Pleasantville and the 1960's Movements.
The illusion which we consider reality can change in an instant with a single profound experience. For the inhabitants of Pleasantville, this experience was brought on by Bud and Mary Sue. They both brought new experiences which completely transformed the typical 1950's world. Indirectly they brought everything from discrimination to love. Many of the events which occurred in Pleasantville actually parallel many of the movements/events from the 1960s.
The Apollo space mission took place in the late 1960s but it symbolizes the change of a world not used to change. During this mission there were two astronauts who landed on the moon and were greeted by a plain black and white surface where nothing ever changes. Bud and Mary Sue resemble quite closely to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the sense that they are something new that is coming to a world that does not change. By the time the astronauts left the moon, they had changed the perspective in which the moon was viewed. The moon was no longer just black, white and bland; it now contained a new artifact. A lunar module and American flag were new symbols of change. In Pleasantville Bud and Mary Sue changed the Pleasantville world forever as well. They introduced color and change into a world that was formerly knows only as black and white. This was a world with no new ideas and was constantly the same. Bud and Mary Sue changed the way people thought, felt and how they viewed their world. They left behind with them a world with new ideas and hopes much like what the Apollo missions did for earth. .
As more and more people turned into Technicolor, many from the community didn't know how to handle such a radical situation. Many or the uncolored group disapproved of the change and began to rebel. They refused to believe people could change and still be normal. The colored people became alienated. Vandalism would occur in the streets, hatred was spread among people who refused change, and a complete separation of society was evident.
Pleasantville was sexist, like the real 50's because the power structure of Pleasantville was male and women were confined to the traditional realm of the home. ... Pleasantville was sexually repressive also. ... There was no freedom of thought in Pleasantville. ... School did not serve a purpose for the teenagers of Pleasantville. ... Pleasantville was racist. ...
11-5-02 Pleasantville: Gender Roles and Humanism Projected in a black and white 50's sitcom, Pleasantville portrays the parable of a totalitarian society inflicted by racial discrimination. ... Soon every young couple in Pleasantville is making out in the backseat at Lover's Lane. ... Pleasantville enraptures a similar movement for society as a whole. ... Reflecting a tendency in Hollywood productions and literary fiction to continue to circle the framework of "the Fall," Pleasantville examines critically our current state of "corruption." ... Using women's historical e...
"Pleasantville" is the film directed by Gary Ross, outlines the lives of two teenagers, David and Jennifer. For David, an ideal world of Pleasantville, a 1950s TV soapie, is an escape from the harsh reality of his less-than perfect life, where he is nobody. ... Previously, Pleasantville is the most "pleasant" town, where everyone is friendly, everything is perfect and nothing could ever go wrong, but, an accident with the television remote control makes David and Jennifer travel back in time into the town of Pleasantville, where David is Bud and Jennifer is Mary Sue, the children of George and...
The symbolism and messages in "Pleasantville" aren't subtle which is what Ross intended. ... Violence is as new as anything else in Pleasantville and it seems to freeze the moment. ... Like all movies Pleasantville is not just made to entertain. ... This is what the director of Pleasantville wants us to see. ... We can be like the people of Pleasantville without even knowing. ...
In the TV land of Pleasantville, everything is what it seems. ... Never was there a situation that the people of Pleasantville hadn't encountered, much less weren't able to deal with. ... Pleasantville was full of constraints. ... To the people of Pleasantville, there was no world outside its borders. ... They realized that there may be more out there than what Pleasantville had to offer. ...
PLEASANTVILLE The movie was about a brother and sister from the 90's who get zapped into the 50's television show Pleasantville where everything is perfect and nothing ever goes wrong. ... Before the two teenagers arrived, the people of Pleasantville had never heard of sex. ... Well, she took care of that and before you knew it sex and masturbation was taking Pleasantville by storm. ... Before she read the book, all of the books in Pleasantville were blank. ... In conclusion, the movie Pleasantville, as ridiculous as it was, demonstrated a functionalist point of view. ...
Dispite the difficulties the characters in Pleasantville are better off for experiencing change in their lives. ... David's social dismay has evidently lead to his search for comfort, predictability and security -- Pleasantville. ... After being cast into Pleasantville David discovers, the citizens of Pleasantville are characters -- automatons going through their roles at the dictates of the show. ... Dispite, Jennifer's initial rejection and dismissal of Pleasantville Jennifer really grows into a meaningful character. ... Once into Pleasantville Jennifer experiences difficulty accep...
In Pleasantville, writer and director Gary Ross introduces us to his outspoken point-of-view about the direction in which North American culture is heading. ... Pleasantville is a journey of overcoming fear. "Let the real you out," said David, the main character, to the mayor of Pleasantville. ... In Pleasantville, the world literally ends at the city limits. Space twists back upon itself in Pleasantville, and "the end of Main Street is just the beginning again." ...
The very mention of sex in Pleasantville brought about a look of puzzlement, because the people of Pleasantville had never been exposed to sins of sexual promiscuity. ... This of course appalled the adults of Pleasantville. ... Well that is a question that you should be asking yourself because the people of Pleasantville sure thought so. The language of Pleasantville was so innocent that it made me sick. ... Turning Pleasantville into a backlash of animosity. ...
