Watching It's A Wonderful Life

[maxrandb]

And in today's America I'm not sure if we're supposed to emulate George Bailey or Mr. Potter.

[dawg day]

1. Mr. Potter might have snuck into the White House...

but I'll never forget George Bailey dedicating himself to helping lower-income people get homes... and infuriating the rich guy.

[lapfog_1]

5. only I don't think that our version of Potter

would even offer a well-paid job to our version of George Bailey, even as a bribe to end the "old savings and loan".

[blue cat]

2. What network?

I've been looking for it.

[blue cat]

3. Found it.

It's not Christmas to me unless I watch it.

[Chasstev365]

4. George Bailey just doesn't embrace the free market!

[brooklynite]

6. But he does believe in neoptistim...

[bluesbassman]

8. You know, thats the second time Ive seen you say that.

You do understand don’t you that the firm was called “Bailey Brothers Building and Loan” and that Uncle Billy and Peter Bailey were brothers who built the Building and loan business together? Many, many companies in this country were started as “family businesses” like the Bailey Brothers Building and Loan, is it your contention that all such businesses are operated with a “belief in nepotism”? Is there something inherently wrong with family members pooling their resources and talents to create and operate a business? Is there simething wrong with a family business maintaining a position for one of it’s members when they become less than optimal performers?

Nepotism in the case of a daughter and son-in-law being given positions of great responsibility in government, positions they are ill-equipped and unqualified for is certainly something to criticize. How a family run business staffs it’s workforce is not.

[Javaman]

7. In our reality, George Bailey died when he jumped off the bridge

There was no Clarence to save him

[oberliner]

9. Frank Capra was a lifelong Republican

And an admirer of Franco and Mussolini.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/books/it-wasn-t-such-a-wonderful-life.html?pagewanted=all

[betsuni]

10. Every time I watch it I get mad that George's wife Mary ends up unmarried ...

if he hadn't been born. Obviously she would've married Sam Wainwright and had a closet-full of fur coats and a nice jewelry collection in her fabulous New York apartment, been able to take care of her mother, but she'd be miserable because Sam is a cad. Instead of a make-up-free plain librarian Mary, we'd see Manhattan Mary taking swigs of brandy at her dressing table after Sam calls to say he won't be coming home because he has "business" in Chicago, again.