More Wonderful Life
Larry Kropp expands and expounds on the characters of It’s a Wonderful Life. Very interesting discussion.........But I think he should add a few more characters. Sam Wainwright, Violet, Mr. Gower - all also a valuable exercise in introspection . I still feel closer to George than to any of the other characters. (well, OK, Ma Bailey - I do seem to be running a boarding house.....) I may not have achieved his unfailing moral goodness, but what I really identify with is his look of a man trapped by making the ‘right choices,’ when he would rather be following his bliss. I can relate to that. There is a tinge of bitterness to George that makes him appealing. I know other people who do not see that and only see a syrupy story.

On another note......we always have a good laugh that Mary without George was an old-maid and a LIBRARIAN, which Clarence announces with the same tone of horror as if he had said crack-whore. There are many of us in this house who find library work to be most commendable (including one family member - the Embot - who is still a library employee) and do not see it as the lowest fate that to which a woman could be condemned.