it's a wonderful fact that "It's a Wonderful Life" didn't become a "classic" because it was popular but because no-one had intellectual property rights to it, so the TV stations could play it for free. Then one of the networks somehow copyrighted it and it's not being shown as much as it used to be... Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine
________________________________ From: PEN-L list on behalf of Yoshie Furuhashi Sent: Wed 11/10/2004 5:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] "It's a Wonderful Life" Re: Social Security >I'm always confused by this. If family life is so wonderful, why >must it be encouraged - even subsidized - by public policy, and why >are the "traditionalist" guardians of family life constantly >promoting it? > >Doug All PEN-pals must have seen Frank Capra's _It's a Wonderful Life_ (1946). The film encapsulates the "traditionalist" dilemma for American men: marriage and family life are sacred, but they _are_ a drag, because taking care of wife and children keeps you stuck in a boring small town, unable to exercise the freedom to leave it when you please and see the world -- only an intervention of an angel, who scares you shitless with a nightmare vision of what can happen to your community without your manly support for it, can keep you bound to your ball and chains. That's why the majority of Americans believe in angels and Christmas, with the repeat showings of _It's a Wonderful Life_ since the 1970s, is such an anxious time for them. -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/> * OSU-GESO: <http://www.osu-geso.org/> * Calendars of Events in Columbus: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>, <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/> * Student International Forum: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/> * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/>
