By Ariel Zilber, New York Post | Amazon Prime Video is under fire for streaming a butchered version of “It’s a Wonderful Life” that guts the beloved Christmas classic. Viewers say the abridged cut — roughly 22 minutes shorter than the original 130-minute film — removes the iconic “Pottersville” sequence, the pivotal stretch that explains why despairing hero George Bailey suddenly rediscovers the will to live.
In that part, Bailey declares his wish never to have been born and gets to see how crummy life would have been without him.
Without that sequence, audiences are left watching a man contemplate suicide one moment, then sprint joyfully through town the next — with no logical explanation.
The backlash has been swift and brutal.
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Sort of like taking the word “not” out of a sentence – changes the whole meaning:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/amazon-prime-slammed-for-streaming-it-s-a-wonderful-life-with-key-scene-cut-out-sacrilege/