Danny & đź‘‘Clea DuVall (Director/Co-Writer of Happiest Season)
Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino
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🗓️ 25 November 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Danny chats with actress and director/co-writer of Hulu's Happiest Season, the LGBTQ holiday romcom starring Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie David, Daniel Levy, and more! They also discuss her iconic roles in But I'm A Cheerleader, Veep, The Faculty, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to everything iconic with me, Danny Pelagrino. |
| 0:12.0 | Today on the show we have a very special guest. |
| 0:14.2 | Her name is Clea DuVall. |
| 0:15.6 | She is the co-writer and director of the new movie Happiest Season which premieres on Hulu |
| 0:20.9 | today. |
| 0:21.9 | It's an LGBTQ holiday romcom. |
| 0:24.9 | It is so cute. |
| 0:26.0 | You guys, it starts Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Daniel Levy from Shits Creek. |
| 0:30.8 | It's fantastic. |
| 0:31.8 | I got to say I've been preaching for years that we need more LGBTQ representation in |
| 0:37.7 | these holiday movies. |
| 0:39.1 | Hallmark for instance, they made, I believe, 40 new movies this year. |
| 0:43.2 | They do have one finally in 2020 that features two gay characters, which is very exciting. |
| 0:49.7 | Lifetime of course is doing some LGBTQ representation this year as well. |
| 0:54.5 | I dipped in a little bit last year, but this is the first time where there are lead characters |
| 0:59.5 | that are part of the queer community and it was so exciting to me. |
| 1:02.7 | I hope this just leads to more and more representation of different colors and sexual orientations |
| 1:08.9 | and people with disabilities and all sorts of stuff because we make so many of these movies. |
| 1:13.4 | I think it really does make a difference when people can see themselves on screen. |
| 1:17.8 | I'm not saying every single movie needs to be a gay holiday film, but it is nice to get |
| 1:23.5 | a little bit of representation. |
| 1:25.5 | You guys might remember Cleo DeValle. |
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