The Film Pleasantville: The Change Of Color

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In the film, Pleasantville, the change of color happened at one point. The reason that triggered the change to color was David and Jennifer becoming as the two characters living in Pleasantville. As David played Bud and Jennifer played Mary Sue, color change started taking place because of the changes they have brought with them. The color was symbolic of enlightenment, individualism, and diversity. While black and white represented dull, strictness, and defined morality. Jennifer and David changed Pleasantville with their modern mind and ideas. One of the themes in the film was that knowledge is powerful because it created differences among people and their attitudes. The people in Pleasantville started changing colors when the new Bud and

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