20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Truman Show
16. Truman's Childhood Photo Shows Him As An Imprisoned Clown (Which Is Exactly What He Is)
When Truman and Meryl visit Truman's "mother," Angela (Holland Taylor), they look through an old photo album containing pictures of Truman as a child.
Angela eventually stops on a page with a picture of a young Truman wearing a clown costume while staring at the camera from behind a childproof gate, with the handwritten caption, "My little clown!"
While on first glance this might seem like nothing more than an adorable picture taken by a loving parent, it actually symbolises exactly what Truman is: a prisoner albeit an unknowing one, and a clown whose entire life is a cruel, unwitting piece of performance to entertain the masses.