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Once upon a time there was a little boy named Steven, who lived in a mythical land called Suburbia. His house was just like everybody else's house; his family's car and dog and swimming pool were just like everybody else's too. But little Steven's dreams were different. He dreamed of telling the stories of his strange land-wonderful tales of his home and his school, his parents and especially his friends-and making them shine like new. So every night he would tiptoe outside his ranch-style house and make a wish...
...beautiful rainbow, ribboning the night sky: a sign that the little boy had found the key to his dreams. And just before the rainbow disappeared-a rainbow no one else saw that sweet summer night-Steven aimed the camera heavenward and pressed a button. The little boy from suburbia had begun to tell his story...
...reads biographies of Ronald Reagan and furrows his brow to watch his hairline recede. Mom (Jobeth Williams), early 30s, keeps house, sings TV beer jingles and tucks in her son under a Star Wars bedspread. If this seems the derisory stuff of sitcoms, it is not. "I never mock suburbia," Spielberg declares. "My life comes from there." He likes these people and communicates that affection. Faced with balky children or a restless preternatural presence, the parents demonstrate their go-with-the-flow resilience. And when things get climactically hairy, these people can be roused to fear and anger, can summon...
Between downtown, with its Promethean towers, and suburbia, with its manicured lawns, are the vast gray areas of the American city. This is where Archie Bunker lives...
...households now have two wage earners, more than half have no children; thus two of the compelling arguments for suburban living, acceptable schools and affordable housing, are becoming increasingly irrelevant for a sizable segment of the population. Moreover, says Rouse, "the old dream of suburbia ?the house with a fence and the backyard barbecue?is fading. Young people increasingly tend to look at the suburbs as sterile and uninteresting...