‘Happiest Season’ isn’t perfect, but it is enough
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last week, the much-anticipated queer holiday film, Happiest Season¸ premiered on Hulu. As much as I've been Harper, begging my partner not to leave me for not being ready to be out, I've also stood in the basement of my ex-girlfriend's house and been Abby, begging her to just tell her mom that we're a couple, telling her that there really isn't anything wrong with us and that I'm worth standing up for. The close of the film shows Abby, Harper, John, and Harper's family getting ready to watch It's a Wonderful Life in a cinema together. As the opening credits of the film within the film roll, it is suggested that Happiest Season is intended as a queer version of It's a Wonderful Life.
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