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Would I welcome The Truman Show for what it is--a sharp-witted, visually layered, gorgeously designed, meticulously directed piece of formula pablum--if I hadn't been bludgeoned by pre-emptive raves in Esquire , Time , Entertainment Weekly , and the New York Times that proclaim it some sort of subversive postmodern masterwork?
To put his money where his mouth is--or, in this case, his mouth where his money is--a Dow scientist recently used an overhead transparency made of the substance for a presentation in front of food manufacturers.