With the arrival of Christmas, the revisions of ‘¡Vaya Santa Claus!’ but did you realize this error that tortures Tim Allen?
The most magical time of the year arrives, that of nougats, company dinners, reviewing Christmas movies that you never thought were and feeling lonely and cold if you have not managed to change your gas rate to a regulated one but, to the other next to the puddle, there is someone who has an even worse time: the poor Tim Allen who doesn’t understand this ‘Wow Santa Claus!’ (John Pasquin, 1994).
“I never understood, not even in the movie, why didn’t the elves, when I appeared at the North Pole, say: ‘Hey, what happened to the other one?’. You know, I just get on the sleigh with the child and we go, “he comments in actor in ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘.
Allen, who at that time was an American star thanks to the success of the ABC series ‘Un botched at home’ (Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean, Matt Williams), stormed theaters since the mid-’90s with family classics like ‘From jungle to jungle’ (John Pasquin, 1997), ‘Through thick and thin’ (Bryan Spicer, 1997) and ‘Heroes out of orbit’ (Dean Parisot, 1999), but it was his Christmas movie saga about an unexpected Santa Claus the one that seems to have penetrated the most in the collective imagination, becoming one of the highest grossing Christmas movies in history.
In the first installment, ‘Go Santa Claus!’ (John Pasquin, 1994), we meet Scott Calvin (Allen), a divorced father who is very angry because his son’s mother and his stepfather have told him that Santa Claus does not exist. At Christmas, a domestic accident ends with a stranger dead in his house who, curiously, turns out to be Santa. Due to a magical clause, Scott must now take his place. Is it one of those Christmas movies that adults like?
“No one was asking, ‘Does Mrs. Claus know that the other guy is dead?’ There were big holes in the script,” Allen says with a laugh.
Dash holes through, The adventure continued in ‘Santa Claus 2’ (Michael Lembeck, 2002), ‘Santa Claus 3: For a Christmas without cold’ (Michael Lembeck, 2006) and, now, with the Disney+ miniseries ‘What a Claus family!’ (Jack Burditt, 2022)which shows us a Scott Calvin about to turn 65 and, realizing he can’t be Santa forever, sets out to find a suitable replacement for Santa as he prepares his family for a new adventure in life down south. from the pole
And here comes the unexpected twist: ‘What a family Claus!’ fixes the script hole that worries its protagonist. Beware, CHRISTMAS SPOILERS!
The series reveals that the previous Santa Claus did not die in the fall, but was instead returned to his original civilian life. What’s more, we discovered that the fall was not an accident, but something predestined. This could explain why the elves were not surprised by the appearance of a new Santa Claus and, once the old Santa returned to his old life, perhaps Mrs. Claus followed suit.
Source: Fotogramas
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