Amazon’s streaming service is under fire for airing an altered version of the beloved Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life, receiving backlash from not only fans of the movie but cinema as a whole.
The bizarre change cuts what many consider to be a crucial part of the story in which the protagonist, George Bailey, a businessman and banker, contemplates what life would look like if he had never been born.
The scene sees his guardian angel show him an alternate reality in which, without him, his family-oriented community, Bedford Falls, becomes “Pottersville,” a coarse and vulgar place filled with betting, alcohol, and debauchery.
