‘Christmas Setup’ Writer on ‘Huge Responsibility’ of Bringing Gay Experience to Lifetime’s Holiday Slate
“It’s my story, all the characters are a piece of me,” Michael Murray told TheWrapJennifer Maas | December 12, 2020 @ 2:14 PM
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As the writer of “The Christmas Setup,” Lifetime’s first-ever holiday movie centered on a gay romance, Michael Murray has felt a sense of responsibility to the LGBTQ+ community since he first began scripting the project back in March.
But it wasn’t until Lifetime announced in August that it had given the movie the green light that Murray had a “freakout” and “major meltdown” over just how big a deal his little movie was going to be.