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This 2002 Sports Comedy Predicted the WNBA's Trans Predicament, But Real Life is Even Funnier: Spoilers

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This 2002 Sports Comedy Predicted the WNBA's Trans Predicament, But Real Life is Even Funnier: Spoilers

A 2002 sports comedy foreshadowed the WNBA’s current predicament, which is what to do about towering men who are completely prepared to identify as women to play in the league.

Of course, we all know what would happen if former NBA stars played on WNBA teams. So did comedy writers in 2002, when they produced the 91-minute film “Juwanna Mann,” which shows a man dominating women on the court.

The movie elicits a few laughs as it follows an arrogant professional baller named Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.), who thinks none of the rules apply to him.

WARNING: Spoilers below, but to be fair, you’ve had 24 years to see the movie.

In the film, Jamal’s entitlement gets him suspended from the men’s league, and he gets rightfully banned as his agent also drops him. In a flash, the world of sports is basically done with the guy as he simultaneously goes broke.

Insolvent, he moves in with his aunt. But instead of getting a real job, Jamal cooks up a seemingly ridiculous scheme.

He puts on a wig and makeup and pretends to be a woman........

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