WATCH The Gay Ghosts of Christmas Vis Scrooge

Contents:

• A GAY SCROOGE? THIS IS HOW TO QUEER “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
• THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS
• SCROOGE AND MARLEY (2012): THE GAY CHRISTMAS CAROL
• A CHRISTMAS CARL: A GAY RETELLG OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL
• WATCH: THE GAY GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS VIS SCROOGE
• A MORN GAY CHRISTMAS CAROL PARODY

A GAY SCROOGE? THIS IS HOW TO QUEER “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”

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THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS

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SCROOGE AND MARLEY (2012): THE GAY CHRISTMAS CAROL

Scrooge & Marley is a gay-themed versn of the Dickens classic.

Scrooge & Marley is an openly and liberately gay adaptatn of the Dickens story. It often falls to the trap of g s gay narrative as a gimmick rather than a theme but that risk jt go wh the terrory when a creative team is locked to followg a prevly mapped-out storyle.

The film is set the fairly prent day and opens up at Ebenezer Scrooge’s gay nightclub lled Screws.

A CHRISTMAS CARL: A GAY RETELLG OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL

His performance is sort of like a gay Horror Movie Host om late-night televisn of long ago. This Ghost shows Scrooge his heart-breakg home life, endg when he got thrown out by his parents when they learned he was gay.

Cult figure Bce Vilanch tak on the role of Fezziwig, who ns the eponymo gay bar at which Scrooge works durg the Dis age. Outsi of that the movie petently offers a gay-oriented Christmas Carol adaptatn which avoids beg any more preachy than Dickens himself was wh the origal story.

A Christmas Carl: A Gay Retellg of A Christmas Carol. 99If you believe Christmas miracl, send chanc, and absolute love, this remarkable gay retellg of the classic Christmas Carol will gui you through one man’s qut to repture everythg he thought he’d stopped lovg, and everythg he never thought he’d love aga.

WATCH: THE GAY GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS VIS SCROOGE

And the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, who is actually the flamboyant ghost of gay in Quent Crisp, shows Carl what will happen to him, and all the people he lov, if he don’t start lovg aga. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chigo will be the se for the filmg of a new pennt holiday movie, which will take a new look at Charl Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" om a gay perspective.

The release don't divulge too many tails about the plot, except that the "Christmas Carol" story will be "reunted om a gay sensibily, wh heart, edy and mic. A promotnal YouTube vio posted on the IndieGoGo fundraisg se pots out that there have been all manner of reprentatns of Ebenezer Scroog, om "silent Scroog" and "lady Scroog" to "CGI Scroog" and "doggie Scroog, " but, "there has never been a gay Scrooge, until now.

A MORN GAY CHRISTMAS CAROL PARODY

Around Christmas 2010, Knightsbridge Theatre Los Angel mounted a productn lled "A Scrooge & Marley Christmas Carol, " which, the words of director Rene Guerrero, prented Scrooge as "an empty, lonely, lovels, closeted gay man who has been so reprsed that he has lost his abily to give and receive love. What if Ebenezer Scrooge was gay?

The Lair's David Moretti stars wh ic Bce Vilanch and Playgirl mol-turned-actor Ronnie Kroell Scrooge & Marley, an upg holiday edy that puts a gay sp on the venerable holiday favore. It's now the gayt Christmas story ever told. This morn gay adaptatn of A Christmas Carol is filled wh humor, dirty double entendr, and jt the right amount of "Bah, humpstud!

Enjoy an all gay st of characters along wh the faiar stcture, l of classic dialogue, and the overall story of remptn you remember om the origal. Listen to A Morn Gay Christmas Carol Parody - you'll have a dickens of a time!