YMMV / A Diva's Christmas Carol

• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • After Ebony gets angry with the Ghost of Christmas Past (portrayed by Kathy Griffin) calling her out on her troubled upbringing and other acts of cruelty, the former calls her a skinny bitch which delights her. Griffin would later undergo extensive plastic surgery, including liposuction, which caused several health problems and nearly killed her.
  • Marli herself. The popular all-girl trio, Desire, that she, Ebony and their friend Terri were in disbanded after Marli's tragic death in a car accident. Less than 18 months after this movie came out, the same thing happened in Real Life to Chilli's (Marli) fellow TLC member, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.
• Jerkass Woobie: Ebony, of course.
• Nightmare Fuel: When Marli takes her head off to prove she is, in fact, dead.^note  It gets even worse from there, if you think of the Fridge Horror involved with that may reveal how Marli died in the accident. Also, when she takes off her "face" to reveal to Ebony what her (most likely badly decomposed) visage resembles after being dead for 10 years. This is unrevealed to the audience as her back is to us, but Ebony's horrified expression shows it is not a pretty picture.
  • Ebony's mysteriously badly burned or possibly decomposed body lying in her bed she discovers during her Behind The Music episode.
    • Also doubles as Fridge Horror: if her body is indeed decomposed, that could mean that it lay there for possibly weeks before anyone cared enough to check in on her and find it. How much of a bitch was she?!
    • We may also get a hint of the cause of death: blink and you'll miss it, but Ebony likes to wash down Vicodin with alcohol before bed, which is highly inadvisable.
  • Her being sucked into the TV at the end of the Bad Future segment also qualifies.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Brian McNamara is more recognized in the TV promos nowadays, especially if it airs on Lifetime Network.
  • The young Ebony is portrayed by a young Vanessa Morgan.
• Vindicated by History: Upon its premiere in 2000, reaction to the film was mixed and many critics decried it as unnecessary and cheesy. In the following years with many airings in syndication, it's now warmly regarded as an annual showing and one of the better modern remakes of A Christmas Carol.
• The Woobie: The long-suffering Bob Cratchit and his family, definitely. His marriage to Kelly is hanging on by a thread and their little boy is sick with cancer.
  • Ebony's overworked and mistreated band, though they may qualify as Iron Woobie or Angst? What Angst?.
  • Olivia, whose beloved father is dead and famous Aunt wants little to do with her. She at least has a loving husband and close friends who are like family.
  • Terri, who in addition to grieving the loss of her close friend Marli and abandonment of Ebony, was left living hand-to-mouth after the latter sued her for trying to create a new Desire.

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