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[Truman Show] Does the main cast ever get down time to live some kind of life outside the show? If not, aren't they just as much prisoners as Truman?

I'm thinking especially Truman's wife Meryl. She has been with him since high school. She lives with him, sleeps with him (and has sex with him). She can't really leave him for any long period of time so does she even have friends in the real world anymore? She crossed her fingers when they got married but what was the point? If you end up living with someone for 10 years and having their baby you're functionally in a monogamous relationship anyway, even if you're only doing it for your career.

EDIT: clarified what I meant by "sleep with"
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Truman's at work all day and sleeping at night.  There's plenty of down time for everybody, even his wife.  She may leave the dome while he's working and go to Los Angeles to run errands, go shopping, and have lunch with her friends.  Or she could just go to her house in Beverly Hills, lounge in her pool, and crash for a few hours.

Regulars could have it in their contract that their real-life families get a house in Seahaven.  There's a hell of a lot of space to fill, so using family as extras kind of makes budgetary sense.

They probably even get annual vacation.  They have to travel to "visit a sick mother" or something.