Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted bitch (in the parlance of our times) and makes a lot of money. But then he sees the error of his ways, and turns all good. So, he starts giving his money away.
Now, don't get me wrong. I think A Christmas Carol ("A Christmas Carol"?) is one of the greatest Christmas works in history. It's up there with "A Christmas Memory", "Santaland Diaries", and It's A Wonderful Life. I thinks it's even more impressive that Dickens wrote this before the whole Christmas genre thing took off. And I've read Christmas Stories, or whatever it's called. The others stories -- not as good. We know A Christmas Carol by name and not the other because A Christmas Carol is true genius. The rest? Sorta forced and lame. Sorry Charlie. There it is.
Anyway. Scrooge has his old change of heart and starts giving away the dough. Where does it end? This is a philosophical question: How much can he really change and still keep his dedication to humanity? If he reforms his business practices and starts being nice, well, he loses all his money. Without money, can he support Bob and Tiny Tim and the two men soliciting for money? So has his reformation done any good? Can he justify being stingy with others to make money to help those he knows? Or does he just have enough money that he can spend it all like crazy until he dies and not have to do anything but live off interest?
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I think Scrooge has crazy amounts of money, and he's working on back payments this year. There's no way he'll stop earning more money, although he might be a bit nicer about it and earn a bit less. But I think he'll become a regular, steady giver. Like a NPR Evergreen Friend or something.
The kids enjoyed the live version at PSC today. It was actually well done.
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