Today

I have been watching T.V. this afternoon and have found my self flipping between two movies, "School Ties" and "Plesantville." Both movies have the same undertone to them, one that is apparent in "School Ties" and not so apparent in "Plesantville" unless you are reading between the lines. Both of these movies deal with how bigotry, racism and people with differences are dealt with. "Plesantville" takes this on in a interesting manner where the movie is based in a 1950's "leave it to beaver" type television show where everything goes right and there are no problems. The interesting thing about "Plesantville" is that the entire town is white and the tension arises between the people who have "seen the light" as i interpreted it and people who "have not." The reason i think that this is interesting is because they are saying that even though everyone may appear the same there are differences that need to be acknowledged and "tolerated" for lack of a better word. "School Ties" is saying this in more of a direct and "in your face" manner.

I find this interesting only because of the fact that i was watching both movies at the same time. I honestly do not know if i would have picked up on the message in "Plesantville" had i not been watching "School Ties" at the same time.