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"Ayn Rand's 'It's a Wonderful Life'" (Original Post)
tenderfoot
Dec 2017
OP
Foul! The incompetent Uncle was working for the family business before George took it over
FSogol
Dec 2017
#3
All in all, Pottersville looks like a much more fun place than Bedford Falls.
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#4
brooklynite
(94,360 posts)1. In all fairness, it's a terrible movie...
...that puts a positive spin on nepotism (hiring your incompetent Uncle to handle bank funds), and supports church-state interference ("Teacher says, every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings" .
FSogol
(45,452 posts)3. Foul! The incompetent Uncle was working for the family business before George took it over
and the teacher was probably referring to Angel Hernandez, a famous early aviation ace who got his pilot's license, and started a flying school.
ho...ho...ho...
brooklynite
(94,360 posts)4. All in all, Pottersville looks like a much more fun place than Bedford Falls.
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)2. Oh my god that b&*(h
Anybody who inspires Paul Ryan never should have been born!