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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The show faithfully presents the fact that a lot of the gimmicks and characters in wrestling in TheEighties were based on stereotypes that would be considered ''incredibly'' racist by modern standards.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The show faithfully presents the fact that a lot of the gimmicks and characters in wrestling in TheEighties were based on stereotypes that would be considered ''incredibly'' racist by modern standards.standards, but were considered AcceptableTargets at the time.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The show faithfully presents the fact that a lot of the gimmicks and characters in wrestling in TheEighties were based on stereotypes that would be considered ''incredibly'' racist by modern standards.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sam Sylvia. He'll be the first person to tell you that he's hard to work with. He says cruel things to the women, demands complete control over his product despite not caring to know about the finer points of wrestling, and isn't a fan of apologies or admitting his faults. And while he tries not to show it, he does have a tender side, such as the time he [[spoiler:drove Ruth to the hospital for her abortion, and didn't fire Justine despite the fact she stole his video camera and tried to frame Rhonda up for it.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sam Sylvia. He'll be the first person to tell you that he's hard to work with. He He's a habitual coke user and womanizer who says cruel things to the women, demands complete control over his product despite not caring to know about the finer points of wrestling, and isn't a fan of apologies or admitting his faults.faults. Hell, he even hates babies, and thinks that they're boring because they're obviously too young to party. And while he tries not to show it, he does have a tender side, such as the time he [[spoiler:drove Ruth to the hospital for her abortion, and didn't fire Justine despite the fact she stole his video camera and tried to frame Rhonda up for it.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sam Sylvia. He'll be the first person to tell you that he's hard to work with. He says cruel things to the women, demands complete control over his product despite not caring to know about the finer points of wrestling, and isn't a fan of apologies or admitting his faults. And while he tries not to show it, he does have a tender side, such as the time he [[spoiiler:drove Ruth to the hospital for her abortion, and didn't fire Justine despite the fact she stole his video camera and tried to frame Rhonda up for it.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sam Sylvia. He'll be the first person to tell you that he's hard to work with. He says cruel things to the women, demands complete control over his product despite not caring to know about the finer points of wrestling, and isn't a fan of apologies or admitting his faults. And while he tries not to show it, he does have a tender side, such as the time he [[spoiiler:drove [[spoiler:drove Ruth to the hospital for her abortion, and didn't fire Justine despite the fact she stole his video camera and tried to frame Rhonda up for it.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sam Sylvia. He'll be the first person to tell you that he's hard to work with. He says cruel things to the women, demands complete control over his product despite not caring to know about the finer points of wrestling, and isn't a fan of apologies or admitting his faults. And while he tries not to show it, he does have a tender side, such as the time he [[spoiiler:drove Ruth to the hospital for her abortion, and didn't fire Justine despite the fact she stole his video camera and tried to frame Rhonda up for it.]]
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* WhamLine: Justine [[spoiler:reveals that she's Sam's illegitimate daughter, just as the director is about to make out with her.]]
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* AuthorTract: InUniverse, Sam's first script for the show, a post-apocalyptic dystopia, is a thinly veiled misogynistic rant against women's lib, full of man-eating lesbians and a villain named [[CountryMatters Kuntar]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Although the show is based on a real-life wrestling promotion, all the characters are fictional, oftentimes based on the people behind the real GLOW. Carmen/Machu Picchu, for example, is an obvious takeoff on Emily Dole, a.k.a. Mount Fiji, while the admittedly difficult-to-work-with director Sam Sylvia is based on real-life B-movie director Matt Cimber. There are, however, a few RaceLift cases here and there, such as the Caucasian Wrestling/JohnMorrison playing the equivalent of the Mexican-American Mando Guerrero as the girls' trainer.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Ruth and Debbie, when Debbie discovers [[spoiler:that her husband Mark had an affair with Ruth.]]
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* LargeHam: Ruth. She is, after all, an actress by trade.
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The first season will premiere on June 23, 2017; but the trailer can be found [[https://youtu.be/AZqDO6cTYVY here]].
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The first season will premiere premiered on June 23, 2017; but the trailer can be found [[https://youtu.be/AZqDO6cTYVY here]].
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* WrestlingFamily: Carmen comes from one of these, which impresses the show's trainer to no end.
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* MaleGaze: Played with. The scenes with actual nudity and sex are shot very matter of factory and not for titillation. The scenes when the girls are in the ring fully dressed is another matter entirely.
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* MaleGaze: Played with. The scenes with actual nudity and sex are shot very matter of factory factly and not for titillation. The scenes when the girls are in the ring fully dressed is another matter entirely.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: InUniverse, the animosity between Ruth and Debbie's ring personas is derived from their conflict in real life.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Creator/AlisonBrie topless. Enough said.
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* EnterStageWindow: This is how Mark [[spoiler: gets into Ruth's apartment unseen to have sex with her]]. He even lampshades how hard it is to climb up a trellis.
* {{Fanservice}}: As if featuring Creator/AlisonBrietopless. Enough said.topless wasn't enough, the women spend a considerable amount of time in ''very'' tight outfits which show off their curves.
* {{Fanservice}}: As if featuring Creator/AlisonBrie
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* BadBadActing: Ruth is not a very good actress, which becomes all the more notorious when she tries to ''"act"'' during the audition process for the show.
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* FauxActionGirl: Ruth and a number of the girls are not trained wrestlers.
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* FauxActionGirl: Ruth and a number most of the girls are not trained wrestlers.
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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Debbie plays an AllAmericanFace on the ring, but she is a complete AlphaBitch in real life.
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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Debbie plays an AllAmericanFace on MaleGaze: Played with. The scenes with actual nudity and sex are shot very matter of factory and not for titillation. The scenes when the ring, but she girls are in the ring fully dressed is a complete AlphaBitch in real life.another matter entirely.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Debbie's husband Marc is considerably less attractive that her.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Debbie's husband Marc Mark is considerably less attractive that her.
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* TrailerAlwaysLie: The trailers made Debbie Eagan out to be a AlphaBitch who torments Ruth. In the actual show Debbie is quite a nice person and supportive friend who has a ''very'' good reason to be pissed at Ruth. [[spoiler:She slept with her husband. ''Twice''.]]
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* TrailerAlwaysLie: TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers made Debbie Eagan out to be a AlphaBitch who torments Ruth. In the actual show Debbie is quite a nice person and supportive friend who has a ''very'' good reason to be pissed at Ruth. [[spoiler:She slept with her husband. ''Twice''.]]
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Debbie's husband Marc is considerably less attractive that her.
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* AlphaBitch: Debbie Eagan, which is lampshaded.
-->She's the alpha, and you're (Ruth) the omega. Submit.
-->She's the alpha, and you're (Ruth) the omega. Submit.
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* TrailerAlwaysLie: The trailers made Debbie Eagan out to be a AlphaBitch who torments Ruth. In the actual show Debbie is quite a nice person and supportive friend who has a ''very'' good reason to be pissed at Ruth. [[spoiler:She slept with her husband. ''Twice''.]]
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''GLOW'' is a dramedy from {{Creator/Netflix}} which tells a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory fictionalized version]] of the characters and gimmicks of the syndicated all-women wrestling promotion ''Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" or Wrestling/{{GLOW}}, which ran from 1986 to 1990.
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''GLOW'' is a dramedy {{dramedy}} from {{Creator/Netflix}} Creator/{{Netflix}} which tells a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory fictionalized version]] of the characters and gimmicks of the syndicated all-women wrestling promotion ''Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" or Wrestling/{{GLOW}}, which ran from 1986 to 1990.
* AlphaBitch: Debbie Eagan, which is lampshaded.
-->She's the alpha, and you're (Ruth) the omega. Submit.
-->She's the alpha, and you're (Ruth) the omega. Submit.
* FauxActionGirl: Ruth and a number of the girls are not trained wrestlers.
* LeotardOfPower: The most common attire of the wrestlers.
* NWordPrivileges: When Wrestling/KiaStevens' character was called a "big black girl", she responds with an angry PrecisionFStrike.
--> The fuck you say!?
--> The fuck you say!?
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* StarvingArtist: At the start of the series Ruth only has $83 in her bank account and can't find any acting work.
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* ShowWithinAShow: The show is about one of the most well-known female wrestling promotions in ProfessionalWrestling history.
* StarvingArtist: At the start of theseries series, Ruth only has $83 in her bank account and can't find any acting work. work.
* TeamTitle: The eponymous GLOW is the name of the wrestling organization the main characters work for.
* TrainingMontage: A given since this is a show about ProfessionalWrestling.
* WorkoutFanservice: The trailer features Debbie getting a MaleGaze while rehearsing with Ruth.
* WorldOfActionGirls: A given since this is a show about one of the most well-known female wrestling promotions in ProfessionalWrestling history. However, see FauxActionGirl above.
* StarvingArtist: At the start of the
* TeamTitle: The eponymous GLOW is the name of the wrestling organization the main characters work for.
* TrainingMontage: A given since this is a show about ProfessionalWrestling.
* WorkoutFanservice: The trailer features Debbie getting a MaleGaze while rehearsing with Ruth.
* WorldOfActionGirls: A given since this is a show about one of the most well-known female wrestling promotions in ProfessionalWrestling history. However, see FauxActionGirl above.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Creator/AlisonBrie topless. Enough said.
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* RobotBuddy: Bash Howard, the promotion's producer, has a robot serving drinks and drugs at a party.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: To call the group of women Silvia gathers to create the promotion "colorful" would be a ''huge'' understatement.
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* TheEighties: The show is set smack he middle of the decade, and everything from the wardrobe to the hairstyles faithfully reflects that.
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-->'''Ruth: '' Are you hiring actors to play wrestlers or are ''we'' the wrestlers?
-->'' Sam Silvia:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]].
-->'' Sam Silvia:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]].
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* {{Kayfabe}}: The show takes a closer look at how this works, as the contrast between the wrestlers' lives and personalities and the characters they play on the air is made evident.
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--->''Ruth:'' Are you hiring actors to play wrestlers or are ''we'' the wrestlers?
--->''Sam Silvia:'' [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]].
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* StarvingArtist: At the start of the series Ruth only has $48 in her bank account and can't find any acting work.
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''GLOW'' is a dramedy from {{Creator/Netflix}} which tells a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory fictionalized version]] of the characters and gimmicks of the syndicated all-women wrestling promotion ''Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" or Wrestling/{{GLOW}}, which ran from 1986 to 1990.
The show stars Creator/AlisonBrie as Ruth Wilder, a broke down on her luck aspiring actress in 1980's LA, who finds one last chance for stardom when she's thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women's wrestling. Alongside other colorful newcomers, Ruth has to deal with Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), a former soap actress who left show business to have a baby, only to be sucked back into work when her picture-perfect life is not what it seems.
The first season will premiere on June 23, 2017; but the trailer can be found [[https://youtu.be/AZqDO6cTYVY here]].
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* EightiesHair: The show takes great care to replicate the hairstyles of the decade, in all their gravity-defying glory.
* {{Kayfabe}}: The show takes a closer look at how this works, as the contrast between the wrestlers' lives and personalities and the characters they play on the air is made evident.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Debbie plays an AllAmericanFace on the ring, but she is a complete AlphaBitch in real life.
* StarvingArtist: At the start of the series Ruth only has $48 in her bank account and can't find any acting work.
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The show stars Creator/AlisonBrie as Ruth Wilder, a broke down on her luck aspiring actress in 1980's LA, who finds one last chance for stardom when she's thrust into the glitter and spandex world of women's wrestling. Alongside other colorful newcomers, Ruth has to deal with Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), a former soap actress who left show business to have a baby, only to be sucked back into work when her picture-perfect life is not what it seems.
The first season will premiere on June 23, 2017; but the trailer can be found [[https://youtu.be/AZqDO6cTYVY here]].
!''GLOW'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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* EightiesHair: The show takes great care to replicate the hairstyles of the decade, in all their gravity-defying glory.
* {{Kayfabe}}: The show takes a closer look at how this works, as the contrast between the wrestlers' lives and personalities and the characters they play on the air is made evident.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Debbie plays an AllAmericanFace on the ring, but she is a complete AlphaBitch in real life.
* StarvingArtist: At the start of the series Ruth only has $48 in her bank account and can't find any acting work.
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