Batchelor(2000,p. 28) states that: “Colour is uncontainable. It effortlessly reveals the limits of language and evades our best attempts to impose a rational order on it... To work with colour is to become acutely aware of the insufficiency of language and theory – which is both disturbing and pleasurable.”. Colour in "Pleasantville" is used to uncover the different social changes that the society of 1950s America went through and how the changes were met by the elders who were used to conformity and the set society standards that came with it. When David and Jennifer, a brother and a sister, get magically sucked through their TV in 1950s America in a black and white town called Pleasantville where everyone knows their place in society, their duties and what is expected of them and no one even thinks of what may lay outside of outside of Pleasantville.(eg. Everyone is stunned when Jennifer asks what’s on the end of Main Street and outside of Pleasantville). No one does something out of their daily routine. In other words – everything is black and white – symbolically and visually. They take the place of Bud and Mary Sue Parker, children of George and Betty Parker, who are the definition of 1950s ideal family - the father is the paterfamilias(breadwinner) and the …show more content…
After World War II , conformity became the norm back then and everyone who was different wasn't accepted very well - until the changes (some listed above) started. Changes can be scary of course and it's human to reject them at first, but you shouldn't be scared to be yourself. If we look at the ending of Pleasantville we can come to the conclusion that you cannot avoid changing or changes , whether you like them or not. They are a part of our human nature, of our character and are a sign of our ability to evolve spiritually and