A stranger is defined as someone who doesn’t know or not known in a particular place. In the movie, Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton, the main character, Edward is viewed as a stranger amongst the 1950’s conventional town. Edward stands out due to the setting the town creates. It’s your typical suburbia, houses all in pastel colors exactly the same as one another, the men all leave and come home at the same time as each other in a car the same color as their house. Burton tried to express a neighborhood that embodied the typical issues surrounding 1950’s suburbia. One of the biggest issues was conformity. When someone not normal came into town, the people couldn’t accept it. The main character is like the stranger in the village because he
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His whole life he was trapped in his house and never seen the real world. He appears as pure and innocent making him seem inexperienced. The people in the town take his personality away from him, trying to conform him to their standards. They try to change him and “help him get his life going.” Towards the end of the movie, they begin to take advantage of him. Joyce first begins this when she tried to seduce him, then Kevin when he used Edward to break into his own house. They both convince the town that Edward was the one who did this or came up with the idea himself, and the town begins to no longer believe of his purity. 1950’s conformity refects poorly on this because they convince people that he isn’t innocent anymore and that rather he is bad. When one person says something everyone else follows them.
Edward Scissorhands, by Tim Burton, explained and portrayed what the 1950’s were like in an outstanding way. It showed the negatives that were in the 50’s. The movie points out how conformity affects the suburban town, which Edwards did a great job showing how involved the people with conformity. It shows how they can turn something uncorrupted and harmless into the opposite. In the town, no one was unique or allowed to be and if they were they were rejected. This movie is a great movie to portray the issues with 1950’s
His whole life he was trapped in his house and never seen the real world. He appears as pure and innocent making him seem inexperienced. The people in the town take his personality away from him, trying to conform him to their standards. They try to change him and “help him get his life going.” Towards the end of the movie, they begin to take advantage of him. Joyce first begins this when she tried to seduce him, then Kevin when he used Edward to break into his own house. They both convince the town that Edward was the one who did this or came up with the idea himself, and the town begins to no longer believe of his purity. 1950’s conformity refects poorly on this because they convince people that he isn’t innocent anymore and that rather he is bad. When one person says something everyone else follows them.
Edward Scissorhands, by Tim Burton, explained and portrayed what the 1950’s were like in an outstanding way. It showed the negatives that were in the 50’s. The movie points out how conformity affects the suburban town, which Edwards did a great job showing how involved the people with conformity. It shows how they can turn something uncorrupted and harmless into the opposite. In the town, no one was unique or allowed to be and if they were they were rejected. This movie is a great movie to portray the issues with 1950’s