."" No, it""s gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let""s face it, I wanna sell some books here.another snowy, wintry view of a NYC street, probably 5th Avenuethe Washington Square archwaya clothes and shoes market in the garment districta reprise of the Staten Island ferry (Brooklyn in he background)a fish market, presided over by men in white apronschildren exiting down steps of a private school at the close of the daya playground court with basketball hoop viewed through a chain-link fencea snowy park (Central Park possibly)ANGRY""Chapter One: He adored New York City.You can swallow that with 5 gallons." Whitmore presses further: "Isn""t that a lot of water for a patient to take?", and Hackenbush jokes again: "Not if the patient has a bridge in her mouth...They won""t pay their taxes in a rational resentment of Rome...then there""s religion.I""ll tell you, they""re drunk with religion, smash the statues of our gods, even those of the Emperor.As a new recruit, it meant that his life wasn""t worth much, and he felt he had made a big mistake:(voice-over)Somebody once wrote: ""Hell is the impossibility of reason.That""s where you""re all wrong! Francis of Assisi had it all down.He knew." Teresa quipped: "What are you talkin"" about? St.Francis didn""t run numbers.BackgroundMeet John Doe(1941) is Frank Capra""s wonderful, message-laden populist melodramatic tale about the common man.