Posted on 11/17/2022 8:35:06 AM PST by lowbridge
Fans love that Tim Allen is reprising his role as Santa for the Disney+ miniseries, “The Santa Clauses,” but some critics are complaining he’s too much of a “right-wing Santa.”
The 69-year-old actor is one of the few openly conservative people in Hollywood. This makes it no surprise that critics zeroed in on a single line in the new “Santa Clauses” series that follows up on the popular “The Santa Clause” movie franchise, which premiered in 1994.
Allen again plays toy salesman Scott Calvin, who becomes Santa, but now he’s looking for a suitable successor to wear the red suit. One reviewer described the character as a “cranky, conservative Santa Claus.”
In one scene, Allen’s character complains about the state of modern society. “’Saying ‘Merry Christmas to all’ has suddenly become problematic,” he observes.
“What was going on in the minds of the writers as they penned this semi-political one-liner?” an article on The A.V. Club wondered.
DigitalTrends had a similar reaction to that moment. “To suggest it strips the story of some of its charm is an understatement, but with only two episodes to go on, the series’ plans for its right-wing Santa are almost certainly going to make or break the show,” that reviewer observed, also noting how Allen’s character seems “like he’s spent too much of the Christmas offseason watching Fox News.”
Showrunner Jack Burditt addressed the line during an interview with Deadline. The interviewer explicitly asked about the “lightning rod” quote and asked if there was any “back and forth” on including it. Burditt said the writers did consider the implications.
“Yeah, we did,” the showrunner said. “This is something that I just think is silly but then I’m like, I don’t know.”
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ReEEee Ree ReEEeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Yep. It doesn’t matter to them that 99 characters on a show are leftists, if there is even one that looks like he might be right wing, then they freak out.
They want us gone, disappeared, forgotten and I figure it won’t be too many more years before they work up the nerve to try it.
Did anyone see the guy on tv show.. wears blue and orange..
He introduced the letter P beside a police car and then asked for another P word and used the word pig.
On little kids show.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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right? 8^)
That kills me every time I see the reference!
Made me grin, FRiend!
I stopped watching television back in the late 90’s, and my list of modern movies I want to see grows smaller and smaller.
My wife came home from the library with a rented movie the other day “Buzz Lightyear” and asked if I wanted to watch it.
I was a bit reticent, because I had heard about it, but I am always looking for time we can spend together as we get older together, so I agreed.
Boy, I hate being right. There were several pointed displays of homosexual lesbian marriage, not to mention the all too common portrayal of a female that can do anything from kicking the asses of five buff guys and males who are either prisoner to ther male toxicity or utterly dimwitted.
On these occasions, I usually leave outright or break out the laptop so I stay in the room to give the appearance of watching the movie.
In one scene, Allen’s character complains about the state of modern society. “’Saying ‘Merry Christmas to all’ has suddenly become problematic,”
IOW, "right-wing" means "truth telling".
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