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ironymaideni'm still taking a nap every day, but i'm also going for a walk most days. i'm amused that i planned an upcoming trip around being able to have periods of rest during the day and i may be the one who will need it most. thanks, past me
because i've been tired i'm way behind on all the silly Hallmark movies i recorded. tonight i finally sat down to watch the first one in a couple weeks and had to rage quit.
okay, i knew that The Most Colorful Time of the Year was likely to exaggerate the effects of color blindness glasses. i wasn't prepared for everyone forcing the MMC into performing Christmas. while performing Christmas is totally part of the Hallmark formula, he's a school teacher and they were shaming him and tricking him into putting decorations in the classroom. his friend referred to his undecorated house as "Einstein & Scrooge". NO
the FMC, an ophthalmologist, signs him up for a study without his consent. they even lampshade that it's fucked up: the florist sister brings it up and the medical professional is like "yeah it's unethical but i wanna". NO
and then yeah, the color blindness is depicted as seeing the world in black and white and when he puts on the glasses he can see full color. apparently he hated Christmas because he couldn't see how pretty it was. NO
so i turned that off and watched A Holiday Spectacular, and it was surprisingly good? poor little rich girl auditions for the Rockettes on a whim to keep her friend company, and she gets in! hijinks of the "I'm going to go to New York for a couple months and lie to my parents about what I'm doing" ensue, but it's mostly a found-family story set in 1958 New York with a very nice framing device of grandma telling it to her granddaughter (who is waiting for her callback slot in auditions for Clara). it passes the Bechdel test, it acknowledges the presence of Jewish people, and our heroine goes to the city and has an awesome career.* it is a fantasy in that 1958 NY is magically fully racially integrated at all levels of society. (the Rockettes didn't hire a dancer with dark skin until 1987 *sigh*) but it made sense since there's plenty of footage in the film of the real Rockettes doing their thing and being awesome, and i'm glad they went that way instead of excluding the dancers of color.
*the laziest Hallmark plots feature our heroine leaving her high-powered career in the city for some earthy dude, often her ex from high school, and living happily ever after in some small town that is usually the place where she grew up. wish fulfillment for parents, i guess.
because i've been tired i'm way behind on all the silly Hallmark movies i recorded. tonight i finally sat down to watch the first one in a couple weeks and had to rage quit.
okay, i knew that The Most Colorful Time of the Year was likely to exaggerate the effects of color blindness glasses. i wasn't prepared for everyone forcing the MMC into performing Christmas. while performing Christmas is totally part of the Hallmark formula, he's a school teacher and they were shaming him and tricking him into putting decorations in the classroom. his friend referred to his undecorated house as "Einstein & Scrooge". NO
the FMC, an ophthalmologist, signs him up for a study without his consent. they even lampshade that it's fucked up: the florist sister brings it up and the medical professional is like "yeah it's unethical but i wanna". NO
and then yeah, the color blindness is depicted as seeing the world in black and white and when he puts on the glasses he can see full color. apparently he hated Christmas because he couldn't see how pretty it was. NO
so i turned that off and watched A Holiday Spectacular, and it was surprisingly good? poor little rich girl auditions for the Rockettes on a whim to keep her friend company, and she gets in! hijinks of the "I'm going to go to New York for a couple months and lie to my parents about what I'm doing" ensue, but it's mostly a found-family story set in 1958 New York with a very nice framing device of grandma telling it to her granddaughter (who is waiting for her callback slot in auditions for Clara). it passes the Bechdel test, it acknowledges the presence of Jewish people, and our heroine goes to the city and has an awesome career.* it is a fantasy in that 1958 NY is magically fully racially integrated at all levels of society. (the Rockettes didn't hire a dancer with dark skin until 1987 *sigh*) but it made sense since there's plenty of footage in the film of the real Rockettes doing their thing and being awesome, and i'm glad they went that way instead of excluding the dancers of color.
*the laziest Hallmark plots feature our heroine leaving her high-powered career in the city for some earthy dude, often her ex from high school, and living happily ever after in some small town that is usually the place where she grew up. wish fulfillment for parents, i guess.
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Date: 2022-12-24 08:47 am (UTC)I saw a couple last time I was in the UK as Maman wanted to watch them, and she grumbles if I don't keep her company but uuuuurrrgghh, I can't bear them. The last one you mention does sound like a reversal of the usual trope though, something of a surprise.
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Date: 2022-12-24 04:18 pm (UTC)wish fulfillment for parents, i guess.
That made me laugh. It's like a reverse Cinderella really. I guess it's supposed to be about the road not taken.
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Date: 2022-12-24 05:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-24 05:16 pm (UTC)