Comparing Geer And Big Brother

In “watch with brother “Geer is scathingly critical of the viewing public of reality television that audiences of reality TV are worse than voyeurs. A simile is present as Greer suggests that regular viewing of shows such as “Big Brother” is “downright depraved” and “as dignified as looking through the keyhole in your teenage child’s bedroom door.” She believes that viewers are to be blamed that even if audiences see it as wrong, they will still watch it as we are addicted. She states viewers “worse than voyeurs, for the part they agree to play is not that of a helpless peeping Tom but that of Big Brother, Chief of the Thought Police”. This is a clear metaphor and similar to “the Truman show” as Weir is not only critical of Christof’s manipulation
The audiences in the film are supporting the behaviour of television procedure simply by watching these programs.

The “Truman Show” constructs powerful images that indicate that contemporary society has an obsession with television and that it has advanced almost to a religious status. Religious connotations are established in the film to voice this mania. Christof name is very meaningful as it means ‘god’ and references the Bible. A scene that represents this power struggle between Christof and Truman is the storm of biblical proportions when Truman is prepared to die and shouts “is that the best you can do?”. The storm intensifies and through cross-cutting, we are able to see Truman’s reactions to the storm. The lighting and the sounds get stronger to show that Christof will do anything to keep his ‘creation ‘rather than reject him. The audiences see a high angle shot of Truman forlorn atop of his boat, clearly showing his sense of isolation and vulnerability on the show. Christof’s facial expression during this scene goes from angry to steady as he sees Truman lifeless body tied to the deck. Though Truman is not dead the audience sees him sailing a boat across the
Geer pushes the boundaries even further in her movie with her use of surveillance cameras than Peter Weir’s image ‘that society is constantly watched and controlled’. Her justification is that surveillance cameras that are in use, 24/7, are viewing and observing individuals and society doesn’t seem to care. A powerful alliterative description is stated as she suggests society needs to be organising “mass moons in pedestrian precincts”. She then states “but instead we trot about our daily business unconcerned.” This is also seen in the “Truman Show” as it also suggests the manipulation of personal space in invade as Truman doesn’t have privacy and in fact Truman is living inside a created