It's A Wonderful Life Play Analysis

The Intriguing History of the Play by The Author

In 1993 wrote this ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life,’ inspired, American Christmas drama in three weeks in my Hollywood, California bungalow across from the famous Hollywood Bowl. It was exactly one year after the L.A. Riots, which erupted after the repugnant verdict by a Simi Valley jury. Even President George H. Bush commented that he was stunned at the verdict, as so was his wife, Barbara and so was his kids. I’m assuming he meant George Jr., as well as Jeb. George Holliday’s video taping of the horrific beating would cry out louder than any bullhorn at a protest demonstration or headline in the New York Times. Millions of Americans saw first hand, some in denial of the blatant lack of the most basic judicial consideration. Civil law that would be afforded to cats and dogs if that were the case.

burn like Rome. The sky filled with smoke, suspended over the skyscrapers, as dreamlike as it may have seemed, I continued to remind myself, that this was not a Paramount movie starring Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks. This was as real, an urban uprising, fuelled by decades of police brutality and an elite segment of the population that couldn’t care less. The public was in a full blown civil revolt, and from a dramatist point of view it was very much intriguing. The impression would last a lifetime. I witnessed the National Guard in their Humvees, storming passed the Grauman’s Chinese Theater, where so many famous Hollywood movies made their world premiere. My city was on curfew, lock down, this event may not ever again happen in my lifetime. I had to embrace the