Jennifer In Pleasantville

Pleasantville is an interesting film that gives views a look at the utopian fantasy many people had in the 1950’s after World War Two. David, played my Toby Maguire, and his sister Jennifer, played by Reese Witherspoon, are transported into the popular television show “Pleasantville” after a strange encounter with a random TV repair man. While inside the show, they live out the lives of the two children in the show, Bud and Mary Sue Parker. They were trapped in the show, in black and white, and forced to try and blend in with all of the other citizens of Pleasantville. For David, it was easy because he knew every little detail about the show so he knew exactly what was supposed to happen. On the other hand, Jennifer didn’t care about the show
She doesn’t know much about the show and she didn’t accept the role of just “blending in” as well as David did. She questioned things that were being said in the classrooms and the way the other kids acted throughout the day. The captain of the basketball team asked her out on a date and went to the soda shop. In Pleasantville, holding hands was a huge step in a relationship. Jennifer blew straight past that and took Skip Martin to Lovers Lane and went all the way with him in the front seat of his car. Nobody had ever heard of sex before, but once Jennifer and Skip did it, everyone started to do it. She introduced the people of Pleasantville to a new way of expressing their affections with one another and that was one of the most impactful changes throughout the entire movie. Lovers Lane was a very popular venue for teenage kids and they were no longer conservative with the way they chose to show affection. This lead to many unexpected relationships, including one between Bill Johnson and Betty Parker that broke up the Parker’s marriage. Jennifer was just being herself and enjoy the company of nice looking boy, but her decisions had a huge impact on the city of