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** Creator/ViolaDavis was nominated as a leading actress, even though several viewers have argued the role is more supporting, as she's often absent from a large chunk of the film, and Creator/ChadwickBoseman receives the brunt of focus throughout. She got top billing, so it is consistent.
** In an even worse case of this trope, the original production saw Charles S. Dutton nominated for a Tony as a featured actor. Dutton was playing Levee, the main character.
** Creator/ViolaDavis was nominated as a leading actress, even though several viewers have argued the role is more supporting, as she's often absent from a large chunk of the film, and Creator/ChadwickBoseman receives the brunt of focus throughout. She got top billing, so it is consistent.
** In an even worse case of this trope, the original production saw Charles S. Dutton nominated for a Tony as a featured actor. Dutton was playing Levee, the main character.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JeffreyWright was initially attached to this project at some point, but had to drop out.
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* BillingDisplacement: Despite Creator/ChadwickBoseman playing the true lead of the film, with noticeably much more screentime and lines than Creator/ViolaDavis, he shares top billing with her, in the initial credits, and is then billed below her in the final ones. Made even more egregious by the fact that it was his final film and he would go on to receive all the attention from critics, audiences, and the media.
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* BillingDisplacement: Despite Creator/ChadwickBoseman playing the true lead of the film, with noticeably much more screentime and lines than Creator/ViolaDavis, he shares top billing with her, in the initial credits, and is then billed below her in the final ones. Made even more egregious by the fact that it was his final film and he would go on to receive all the attention from critics, audiences, awards bodies and the media.media for it, rather than Davis.
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* BillingDisplacement: Despite Creator/ChadwickBoseman playing the true lead of the film, with noticeably much more screentime and lines that than Creator/ViolaDavis, he shares top billing with her, in the initial credits, and is then billed below her in the final ones. Made even more egregious by the fact that it was his final film and he would go on to receive all the attention from critics, audiences, and the media.
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* PosthumousCredit: Creator/ChadwickBoseman passed away on August 28, 2020. This is the last film he played in, to be released on December 18, 2020.
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* PosthumousCredit: Creator/ChadwickBoseman passed away on August 28, 2020. This is the last film he played in, to be and it was released on December 18, 2020.four months after his passing.
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* NonSingingVoice: A strange example. It's said that Creator/ViolaDavis ''did'' sing for this film, but, as Davis says, has stressed that she's not much of a no singer, so to pass as a famous singer, a professional's and thus another performer's voice was mixed with her's.used.
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* ChannelHop: Was initially in development as a Creator/{{HBO}} project before eventually moving to Creator/{{Netflix}} by 2019.
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Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film in 2019 prior to production; COVID-19 was not a factor.
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* ChannelHop: The film was Was initially in development as a Creator/{{HBO}} project before eventually moving to have a theatrical release in November 2020. Due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic wrecking the theatrical business, the film was picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}} instead.by 2019.
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* DyeingForYourArt: A partial example. To play the heavyset titular singer, Creator/ViolaDavis gained weight, going up to around 200 pounds, and then used a fat suit to accurately portray Ma Rainey's roughly 300 pound figure.
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* ReleaseDateChange: From November 2020 to December 18, 2020.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The film is set in 1927 UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, but was filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}.
* ChannelHop: The film was to have a theatrical release in November 2020. Due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic wrecking the theatrical business, the film was picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}} instead.
* PosthumousCredit: Creator/ChadwickBoseman passed away on August 28, 2020. This is the last film he played in, to be released on December 18, 2020.
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* ChannelHop: The film was to have a theatrical release in November 2020. Due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic wrecking the theatrical business, the film was picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}} instead.
* PosthumousCredit: Creator/ChadwickBoseman passed away on August 28, 2020. This is the last film he played in, to be released on December 18, 2020.
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