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Duck T. Reviews The Christmas Setup (Lifetime Movie)

Friends, I’ve decided Duck T. is a FAR better reviewer than I am, so here he is with his rating and review:

Lifetime’s first movie with gay protagonists? This duck gives a giant flippers up to that! Fran Drescher as Mum is an absolute ducking joy. She’s all heart and quite a bit of sparkle, and doesn’t need to be convinced of anyone’s validity. And she also impishly sets up her son up with his high school crush. Hugo (Ben Lewis) is a delightful character who must choose between the boy (Patrick played by Blake Lee) and the job. I’m also raising my beak-holes to Ellen Wong who plays Madelyn, Hugo’s best friend. Super-ducking awesome cast!

In this plot, there’s also some local activism—which always roasts my pondweed fritter—and the question of whether Hugo (Ben Lewis) will choose the boy or the job is obvious but no less duckworthy or enjoyable.

Flippers up! I was hooked (not cooked)! And apart from the fact that my best frenemy Mallard Jones kept hopping up and down in front of me, I’d have been 100% glued to the TV. Sparkling performances, lots of humor and heart, and a Christmassy backdrop. Super-ducking awesome!

Have a great one, friends.

–Duck T. (with Star’s help)

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Welcome! I’m Star Tavares. I’m queer, nonbinary, and intersex, and I use they/them pronouns. My hubby Jake is LGBTQIA+ too, as is our duck, name of Duck—he’s super-ducking awesome. He likes to call himself an award-winning duck because we wrote a screenplay about him that won some awards, and who are we to argue?

We used to publish in the romance genres, but after we came out, we thought romance didn’t want us anymore. But you know what, toots? We were wrong.

Now we’ve rebuilt our confidence and are back to living our Romancey Pants life, writing, reviewing romance movies, reading romance novels, and doing a whole lot of stretching.

Want to know more about Star’s writing credits? Under another name, Star has published romance stories, novels, and novellas with presses like Harper Collins and Cleis, and has won awards for their shorter works from the likes of Glimmer Train, Screencraft, and Narrative, where they also worked as an editor. More recently, Star’s nonfiction about gender identity has appeared in The New York Times and at Huffington Post Personal.

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