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Christmas romantic comedies are known for cozy sweaters, roaring fireplaces, meaningful glances over cups of hot chocolate and stars who, until recently, looked like a bunch of models from a Land s End catalog circa 1985.
Rare were the Christmas rom-coms with Asian, queer, Latinx or disabled characters. When Black characters started to show up, they generally played sidekicks or they starred in family holiday movies, not the kind of Christmas rom-coms where Mom s always there to help with a thorny relationship dilemma, the cider is forever mulled and not a single problem can t be solved by declaring love under the mistletoe.
Originally published on December 18, 2020 9:01 am
Christmas romantic comedies are known for cozy sweaters, roaring fireplaces, meaningful glances over cups of hot chocolate and stars who, until recently, looked like a bunch of models from a Land s End catalog circa 1985.
Rare were the Christmas rom-coms with Asian, queer, Latinx or disabled characters. When Black characters started to show up, they generally played sidekicks or they starred in family holiday movies, not the kind of Christmas rom-coms where Mom s always there to help with a thorny relationship dilemma, the cider is forever mulled and not a single problem can t be solved by declaring love under the mistletoe.