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Terry Tang
This image released by Lifetime shows Tzi Ma, right, in a scene from A Sugar & Spice Holiday. The TV film, featuring a mostly Asian cast, premieres Sunday, Dec. 13 at 8pm ET/PT. (Kailey Schwerman/Lifetime via AP) December 11, 2020 - 7:32 PM
In one scene from the Lifetime TV movie, âA Sugar & Spice Holiday,â a co-worker says to Suzy, an Asian American architect in Los Angeles: âI didn t know if Christmas was a big deal where you re from.â
Retorts Suzy: âI m from Maine.
A lot of viewers of a cozy Christmas film might just shrug off the insinuation that Suzy is somehow not American. But for an Asian audience, that brief exchange is a knowing reminder that microaggressions don t take a holiday. They especially haven t in the wake of the pandemic, which has triggered anti-Asian racism and terms like âChinese virusâ and âkung flu.â
Witness (1985) ★★★
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Working Girl (1988) ★★★
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) ★★
Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z
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THIS WEEK’S MOVIES A-Z
An alphabetical listing of movies on TV the week of the week of Dec 13 - 19, 2020
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Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z
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The Walking Dead Holiday Special” hosted by Chris Hardwick. Anytime, AMC+
Do-gooders collect their due in
“CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.”Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa co-host. 5 and 8 p.m. CNN
A city slicker finds romance with a hunky ranch hand in the LGBTQ-themed TV movie
“Dashing in December.” With Peter Porte, Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andie MacDowell. 7 p.m. Paramount Network; also Logo, Pop TV, TV Land
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It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the classic animated special
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles Schulz. 7:30 p.m. KOCE, KLCS, KVCR
A TV news anchor gets a romantic do-over in the fantasy tale