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The dystopian Pottersville in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is starting to feel less like fiction

  • Written by Nora Gilbert, Professor of Literary and Film Studies, University of North Texas
imageTo many Americans, George Bailey’s dystopian nightmare is disquietingly familiar.Paramount

Along with millions of others, I’ll soon be taking 2 hours and 10 minutes out of my busy holiday schedule to sit down and watch a movie I’ve seen countless times before: Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which...

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