- Pottersville
Pottersville is the creation of the
guardian angel Clarence Odbody and other angels inHeaven to show George Bailey what the world would have been like had George never been born, in the1946 Frank Capra film "It's a Wonderful Life ". It is a hypothetical (although very real) transposition ofBedford Falls shown to George after the man wishes he had never existed.In this alternate reality where George Bailey has never been born, ruthless town businessman Henry F. Potter would have taken control of the entire town of
Bedford Falls and transformed it into a trashy strip ofjitterbug dance halls andwhiskey joints, all designed to give utmost power to Potter and more money in his vaults.Pottersville, and how it has transformed all of the people George knew (when he existed) into unhappy, corrupt and/or amoral people, is so powerful that George wishes for the old Bedford Falls (where he was destined to go to prison for misplacing his business's funds) to be back and for him to live again.
Some viewers, however, have noted that they prefer Pottersville to its duller counterpart, as summarized in a famous
2001 essay inSalon.com by Gary Kamiya called "All hail Pottersville!".Pottersville, New York
Pottersville is the name of a real town in
upstate New York in the Town of Chester. While other towns may also share this name, upstate New York is the location of the fictional town ofBedford Falls .Pottersville, New Jersey,
Pottersville is also the name of a town in rural
New Jersey . Home to a church, bank, post office and deli, Pottersville has the feel of a true small town.See also
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Mr. Potter
*"It's a Wonderful Life "
*Bedford Falls
*alternate reality
*guardian angel External links
* [http://archive.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/12/22/pottersville/index.html "All hail Pottersville]
* [http://www.google.com/maps?q=Pottersville,+NY,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title Pottersville, New York on Google Maps]
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