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version of "A Christmas Carol"... I was thinking the right must have hated that movie. SHARING, being KIND, etc.. I heard Tony Blankley on FOX say last week and this is a quote, "In this country the rich are not resented, it's the poor that are resented". I was hoping someone would have put that incredibly evil statement on Youtube but so far I haven't seen it. BTW the Christians love this movie. How clueless they are about the policies they vote for.
I love It's a Wonderful Life because it teaches us that family, friendship, and virtue are the true definitions of wealth.
In 1947, however, the FBI considered this anti-cosummerist message as subsersive Communist propaganda (read original FBI memo).
According to Professor John Noakes of Franklin and Marshall College, the FBI thought Life smeared American values such as wealth and free enterprise while glorifying anti-American values such as the triumph of the common man.
The FBI specifically detested the way Mr. Potter was portrayed:
The casting of Lionel Barrymore as a "scrooge-type" resulted in the loathsome Mr. Potter becoming the most hated person in the film. According to the official FBI report, "this was a common trick used by the communists."
"What's interesting in the FBI critique is that the Baileys were also bankers," said Noakes. " and what is really going on is a struggle between the big-city banker (Potter) and the small banker (the Baileys). Capra was clearly on side of small capitalism and the FBI was on the the side of big capitalism.
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