Ready to cuddle up with a bonkers, bad Christmas movie?
Tell me if this sounds like you. It’s a cozy winter night. You flip on one of the streaming channels or that cheesy cable channel you watch more than you tell anyone, and you settle in for one of those insane Christmas movies.
The ones that star the celebs from that show over a decade ago whom you haven’t seen since. The ones with the plots that involve inheriting a castle, having an evil twin, falling in love with a reindeer, or just moving home to open an antique shop. Come on, people, you know the ones.
You’re in good company. During a two-month period, 85 million people tune in to watch a Hallmark Christmas movie. That’s more than the Super Bowl!
Places like Hallmark, Netflix, and Peacock have made a mint going viral with these crazy Christmas movies. People talk about them, binge them, scream at their TVs during them, but while that’s all fun and games… it would be nice if these productions actually used union crew members, were WGA and DGA signatories, and made sure everyone on them got a living wage.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
