Argumentation Sur The Truman Show . The truman show was all based around his life, it actually was his life but to others, he was only the entertainment for what people wanted to watch on t.v. Weir has said that he was editing the truman show during princess diana's death, and while he certainly blames the paparazzi who drove her off the road, he asserts that the audience who consumed her public identity was just as complicit. The Truman show, NRJ 12 9 choses à savoir [Photos from www.telestar.fr As homo sapiens, i disagree that we accept the reality of the world with which were presented. In the film the truman show directed by peter weir the key idea of abuse of power is highlighted throughout the film. The truman show was written by andrew niccol and directed by peter weir, produced by paramount pictures and had officially been released in canada on the 5th of june in 1998.