TexasTokyo

TexasTokyo t1_j6mcnza wrote

“Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.”

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TexasTokyo t1_j2bghk7 wrote

It got mixed reviews when it came out, but was generally praised for the special effects at the time. And it took a darker tone that up until then had been more subtle for most Disney productions so was noteworthy. Wait, what?

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TexasTokyo t1_j23rm9b wrote

The link was posted above but it's worth reading if you haven't.

"She is, as much as George, a profoundly unusual person laboring under her own personal destiny. In the world where George does not exist, she has not married not because she couldn’t, but because she does not want to. There is not a Mary-sized man in town, and Mary Hatch does not do anything just because it’s what might be expected of her. Her story in this counterfactual is a sad one, but it is not one of passive submission to circumstance."

https://www.thebulwark.com/there-is-no-mary-problem-in-its-a-wonderful-life/?fbclid=IwAR3rfNt-luS3B1sdNLtcBUbcAZXTw-rdG43QBsqPkThtNJgtIox_prFgmuY

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