About this episode

The episode discusses various themes in Christmas movies, particularly focusing on Hallmark films and their tropes.

We're having a launch party for the stuffed Italian bread triptychs honoring SISTERHOOD, INC. ( 2025 ), but first... TEASER: Don't fiddle with the knobs, or it's Queens for ya. THEME: " Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas ," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE Happy Employment Movie! … Greeting cards, Tech Nazis, Roko's Basilisk … Jim Rome Take: A Hannibal Lecter Group Text Experience … Sacramento … No Trump phlegm, no fizz… PART TWO Cast Rundown … The Expositional Challenge … Plot Mop-Up: The, uh, entire romantic plot; board structure; 30 Billion Dowmericans; mature/good sister/mother/daughter WASP; good-behavior modeling movie … Former mutuals with the screenwriter (no-drama edition)… PART THREE Spot the Angel: It Takes a Village … Eat Your Heart Out: Drunkenness; no Campari in Hallmark; kitchen oaf; 1/2 of one squash, 3 tiny chicken filets, loose paprika dredge, quartered like a math problem; overdoing the crafty; huge orange; shooters with mom … The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Chicagoless Chicago again, Siena College garnish; the thinking man's Albany; the early funny ones!… PART FOUR Overdetermined: Determined, not overdetermined, execution of required Hallmark…

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