Apparently the US embassy in the Netherlands needs to add a new office: Cultural Attache for Helping Filmmakers Create Pictures That Can Be Marketed in America. Because if such a person existed, she might have offered the following advice: “I’ve looked over your script, Mr. Maas, and I have a suggestion or two. Your idea of portraying Santa Claus as a murderous evil spirit has been done a few times already, so you’re probably not treading on thin ice there. You should also be okay with using the original St. Nicholas rather than the American version, though you may ruffle a few Roman Catholic feathers in the process. But then the guy is backed up by an army of zombie Black Petes? Well ...” See if desperate
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