moses.
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in what way is a comparison made to utopia?
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Benson Y. Parkinson of the Association for Mormon Letters noted that Christof represented Jesus as an "off-Christ" ("Christ-off") or Antichrist, comparing the megalomaniacal Hollywood producer to Lucifer. The conversation between Truman and Marlon at the bridge can be compared to one between Moses and God in the Book of Moses. In "C.S. Lewis and Narnia for Dummies" by Rich Wagner, Christof is compared with Screwtape, the eponymous character of "The Screwtape Letters" by C. S. Lewis.
The Truman Show | Religious analogy
It is clear that the people in Truman's world are like-minded in their common effort to keep him oblivious to reality. The suburban "picket fence" appearance of the show's set is reminiscent of the "American Dream" of the 1950s. The "American Dream" concept in Truman's world serves as an attempt to keep him happy and ignorant.
The Truman Show | Similarity to "Utopia"
Parallels can be drawn from Thomas More's 1516 book "Utopia", in which More describes an island with only one entrance and only one exit. Only those who belonged to this island knew how to navigate their way through the treacherous openings safely and unharmed. This situation is similar to "The Truman Show" because there are limited entryways into the world that Truman knows. Truman does not belong to this utopia into which he has been implanted, and childhood trauma rendered him frightened of the prospect of ever leaving this small community. Utopian models of the past tended to be full of like-minded individuals who shared much in common, comparable to More's "Utopia" and real-life groups such as the Shakers and the Oneida Community.
The Truman Show | Similarity to "Utopia"
To emulate the graphic novel printing process, Marc Munden chose to use a Technicolor palette: "The three-strip Technicolor process we use is the opposite colours – yellows, cyan, magentas. I was interested in Doris Day films from the 1950s that pushed those distinct elements." Colourist Aidan Farrell used grading software Nucoda Film Master to paint bolder colours into the shots. By the second series the production crew were pre-preparing the film sets for grading.
Utopia (British TV series) | Post-production
The ideologies were different and their goals were different, but what they had in common was a utopian commitment to reshaping the world, and a determination to fight by any means necessary against a real or imagined enemy. This stereotyped enemy could be described as "the fat rich Jew or the Jewish Bolshevik" for the Nazis, or "the war-mongering, atom-bomb-wielding American Wallstreeter" for the Soviets.
Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism | Totalitarian party
In 2008, "Popular Mechanics" named "The Truman Show" as one of the 10 most prophetic science fiction films. Journalist Erik Sofge argued that the story reflects the falseness of reality television. "Truman simply lives, and the show's popularity is its straightforward voyeurism. And, like "Big Brother", "Survivor", and every other reality show on the air, none of his environment is actually real." He deemed it an eerie coincidence that "Big Brother" made its debut a year after the film's release, and he also compared the film to the 2003 program "The Joe Schmo Show": "Unlike Truman, Matt Gould could see the cameras, but all of the other contestants were paid actors, playing the part of various reality-show stereotypes.
The Truman Show | Media
There are also jabs at Paramount Pictures (the studio that originally released the film) and a reference to Frank Sinatra, not to mention many instances of "breaking the fourth wall" and general wackiness. During Crosby's fake incantation at the beginning of the film include the phrase "presto-sturgando", which is a reference to Paramount writer-director Preston Sturges. In her autobiography, Dorothy Lamour said that the release of "Road to Utopia" may have been delayed by Paramount to not jeopardize the public's and Academy Awards committee's acceptance of Crosby as Best Actor for playing a priest in "Going My Way".
Road to Utopia | Production
"The Truman Show" has been analyzed as a thesis on Christianity, metaphilosophy, simulated reality, existentialism, surveillance, privacy and reality television.
The Truman Show | Introduction
All of Seahaven's other residents, including his friends, his wife and his mother, are actors. Christof, the show's creator and executive producer, seeks to capture Truman's real emotion and human behavior and give audiences a relatable everyman. Despite Christof's control, he can not predict all of Truman’s actions. During his college years, Truman was intended to fall in love with and marry co-student Meryl, but fell for Sylvia, an extra. Sylvia warned him that his reality is fake before being removed from the show, where Truman is told she moved to Fiji with her father. While Truman went on to marry Meryl, he continues to think about Sylvia.
The Truman Show | Plot
Fox executives could have saved substantial production costs and achieved basically the same boring result by filming 14 randy monkeys in a cage containing only 10 bananas."
Utopia (2014 TV series) | Reception
Both instances point to the artificiality of Truman's life as well as the film itself.
Meta-reference | Film
"The Truman Show" is a movie that contains a high degree of meta-reference. Truman, the protagonist, is unaware that he is part of a reality TV show, but the audience knows about the artificiality of both Truman's life and, by extension, the movie that is being watched. This is underscored by putting emphasis on the production process of the fictional reality TV show, which makes the audience aware of the same features being used in the movie at the time of watching. Further examples of meta-reference in the movie include spotlights falling from the sky seemingly out of the blue, or a raincloud which is curiously only raining on Truman following him around on Seahaven Beach.
Meta-reference | Film
He uses scraps from magazines to recreate her face in secret, and seeks travel to Fiji. Outside of the show, Sylvia has become part of a "Free Truman" campaign that demands the end of the show and Truman's freedom and accuses Christof of making his life worse, which Christof denies. The show goes on, and when it is beyond its 10,000th day of runtime, Truman starts noticing unusual events: a spotlight falling out of the sky, a radio frequency that precisely describes his movements, and rain that falls only on him. Truman spots a disheveled man and recognizes him as his father, who had snuck back onto the set, but other actors quickly drag the man away.
The Truman Show | Plot
The superstates of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" have been compared by literary scholars to other dystopian societies such as those created by Aldous Huxley in "Brave New World", Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We", Franz Kafka's "The Trial" B. F. Skinner's "Walden II", and Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" although Orwell's bleak 1940s-style London differs fundamentally from Huxleys's world of extensive technical progression or Zamyatin's science and logic-based society. Dorain Lynskey, in his "The Ministry of Truth", also suggests that "equality and scientific progress, so crucial to "We", have no place in Orwell's static, hierarchical dictatorship; organised deceit, so fundamental to Nineteen Eighty-Four, did not preoccupy Zamyatin".
Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four | Comparisons
This comparison best represents Milton's Protestant views, as it rejects both the purely Catholic perspective and the Pagan perspective.
Paradise Lost | Idolatry
One of the most troublesome questions about "Utopia" is Thomas More's reason for writing it. Most scholars see it as a comment on or criticism of 16th-century Catholicism, for the evils of More's day are laid out in Book I and in many ways apparently solved in Book II. Indeed, Utopia has many of the characteristics of satire, and there are many jokes and satirical asides such as how honest people are in Europe, but these are usually contrasted with the simple, uncomplicated society of the Utopians. Yet, the puzzle is that some of the practices and institutions of the Utopians, such as the ease of divorce, euthanasia and both married priests and female priests, seem to be polar opposites of More's beliefs and the teachings of the Catholic Church of which he was a devout member.
Utopia (book) | Interpretation
Another came to climb the Statue of Liberty, believing that he would be reunited with his high school girlfriend at the top and finally be released from the show. In August 2008, the "British Journal of Psychiatry" reported similar cases in the United Kingdom. The delusion has informally been referred to as "Truman syndrome", according to an Associated Press story from 2008. After hearing about the condition, Andrew Niccol, writer of "The Truman Show", said: "You know you've made it when you have a disease named after you."
The Truman Show | "The Truman Show" delusion
"The above list, with the possible exception of "The Avengers"," writes Miklitsch, "suggests that "Pulp Fiction" has less of an elective affinity with the cinematic avant-gardism of Godard than with mainstream network programming." Jonathan Rosenbaum had brought TV into his analysis of the Tarantino/Godard comparison, acknowledging that the directors were similar in wanting to cram everything they like onscreen: "But the differences between what Godard likes and what Tarantino likes and why are astronomical; it's like comparing a combined museum, library, film archive, record shop, and department store with a jukebox, a video-rental outlet, and an issue of "TV Guide"." Sharon Willis focuses on the way a television show ("Clutch Cargo") marks the beginning of, and plays on through, the scene between young Butch and his father's comrade-in-arms.
Pulp Fiction | Television
Bruce G. Hallenbeck, author of "Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914–2008", compares Peter Venkman to Groucho Marx, who hosted the 1950s quiz show "You Bet Your Life". Hallenback said, "With a quip for every situation, a put-down for everyone who deserves it and an ability to rise above it all, Venkman is a lot like Groucho." The comparison is also reinforced by the scene in the original movie where, waiting for Dana Barrett to finish the day's rehearsals with the orchestra Peter jogs up and down a bustling New York square hopping on a single foot, alternately, just as Groucho Marx used to do.
Peter Venkman | Comparison
There was much praise at the initial release, calling Warhol "the equivalent of Victor Hugo", but there was much criticism of the fact the film was not released after the premiere event except in a shortened form.
Imitation of Christ (film) | Critical reception
Occasionally, real-world public figures will be compared to Umbridge in a negative light due to their actions. Presidential Candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were both compared to Umbridge during the 2016 election. Former British Politician Margaret Thatcher was an influence on the way the character was portrayed in the film adaptations according to director David Yates and actress Imelda Staunton. Rowling herself has stated that Umbridge is in fact based on a teacher she once had, and was not directly inspired by Thatcher. Due to her meddling with the continuity and canon of the series as well as transphobic comments in late 2019 and 2020, J.K.
Dolores Umbridge | Real-World comparisons
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 95% approval rating based on 128 reviews, with an average rating of 8.44/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A funny, tender, and thought-provoking film, "The Truman Show" is all the more noteworthy for its remarkably prescient vision of runaway celebrity culture and a nation with an insatiable thirst for the private details of ordinary lives." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
The Truman Show | Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 54% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 6.19/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Utopia"'s cast and mystery at times transcend its overtly cynical and overly violent tendencies, but even those willing to look past the torture may find the whole thing too timely—in a bad way." On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Utopia (2020 TV series) | Reception
"Men Like Gods" is set in the summer of 1921. Its protagonist is Mr. Barnstaple (his first name is either Alfred or William), a journalist working in London and living in Sydenham. He has grown dispirited at a newspaper called "The Liberal" and resolves to take a holiday. Quitting wife and family, but then finds his plans disrupted when his and two other automobiles are accidentally transported with their passengers into "another world", which the "Earthlings" call Utopia. A sort of advanced Earth, Utopia is some three thousand years ahead of humanity in its development. For the 200,000,000 Utopians who inhabit this world, the "Days of Confusion" are a distant period studied in history books, but their past resembles humanity's in its essentials, differing only in incidental details: their Christ, for example, died on the wheel, not on the cross.
Men Like Gods | Plot summary
After hearing about the condition, Andrew Niccol, writer of "The Truman Show", said, "You know you've made it when you have a disease named after you."
The Truman Show delusion | Filmmaker's reaction
Bishop commented, "In the end, the power of the media is affirmed rather than challenged. In the spirit of Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony, these films and television programs co-opt our enchantment (and disenchantment) with the media and sell it back to us." Simone Knox, in her essay "Reading The Truman Show inside out" argues that the film itself tries to blur the objective perspective and the show-within-the-film. Knox also draws a floor plan of the camera angles of the first scene.
The Truman Show | Media
"American Utopia" received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 97% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews, with a weighted average of 8.47/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Helmed in elegant and exhilarating style by Spike Lee, David Byrne's American Utopia is a concert film that doubles as a joyously cathartic celebration." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 92 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
American Utopia (film) | Critical reception
Though "Utopia"s premiere was met with general optimism, the show has ultimately been almost universally panned by critics and viewers alike. According to review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, "Utopia" received an average score of 38% based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. "Utopia" holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 33% based on reviews from 6 critics, and a rating average of 4.5 out of 10, with the consensus being "Utopia squanders a lofty premise and quickly devolves into a hellish slog that barters in the most irksome reality television tropes." Rob Owen of the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" sardonically dubbed the show "Fox's Folly" and wrote that it "really ought to be called "Farming, Fighting, and Fornicating – But Mostly Fighting." Reviewing the episode "Season Premiere – Part 2", which aired on September 9, 2014, Owen stated: "Tuesday's episode, which saw a 43 percent ratings decline according to The Programming Insider, featured still more fighting – a failure to order Ramen noodles threatened to become Utopia's assassination-of-Archduke Ferdinand moment – and hints at fornicating between two settlers in a barn loft.
Utopia (2014 TV series) | Reception
Conservative publications provided mixed reviews. The "New York Post" gave the film two out of four stars and claimed that "it goes down more smoothly than you'd imagine" thanks to Duvall's performance and an "excellent supporting cast." "The Arizona Republic" described "Seven Days" as "utterly predictable" and "bland," but also praised Duvall, who "has to be great here just to keep the movie afloat." Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four, writing "I would rather eat a golf ball than see this movie again", and, of Duvall, "Only a great actor could give such a bad performance."
Seven Days in Utopia | Reception
While Matt eventually got all of the prizes in the rigged contest, the show's central running joke was in the same existential ballpark as "The Truman Show"." Weir declared, "There has always been this question: Is the audience getting dumber? Or are we filmmakers patronizing them? Is this what they want? Or is this what we're giving them? But the public went to my film in large numbers. And that has to be encouraging." Ronald Bishop's paper in the "Journal of Communication Enquiry" suggests "The Truman Show" showcased the power of the media. Truman's life inspires audiences around the world, meaning their lives are controlled by his.
The Truman Show | Media
One of the few positive reviews came from Michael Booth of the "Denver Post". He described the concept as ""The Truman Show" meets "Con Air"" and makes positive notes about the reality television aspects of the story, although he cautions readers not to expect "high art" based on the 3 star rating he gives the film.
The Condemned | Critical response
Road to Utopia is a 1946 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, "Road to Utopia" is the fourth film of the ""Road to …"" series. Written by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film is about two vaudeville performers at the turn of the twentieth century who go to Alaska to make their fortune. Along the way they find a map to a secret gold mine. In 1947, "Road to Utopia" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Road to Utopia | Introduction
In February 2014, HBO ordered an American adaptation of "Utopia", to be co-created and directed by David Fincher, with Gillian Flynn as the writer. Fincher planned to direct all episodes of the series, and said "I like the characters – I love Dennis’s honesty and affinity for the nerds." In June 2015, it was announced that Rooney Mara was negotiating for the role of Jessica Hyde. On July 30, 2015, it was reported that the series would not go into production because of budget disputes between Fincher and HBO, and that the cast had been released from their contracts. After HBO lost rights to the project, Amazon ordered a nine-episode first season directly on April 19, 2018, with Flynn said to adapt the project from the original.
Utopia (British TV series) | American adaptation
"Absurd" is in many ways only a spiritual sequel to "Anthropophagus". Connections between the two films are the following: George Eastman's and Joe D'Amato's involvement; the presence of a murderer, played by George Eastman in effectively the same role as the one he played in the first film, the disemboweled man and the association with a Greek island in both films. Joe D'Amato attempted to make the film more attractive to the American market by setting it in the United States, even though it was shot in Italy.
Absurd (film) | Relation to "Antropophagus"
"Animal Farm", "his scintillating 1944 satire on Stalinism", would be part of his response to the Spanish betrayal. "He had learned a hard lesson, especially about the new political Europe. Totalitarianism, the new creed of 'the streamlined men' of Fascism and Communism, was a new manifestation of Orwell's old Catholic enemy, the doctrine of Absolutism ... the ghost of Torquemada had arisen, imprisonment without trial, confessions extracted under torture with summary executions to follow." "The essential fact about a totalitarian regime is that it has no laws. People are not punished for specific offences, but because they are considered to be politically or intellectually undesirable.
Homage to Catalonia | Aftermath
In addition, there are frequent comparisons to and discussions of previous utopian works. In his "Experiment in Autobiography" (1934) Wells wrote that "A Modern Utopia" "was the first approach I made to the dialogue form", and that "the trend towards dialogue, like the basal notion of the Samurai, marks my debt to Plato. "A Modern Utopia", quite as much as that of More, derives frankly from the "Republic"." The premise of the novel is that there is a planet (for "No less than a planet will serve the purpose of a modern Utopia") exactly like Earth, with the same geography and biology.
A Modern Utopia | Conception of the work
Weir scouted locations in Eastern Florida but was dissatisfied with the landscapes. Sound stages at Universal Studios were reserved for the story's setting of Seahaven before Weir's wife introduced him to Seaside, Florida, a "master-planned community" located in the Florida Panhandle. Pre-production offices were immediately opened in Seaside, where the majority of filming took place. Other scenes were shot at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. Norman Rockwell paintings and 1960s postcards were used as inspiration for the film's design. Weir, Peter Biziou and Dennis Gassner researched surveillance techniques for certain shots.
The Truman Show | Production
Elements of both novels can be seen in modern-day societies, with Huxley's vision being more dominant in the West and Orwell's vision more prevalent with dictators in ex-communist countries, as is pointed out in essays that compare the two novels, including Huxley's own "Brave New World Revisited".
Nineteen Eighty-Four | "Brave New World" comparisons
Giving the film a perfect four star score, Roger Ebert compared it to "Forrest Gump", claiming that the film had a right balance of comedy and drama. He was also impressed with Jim Carrey's dramatic performance. Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, ""The Truman Show" is emotionally involving without losing the ability to raise sharp satiric questions as well as get numerous laughs. The rare film that is disturbing despite working beautifully within standard industry norms." He would name it the best movie of 1998. In June 2010, "Entertainment Weekly" named Truman one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years.
The Truman Show | Critical response
In Hollywood, the war between artifice and reality is drawn along racial lines." Adilifu Nama writes in "Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film", "The racial politics of Zion appears to be based on a multicultural model of racial equality and participation. In the Zion setting, a racial utopia is presented where blacks, whites, and other people of color live and work together, and in many cases whites are subordinate but not subservient to blacks."
Zion (The Matrix) | Racial matters
This man soon learns that his life is being broadcast 24/7 to TV watchers worldwide. Author Philip K. Dick wrote a novel, "Time Out of Joint" (1959), in which the protagonist lives in a created world in which his "family" and "friends" are all paid to maintain the illusion. Later science fiction novels repeat the theme. While these books do not share the reality-show aspects of "The Truman Show," they do have in common the concept of a world that has been constructed by others, around one's personal aspects.
The Truman Show delusion | Background
"Thatcher had a huge impact on this country. I’d compare her to Franco, Salazar or De Gaulle. I think there should be a real examination of that period by more serious minded films than this one and its a shame there isn’t yet."
We Are the Freaks | Production
The TV drama referenced a number of real world events, and incorporated these events into the story of the conspiracy. In the second series, the show used various news footage from the 1970s including the assassinations of Aldo Moro, Carmine Pecorelli, Richard Sykes, and Airey Neave. The TWA Flight 841 disaster is also referenced in this episode. In particular, several events from a 10-day period in 1979, including the Three Mile Island accident and the collapse of the Labour government, had been combined as a jumping off point for the second series.
Utopia (British TV series) | Referencing real world events
In a futuristic dystopian utopia, citizens, known as "members", live under the Collective, the legislative body which monitors and controls the people's actions. Citizens are mentally stabilized and all emotions and most illnesses are eradicated, with emotion and sexual activity contrary to the society's rules, and conception is through artificial insemination via a conception summons. Silas, a citizen, works as an illustrator for Atmos. Returning home one night, he sees two citizens detained by officials and is reminded of a purported epidemic of Switched-On Syndrome (SOS), a multi-stage "disease" that restores human emotions. Sufferers who do not commit suicide progress to stage four and are detained in the dreaded Defective Emotional Neuropathy Facility (the DEN), the Collective's institution, which no one ever leaves.
Equals (film) | Plot
The obvious historical analogy is between Earth in the book and the historical situation of Judea under the Roman Empire, with the fanatics plotting rebellion against Trantor being modeled upon the Zealots who in 66 AD launched the First Jewish–Roman War which ended with destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, a highly traumatic event of Jewish history. This fits well in the general scheme of Trantor being the equivalent of Rome, and Trantor's later decline in the Foundation Series being the equivalent of Rome's decline centuries after the destruction of Jerusalem. Asimov's position in this ancient historical controversy is clear, with the fanatic rebels being the undoubted villains of the book.
Pebble in the Sky | Historical analogy
"The Observer" judged that Gilbert had lost none of his merits, and that "wit abounds" and "is as spontaneous as ever: not forced or vulgarised, and his rhymes are always faultless." Some critics thought it a weakness that the work contained references to the earlier Gilbert and Sullivan operas, for example in the re-use of the character Captain Corcoran, and communications between King Paramount and the Mikado of Japan. "The Pall Mall Gazette" observed, "It is always a melancholy business when a writer is driven to imitate himself. "Utopia (limited)" is a mirthless travesty of the work with which his name is most generally associated.
Utopia, Limited | Reception and aftermath
Both threatened to resign from the academy if they were installed. During their acceptance speeches, Moore said that comparing comedic and dramatic television was "apples to oranges". Alda went one step further in his speech "it's comparing apples to oranges to Volkswagens."
Primetime Super Emmy Award | Introduction
Losurdo stated that the comparisons he offers about this did not want to be a relativisation or a belittlement of the Holocaust, but that to consider the Jewish Holocaust as incomparable meant to lose the historical perspective and to forget about the Black Holocaust (i.e. the genocide of black people) or the American Holocaust (i.e. the genocide of Native Americans in the United States through the continued deportation to the west with the Indian removal and diffusion of smallpox) as well as other mass exterminations such as the Armenian genocide. Losurdo was a strong critic of the equation between Nazism and communism made by scholars like François Furet and Ernst Nolte, but also by Hannah Arendt and Karl Popper.
Domenico Losurdo | Historical revisionism
Another patient had worked as an intern on a reality TV program, and believed that he was secretly being tracked by cameras, even at the polls on Election Day in 2004. He shouted that then-President George W. Bush was a "Judas," which brought him to Bellevue Hospital and Gold's attention. One of Gold's patients, an upper-middle class Army veteran who wanted to climb the Statue of Liberty in the belief that doing so would release him from the "show", described his condition this way: I realized that I was and am the center, the focus of attention by millions and millions of people ...
The Truman Show delusion | Reported cases
A utopia ( ) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book "Utopia", describing a fictional island society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia, which dominates the fictional literature. A utopia focuses on equality in such categories as economics, government and justice, with the method and structure of proposed implementation varying based on ideology. Lyman Tower Sargent argues that utopia's nature is inherently contradictory because societies are not homogeneous and have desires which conflict and therefore cannot simultaneously be satisfied.
Utopia | Introduction
Psychological and speculative elements are introduced by dream sequence: in 5th millennium Bucharest, a modern and luxurious metropolis, the cinema attendant Ioan has a future-sight dream of a post-apocalyptic world subject to global cooling. Humans have fled the Earth's surface, rebuilding civilization on the seafloor, accessing the heat of the inner core. Society adopts a stark and primitive socialism, erasing "terrestrial instincts", making people into "mutes and idiots". A dictatorial President Pi (in typically fascist regalia), imposes eugenics and the communal rearing of children, banning economic competition and all ethnic affiliation. Faced with such a drastic social experiment, and stunned by its arrest once the President dies, humans are faced with complete annihilation, as the cold wave progresses down toward the ocean floor.
Felix Aderca | "Orașele înecate"
She also makes a comparison between the Ugandans' version and presentation of Joseph Smith's story in "Joseph Smith American Moses" to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" from "The King and I", as well as the recalling and overlap of previous numbers in "Man Up" to "Les Misérables"'s "One Day More".
The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording | Song parody sources
His agent provided a resume so that He could fit "Utopians" into his busy filming schedule.
Utopians (film) | Production
The scene in which Mr Rabbit and Philip Carvel meet was filmed at Allerton Castle near Harrogate. The abandoned building in the second episode of series 2 was shot in Abbotsford School in The Gorbals, Glasgow.
Utopia (British TV series) | Filming locations
During the Nazi era, Adolf Hitler was frequently compared to previous leaders including Napoleon, Philip of Macedon, and Nebuchadnezzar. The comparers wanted to make Hitler understandable to their audiences by comparing him to known leaders, but according to historian Gavriel Rosenfeld the comparisons obscured Hitler's radical evil. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933, Hitler was compared to Napoleon by "The Brooklyn Eagle" and "Middletown Times". The Night of Long Knives was compared at the time to such events as the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, a 1572 massacre of French Huguenots by Catholics. The comparison between Hitler and Philip of Macedon was used by some American journalists who advocated the United States's entry into World War II.
Nazi analogies | Origins
For comparison, the Anakites are described as making the Israelites seem like grasshoppers. See also Gibborim.
Giant | Abrahamic
The first series was generally well received by the critics, with some high praise for its striking visuals, but also some expressions of concern about its violence. Aidan Smith of "The Scotsman" noted both its "astonishing visuals" as well as its "astonishing violence", while Tom Sutcliffe of "The Independent" thought it a dystopian fantasy "delivered with great visual style" but was not convinced that its violence is necessary. Mark Monahan of "The Daily Telegraph" described it as "a dark, tantalisingly mysterious overture", while Sam Wollaston of "The Guardian" called it "a work of brilliant imagination", "a 21st-century nightmare" that "looks beautiful", but also wondered about the gratuitousness of its violence.
Utopia (British TV series) | Reception
He also states that Rawls's proposal that inequalities be geared toward assisting the worse-off is morally arbitrary in itself.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia | The Difference Principle
Their lack of cohesion during the writing and editing of "Utopia" was in marked contrast with what Sullivan called the "oneness" of their previous collaborations since "Trial by Jury" in 1875. Nonetheless, Sullivan completed the setting of Gilbert's first act within a month, and received particular congratulations from his collaborator for the finale, which Gilbert considered the best Sullivan had composed. For "Utopia", the creators engaged Hawes Craven to design the sets, which were much praised. Craven was the designer for Henry Irving's spectacular Shakespeare productions at the Lyceum Theatre. Percy Anderson designed the costumes. The scenery, properties and costumes cost an unprecedented total of £7,200.
Utopia, Limited | Genesis of the opera
The idea was not to present a perfect utopian future, but one with greed and homelessness; one where characters grow, develop, live, and die; one where not everything was the same at the end of the day's events. Citing Mark Twain as an influence, Straczynski said he wanted the show to be a mirror to the real world and to covertly teach. Following production on "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future", Straczynski approached John Copeland and Doug Netter, who had also been involved with "Captain Power" and showed him the bible and pilot script for his show, and both were impressed with his ideas.
Babylon 5 | Origin
The book explains the differences between utopian socialism and scientific socialism, which Marxism considers itself to embody. The book explains that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflecting the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism. Engels begins the book by chronicaling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. In Chapter Two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles the thought from the ancient Greeks to Hegel.
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific | Summary
From that point on, Israel said, "Instead of being an annoyance, she became a charming addition, a charming individual to the house."
Matthew Israel | Attempts to build a utopia
Joel Gold, a psychiatrist at the Bellevue Hospital Center, revealed that by 2008, he had met five patients with schizophrenia (and had heard of another twelve) who believed their lives were reality television shows. Gold named the syndrome "The Truman Show delusion" after the film and attributed the delusion to a world that had become hungry for publicity. Gold stated that some patients were rendered happy by their disease, while "others were tormented". One traveled to New York to check whether the World Trade Center had actually fallen—believing the 9/11 attacks to be an elaborate plot twist in his personal storyline.
The Truman Show | "The Truman Show" delusion
The reviewer liked many parts, but demurred, "Unfortunately, "One Nation Under God" has a patchy, jumpy, overdone quality. The producers can't bear to leave bad enough alone: suddenly you find yourself watching homosexuals being rounded up by German Nazis. Nor can the producers resist some mushy proselytizing." In concluding, he wrote, "A significant argument is advanced here that opinions about homosexuality have less to do with science than with religion, morals and politics. If the producers had been able to contain themselves, develop that argument in a more coherent way and make their case without decoration, "One Nation Under God" might have been a considerably more consequential work."
Teodoro Maniaci | Critical response
The live-streamers were able to decide which new pioneers got their chance to join the cast.
Utopia (2014 TV series) | Premise
But it also raises one tough question." Kate Taylor, however, commented that as opposed to Cassidy and Kid, Flammen and Citronen "remain an imperfectly matched duo". "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"s Joe Williams said that in contrast to "lavish thrillers" "Black Book", "Inglourious Basterds" and "Avatar" of Hollywood-ish "heroic defiance", "Flame and Citron" is "lean and psychological, rooted in the either-or of wartime choices".
Flame &amp; Citron | Comparisons to other films
Utopia Pictures & Television is a production company and film distributor whose credits include the three movies based on the novel, "Shiloh". On February 1, 2004, "Variety" announced that they had acquired the rights to produce three of Philip K. Dick's works: "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said", "VALIS" and "Radio Free Albemuth". Declan O'Brien is President of the company.
Utopia Pictures &amp; Television | Introduction
The film differs from the novel (and the previous film) in several ways. In the novel, humanity is destroyed by a bacterial plague spread by bats and mosquitoes which turns the population into vampire-like creatures, whereas in this film version, biological warfare is the cause of the plague which kills most of the population and turns most of the rest into nocturnal albino-mutants. Screenwriter Joyce Corrington holds a doctorate in chemistry and felt that this was more suitable for an adaptation. In Charlton Heston's autobiography, "In the Arena: An Autobiography", he mentioned that the "crucifixion" scene with Neville was not in the original script.
The Omega Man | Production
The fault of the theater lay in its superficiality. The delicacy of the written word was crushed by histrionic actors and distracting scenic effects. In his essay "On the Tragedies of Shakespeare, Considered with Reference to Their Fitness for Stage Representation", Lamb states that "all those delicacies which are so delightful in the reading...are sullied and turned from their very nature". Utopian philosopher Auguste Comte, although a keen theater-goer, like Plato, banned all theater from his idealist society. Theater was a "concession to our weakness, a symptom of our irrationality, a kind of placebo of the spirit with which the good society will be able to dispense".
Antitheatricality | Art versus theatre
Many differences between the two universes were related to popular culture. A photograph of Fauxlivia wearing a gold medal in marksmanship is shown, proving that unlike the prime universe, the parallel universe has that particular event in their Olympic Games. The radio in Henry's taxi can be heard mentioning former president John F. Kennedy is stepping down from his role as ambassador, proving that he was not assassinated. On that same taxi, "Dogs" is depicted to be a musical in the parallel universe New York City, instead of "Cats". Their mail is delivered by the "U.S. Mail Service" with a different logo, instead of the United States Postal Service, and there are apparently daily flights to the moon.
Olivia (Fringe episode) | Cultural references
Unlike the finished product, it was more of a science-fiction thriller, with the story set in New York City. Scott Rudin purchased the script, and set up production at Paramount Pictures. Brian De Palma was to direct before Weir signed as director, making the film for $60 million—$20 million less than the original estimate. Niccol rewrote the script while the crew was waiting for Carrey to sign. The majority of filming took place at Seaside, Florida, a master-planned community located in the Florida Panhandle. The film was a financial success, debuting to critical acclaim, and earned numerous nominations at the 71st Academy Awards, 56th Golden Globe Awards, 52nd British Academy Film Awards and The Saturn Awards.
The Truman Show | Introduction
Evolutionary medicine researcher Randolph M. Nesse and theoretical biologist Mary Jane West-Eberhard have argued instead that because humans with altruistic tendencies are preferred as social partners they receive fitness advantages by social selection, with Nesse arguing further that social selection enabled humans as a species to become extraordinarily cooperative and capable of creating culture. The Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible depicts an eschatological time with the defeat of Satan, of Evil and of Sin. The main difference compared to the Old Testament promises is that such a defeat also has an ontological value (: "Then I saw 'a new heaven and a new earth,' for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea...'He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Utopia | Religious utopias
"TV Guide" rated it 1/5 stars and wrote that it is "an honest attempt make a statement, but it is poorly executed". "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" noted the similarities between this film and "". It said that while the movie had a better grasp of time travel paradoxes than other movies of the era, that the performances were weak. DVD talk found that while the movie was cheap, it was better than its reputation.
Cyborg 2087 | Reception
Nazi analogies or Nazi comparisons are any comparisons or parallels which are related to Nazism or Nazi Germany, which often reference Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, the SS, or the Holocaust. Despite criticism, such comparisons have been employed for a wide variety of reasons since Hitler's rise to power. Some Nazi comparisons are logical fallacies, such as "reductio ad Hitlerum". Godwin's law asserts that a Nazi analogy is increasingly likely the longer an internet discussion continues, though Mike Godwin also noted that not all Nazi comparisons are invalid.
Nazi analogies | Introduction
The comparison between Nazi Germany and the State of Israel is considered inaccurate and antisemitic by the Anti-Defamation League and is part of the Working Definition of Antisemitism.
Nazi analogies | Israel
After last night’s third instalment, in which not much happened, I feel disinclined to persevere, notwithstanding the whiff of food for thought involving “the enemy within” and the nature of fear. As yet, no "Truman Show" exit door in the backdrop, leading to an external reality or hidden hands directing events."
Manhunt (Under the Dome) | Critical reception
Filmed from December 1943 to March 1944, the film is the only "Road to …" film without a real place in its title, though Alaska with its gold mines is referred to as "Utopia" several times in the film. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour starred, as they did in all but one of the series. The film is also the only "Road" film that did not take place in modern times though the film begins and ends with the cast made up to look older who flashback to the past. As a “narrator”, humor essayist Robert Benchley provides some wry commentary that is interspersed throughout the movie (Benchley died several months before the film's release).
Road to Utopia | Production
On the other hand, Rousso agrees with Hannah Arendt that "totalitarian regimes constitute something new in regard to classical tyranny, authoritarian regimes, or other forms of ancient and medieval dictatorships," and he says that the main strength of the concept of totalitarianism is the way it highlights this inherent novelty of the regimes involved.
Comparison of Nazism and Stalinism | Differences between Stalinism and Nazism
Despite efforts by Meryl and Truman's best friend Marlon to reassure him, Truman becomes even more suspicious about his life. One day, he takes Meryl by surprise by going on an impromptu road trip, but their way is blocked by increasingly implausible emergencies. Meryl begins to break down from the stress as Truman begins to believe she's in on the charade; during an argument she breaks character and is taken off the show. Hoping to bring Truman back to a controllable state, Christof re-introduces Truman's father to the show properly, under the guise of having lost his memory after the boating accident.
The Truman Show | Plot
In addition, it mocks the conceits of the late 19th-century British Empire and several of the nation's beloved institutions. In mocking the adoption by a "barbaric" country of the cultural values of an "advanced" nation, it takes a tilt at the cultural aspects of imperialism. The libretto was criticised as too long and rambling by some critics and later commentators, and several subplots introduced in Act I are never resolved. "Utopia" is performed much less frequently than most other Gilbert and Sullivan operas. It can be expensive to produce, requiring a large principal cast and two costumes ("native" and "drawing room") for most of the performers.
Utopia, Limited | Introduction
On the idea of analogy, Pasolini emphasized his intention of not reproducing exactly a historic, casual Christ, but projecting the present-day society of southern Italy onto that figure, a Christ after 2,000 years of narrative build-up. As he explained,
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film) | Background and pre-production
He felt his next film should pay tribute to the period of enlightenment brought about by great philosophers and artists. Scud says that Utopians took only weeks to write and shoot. He also experimented with a more "democratic" method of film-making by consulting the cast on the roles they most preferred to take and encouraging them to resolve matters among themselves, much like the situation in ancient times. Casting was conducted openly in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, with over 300 attending in Hong Kong on a particularly stormy day. The film's leading man, Adonis He Fei, is an actor from mainland China.
Utopians (film) | Production
Furthermore, the Culture's ideals, in many ways similar to those of the liberal perspective today, are to a much larger extent realised internally in comparison to the West.
The Culture | Utopia
It is estimated that Fox paid $50 million to develop the show.
Utopia (2014 TV series) | Introduction
Chris Garcia, the museum culture and art work specialist behind the visual arts podcast, "Three Minute Modernist" and the film journal "Klaus at Gunpoint", selected the film for review in the series "52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy," linking it to the works of artist Bruce Conner and the Stanley Kubrick epic "", in the episode entitled: "Hyperfutura: Avant-Garde or Really Messed Up?" "Hyperfutura" was a favorite of Chinese film critic JJ Doodle Sheep who reviewed the film, known as "Utopia Black Hole" in China. Sheep made a number of telling connections to the material in his review titled: "Adam is a Smart Robot." Cult film historian Fraser Sherman found it "pretentiously clever" and compared it to the Bar Mitzvah film in "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz".
Hyperfutura | Reception
In its most broad term, it refers to the world's Christian-majority countries, which, share little in common aside from the predominance of the faith. Unlike the Muslim world, which has a geo-political and cultural definition that provides a primary identifier for a large swath of the world, Christendom is more complex. There is a common and nonliteral sense of the word that is much like the terms "Western world", "known world" or "Free World". When Thomas F. Connolly said, "There isn't enough power in all Christendom to make that airplane what we want!", he was simply using a figure of speech, although it is true that during the Cold War, just as the totalitarianism of the Communist Bloc presented a contrast to the liberty of the Free World, the state atheism of the Communist Bloc contrasted with the religious freedom and the powerful religious institutions in North America and Western Europe.
Christendom | Related terms
It’s Divergent meets Step Up and how you feel about either or both of those franchises is probably a good barometer for how you will feel about Utopia Falls." Joel Keller of Decider said:Hulu is billing Utopia Falls as “the first ever sci-fi hip-hop television series,” and it’s easy to see why such a thing hasn’t been created before. Sci-fi has been a generally white genre, and one that’s more concerned with drama than dancing, singing and rapping. That may sound like we’re being wiseasses, but nothing could be further from the truth; the idea that a sci-fi show could be made from a younger, more diverse perspective is a welcome change.
Utopia Falls | Critical response
According to Anderson, at no point did the church make any direct or indirect inquiries about the project or otherwise try to inhibit its progress, and that while they were making the film, Scientology was the least of their problems.
The Master (2012 film) | Comparisons with Scientology
Bellamy's utopia would allow them to be, but which will most assuredly come about when men are really equal in condition.' Morris’s basic antipathy with Bellamy arose chiefly from his disagreement with Bellamy’s social values and aesthetic convictions. While Bellamy favoured the urban, Morris favoured the pastoral; while Bellamy lauded the Industrial Revolution and the power of the machine, Morris yearned for the restoration of an organic way of life which utilised machines only to alleviate the burdens which humans might find irksome; while Bellamy sought salvation through an omnipotent state, Morris wished for a time when it would have withered away.
News from Nowhere | "Looking Backward"
Jean Oppenheimer of the "Dallas Observer" praised "Train of Life" as being "far superior to either" of the other two, and Henry Cabot Beck of "Film.com" went as far as comparing it to Spielberg's Academy Award-winning 1993 Holocaust drama, calling "Train of Life" "every bit as reverent as "Schindler's List" and no less successful" and contending about its two 1999 competitors that "neither film was as well directed or acted" as "Train of Life". Stefan Steinberg of the World Socialist Web Site claimed that "Train of Life" is "a far better film" than "Life Is Beautiful", being impressed by "the immense affection and care with which Mihaileanu has recreated the life and self deprecating humour of the Jewish villagers."
Train of Life | Critical reception
The buildings they live in appear as cardboard backdrops, calling attention to the falsity of the situation. Truth is not found in the beautiful utopianism of the scenery or flowers, but rather in the artificiality of the buildings and the stereotypical, damning images of the men who live in them.
Kerry James Marshall | "Many Mansions" (1994)
At the 52nd British Academy Film Awards, Weir (Direction), Niccol (Original Screenplay) and Dennis Gassner (Production Design) received awards. In addition, the film was nominated for Best Film and Best Visual Effects. Harris was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and Peter Biziou was nominated for Best Cinematography. "The Truman Show" was a success at The Saturn Awards, where it won the Best Fantasy Film and the Best Writing (Niccol). Carrey (Best Actor), Harris (Best Supporting Actor) and Weir (Direction) also received nominations. Finally, the film won speculative fiction's Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
The Truman Show | Accolades
This 30- to 60-minute series was broadcast sporadically from 9 January 1959 to 1 July 1963. It was rebroadcast Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 14 July to 25 August 1966.
Comparisons (TV series) | Scheduling
French newspapers condemned the banning, with "Le Monde" stating it represented censorship and that it was a sign of a dangerous trend. The newspaper continued “It is counterproductive. It helps to weaken Israeli voices and eyes who are the most uncompromising about their government. If there is one country in which artists explore with talent and lucidity their state, their society, their leaders and their politics, it is Israel.” Ronit Elkabetz, a veteran actress in French and Israeli cinema also condemned the ban during an interview with the French media. The ban also led to Israeli-Dutch filmmaker, Ludi Boeken withdrawing his film "Saviors in the Night" from Utopia's cinemas.
Five Hours from Paris | Utopia boycott
On the one hand, it's everything we were taught to despise... on the other - it's just an excellent show... a long conservative nightmare that you can't take your eyes off of, as they're filled with tears of laughter and outrage simultaneously."
The Jews are Coming | Reception
In the episode, the character watches Cher's 1985 movie "Mask", and derives comfort from the loving relationship between Cher's character and her son, who has a disfiguring genetic bone disorder. At the end of the episode, Mulder and Scully take The Great Mutato from his small town to a Cher concert, where she picks him out of the crowd to dance. The episode contains several cultural references. First, the episode's title is a reference to both the subtitle for Shelley's original novel, "The Modern Prometheus", and to the postmodernist school of thought. Postmodernism has been described as a "style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, [that] is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories." Furthermore, the Frankenstein-like doctor shares the name—albeit with a slightly different spelling—of Shelley's contemporary, John William Polidori, who was present at the conception of her novel.
The Post-Modern Prometheus | Music and cultural references
For instance, he was up-to-date in his technological references (as he had been in "H.M.S. Pinafore" with the mention of the telephone), referencing George Eastman's new product, the Kodak camera, and its slogan, "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest". Gilbert also throws some barbs at the Lord Chamberlain's office, as he loved to do. In addition, The Court of St. James's is mockingly confused with St James's Hall and its minstrel shows. Sullivan joins in the parody, underlining the mock praise of all things English with a repeated motif throughout the score based on the melody of "Rule Britannia!".
Utopia, Limited | Genesis of the opera
James Berardinelli liked the film's approach of "not being the casual summer blockbuster with special effects", and he likened Carrey's "[charismatic], understated and effective" performance to those of Tom Hanks and James Stewart. Jonathan Rosenbaum of the "Chicago Reader" wrote, "Undeniably provocative and reasonably entertaining, "The Truman Show" is one of those high-concept movies whose concept is both clever and dumb." Tom Meek of "Film Threat" said the film was not funny enough but still found "something rewarding in its quirky demeanor".
The Truman Show | Critical response
In a speech delivered in February 2006 to the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in Santa Barbara, California, Maguire again made a comparison between nuclear weapons and the Nazis. "Last April some of us protested at Dimona Nuclear Plant, in Israel, calling for it to be open to UN Inspection, and bombs to be destroyed. Israeli Jets flew overhead, and a train passed into the Dimona nuclear site. This brought back to me vivid memories of my visit to Auschwitz concentration camp, with its rail tracks, trains, destruction and death".
Mairead Maguire | References to the Holocaust
As with much utopian and dystopian fiction in the former Soviet bloc countries, where open criticism of the government was dangerous and subject to censorship, this book was interpreted by many as in fact a criticism of the system disguised as an SF novel to evade censorship (the "aliens", who are military superpower and are simultaneously enforcing a social system invented by them and thought by them to be the best one for the entire universe, actually look strongly, from such a description made in the book, like the Soviets themselves). However, it can be interpreted more broadly as a novel on how would a system resulting from a mix or convergence of the main systems then competing - communism and capitalism - look like.
Limes inferior | Interpretation