{"id":65209,"date":"2023-12-22T04:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T04:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038564"},"modified":"2023-12-22T04:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T04:28:34","slug":"lady-ballers-jake-crain-we-used-to-be-able-to-make-fun-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/lady-ballers-jake-crain-we-used-to-be-able-to-make-fun-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lady Ballers\u2019 Jake Crain: \u2018We Used to Be Able to Make Fun of Things\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCrain and Co.\u201d co-host Jake Crain says the year\u2019s most outrageous comedy started very differently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crain plays a former college basketball player in \u201cLady Ballers,\u201d a Daily Wire comedy spoofing trans women competing against biological women in sports.<\/p>\n

Crain, who co-hosts the sports talk show with brother Blain Crain and David Cone, says the company initially wanted to ask a male athlete to crack the WNBA roster. The league demanded any such athlete endure hormone therapy before it would consider him, a bridge too far for The Daily Wire athletes.<\/p>\n

Plan B? A raucous comedy like Hollywood used to make. Meet \u201cLady Ballers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Crain opened up about the comedy\u2019s unique origins and how he got drafted into an unexpected side hustle with The Hollywood in Toto Podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s the first time we’ve ever acted. It was a big chance for us. And I think we delivered,\u201d said Crain, who brings years of experience coaching at the collegiate level to \u201cCrain and Co.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those days on the sidelines helped him make the shift from pundit to comic actor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [sports] is one of the best teachers of life because it teaches you how to compete, teaches you how to work as a team. And that’s what we did,\u201d he said. \u201cWe’re just excited to make a comedy that reminds people of what it used to be before everybody got so scared to make one.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a common refrain in our woke era, one even Joe Rogan shared on his Spotify podcast.<\/p>\n

Where did the great movie comedies go?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in the era when comedies were comedies. It didn’t matter if you were left, right or in the center, \u2018Dodgeball\u2019 was funny. \u2018Old School\u2019 was funny. \u2018Wedding Crashers\u2019 was funny, because we used to be able to make fun of things in society that should be mocked and having this opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s pretty crazy seeing what the Critics think vs the Audience #LadyBallers<\/a> #LeaveTheWorldBehind<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8vE9WtBPJJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mikechanic (@Mikechanic) December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n