{"id":3805,"date":"2008-12-22T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/12\/is-it-really-a-wonderful-life.html"},"modified":"2008-12-22T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T12:20:00","slug":"is-it-really-a-wonderful-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/12\/is-it-really-a-wonderful-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it really a Wonderful Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/19\/movies\/19wond.html?_r=1&#038;8dpc\"><b>Wonderful? Sorry, George, It&#8217;s a Pitiful, Dreadful Life<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Times<\/i><br \/>A different view of the holiday classic&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life&#8221; is a terrifying, asphyxiating story about growing up and relinquishing your dreams, of seeing your father driven to the grave before his time, of living among bitter, small-minded people. It is a story of being trapped, of compromising, of watching others move ahead and away, of becoming so filled with rage that you verbally abuse your children, their teacher and your oppressively perfect wife. It is also <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">a nightmare account of an endless home renovation<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay then! Merry Christmas Bedford Falls!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ItsaWonderfulLife\" rel=\"tag\">It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/movies\" rel=\"tag\">movies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/bahhumbug\" rel=\"tag\">bah humbug<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wonderful? 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