If anything proves how mainstream the LGBTQ community has become, it's the advent of queer-themed made-for-TV holiday movies. This season includes gay and lesbian rom-coms, and holiday-themed drag movies with very gay apparel.
Fran Drescher Plays Mother Matchmaker In ‘The Christmas Setup’ Lifetime Movie
The protagonist of the new Lifetime holiday movie
The Christmas Setup is New York City lawyer Hugo (
Ben Lewis) but it’s his mother Kate (
Fran Drescher,
The Nanny) who steals the show. When Hugo comes home (Milwaukee) for Christmas, Kate makes sure to have her son “bump into” his high school crush Patrick (
Blake Lee). Turns out Kate is a successful matchmaker!
‘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.