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** The film doesn't even get the basics of basketball right. The protagonist's team doesn't have enough players to compete in a basketball tournament.

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** The film doesn't even get the basics of basketball right. The right; the protagonist's team doesn't have enough players to compete in a basketball tournament.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally intended to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women to play in a women's sports league before being retooled into a fictional comedy.

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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally intended to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women to play in a women's sports league before being retooled into a fictional comedy.comedy when they found out that people can't actually pretend to be trans to play in women's sports.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: As stated, the film was originally intended to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women to play in a women's sports league, before being retooled in fictional comedy.

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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: As stated, the The film was originally intended to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women to play in a women's sports league, league before being retooled in into a fictional comedy.

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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In reality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: to compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months, with their hormone levels carefully monitored. Putting on feminine clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this is why they had to rewrite the film as a fictional comedy when they meant it to be a documentary). On top of that, the film doesn't even get the basics of basketball right: the protagonist's team doesn't have enough players to compete in a basketball tournament.

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The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In reality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: to To compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months, with their hormone levels carefully monitored. Putting on feminine clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this work. This is why they the filmmakers had to rewrite change their initial vision of the film as from a documentary to a fictional comedy when they meant it to be a documentary). On top of that, the narrative.
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film doesn't even get the basics of basketball right: the right. The protagonist's team doesn't have enough players to compete in a basketball tournament.
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* ReferencedBy: ''WebVideo/SomeMoreNews'' dedicated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrsysN_LBoo an entire episode]] solely to roasting ''Lady Ballers''.
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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In reality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: to compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months, with their hormone levels carefully monitored. Putting on feminine clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this is why they had to rewrite the film as a fictional comedy when they meant it to be a documentary). The film doesn't even get the basics of basketball right: the protagonist's team doesn't have enough players to compete in a basketball tournament.

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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In reality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: to compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months, with their hormone levels carefully monitored. Putting on feminine clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this is why they had to rewrite the film as a fictional comedy when they meant it to be a documentary). The On top of that, the film doesn't even get the basics of basketball right: the protagonist's team doesn't have enough players to compete in a basketball tournament.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: As stated, the film was originally intended to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women to play in a women's sports league, before being retooled in fictional comedy.
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* DescendedCreator: Director Jeremy Boreing plays the main character Rob.

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* DescendedCreator: Director Director, Writer, Executive Producer, and CEO of the Daily Wire Jeremy Boreing plays the main character Rob.character.
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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In actuality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: in order to compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months and their hormone levels are carefully monitored: simply putting on women's clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this is why the film had to be rewritten as a fictional comedy when it was originally intended to be done as a documentary). On top of that, the film doesn't even get the basics of basketball correct: the protagonist's team does not have a sufficient number of players on it to actually be allowed to compete in a basketball tournament.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, the film was originally meant to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women in order to play in a women's sports league. Since, as it turns out, it's not actually possible for a cis man to just say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's league, the movie had to be retooled into a fictional story.

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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In actuality, reality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: in order to compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months and months, with their hormone levels are carefully monitored: simply putting monitored. Putting on women's feminine clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this is why they had to rewrite the film had to be rewritten as a fictional comedy when they meant it was originally intended to be done as a documentary). On top of that, the The film doesn't even get the basics of basketball correct: right: the protagonist's team does not doesn't have a sufficient number of enough players on it to actually be allowed to compete in a basketball tournament.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, they intended the film was originally meant to be a {{documentary}} about a team of cisgender male athletes pretending to be transgender women in order to play in a women's sports league. Since, as Since it turns out, it's not actually possible for out a cis man to just cannot say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's league, the movie tournament, they had to be retooled retool the film into a fictional story.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, the original idea was to make a {{documentary}} by having a team of male athletes pretend to be transgender women in order to infiltrate a women's sports league. Since, as it turns out, it's not actually possible for a cisgender man to just say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's league, the movie had to be retooled into a fictional story.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, the original idea film was originally meant to make be a {{documentary}} by having about a team of cisgender male athletes pretend pretending to be transgender women in order to infiltrate play in a women's sports league. Since, as it turns out, it's not actually possible for a cisgender cis man to just say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's league, the movie had to be retooled into a fictional story.
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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The film claims to be depicting an accurate representation of transgender athletes. In actuality, there are considerable restrictions in place for transgender athletes: in order to compete in the women's division, a trans athlete has to have been on HRT for months and their hormone levels are carefully monitored: simply putting on women's clothing and announcing that you're transgender will not work (this is why the film had to be rewritten as a fictional comedy when it was originally intended to be done as a documentary). On top of that, the film doesn't even get the basics of basketball correct: the protagonist's team does not have a sufficient number of players on it to actually be allowed to compete in a basketball tournament.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, the original idea was to make a {{documentary}} by having a team of male athletes pretend to be transgender women in order to infiltrate a women's sports team. Since, as it turns out, it's not actually possible for a cisgender man to just say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's team, the movie had to be retooled into a fictional story.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, the original idea was to make a {{documentary}} by having a team of male athletes pretend to be transgender women in order to infiltrate a women's sports team. league. Since, as it turns out, it's not actually possible for a cisgender man to just say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's team, league, the movie had to be retooled into a fictional story.
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I can't help but find it hilarious that they essentially admit that the movie's conflict is a Strawman Political due to not being able to get their men into a women's sports league.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://twitter.com/AriDrennen/status/1731763956136423738 According to Ben Shapiro]], co-founder of the Daily Wire, the original idea was to make a {{documentary}} by having a team of male athletes pretend to be transgender women in order to infiltrate a women's sports team. Since, as it turns out, it's not actually possible for a cisgender man to just say "I'm a woman" and get accepted into a women's team, the movie had to be retooled into a fictional story.
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Fan Nickname is YMMV, not Trivia. Removing because this is misuse anyway; the nickname doesn't come from fans of the film but rather its detractors.


* FanNickname: The movie is known as "Mrs. Hellfire" by some left-wing viewers after commentator Hasan Piker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Xy34xrhlI&t=119s likened it to]] "an evil ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''".

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* FanNickname: The movie is known as "Mrs. Hellfire" by some left-wing viewers after commentator Hasan Piker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Xy34xrhlI&t=119s likened it to]] "an evil ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''".----
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* DescendedCreator: Director Jeremy Boreing plays the main character Rob.

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* DescendedCreator: Director Jeremy Boreing plays the main character Rob.Rob.
* FanNickname: The movie is known as "Mrs. Hellfire" by some left-wing viewers after commentator Hasan Piker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Xy34xrhlI&t=119s likened it to]] "an evil ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''".
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* DescendedCreator: Director Jeremy Boreing plays the main character Rob.

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