Everything is pleasant in Pleasantville - until it isn't. In this episode, we watch a film that feels out of time in many ways, but still manages to be strangely prescient. We dig into the many mixed metaphors of Gary Ross' splendid debut film, and see how it could be read a parable for queer awakenings.

CW: Mentions of misogyny, racism, racial violence, Nazism, fascism

References:

• DVD Commentary by director Gary Ross
• Going back to ‘Pleasantville’: when doing a DI wasn’t so easy by vfxblog
• Totally Trans podcast

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