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You can’t excuse all deception by calling it a joke

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Ben Sixsmith
Nov 05, 2026
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In The Truman Show, Jim Carey’s Truman Burbank learns that his entire life has been the subject of an enormous reality television show. For some Danish television commissioners, this concept had one problem — it was fictional.

According to Danish outlets, the comedian Rasmus Wallbridge believed that he was getting his dream job. He was given the chance t…

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