Exclive Interview: Chad Hodge on wrg Netflix’s first gay holiday rom- Sgle All The Way – The Queer Review

Contents:

• NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM-COM IS THE #3 MOVIE RIGHT NOW
• 'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY
• SGLE ALL THE WAY REVIEW – NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM
• ‘SGLE ALL THE WAY’ MAK THE YULETI GAY NETFLIX’S CHEY HOLIDAY ROM
• NETFLIX L UP GAY CHRISTMAS ROM- WH SCHT'S CREEK AND UGLY BETTY STARS
• NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM-COM OF THE SEASON IS ALMOST HERE…
• NETFLIX’S 1ST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- BRGS LGHS — AND JENNIFER COOLIDGE
• THE STAR OF NETFLIX'S NEW GAY ROM-COM EXPLAS WHY HE WANTED IT TO BE JT LIKE OTHER CHRISTMAS MOVI
• NETFLIX LANDS GAY HOLIDAY ROM-COM ‘SGLE ALL THE WAY’ FROM TONY-WNG DIRECTOR MICHAEL MAYER
• EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: CHAD HODGE ON WRG NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- SGLE ALL THE WAY
• "SGLE ALL THE WAY" IS THE CHEERY AND CHEY HOLIDAY ROM-COM THAT GAYS NEVER REALLY HAD BEFORE
• THE BT QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM-COM IS THE #3 MOVIE RIGHT NOW

And although Happit Season was predated by pennt films like Make the Yuleti Gay and holiday flicks wh queer storyl like Let It Snow, never before had an LGBTQ+ narrative been prented on such a grand sle a big-budget Christmas, a year later, Netflix has quickly followed su wh their first gay holiday rom-, Sgle All the Way. It n't be a cince that openly gay actor Le Macfarlane—who has starred a number of h (heterosexual) Hallmark movi like Mistletoe Promise and Christmas Land— was st one of the leadg romantic rol for this film. ” But also, the entire premise of Peter and Nick fallg love purposefully verts the historil trope of gay men verg up their relatnships by llg their partners their “roommat.

” Instead, the two roommat are a space where they're accepted and the whole fay is actually tryg to set them up (while also acknowledgg that some stanc gay men really are jt iends) Sgle All the Way isn't solely tertg bee of s nstctn. It also featur genuely funny moments, like when Nick tells Peter's father that he learned many of his rpentry skills om watchg HGTV and the dad asks if that stands for “Homosexual Gay” televisn, or like when Peter's nt, Sandy (Coolidge), hears he's gog on a date and asks, “Like om Grdr? Meanwhile, would be nice if some of the stars of the film (like Coolidge) were given a ltle more room to all though, Sgle All the Way succeeds what sets out to do, wh a wholome and progrsive tale of gay romance that rv out s own space among a long le of Christmas flicks.

Netflix's first gay holiday romantic edy, "Sgle All the Way" (now streamg), has arrived to lift holiday spirs and change up a tradnally heterosexual, there has been a glut of LGBTQ holiday romance movi as of late – Hulu's "Happit Season" and Hallmark's "The Christmas Hoe" premiered last year, among others – but this one rehgly avoids a g out story and ters to a queer to mentn that the prence of gay in Jennifer Coolidge was "like a gay dream e te, " says star Michael film centers on Peter (Urie) and Nick (Philemon Chambers), bt iends and roommat Los Angel who have always kept their relatnship platonic.

'LIKE A GAY DREAM E TE': NETFLIX'S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- 'SGLE ALL THE WAY' RELISH JOY

"I've never seen that portrayed where there is a gay son and the fay who is heterosexual wants the son to be a relatnship wh another gay man.

SGLE ALL THE WAY REVIEW – NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM

)Netflix approached screenwrer Chad Hodge ("The Darkt Mds, " "Good Behavr") and asked him to wre the streamer's first gay Christmas romantic edy. The gay wrer had never wrten a Christmas movie before but lik to keep himself on his everyone gets right:Why 'Happit Season' falls short as a LGBTQ romantic holiday edy He wrote the role of Peter's Aunt Sandy – a former off-Broadway diva charge of the lol Christmas pageant – wh Coolidge  md, wh no guarantee she'd actually sign on. "I ma a list when I was startg out wrg this movie of all the thgs I would want to see a gay Christmas movie, " he says, "and one of the thgs was Jennifer Coolidge.

"In se you missed Coolidge's turn 'The Whe Lot':Review: HBO's r edy 'The Whe Lot' is your summer mt-watchAlso on Hodge's wish list for the film: an acceptg fay atmosphere; a distctn between big-cy gay life and small-town life; and what you give up when you're far om your lovg stead of another story riddled wh trma queer people face for jt existg, "Sgle All the Way" opts to tell a story about the liv of gay people after they e out and what their adulthood looks has grown all too faiar wh g out stori and acknowledg their importance. I've been stori about homophobia, I've been stori about shame, I've been stori about trma relatn to the LGBTQ+ muny, " he says.

‘SGLE ALL THE WAY’ MAK THE YULETI GAY NETFLIX’S CHEY HOLIDAY ROM

"Hodge agre, sayg he wanted to create a story that felt regnizable " unique ways" to a gay dience, pepperg the film wh referenc to Instagays, Grdr and pop sired a role a romantic edy early his reer but stopped dreamg of opportuni that didn't exist. We're ls than two months away om the release of Netflix's highly-anticipated gay holiday romantic edy film Sgle All the Way, and to hype up for the movie, the streamg giant is blsg fans wh some first-look teaser imag! 1616521815Directed by Tony wner Michael Mayer and starrg a stacked st that clus Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Le MacFarlane, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, and edy screen legends Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy, Sgle All the Way tells the story of a gay man named Peter who is "sperate to avoid his fay's judgment about his perpetual sgle stat, " acrdg to the film's official (and relatable AF) scriptn.

It is a tth universally acknowledged that a gay man posssn of a televisn December, mt be want of a chey Christmas movie. Whether cephile, theater lover, or “Drag Race” nnoissr, everyone enjoys somethg silly to half watch while wrappg prents — and no gay n rist the dive nce that is Jennifer Coolidge.

NETFLIX L UP GAY CHRISTMAS ROM- WH SCHT'S CREEK AND UGLY BETTY STARS

Though the tle may be the clevert thg about this okie cutter affair, ’s rehg to see a gay fay film that don’t e s characters’ sexualy for dramatic nflict. Gayns isn’t some problem to be ncealed, etted about, or ma fun of here, ’s merely part of the given circumstanc.

As thoroughly unproblematic a gay Christmas movie as there ever was, unfortunately “Sgle All the Way” don’t leave room for much else.

NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY CHRISTMAS ROM-COM OF THE SEASON IS ALMOST HERE…

In spe of the crics, or perhaps to spe them, “Happit Season” earned plenty of views, though many would have tuned to see Kristen Stewart play gay anythg. The movie, which was -wrten by Eichner and director Nicholas Stoller, also stars Guy Branam, Guillermo Diaz, Ts Madison, Raven, and Bowen 's the first gay romantic edy film to be released theaters by a major stud and the first wh an all-LGBTQ+ prcipal st, 's not the first gay rom- ever. In fact, there have been several over the years, wh que a few g out the past few years you liked Bros, here are some other gay rom-s you n check out!

Joel Kim Booster's Fire Island was a terrific example of a gay rom- released on Hulu that h all the right spots.

This movie was a morn retellg of Pri and Prejudice, also starrg Bowen Yang, Conrad Rimora, Matt Rogers, and Tomas Matos, set at the gay statn of Fire Island P was one of our favore movi of the year. Starrg Nick Robson and directed by Greg Berlanti, this movie follows a closeted teen who's aaid he'll be outed when the emails he's wrten to a fellow gay stunt are disvered.

NETFLIX’S 1ST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- BRGS LGHS — AND JENNIFER COOLIDGE

Netflix has nfirmed a brand new gay-themed Christmas rom- lled Sgle All The Way, and we ankly nnot new movie has also signed-up an imprsive st, which clus Ugly Betty's Michael Urie, Scht's Creek's Jennifer Robertson, and all-round in Jennifer All The Way follows a perpetually sgle man lled Peter who is sperate to avoid his fay's judgement over his relatnship stat, and so nvc his bt iend Nick (Philemon Chambers) to jo him over the holidays and pretend they're McBri / Contributor//Getty ImagHowever, the plan go off the rails when Peter's mother sets him up on a bld date wh a handsome traer lled Jam (Le MacFarlane) movie will also star Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) and Kathy Najimy (Hoc Poc), wh Michael Mayer (Sprg Awakeng) directg om a script by executive producer Chad Hodge (Good Behavr). "The list ran the gamut, om hontly portrayg the uniquens of gay iendships and relatnships, to the often hilar dynamics of our fai, to Jennifer Coolidge. Consirg the plot revolv around a gay man who is anx over visg his fay for the holidays—a source of terror most of n relate to—we’ll take .

Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy are makg this Yuleti EXTREMELY gay on December 2! “The list ran the gamut, om hontly portrayg the uniquens of gay iendships and relatnships, to the often hilar dynamics of our fai, to Jennifer Coolidge.

” Hallmark, after much petng om fans, is butg s first gaycentric holiday film, “The Christmas Hoe, ” this holiday season, as well.

THE STAR OF NETFLIX'S NEW GAY ROM-COM EXPLAS WHY HE WANTED IT TO BE JT LIKE OTHER CHRISTMAS MOVI

The trailer for Netflix's first gay holiday romantic edy film is officially out, and om the looks of , the film is gog to give all the queer Christmas feels we've been so lookg forward to this holiday season!

1636563602Directed by Tony wner Michael Mayer and starrg a stacked st that clus Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Le MacFarlane, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, and edy ins Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy, Sgle All the Way tells the story of a gay man named Peter who is "sperate to avoid his fay's judgment about his perpetual sgle stat, " acrdg to the film's official -- and credibly relatable -- scriptn. 1616521815And when we found out screen legends Coolidge (The Whe Lot, Legally Blon, A Crella Story) and Najimy (Hoc Poc, Sister Act) were also volved, we knew stantly that this was gog to be an stant (and gay as hell) holiday classic! Netflix jt dropped a full trailer for “Sgle All the Way, ” s first holiday romantic edy featurg gay lead movie, g Dec.

Driftg through the trailer a leopard-prt at and enormo, star-shaped earrgs, she mak a vague reference to the datg app Grdr, and livers another quip that hts at Coolidge’s real-life stat as a gay in. Last Christmas, the Hallmark Channel released “The Christmas Hoe, ” which follows a gay uple on their journey to adopt a child. “Bros, ” the first romantic edy by a major stud to feature a romance between two gay men, acrdg to star Billy Eichner, is also slated for next story first appeared on Today.

NETFLIX LANDS GAY HOLIDAY ROM-COM ‘SGLE ALL THE WAY’ FROM TONY-WNG DIRECTOR MICHAEL MAYER

And although Happit Season was predated by pennt films like Make the Yuleti Gay and holiday flicks wh queer storyl like Let It Snow, never before had an LGBTQ+ narrative been prented on such a grand sle a big-budget Christmas, a year later, Netflix has quickly followed su wh their first gay holiday rom-, Sgle All the Way. It n't be a cince that openly gay actor Le Macfarlane—who has starred a number of h (heterosexual) Hallmark movi like Mistletoe Promise and Christmas Land—was st one of the leadg romantic rol for this film. ” Instead, the two roommat are a space where they're accepted and the whole fay is actually tryg to set them up (while also acknowledgg that some stanc gay men really are jt iends).

Meanwhile, would be nice if some of the stars of the film (like Coolidge) were given a ltle more room to all though, Sgle All the Way succeeds what sets out to do, wh a wholome and progrsive tale of gay romance that rv out s own space among a long le of Christmas flicks. Unlike the Kristen Stewart led film, though, Sgle All The Way apparently do not feature a g out story, typil of a lot of mastream gay romance films.

EXCLIVE INTERVIEW: CHAD HODGE ON WRG NETFLIX’S FIRST GAY HOLIDAY ROM- SGLE ALL THE WAY

In an terview wh Today, Sgle All The Way star Michael Urie says that viewers n get pretty much the same feelg as most other Christmas rom-s, the only difference beg the protagonist is a gay man. It seems like Sgle All The Way featur a gay uple whout strsg the fact that the lead uple is gay, which is a really easy way to showse a societal acceptance the film.

A holiday-themed romantic edy centered on gay men is g to Netflix om Michael Mayer, the Tony Award-wng director of the Broadway sensatn “Sprg Awakeng. “What I love most about this hysteril, movg project is that is simply a genue holiday romantic edy that explor iendship and love between gay men, ” said Rice.

The list ran the gamut, om hontly portrayg the uniquens of gay iendships and relatnships, to the often hilar dynamics of our fai, to Jennifer Coolidge.

"SGLE ALL THE WAY" IS THE CHEERY AND CHEY HOLIDAY ROM-COM THAT GAYS NEVER REALLY HAD BEFORE

As Netflix’s first gay Christmas rom- Sgle All The Way, directed by Tony-wner Michael Mayer and starrg Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Le Macfarlane, Jennifer Robertson, Kathy Najimy, and Jennifer Coolidge, lnch globally this week, The Queer Review’s edor Jam Klemann poured a uple of large glass of eggnog and had a virtual firi chat unr the mistletoe wh the film’s screenwrer and executive producer Chad Hodge about makg this Yuleti gay AF.

Followg Sgle All The Way, he will turn his attentn to directg his own screenplay, Ana, about the former bety queen, sger, and orange juice spokwoman who beme a notor opponent of gay rights the 1970s wh her Save Our Children mpaign, Ana Bryant.

Tell me about how the ia of wrg a Christmas movie me up and what were some of the thgs that you wanted and as well as what you didn’t want to see rporated a gay holiday movie? At that pot there hadn’t really been any gay Christmas movi and even now there have only been a small handful and this is still Netflix’s first gay Christmas rom-.

THE BT QUEER HOLIDAY MOVI TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY

At the same time, I didn’t want to do a movie that would only speak to a gay dience and that no one else would fd tertg or relatable, bee Christmas is so much about fay and so I wanted there to be some sort of fay aspect to .

“I didn’t want to be a story where you uld pull out one of the gay guys and drop a straight girl there and would still work. So the first thg on my list was that I wanted the re relatnship to be somethg that is unique to gay iendships and relatnships.