It’s wonderful — money?
Thursday, January 29th, 2009“It’s a Wonderful Life” is great for lines. I love that scene when Donna Reed says, “George! Why must you torture the children — why don’t you…” I always finish it with “jump off a bridge.” What kills me is, this is something I thought of just recently, why was everyone scouring the town for money to save the Bailey Building and Loan, and no one but Bert the Cop was looking for George? Granted saving the business would keep George out of jail, but no one knew where George was. It seems like they all just said a prayer then concentrated on the money — and not the man. Kind of weird when you think about it. The movie’s mesage seemed to be the importance of each person’s life and what it means to others, and all of George’s so-called friends were more concerned with scraping the money together to save the buiness. All that would’ve meant nothing if George would gone through with his original intention to commit suicide.
