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We are shown a scene where the college counselor is talking to high school students about their future following a montage of teachers talking to students, in this montage the students seem very uninterested and bored as the teachers talk about the hazard that may occur to them. The main character(David) also seems isolated as he is shown watching the show “pleasantville”where everything is perfect as well as knowing exactly what the characters say showing that he's intrigued and as if he's connected to pleasantville and he is one of the characters. Later we meet another main character whose david's sister (Jennifer) who is a completely different person than her brother as she is more of a 90s stereotypical party kid and more popular as well
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