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Last Updated: Mar 17th, 2009 - 10:42:11
Pleasantville: Things Don't Stay The Same
By "Pleasantville"
Jul 5, 2007, 09:27 PST
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Movie: Pleasantville
Character David (Toby Maquire)
This excerpt is essentially a monologue even though the character is intermittently interrupted. David explores why things can't just stay the same...
Excerpt:
David: "I think I know why you're doing this. I mean, I understand why you're doing this. I used to feel the same way. I used to want this place to stay just the way it was. I never wanted it to change ... But nothing stays the same. You get things, and you lose things, and that's the good part and the bad part--but you can't have a good part without a bad part.
It's like the basketball team."
Bob: "The basketball team?"
David: "Sure. Everybody's upset because
they're not winning anymore--but
just think how it would feel if
all of a sudden they do win.
"Wouldn't it feel better than when they used to win all the time?
"See, I know you want it to stay "Pleasant" but there are so many things that are so much better: like Silly ... or Sexy ... or Dangerous ... or Wild ... or Brief ... And every one of those things is in you all the time if you just have the guts to look for them. Look at those faces back there.
They're no different than you are. They just happened to see
something inside themselves that you don't want to ..."
[...]
David: "Mr. Simpson ...What color is that hedge of yours?"
Mr.Simpson: "Green."
David: "No, not that hedge. The other one.
The one in your mind. The one that you see on a bright cold morning. The one that you see when you walk in front of your house and you just stand there and stare."
[SUDDENLY AND BEFORE OUR EYES, MR. SIMPSON TURNS TO LIVING
COLOR.]
Bob: "I said that's enough!
Audience: "No ... Let him finish ... Go on ..."
David Alright. Dad ... Don't you miss her? I mean, of course you do, but it isn't just the cooking or the cleaning that you miss--it's something else, isn't it ... Maybe you can't even describe it. Maybe you only know it when it's gone. Maybe it's like there's a whole piece of you that's missing too. You might even call it "love. Now don't you think she looks just as pretty in color? Don't you think she looks just as pretty as she did the day you met her? Don't you wish you could tell her that?"
Bob: "You're out of order!"
David "Why am I out of order?"
Bob: "Because I will not allow you to turn this courtroom into a circus. This behavior will stop at once."
David: "But see that's just the point. It
can't stop at once. Because it's
in you. And you can't stop
something that's in you."
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