Pleasantville

The citizens of Pleasantville have to stick to a very specific script, as they are not real at all, but characters in a sitcom. The "script" refers both to the synopsis of Pleasantville the show, as well as the social scripts that people subscribe to in a small, conservative society. For instance, Bill does not know how to do his job at the soda shop without David because he has no access to his own independent thoughts, and George nearly short circuits when Betty does not have dinner ready for him on the table after he gets home from work. These scripts seem to make everything in Pleasantville pleasant, but they are also oppressive and limiting, and do not allow for individuals to make their own decisions about their destinies. Change, however, is inevitable not matter how much one sticks to a particular script: change is a law of the universe, even in a place like "pleasantville".