In the history segment from our Patreon-only episode about The Truman Show, Matt and Laci cover: <ul> <li>How The Truman Show started as a much darker script by Andrew Niccol about an alcoholic, philandering New Yorker.</li> <li>When director Peter Weir came aboard he had a few notes—like, why would this show be so popular if it's about a depressing, unlikable cheater? </li> <li>Jim Carrey based his performance on his dad, and was at a level of fame in 1998 that he could whole-heartedly understand a man who is literally the center of the universe.</li> </ul> Enjoy this free sample! To hear the entire episode, you'll have to join our Patreon: Load Bearing Beams: Collector's Edition. Subscribe for $5 a month: <a href= "https://patreon.com/loadbearingbeams">https://patreon.com/loadbearingbeams</a> Source: "Twenty Years Later, Everything Is The Truman Show" by Julie Miller | Vanity Fair, 2018 - https://bit.ly/41cSW8X

149. Twilight (with Fiction Fixation)

Matt and Laci rent a movie from the video store, spend the week obsessing over it, and then tell you all about it. They spend the week watching, re-watching, researching, reading interviews, and reading the source material of the week's movie. Whether it's a blockbuster from the past, an all-time flop, or a cult classic, they unpack the history behind its production and the people who made it, then discuss, review, and make fun of the movie itself. New episodes every Friday. Formerly known as Load Bearing Beams.