Contents:
- THE HOLIDAY STER: 7+ THOUGHTS I HAD WHILE WATCHG HALLMARK'S NEW GAY ROM-COM
- JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
- THE GAY STER SERI
- JONATHAN BENT SAYS THE HOLIDAY STER IS THE GAY VERSN OF THIS '80S CLASSIC - EXCLIVE
- “THE HOLIDAY STER” IS GAY HOLIDAY GOODNS
- MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI
THE HOLIDAY STER: 7+ THOUGHTS I HAD WHILE WATCHG HALLMARK'S NEW GAY ROM-COM
In 2020, Hallmark buted s first same-sex uple, and now the work’s evolutn has led to an entire rom- wh a gay uple as the foc.
The Holiday Ster buted on Hallmark on December Christmas Hoe was the first Hallmark movie to feature a gay uple promently, but The Holiday Ster is their first film centered around a gay uple. Clearly, The Holiday Ster was always wrten (or at least altered) wh a gay uple md. In the movie, which buts Sunday, Bent plays Sam, a gay guy whose personal life suffers at the st of his profsnal life — work over marriage.
JONATHAN BENT WANTED TO CREATE A GAY UNCLE BUCK FOR THE HOLIDAY STER
'" Add to the formula the actor's love of the '80s classic Uncle Buck starrg John Candy, pl his sire to see a movie that was "really thentic to what 's like beg a gay man 2022. " And that turned to me and my love for Uncle Buck, the movie wh John Candy that I grew up on, and I kd of put those ias together and I said, "What if Uncle Buck was gay? Sam is beg really thentic to what 's like beg a gay man 2022 and what that experience is.
As gay men, we're navigatg what our liv look like wh kids, or gettg married, or whout kids, and 's not black or whe — there's so many different avenu to startg a fay and havg a chosen fay. Somethg I found so funny is how Sam realiz that Jason is gay — when Jason ments on Sam's sho. Like, "Oh wow, he is gay.
THE GAY STER SERI
Hallmark is ready to make history wh The Holiday Ster, the work’s first-ever holiday rom wh a gay uple the lead rol. Sam postpon his holiday Hawaii and hightails to the suburbs where he meets Jason DeVo (Gee Krissa), Kathleen’s handsome, sgle, and gay neighbor. You uld also wa until Friday, December 16 and pair The Holiday Ster wh Lifetime’s gay romance Christmas movie, A Christmas to Treasure (starrg real life spo Taylor Frey and Kyle Dean Massey).
JONATHAN BENT SAYS THE HOLIDAY STER IS THE GAY VERSN OF THIS '80S CLASSIC - EXCLIVE
Like I said about The Christmas Hoe 2020, cludg queer people (which, BTW, should clu more than jt cis, whe, gay men) fay ntent like holiday movi helps the “gay agenda” tremendoly — the “gay agenda” beg wantg to… ntue to exist.
The other major succs: this is a storyle that uld only be done wh a gay uple. The Holiday Ster is a Christmas movie about the credibly unique bond between gay men and their niec and nephews — fay members who have long stood for children due to the hurdl facg gay upl or gay men lookg to adopt. Hallmark has donned the gay apparel, y’all.
“THE HOLIDAY STER” IS GAY HOLIDAY GOODNS
Also, alt wh a prevalent issue many kids' liv, g out as gay. What Max ref to regnize is he is a latent gay tennci.
MAKE THE YULETI GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THIS YEAR'S LGBTQ HOLIDAY MOVI
Jonah Hill livers another funny performance, but the real surprise for me was the shockg pro-gay msage featurg one of the first kid-related gay story l a mastream film. I gus I was so surprised bee gay ntent is rarely alt wh so refully a Hollywood film marketed toward young adults, and I have to say I was really imprsed.
Even Sam Rockwell is awome as a crazy uld-be-gay dg aler who chas the ster and the children all across town. The movi first half is basilly a barrage of stologil, urary, and gay panic jok which are set up poorly no sense of ic ictn or much the way of payoff.