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* DawsonCasting: Beth is a teenager for much of the show; Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy was 23 at the time of filming.

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Beth is a teenager for much of the show; Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy was 23 at the time of filming.filming.
** And at least a child actor played Beth at the age of nine; Creator/MosesIngram was ''25'' at the time of filming and playing the adult, teen ''and'' child version of Jolene. Presumably, Jolene is a couple years older than Beth, although not much older since she implies that she was still living in the orphanage while Beth was a couple years into the competitive chess circuit.
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This trope requires at least three occasions to establish a pattern


* ThoseTwoActors: Chloe Pirrie (Alice Harmon) plays the biological mother of Anya Taylor-Joy (Beth Harmon). Earlier that year in ''Film/Emma2020'', the two played sisters.
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Misuse. It's not for backlash against the creators, but by them. Gaprindashvili was not involved with production.


* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed in the finale that she had never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout the time period the show takes place. Nona filed a lawsuit in 2021 for defamation, and while Netflix did try to claim the show was protected under Free Speech and that the offending line was merely added for drama, Nona didn't agree with this take and carried on with their lawsuit. Susequently, Netflix's case dismissal was denied, but [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-09-07/lat-et-ct-netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-nona-gaprindashvili a settlement being reached on September 7th, 2022]], the details of which are not known.
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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed in the finale that she had never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout the time period the show takes place. Nona filed a lawsuit in 2021 for defamation, and while Netflix did try to claim the show was protected under Free Speech and that it was merely for drama, Nona didn;t agree. Netflix's case dismissal was denied, with [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-09-07/lat-et-ct-netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-nona-gaprindashvili a settlement being reached on September 7th, 2022]], the details of which are not known.

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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed in the finale that she had never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout the time period the show takes place. Nona filed a lawsuit in 2021 for defamation, and while Netflix did try to claim the show was protected under Free Speech and that it the offending line was merely added for drama, Nona didn;t agree. didn't agree with this take and carried on with their lawsuit. Susequently, Netflix's case dismissal was denied, with but [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-09-07/lat-et-ct-netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-nona-gaprindashvili a settlement being reached on September 7th, 2022]], the details of which are not known.
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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed in the finale that she had never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout the time period the show takes place. Nona filed a lawsuit in 2021 for defamation, and while Netflix did try to claim the show was protected under Free Speech, and Netflix's later case for dismissal was denied. [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-09-07/lat-et-ct-netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-nona-gaprindashvili A settlement was reached on September 7th, 2022]], the details of which are not known.

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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed in the finale that she had never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout the time period the show takes place. Nona filed a lawsuit in 2021 for defamation, and while Netflix did try to claim the show was protected under Free Speech, Speech and that it was merely for drama, Nona didn;t agree. Netflix's later case for dismissal was denied. denied, with [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-09-07/lat-et-ct-netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-nona-gaprindashvili A a settlement was being reached on September 7th, 2022]], the details of which are not known.
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Humiliation is a tad exaggerating no?


* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed that she never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout her career during the time period the show takes place, soemthing Netflix disagrees with, and is currently in a lawsuit with Netflix for this, as well as for dismissing her accomplishments, and humiliating her for the sake of a fictional character's storyline.

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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed in the finale that she had never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout her career during the time period the show takes place, soemthing Netflix disagrees with, and is currently in place. Nona filed a lawsuit with in 2021 for defamation, and while Netflix did try to claim the show was protected under Free Speech, and Netflix's later case for this, as well as for dismissing her accomplishments, and humiliating her for dismissal was denied. [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2022-09-07/lat-et-ct-netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-nona-gaprindashvili A settlement was reached on September 7th, 2022]], the sake details of a fictional character's storyline.which are not known.
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better put that one as And You Thought It Would Fail in the YMMV page


* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflixs-big-wake-up-call-the-power-clash-behind-the-crash-1235136004/ Hollywood Reporter piece]] revealed that as one of the last projects shepherded by Netflix executive Cindy Holland, the show was mocked internally as "Holland's Folly" while her successor Bela Bajaria and her staff were dismissive and unpleasant to the crew. That is until the show debuted to critical acclaim and became Netflix's most-watched miniseries, earning eleven Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, the first time a streaming service won the award.
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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed that she never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout her career during the time period the show takes place. She even sued Netflix for dismissing her accomplishments for female chess players for the sake of a fictional character's storyline.

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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show, specifically when it falsely claimed that she never played with men during her chess career. In reality, she played against men several times throughout her career during the time period the show takes place. She even sued place, soemthing Netflix disagrees with, and is currently in a lawsuit with Netflix for this, as well as for dismissing her accomplishments for female chess players accomplishments, and humiliating her for the sake of a fictional character's storyline.
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* FakeAmerican: Most of the characters are American, but the only American actors in the main cast are Moses Ingram, Bill Camp, and Marielle Heller. Anya Taylor-Joy and Christiane Seidel were also born in America, but both were raised in Europe (and Argentina, in Taylor-Joy's case).

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* FakeAmerican: Most of the characters are American, but the only American actors in the main cast are Moses Ingram, Creator/MosesIngram, Bill Camp, and Marielle Heller. Anya Taylor-Joy and Christiane Seidel were also born in America, but both were raised in Europe (and Argentina, in Taylor-Joy's case).
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflixs-big-wake-up-call-the-power-clash-behind-the-crash-1235136004/ Hollywood Reporter piece]] revealed that as one of the last projects shepherded by Netflix executive Cindy Holland, the show was mocked internally as "Holland's Folly" while her successor Bela Bajaria and her staff were dismissive and unpleasant to the crew. That is until the show debuted to critical acclaim and commercial success, earning eleven Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, the first time a streamer won the award.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflixs-big-wake-up-call-the-power-clash-behind-the-crash-1235136004/ Hollywood Reporter piece]] revealed that as one of the last projects shepherded by Netflix executive Cindy Holland, the show was mocked internally as "Holland's Folly" while her successor Bela Bajaria and her staff were dismissive and unpleasant to the crew. That is until the show debuted to critical acclaim and commercial success, became Netflix's most-watched miniseries, earning eleven Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, the first time a streamer streaming service won the award.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflixs-big-wake-up-call-the-power-clash-behind-the-crash-1235136004/ Hollywood Reporter piece]] revealed that as one of the last projects shepherded by Netflix executive Cindy Holland, the show was mocked internally as "Holland's Folly" while her successor Bela Bajaria and her staff were dismissive and unpleasant to the crew. That is until the show debuted to critical acclaim and commercial success, earning eleven Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, the first time a streamer won the award.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The book was originally going to be adapted in 1983. The rights then changed hands in 1984 when the author, Walter Tevis, died. Finally, in 1992, Scottish screenwriter Allan Shiach (who writes under the pseudonym Allan Scott) acquired the rights and wanted to make an art house film adaption. Then, in 2007 and 2008, Shiach started working with Creator/HeathLedger to make said film... and then [[AuthorExistenceFailure Ledger died]]. Finally, in March 2019, Creator/{{Netflix}} ordered a seven-episode mini-series adaptation. All in all, it took Shiach ''twenty-eight years'' after he acquired the rights to make an adaptation.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The book was originally going to be adapted in 1983. The rights then changed hands in 1984 when the author, Walter Tevis, died. Finally, in 1992, Scottish screenwriter Allan Shiach (who writes under the pseudonym Allan Scott) acquired the rights and wanted to make an art house film adaption. Then, in 2007 and 2008, Shiach started working with Creator/HeathLedger to make said film... and then [[AuthorExistenceFailure Ledger died]].died. Finally, in March 2019, Creator/{{Netflix}} ordered a seven-episode mini-series adaptation. All in all, it took Shiach ''twenty-eight years'' after he acquired the rights to make an adaptation.
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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show which falsely claim she never played with men when in reality she did several times during the time period of the show and even suing Netflix for dismissing her accomplishments for female chess players while claiming a fictional character did it first.

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* CreatorBacklash: Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the show which show, specifically when it falsely claim claimed that she never played with men when in reality during her chess career. In reality, she did played against men several times throughout her career during the time period of the show and takes place. She even suing sued Netflix for dismissing her accomplishments for female chess players while claiming for the sake of a fictional character did it first.character's storyline.
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* CreatorBacklash: Russian Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not please with the show which falsely claim she never played with men when in reality she did several times during the time period of the show and even sue Netflix for dismissing her accomplishments for fictional character.

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* CreatorBacklash: Russian Champion Chess player Nona Gaprindashvili was not please pleased with the show which falsely claim she never played with men when in reality she did several times during the time period of the show and even sue suing Netflix for dismissing her accomplishments for female chess players while claiming a fictional character.character did it first.

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