Panopticism by Michel Foucault discusses deeply rooted ideas of surveillance and obedience, while The Truman Show is a pseudo-reality TV show in which Truman lives his life, while unknowingly being watched by an audience of millions. The chapter Panopticism within the book Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault relates to the film The Truman Show through complex discussion of surveillance, obedience, and control. Despite different mediums and different target audiences, Panopticism and The Truman Show can discuss the ideas of surveillance, all the while taking advantage of the medium that Panopticism and The Truman Show puts themselves in of literature and
