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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Director/screenwriter Emma Seligman, like lead character Danielle, is Jewish and bisexual (who also looks very much like her). It's unknown how much (if any) of the film is based on her own life, but both Danielle's Jewishness are bisexuality are central to the story.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Director/screenwriter Emma Seligman, like lead character Danielle, is Jewish and bisexual (who also looks very much like her). It's unknown how much (if any) of the film is based on her own life, but both Danielle's Jewishness are and bisexuality are central to the story.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Director/screenwriter Emma Seligman, like lead character Danielle, is Jewish and bisexual (who also looks very much like her). It's unknown how much (if any) of the film is based on her own life, but both Danielle's Jewishness are bisexuality are central to the story.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "[[ShiksaGoddess shiksa princess]]". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is a RaisedCatholic Irish-Italian.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "[[ShiksaGoddess shiksa princess]]". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is a RaisedCatholic Irish-Italian.an Irish-Italian who was raised Catholic.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "[[ShiksaGoddess shiksa princess]]". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "[[ShiksaGoddess shiksa princess]]". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.a RaisedCatholic Irish-Italian.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "shiksa princess". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "shiksa princess"."[[ShiksaGoddess shiksa princess]]". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Most (although not all, with the lead Danielle being the main exception) of the Jewish characters are played by real Jews.
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**Creator/PollyDraper started using the Yiddish accent of her character Debbie, added the song everyone sings to Danielle, and came up with scene ideas. The glasses, though, were all Emma Seligman's mom's.
**Creator/DiannaAgron asked Emma Seligman to write in a few lines where other characters mention that Kim (the "shiksa princess") does have a Jewish dad and converted, as Agron's own mother converted and she also felt some exclusion.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the shiksa Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron). In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.

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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the shiksa gentile Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron).(Creator/DiannaAgron), whom the characters call a "shiksa princess". In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Jewish Danielle (Rachel Sennott) is contrasted with the shiksa Kim (Creator/DiannaAgron). In real life, Agron is Jewish and Sennott is not.
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