Change In Pleasantville

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The concept of change is conveyed through the film Pleasantville in various ways such as colour from black and white to a colourful Pleasantville. This film portrayed the changes that occurred in American society over the past 50 years. The movie describes various changes that occurred such as in sexual relations, violence, and family matters and roles. Pleasantville film represents the viewer with how the racial and sexual equality began and that the world we live in is not perfect. It also depicts the on-going changes in everyday lifestyles of the American citizens. Another change was the civil rights movements, reversed racism. Also, women’s liberation was submissive but not sexual. Moreover, sexual revolution the advent of the pill. Pleasantville …show more content…

Sexuality in Pleasantville was no existence as the relationships between female and male were only the creation of family. Sex before marriage in the 1950 was a sin at one point the movie is viewed promoting promiscuity in Pleasantville. The duty of the family was clearly strict and sex before marriage was a no. In Pleasantville males, would work outside the home while females took care of the household chores and the children. Furthermore, teenager relationships were pure and innocent, then change was introduced by Mary Sue, who was unhappy with this dull life. What begins to develop in Pleasantville is the ideal that the colorless world is becoming to be coloured. The Introduction of color represented in Pleasantville was the pluralization of society and the freedom of self-determination of people in the future that brings meaning such as happiness and pleasure. The pluralization of Pleasantville included sex, pleasure art, books and lust. Sexuality began changes and a revolution of sex has begun with a symbolized by a striking red rose. It also made Skip introduce sex to the basketball team thus it was described as an infection and others lose their innocence. As infectious as it was it made the players unable to score perfect

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