Pleasantville #

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Review. #

So much can be said about this movie. And sometimes it is hard to stay out of temptation to see just what original authors intended to convey.
First and foremost one can almost immediately notice the sight of Pleasantville - the visual narrative. Black and white. There’s a clear distinction in everything. Life is “pleasingly pleasant”.
First thing we notice is that protogonist lives with his sister in fatherless household. 90’s America. B&W tv-series are his way out of cruel world outside. So the plot is this - David and his promiscuous sister are transferred in 1950s middle class white neighbourhood comedy world (“world where Father knows best, where Mother cooks dinner, and where Sister and Brother’s small missteps are treated with stern-but-kind lectures”[2]) with “picket fences and bobby sox” basically. He is an expert in this world so he briefs her. Challenges arise because his sister doesn’t fit in perfectly.

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