Nastres ultimas edicoes de The Great Villain blogathon, eu escolhi focar em viloesdivertidos ou ao menos admiraveis. Assim, escrevi sobre dois viloesinterpretados por Peter Lorre, os viloes da Disney atraves do tempo, e oinigualavel Professor Fate!For the past three editions of The Great Villainblogathon, I chose to showcase villains that were fun or at least admirable.This includes two villainous roles Peter Lorre played, Disney villains throughtime, and the one and only Professor Fate!Agoraas coisas mudaram. Eu ainda adoro os viloes do cinema, mas o mundo fica cadadia mais cheio de viloes reais e alguns ate obtem poder politico! Por isso euescolhi um vilao muito real, um que pode ser encontrado em qualquer cidade e emuito perigoso. Ora, ele foi responsavel por quase acabar com a vidamaravilhosa de George Bailey entao pode ter certeza de que se trata de perigoreal.Now things changed. I still love movie villains, butthe world gets fuller with real villains every day and some even gotpolitical power! So I chose a very real villain to talk about, one that can befound in any city and is very harmful. Well, he was responsible for nearlyending George Bailey's wonderful life so we're talking about real danger.Mr Potter was considered the 6th worst villain of all time by AFIHenryF. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) e um banqueiro e o homem mais rico de BedfordFalls. A primeira vez em que ele entra em confronto com George Bailey (JamesStewart) e quando ele tenta dissolver a Bailey Brothers's Building and Loan,empresa da familia de George. Goerge convence os investidores a votarem contraa dissolucao, mas tem de se tornar o co-administrador da Building and Loan,algo que ele nunca havia pensado em fazer.Henry F. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) is a banker and therichest man in Bedford Falls. He first clashes with George Bailey (JamesStewart) when he tries to dissolve BaileyBrothers's Building and Loan, the company owned by George's family. Georgeconvinces the investors to vote against the dissolution, but he has to becomethe co-administrator of Building and Loan, something he had never dreamed of.Georgesacrifica muitos sonhos para manter a Bailey Brothers's Building and Loanfuncionando, incluindo dar o dinheiro de sua lua-de-mel para a empresa, etrabalhando noite e dia. A Building and Loan ajuda as pessoas a construir a casapropria e sair dos supervalorizados barracos de propriedade de Mr Potter. ComoGeorge diz, para Mr Potter, as pessoas sao como gado.George sacrifices many dreams in order to keep theBailey Brothers' Building and Loan working, including giving his honeymoonmoney to the company and working night and day. Building and Loan helps peoplebuild their own houses and move away from the overpriced slums owned by noneother than Mr Potter. As George says, for Mr Potter, people arecow.Navespera de Natal de 1945 a tragedia parece acontecer quando o outroco-administrador da mepresa, tio Billy (Thomas Mitchell), perde 8 mil dolares(equivalentes a mais de 100 mil dolares hoje) e eles caem na mao de Mr Potter que, obviamente, nao tem intencao de devolver o dinheiro. Desesperado, Georgevai atras de Mr Potter e pede um emprestimo, oferecendo seu seguro de vida comogarantia, ao que Mr Potter responde: voce vale