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What are some allusions that Pleasantville contain

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1950 sitcoms the entire premise of the film is an allusion to 1950 sitcoms like “leave it to Beaver “and “father knows best quote. The fiction town of Pleasantville is in nostalgic representation of suburban life. Civil rights movement is another one as the characters in Pleasantville begin to experience change and personal growth, it shows the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Another one can be art and expression the film explores the power of art and expression as it relates to social change. Another one can be color and black and white cinema the transition from black-and-white to color in the film symbolizes the characters awakenings to the complex of this lifetime and the rejection of mono chromatic Existence
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