was a real knockout, wasn’t it? All of thesudden she saw many colors, and then another major change happened: fire. No one sawfire before in Pleasantville except David and Jennifer. And all off the sudden it was like achain reaction, change after change after another change. Other audience say that the reason why people changed color is because of analteration or a small shift in their lives. Again Betty for instance, she fell in love insomeone else. A small change in her life cause a small displacement in Mr. Johnson’s lifewhich turned him colored. When some people became different, in color wise, than other people, prejudiceoriginated in town. All of the sudden you see discrimination such “No coloreds” sign wereseen at some stores. That cause a major crisis in the city. Violence, fights, jealousy andabhorrence among the people towards each other. That symbolized to show the real life in1950’s unlike the “pleasant” as it seemed on the television. If you ever saw a movie “Matrix”, “Pleasantville” actually reminds me of itsomehow. Where people take things for granted, where they don’t question their existenceand where they live in a life which is made up especially for them. In that life, some detailsare absent. For instance, since no one went to the bathroom in the show by the script, thetoilet bowls were not there. Since “safe sex” was suggested in the show, a man and awoman had separate beds. No one had sex before, until Mary Sue came along. Thatharlot. She was actually the main reason why people turned color. While Jen and David’s visit to Pleasantville, the people learned a lot. Experienceddifferent things that they never had been. The “in sync” system fell apart completely.People started to read books. They never could of because they were blank and all of thesudden they filled up. People started to question a lot: “Who am I?...
