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The pre-recorded Snooze Tape = MASSIVE Plot Hole


The premise of the Truman Show is that we have an individual who is essentially under surveillance 24/7.

So sure, we can question whether it would have be realistic whether he could have sneaked off unnoticed in the first place but the true, MASSIVE unexplainable plot hole is how would he have managed to make that tape recording of him snoring, which had been, seemingly, playing back for hours allowing him to make his escape.

Even if we accept he'd made it at a previous time - and had been watched making it - there is no way when the show's security chaps heard that same snoring, they wouldn't instantly know it for what it is. Therefore - although the term is often over used - this must be an undisputable example of a glaring Plot hole.

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Disagree.

Firstly, the Snooze Tape recording, from what we know, can be no more than one minute long, and he simply puts the record on repeat.

Anyway, you seem to overlook the crucial reason for the oversight. As Sully Sullenberger pointed out, you didn't take into account the human factor. In every organization or establishment, there are certain conceptions about the reality of their institution. Some of these conceptions are so strong that no evidence or red lights will alter the perception of the people in the organization or establishment. If the Titanic can never sink - it won't. If the Maginot Line is impassable - then it is impassable. In both cases, disaster was only a matter of time; weak spots and red lights were everywhere. Still the decision-makers were blind and rejected any claim that contradicted the central concept at that time. The same applies here: "Truman can't escape," "he didn't want to," two examples of this conception:

Christof: "We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented. It's as simple as that."

Christof: "He could leave at any time. If his was more than just a vague ambition, if he was absolutely determined to discover the truth, there's no way we could prevent him. I think what distresses you, really, caller, is that ultimately Truman prefers his cell, as you call it."

Although Truman began to act suspiciously, the prevailing atmosphere was that such a scenario was not possible. The concept that he cannot or does not want to escape persists until the end. Add to this the excessive confidence the idea that Truman's world is monitored in such a way that it is impossible to disappear. And BOOM we have an organizational concept that is deeply rooted in the system.

In other words, for me, it's entirely possible that they didn't notice anything suspicious until it was too late. We often overlook the fact that history is replete with scenarios that 'shouldn't suppose to happen.'



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