Jack’s Takes: A Fitting End to a Bizarre Year

Listen: I realize the holiday season has come and passed. However, I would be remiss if I did not mention this story.

While I don’t claim to speak for everybody, the holiday movie classics from years past will be sorely missed going into 2021: It’s A Wonderful Life, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (my personal fave), the list goes on.

Heck, I will even miss the newer Christmas movies! While many people are critical of reboots, I personally enjoy seeing a new take on an old classic. With one exception…

Many viewers at home were critical of Matthew Morrison’s performance as the titular character, and while I wasn’t a huge fan of his performance, other folks had some harsher words to say about his take:

The Grinch live was Matthew Morrison moaning for and occasionally whipping BooBoo Stewart for two hours I’ve never felt so uncomfortable in my entire life

— ? (@softchelles) December 10, 2020

Others felt his performance was too sexual:

sending matthew morrison the bill for all the therapy I’ll need after watching his bizarrely sexual interpretation of the grinch pic.twitter.com/KyV9WQfybf

— Harriet Worley (@harriet_worley) December 10, 2020

To be fair, the Grinch has become an iconic holiday character of late, and even the most seasoned actor would find the task of filling Jim Carrey’s shoes daunting, to say the least.

All that aside, I cannot think of a more fitting way to end the year 2020 than with a creepy Grinch. My wish for next year is for more content as memorable (for better or worse) as this!