Down With Potterism!

BitPig Online ^ | 2003.12.22 | BitPig [B-Chan]

[Campion]

Should have read "religious dogma".

Doesn't help. Insisting you're non-dogmatic about religious dogma is itself a religious dogma.

[sinclair]

“Doesn't help. Insisting you're non-dogmatic about religious dogma is itself a religious dogma. “

OK

[B-Chan]

Me either. In any case, I apologize for insinuating that Sinclair's mom worked in any capacity at a truck stop.

[ArrogantBustard]

Now if Sinclair would apologise for calling you a religious fanatic, we could all just get along.


BTW, aside from the obvious lack of "Catholic" trappings in the Bailey household, I agree with your literary analysis of the film.

[kixx]

The author of this item ignores the clearest evidence of all: Uncle Billy, with the Irish brogue you could cut with a knife. And he drinks, too. Obviously a good Catholic. No one ever explained WHY Uncle Billy talks like a vaudeville Irishman, while his brother Peter talks like Norman Brokenshire.

Uncle Billy was Peter Bailey's brother-in-law.

That may explain it.

If you recall, during the "dream sequence" as I call it, George goes to his mother's boarding house and tells her "I know everybody you know" including her brother Billy.

[Arthur McGowan]

Right. I stand corrected. And George's MOTHER does have a teensy brogue--though Beulah Bondi always talked that way.

[Arthur McGowan]

Except that Mr. Potter refers to George's father and "that idiot brother of his"--i.e., Peter. And if Peter is MRS. Bailey's brother, why is his name Bailey? This is a script error, plain and simple.

[Arthur McGowan]

Except that what I mean is that Mr. Potter refers to Peter Bailey "and that idiot brother of his"--meaning Uncle Billy. Whereas, in the "never been born" segment, Billy is Mrs. Bailey's brother. So, if George hadn't been born, Peter would have been Mrs. Bailey's brother, instead of her husband's brother! This is clearly a more remarkable accomplishment on the part of George than saving his brother's life, or marrying Mary.

[kixx]

That's funny! Good catch on the error. Since it's that time of year I guess I'll go back and watch it again for the umpteenth time. What the heck, you can never get enough of a good thing.

Merry Christmas my friend!

[Arthur McGowan]

Come to think of it: In the alternate universe, does George say to "Ma Bailey," "I know your brother,Billy"? Or does he say "brother-in-law"?

[Jim Cane]

This is clearly a more remarkable accomplishment on the part of George than saving his brother's life, or marrying Mary.

Hey, if God can send angels to Earth, turn back time, and move people back and forth through alternate universes, then He can also play simple genetic pet tricks.