Sunday, November 27, 2005

It's a wonderful life - Communist Propaganda?

Ever wonder why everything just happens to work out in Frank Capra's classic. Besides using God, Joesph, and Clarence the movie is very communist. Maybe that is why I like it. Think about it, a guy convinces the community that capitalism, aka Mr. Potter, is evil, and they should pool their money together all that is good and righteous, the Building and Loan. The Building and Loan, convinces our hero to join it's conquest of the working man, leave his future and bright plans. In one shining moment, it sinks its hooks into his newly wedded wife as she freely gives up her dreams and cash to save it.

Then there is the grand finale, our hero is at his last string because his comrade in arms messes up. He does the low of lows and goes to the capitalist, and what does he do; PRESS CHARGES? As our hero is about to take his life he gets a glimpse of the world without communism, and man is it bleak. Then out of nowhere the comrades come to save him, with the hordes of money they weren't telling him about.

Awe I love these happy endings.

5 comments:

Cheryl said...

Too bad Mr. Potter is right and irl being bound to others via some magical tie o' friendship and goodwill isn't going to cause all your comrades to come rescue you...

Andy R. Terrel said...

Darn! The FBI already found out about my discovery:

http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/CollegeRelations/PressReleases/1997-98/PR075.html

Marcel said...

The problem is that Communism is anti-Catholic. Many popes have condemned it. Part of the reason why is because individuals have a right to own their own land, as taught by the Church, because it is a basic human freedom and Communism denies this right. It imposes the communal-held standard. So, I would disagree that this is communist propaganda, because the people in the movie make the choice, it is not imposed on them, to hold their property (or money) in common.

Andy R. Terrel said...

Marcel, I am not really being serious. Although one might say that it could be propaganda that the American public would swallow a bit better. Another funny place where people claim communist propaganda is the smurfs.

Marcel said...

Oh, I always knew you were a commie. I have already reported you, so don't give it a second thought.

Smurfs. Humff!