15 Played by aLionel Barrymore,
16 bWho is planning to take over Jimmy's savings and loan after he jumps,
17 Until Jimmy finds out what's going on,
18 cAnd gets so depressed that he tries to jump off a bridge instead,
19 dUntil an angel shows up and proves that Jimmy's life is important,
20 eWhich causes Jimmy to make a very moving speech,
21 fUntil the money is magically returned and everyone loves Jimmy so much that they send him to Congress,
22 Where he has a lot of exciting adventures,
23 gAnd does everything you could possibly think of to help the little people,
24 hBecause it's so important to always help other people and be honest and not corrupt,
25 iNot to mention humble and grateful,
26 jSince life isn't nearly as bad as it looks sometimes,
27 Especially in the movies.
CHAPTER 271 Of course, sometimes life is every bit as bad as it looks,
2 kWhich is why some directors will make movies about how bad life can be,
3 To show everybody that the capitalist system doesn't work that well for everybody,
4 lFor example, all the poor rural people who had to eat dirt and old sawdust in the depression,
5 Like mHenry Fonda will do in a movie called 'The Grapes of Tobacco Road,'
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6 Which won't have any grapes in it,
7 But a whole bunch of suffering instead,
8 By a whole bunch of noble Okies,
9 Including Henry and his parents nMa and Pa Kettle,
10 oWho have to go to California because their home state blew away in a dust storm,
11 Which was one of the bad things pHerbert Hoover did to cause the Great Depression,
12 And which everybody will come to know about,
13 Because of Henry's terribly moving performance,
14 Which would just break your heart,
15 qIf only you could understand his ridiculous white trash accent.
CHAPTER 281 And for people who just want to get away from real life for a while,
2 Hollywood will also produce a lot of musicals during the Great Depression,
3 rWhich will have almost no plots at all,
4 Just like the old sBusby Berkeley movies,
5 But no one will ever notice because there will be lots of singing and dancing,
6 By a star named tFred Astaire,
7 Who will always wear tails, a top hat, and a blonde named uGinger Rogers,
8 vWhile he sings a bunch of great songs written by a genius named Cole Porter,
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