I have been contemplating switching to GAC TV instead of Hallmark as they have hired the former President of the channel and bunch of their biggest stars. They are planning on going back to the basics of what made Hallmark great. No gays and toning down the interracial marriages to something resembling reality as only 9% of the marriages are interracial in the United States. So I DVRed a couple of them including their first offering "Jingle Bell Princess."
This had a bunch of classic Hallmark tropes. A princess stranded in Middle America well in this case Maine. You know bumpkin town. A widower who lives with his Mom and his precious daughter because he ist distraught over the loss of the wife. He even had the obligatory black best friend which is fine as they are protrayed as a black traditional family who are fully intergrated into the community as is the case in most places. The princess lands her plane. She wanders off the plane to find a cute puppy with a jingle bell around it's neck and the plane leaves without her. Shut up it could happen.
There are a couple of problems with this movie. First is the size. The movie is smaller than the frame of your TV. I don't know why that is. It seems to be cheap movie making. The cameos are not up to snuff. No faded stars of yesteryear like you would get in Hallmark. The Santa character is just some played out Canadian unlike Hallmark where he would be William Shatner or somebody like that. The romance is rudimentary and the conflict was no big deal. Still it was a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.
They just need to up their game. I think Candace and Danica will force them to improve.
Heres hoping.
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they have hired the former President of the channel and bunch of their biggest stars.
Hired or fired?
This is why I proofread a couple of times.
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