[One should assume this thread in itself will be a spoiler]

It's not an absurd connection by any means and in a lot of ways, I can see the connection.  The world of Ohtori is largely a product of illusion like Truman's world.  Akio is resemblant to the director and both are akin to evil god figures.  Utena, like Truman, is unaware of the fact that she is being strung along by pre-planned delusions.  Both evils stand in the way between them and the one they love.  And when both realize what is going on, they seek escape from such an existence.

With the spoiler, I meant to say that anyone should know it would contain spoilers and should have enough common sense to not read if they had a problem with that.  I think that would be true for any thread comparing Utena to something.  But the thread itself is not a problem but with or without spoiler tags, I'd have a problem with someone having a problem.  See?