'Merry & Gay': A smart and heartfelt LGBTQ Christmas venture
The film centers around two young women, Becca and Sam, who were once high school sweethearts until they reconnect in their town.

When did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you? In FATHER the reality of life is turned upside down to create an impossible dialogue - the dialogue between a child and a father that never happens.
The film centers around two young women, Becca and Sam, who were once high school sweethearts until they reconnect in their town.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.
Mai yells what every parent dreads hearing from their child: “tao ghét mày” (“I hate you”) and runs from the scene, where Hai discovers that Mai was telling the truth about the wallet.
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
There’s enough evidence to insinuate that What We Do in the Shadows is intentionally queer-coded.