Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.No, not the 2000 Ron Howard-directed live-action remake with Jim Carrey.
We’re talking about the pinnacle of all holiday movies, the star atop the great Christmas tree of cinema: director Chuck Jones’ triumphant adaptation of the Dr.
Suess classic. How The Grinch Stole Christmas might just be the greatest Christmas movie ever made.Watching it almost 60 years after it first aired on CBS, the mix of humor, vibrant animation and unforgettable music still enchant us with holiday vibes.
A wonderful, awful, Grinchy idea also strikes us: is the Grinch a metaphor for a gay man?Consider: the title character, voiced by Boris.