Kansas City Blogger Review Shares Historic Reassurance Amid Uncertainty

This write-up by Mr. Roth is one of our favorites so far this week . . . He strings together perspectives on three different works and interlaces his review with insightful personal perspective and more than a bit of relevant lessons from history . . . Our main takeaway:

"One of the main characters in The Best Years of Our Lives was a an Army Air Force bombardier captain and is only able to find a job as a soda jerk in the drug store where he worked before the war. Another character predicts a postwar depression. To me the most significant thing about this film is it was made when it was impossible to know how everything would work out, which is the reason I watch it as election returns are coming in. Most of the time I find comfort in the knowledge that if my parents’ generation could get through the challenges of their times, we can get through the challenges of ours."

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Larry Roth's Blog

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