Pleasantville How Do People React When They Sense Change

1. How do people react when they sense change? In the town of Pleasantville, citizens suffer from an mentality named ‘sitcom syndrome’. Everyday people exhibit this mentality when they become complacent with their daily routine. So when an abnormal event occurs people react in varying ways, ranging from ranging anger to utter confusion. This range of emotion is demonstrated in the 1998 film Pleasantville. For example, when a shot missed during the high school basketball practice everyone stood around not sure of what to do next. An example of anger from change is the town’s mayor (Big Bob) imposing strict law and regulations in order to make the town “great” again.
2. What is the role of art in change? Viewing art is a catalyst for creativity and change. For example, when Bill Johnson seen more art designs, his life begin to change exponentially. After he viewed a booklet containing classic paintings like the Scream by Edvard Munch, he became inspired to create art that uses an entire range of colors. The mayor realized the enormous influence art had on inspiring the acceptance of change on the Pleasantville citizens so he had no choice but to outlaw it.
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What causes change within Pleasantville to occur?

Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon were the catalyst for change in Pleasantville. Reese was first to start this change in the town by breaking the mold of how the typical Pleasantville girl is supposed to behave. As soon as others followed her lead, color (change) begin to take over the town. People usually follow group mentality, many of the citizens were welcome to change when an increasing number of people became colored. Other agents of change include art and