It's a Wonderful Life- My how times have changed

[Barbershopman]

I am just relaxing and watching one of my favorite movies tonight.

My earliest recollection of seeing this movie was back in school, sixth grade I think, the day before Christmas vacation, as it was called, back in 1980.

It would be unthinkable to say that they would show this as part of a school assembly in today's world. My how times have changed!!

Barbershopman

 

[desdemona]

We saw some other classic films in school - To Kill A Mockingbird for one, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington for another. But the religious overtones of the movie make it inappropriate for public school certainly. Sad, because the moral isn't really a religious one at all.

 

[Barbershopman]

And that's what is lacking. Yes, this movie was made at a time when censors had all the power as to what could and couldn't go into a movie, but if you look past all of the religious connotations and focus on the message that the movie is trying to make, it is really at the heart of every human being on the face of the earth, to want to feel that your life has a sense of worth. I know, in this day and age that it is hard to do, and that is sad, because the message of this film is really wonderful.

Barbershopman

 

[Nedstacey2]

Seneca Falls, N.Y. (not Scarsdale), the town that was purportedly the inspiration for the movie's fictional Bedford Falls, is not far from me and in fact seven years ago almost to the day, my late wife and I drove up there on a fittingly snowy afternoon to visit its newly-opened It's a Wonderful Life Museum. A charming must-see for fans of the film, and you can make a day trip of it by also taking in the nearby Women's Rights National Historical Park--as well as the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine--though just getting to the relatively remote place (no longer even an official village) will consume most of your day; unfortunately it's not yet served by any Susan B. Anthony International Airport.

You can even go across the bridge that was clearly the model for the one George Bailey jumps off of to rescue Clarence, a plot point also based on a real-life incident:

 

[paracarl44]

Seneca Falls, N.Y. (not Scarsdale), the town that was purportedly the inspiration for the movie's fictional Bedford Falls, is not far from me and in fact seven years ago almost to the day, my late wife and I drove up there on a fittingly snowy afternoon to visit its newly-opened It's a Wonderful Life Museum. A charming must-see for fans of the film, and you can make a day trip of it by also taking in the nearby Women's Rights National Historical Park--as well as the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine--though just getting to the relatively remote place (no longer even an official village) will consume most of your day; unfortunately it's not yet served by any Susan B. Anthony International Airport.

You can even go across the bridge that was clearly the model for the one George Bailey jumps off of to rescue Clarence, a plot point also based on a real-life incident:

^Thanks for the trivia.^

 

[Nedstacey2]

^Thanks for the trivia.^

YVW. So now can I get my wings, Franklin? Sure could use that First Class eternal pay. (All right, Nick, you can knock it off with the cash register.)