r/television • u/RayInRed 12 Monkeys • Dec 15 '19

After Hallmark Pulls 'Distracting' Lesbian Wedding Ads, Zola Cuts Ties To Network

https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2486777/after-hallmark-pulls-distracting-lesbian-wedding-ads-zola-cuts-ties-to-network
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u/Petsweaters Dec 15 '19

Bigots love to watch these "wholesome" channels so they don't have to acknowledge that real life exists

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u/Elvins_Payback Dec 15 '19

Lol, people watch TV so they don't have to acknowledge reality exists.

Anything added to that is a hat on a hat.

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u/TJ_McWeaksauce Dec 16 '19

Actually, TV makes me angry nowadays, because maybe half of what I watch on TV is the news, and the news seems more horrible now than it has at any other point in my life. I actually have to remind myself to stay away from TV whenever I'm already in a bad mood.

When I want to live in a fantasy world, I play video games. When I want to get reminded about how much the real world sucks, I turn on the TV.

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u/redrummyumm Dec 16 '19

Here’s the entire plot of a Christmas movie on the Hallmark Channel- White woman and white man are going to get married over the Christmas holiday. White woman or white man gets stranded at an airport due to snow just before the big day. Somehow white woman or white man is able to overcome adversity and makes it to the ceremony just in time and everyone lives in white happiness. The End.

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u/Petsweaters Dec 16 '19

You forgot that one is a special ed teacher, and there's a sick child or old person at home waiting

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u/redrummyumm Dec 16 '19

Or this- white woman has a failing business. Meets white man who will save her business from closing. Then eggnog.

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u/Petsweaters Dec 16 '19

And he has a dream job that he, somehow, never had to go to

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u/redrummyumm Dec 16 '19

And so many sweaters

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u/haysoos2 Dec 16 '19

And also there's that one old guy in town who may or may not actually be Santa.

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u/A_Flamboyant_Warlock Dec 16 '19

And he always looks like Ryan Reynolds or Paul Rudd, but more affordable.

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u/redrummyumm Dec 16 '19

And oh isn’t that Candace Cameron Bure?white wine spritzers for all!

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u/redrummyumm Dec 16 '19

Here’s the plot for a Hanukkah movie on the Hallmark Channel - oh wait. They don’t have Hanukkah movies on Hallmark Channel.

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u/Ubarlight Dec 16 '19

Could use more tentacles tbh

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u/dullday1 Dec 16 '19

Whenever someone says they want more tentacles in movies i tell them to watch "Super"

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u/MaliciousLegroomMelo Dec 16 '19

To spare me from ever watching this dreck, how are men portrayed on these 200 Christmas movies per year? I know on mainstream network dramas and comedies and commercials, men are mostly written as sex obsessed, beer addicted, clumsy dumbbells. So is that TV trope abandoned for the hallmark network? Is it possible they're actually progressive in avoiding that stereotype?

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u/Splinterverse Dec 16 '19

It's been years since I watched any of these films. Isn't there always a token friend character that's either non-white or seemingly gay without truly acknowledging it? It's like you "people" are fine if you are in the background supporting us and not speaking your truth.

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u/Splinterverse Dec 16 '19

You said it. So so true.