Tv Show Case Study
Questions:
1: How does the movie illustrate the ways in which identity is shaped and how the identity relates to social behavior?
The movie illustrates this by how all of the characters in the tv show are in black and white as its progresses the characters from the real world begin to introduce them to things that they never heard of and upon doing so they then are in color which shows that they are no longer just some tv show character but are now instead actual people. This relates to social behaviour because those that have color have changed in terms of how they act in front of others and no longer do the same thing they did before. A example of this is how the mom who was a house wife stopped acting like one upon changing color and getting …show more content…
This showed how back then everything ran by a specific formula. In the future this is more diverse as people tend to do their own thing and is really the exact opposite from the past cultures that were shown in the beginning. Some students study while others avoid that to hang out with friends, Both men and woman do the cooking and go to work showing how the current culture is vastly different from that of the past.
3: In what ways does the movie draw on stereotypes about the roles of men and woman In terms of roles in society, how they behave with one another and how they communicate? Are there differences in men and woman’s social behavior shown in the …show more content…
This is portrayed in the movie as the people that were in full color were to the people in black and white doing things against the values of the other Pleasantville people because of their character. Not only this but when the rules were put in place after things were out of hand a rule saying despite the availability of other colors your only allowed to use black, white and grey so when that mural was painted it was seen as an act of deviance as it contained several colors that were considered to be banned from use at this part in the movie. Being different also was portrayed as an act of deviance because people in full color were being harassed by those in black/white just for not being the same color as
1: How does the movie illustrate the ways in which identity is shaped and how the identity relates to social behavior?
The movie illustrates this by how all of the characters in the tv show are in black and white as its progresses the characters from the real world begin to introduce them to things that they never heard of and upon doing so they then are in color which shows that they are no longer just some tv show character but are now instead actual people. This relates to social behaviour because those that have color have changed in terms of how they act in front of others and no longer do the same thing they did before. A example of this is how the mom who was a house wife stopped acting like one upon changing color and getting …show more content…
This showed how back then everything ran by a specific formula. In the future this is more diverse as people tend to do their own thing and is really the exact opposite from the past cultures that were shown in the beginning. Some students study while others avoid that to hang out with friends, Both men and woman do the cooking and go to work showing how the current culture is vastly different from that of the past.
3: In what ways does the movie draw on stereotypes about the roles of men and woman In terms of roles in society, how they behave with one another and how they communicate? Are there differences in men and woman’s social behavior shown in the …show more content…
This is portrayed in the movie as the people that were in full color were to the people in black and white doing things against the values of the other Pleasantville people because of their character. Not only this but when the rules were put in place after things were out of hand a rule saying despite the availability of other colors your only allowed to use black, white and grey so when that mural was painted it was seen as an act of deviance as it contained several colors that were considered to be banned from use at this part in the movie. Being different also was portrayed as an act of deviance because people in full color were being harassed by those in black/white just for not being the same color as