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1	* AwardCategoryFraud:
2	** 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.
3	** 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.
4	* 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 for it, rather than Davis.
5	* CaliforniaDoubling: The film is set in 1927 UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, but was filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}.
6	* ChannelHop: Was initially in development as an Creator/{{HBO}} project before eventually moving to Creator/{{Netflix}} by 2019.
7	* 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.
8	* NonSingingVoice: Creator/ViolaDavis has stressed that she's no singer, and thus another performer's voice was used.
9	* PosthumousCredit: Creator/ChadwickBoseman passed away on August 28, 2020. This is the last film he played in, and it was released four months after his passing.
10	* ReleaseDateChange: From November 2020 to December 18, 2020.
11	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JeffreyWright was initially attached to this project at some point, but had to drop out.

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