Before 'Schitt's Creek's' holiday special, Dan Levy on the show's queer intimacy and right-wing fans
It's been a good year for "Schitt's Creek," a situation comedy about a formerly wealthy family living in a small-town motel. Its reputation and audience has continued to build with memes and gifs and the old word of mouth, rising to a rapidly sold-out "up-close-and-personal" appearance in September at Los Angeles' Ace Theater, and another last month at the Hollywood Roosevelt. (A North American tour begins Jan. 20 in San Francisco.) New episodes of the Canadian-made show air in the U.S. first on the basic cable network Pop TV and later slide onto Netflix, where many late-coming converts doubtless have been made.
When the CBC series began, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, who play Johnny and Moira Rose - and whose work together
