Throughout the movie Pleasantville there are many strong themes. One theme that I thought was important, was the correlations between the treatment of the of the people turning color, and the racism of blacks in America in 50s and 60s and there are even times when the theme follows that of a much deeper form of racism, Nazism. At first themes like these are hard to see, but after the movie gets under way you can start to see the themes take shape. The director intentionally misleads the audience in the first part of the movie in order to make his point stronger at the end.
             The theme of racism is a strong theme, but the director of the movie does well portraying it by using: camera angles, special effects, and lighting. The director of Pleasantville also uses the history of racism in America to show how ridiculous the views of Americans regarding racism were in the past. He makes countless inferences to how the African Americans were treated in the 50s & 60s to how the black & white people of Pleasantville treats the people who became in color. There are many examples of this correlation, one that really hits the viewer is when a sign in a store window is shown that reads "No coloreds." This is obviously a play on words and is making inferences to when blacks in America weren't allowed in specific places of business using signs much like the one in the movie. Another example of the racism theme was when Bud's girlfriend, who was in color, was walking down the street and a group of black & white boys came and was yelling, making comments on the fact that she was in color. This shows that just because of her color she is not liked by her peers. Before when she in black & white she was liked by most of the people in her school, but as soon as she was in color people seemed to suddenly have hate for her for no reason other then her color. This shows how differently colored people are being treated just because the...