In that dream of suburban paradise such tints bespoke monarchy, even suggested the corridors of heaven.

What is really poignant is less the theme of war and consumerism than the attempted return to a lost suburban paradise of child's play.

It is in many ways an ideal society, promising prosperity for all, a suburban paradise whose imperfections are quickly swept out of sight.

Picturesque and crime-free, Meadowlands appears to be a suburban paradise where the Brogan family can start a new life.

So how has this suburban paradise spawned something like Throwing Muses?

That glow matches the story's Phoenix setting, a posh suburban paradise of rosy sunsets and large, immaculate living rooms.

These are clearly offered for our viewing pleasure with a degree of gleeful relish: they convey a city dweller's delight over trouble in suburban paradise.

Today we live in that suburban paradise, but we have lost our belief in a better future.

Some construct amusement parks on patches of roof, reinventing suburban paradise lost.

Mr. DeGregorio's suburban paradise, however, would be disrupted by his daughter's drug involvement.