The abridged version likely had absolutely NOTHING to do with 'sensibilities".

First of all, Amazon does not edit or abridge anything.

It was abridged by a company called Hoopladigital, who likely sold the rights to offer the abridged version to Amazon Prime for sale/rental.

IaWL is derived from a short story called The Greatest Gift

IaWL, in it's entirety has dubious copyright ownership due to mistakes with filing.

The Greatest Gift retains it's copyright.

My best guess is the abridged version is offered to avoid having to pay residuals to the copyright holder of The Greatest Gift, while the full IaWL movie does have to pay them.

The really funny thing is that the FBI criticized the movie upon release for it's negative portrayal of the evil banker-too communist at the time.

Now, the right is criticizing the movie for being too woke for REMOVING the reference to him being evil,

Funny too that Potter was never caught or punished for his theft, something contrary to the Hayes code if effect at the time.

Also, BillJ is simply an idiot.

However, from a judgemental moral failure POV, what we saw could have happened in Pottersville is pretty well on the mark what is happening across much of the US.

#17 | Posted by BillJohnson

You mean the bankers and the wealthy have strip mined our economy resulting in people not being able to provide for themselves? I agree.

I suspect you are a dumber perception of reality.

I suspect you and I disagree on what constitutes moral depravity.

For me moral depravity is insurrection, cruelty to immigrants and stripping rights.

For you I suspect it is showing trans people basic respect.

know it's not your fault but Kamala was a sorry candidate not remotely capable of doing the job.

Does that just not matter to you?

Do you hate America or something?

#26 | Posted by BillJohnson

Prosecutor, State AG, Senator, VP (whose administration brought the American economy from republican lead disaster to the enby of the world).
vs
Conman who bankrupted multiple companies, rapist, insurrectionist, whose last term left a million dead Americans, who is filling his new administration with the worst people on the planet.

You have to have brain damage to post what bill posted.

Ever heard of the Peter Principle?

Kamala was the poster child.

#33 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

Ever heard of you being a moron?

Peter Principle does not apply to someone voted to an office.

People vote for a person when they accomplish ----.

And the Biden administration was wildly successful, despite what stupid people like you believe.