Tuesday, December 19, 2006
It's a Capitalist Life
Look, I like "It's A Wonderful Life".
But that beautiful ending is seriously flawed. George Bailey needs $8,000 to keep him out of jail, and all the townspeople gather together to raise the money to save him. But then a telegram arrives from London:
MR GOWER CABLED YOU NEED CASH STOP
MY OFFICE INSTRUCTED TO ADVANCE YOU UP TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS STOP
HEE-HAW AND MERRY CHRISTMAS SAM WAINWRIGHT
George needs $8,000. He's offered $25,000. So none of the efforts of the townsfolk really matter. In the end, the lesson of the movie is "it pays to have rich friends."
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Look, I like "It's A Wonderful Life".
But that beautiful ending is seriously flawed. George Bailey needs $8,000 to keep him out of jail, and all the townspeople gather together to raise the money to save him. But then a telegram arrives from London:
MR GOWER CABLED YOU NEED CASH STOP
MY OFFICE INSTRUCTED TO ADVANCE YOU UP TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS STOP
HEE-HAW AND MERRY CHRISTMAS SAM WAINWRIGHT
George needs $8,000. He's offered $25,000. So none of the efforts of the townsfolk really matter. In the end, the lesson of the movie is "it pays to have rich friends."
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