Nov 29, 2023
Daily Wire Makes Full-Length 'Comedy' About Trans Athletes
The Daily Wire made a full-length comedy that makes fun of trans people called "Lady Ballers."
- 16 minutes
He a world.
Where women's sports is being transformed.
The Daily Wire calls foul.
- With the most triggering comedy.
- Of the year.
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Well, those are the first few seconds
of a trailer for a new Daily Wire
feature length film titled Lady Ballers,
which will release will be released
this Friday on Daily Wire Plus.
So they've really gotten
into this film content business.
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We've talked about some of the other stuff
they've produced in the past.
And in case you were wondering, yes,
the rest of the trailer is just like that.
And if you're thinking the film could
maybe be less appealing than what you've
already seen, then wait until you see
all the cameos, which we'll also get to.
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And look, the message here is mostly,
as you can see from what you already
experienced, it's it's about dunking
on the trans community.
It's about triggering the libs.
It's it's not really look,
this is the problem I have with it, right?
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It takes an issue that I personally think
there should be honest conversation about.
And that has to do with transgender
women in women's sports.
Okay. And it makes a joke out of it.
And it makes it difficult for honest
actors who want to engage in this
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conversation, not from a place of hate,
not from a place of discrimination
toward the trans community.
It makes it harder for them to do it,
because the second they have concerns
and want to talk about these things,
you get lumped in with the Daily Wire.
People who just engage in this rhetoric
to dunk on transgender people.
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You get what I'm saying,
and it bothers me a lot.
So with that said, let's play a bit
more of the trailer so you can see
the plot of the movie, and we'll get into
some more details about what they're doing
and what this all means.
A guy can.
Become a girl
with no physical changes at all.
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That's called gender fluid.
So I can be a woman on the court
and a man in the bedroom.
I can't believe it.
Nice woman. When you're sleeping.
- Yes, coach.
- Alex.
We could play basketball.
We have to get
the whole team back together.
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It's time. We're in.
I'm in. I'm in to play lady Ballers.
Man up.
You like a girl. That's why I'm with her.
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We could dominate every woman's sport.
Running, swimming, soccer, said sport.
Felix.
This latest basketball
boys nobody watches.
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It's a comedy, so hopefully
there's actual comedy in it at some point.
- But we didn't see the trailer.
- No it was.
I thought the soccer joke
was really funny because, like,
they don't like soccer, right?
Lots of other people like soccer, but they
don't think that soccer is a real sport.
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And that's a new point to make.
- I mean.
- Have you seen those soccer players bodies?
- It looks like a real sport to me.
- I'm sure they have seen those.
Yeah, that was just oh, God.
Like like leaving aside all the political
stuff, which I'm sure we're going to,
like focus on or whatever,
like the, the reason they're doing this,
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either their internal hatred, as you
pointed out, they, they are small minded
and ignorant and scared and all of that.
But the political motivation of doing
this, as we've pointed out many times,
the reason they're focusing
so much on this is because all of them
are being paid by billionaires.
They work at the behest of the elites
in society, and they want all
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poor conservatives to vote for politicians
that will demonize trans people,
try to drive them into the shadows,
or annihilate them outright, while keeping
taxes low and passing legislation that
benefits people who aren't in that group.
That's why they do it.
It's sad, but artistically, as a person
who I produce stories, I understand
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the impulse to want to create things.
And as you're going to point out, almost
every one of these right wing commentators
at one point desperately wanted
to be accepted by Hollywood.
They all wanted to be artistic types,
creative types, and they weren't accepted.
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And some of you might have been
wondering this whole time why that is.
Well, you just saw.
That's not good. That's not funny.
It's not interesting. Yeah, it's just sad.
It's there's a specific target
audience for that content.
We're not in that audience. Right.
But do you think that audience
is going to watch that trailer
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and be like, haha, yeah, soccer.
Yeah I do.
They're still like,
there is like regressive comedy, right?
That doesn't mean
they're all equally talented.
Some are way better than others.
Like, you can just tell
a misogynistic joke.
That doesn't mean
you're going to be a good comedian.
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Yeah, no, I agree with that.
Look, I just I'm still stuck on the fact
that they were talking about sex
in front of a kid.
I mean, aren't they like banning books
about sexual content
from elementary schools because it's
inappropriate for kids like the.
Actor or the writer?
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Clearly predators,
that's what we've learned.
Are they grooming children?
Oh, my God, it's caught on tape.
No, I just look.
You're I think I think there is something
to be said about what these individuals
wanted to previously do with their
careers, how it didn't work out,
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and now they're going in this direction.
I don't know how successful
this film is going to be.
I have no idea.
What I do know is that they've decided
to latch on to an issue that we should be
able to have honest conversations about.
They're not interested
in an honest conversation.
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They're turning this into a comedy.
They're turning this into something
to trigger people.
It's a dunk fest.
And that's what annoys me about it.
Aside from and I should say,
in addition to, you know, just like
the dehumanizing nature of all of it
and I don't know, I've, I've become more
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and more of a softie in that even when it
comes to people I disagree with.
Like I see their humanity
and I see what motivates and drives them.
And I think overall, most people are good.
And you know, when you make a good faith
effort to understand people, you just have
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a better view of the world around you,
and it just makes you more connected
to the environment around you
and the people around you.
And it just it's I just think it's unfair
that they don't really seem
to have any interest
in really understanding the topic that
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they like to fearmonger so much about.
- It's not what.
- They're paid for.
- I know it's depressing.
- You really fast.
You mentioned you don't know how
how successful the movie's going to be,
but like at the end of the day,
I think it's far more important to point
out that it doesn't need to be successful
because they are not creating this art
to try to succeed with it.
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They are being paid to try to influence
society for political ideological goals.
This is not Hollywood.
They're not just trying to like, we got
to make the best thing that lots of people
are going to like that could totally fail.
It could sell no tickets.
I don't even know
if it's going to be in theaters.
It could make no money. It doesn't matter.
Billionaires are still going
to give them money because it's not
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about the the quality of the art.
It's believed that this is
this is going to be successful
in pursuing their ideological goals.
I think it's.
Hilarious that they decided
to cast Ted Cruz in this.
Right. Like Ted Cruz is in this.
- In fact, why don't we need.
- Someone with charisma in your movie?
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- Obviously.
- Okay, let's go to the next clip.
You'll see what I'm talking about.
My lover says you're a great coach.
Back in the day.
Excuse me. Are these seats open?
Never mind.
Oh, no. No, no.
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That's the biggest I've
ever seen on a lady.
- I don't care.
- Is that?
Did we edit that or is that actually
like how they edited their trailer?
What is that?
I don't even know
what that's supposed to be.
It might it might be spliced together
from the trailer overall.
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Yeah, it was it was spliced together
from the trailer overall.
It's okay.
Yeah. Ben Shapiro and you got Ted Cruz.
There's some people that for some reason
think that they're interesting, I guess.
Look, I want to move on
to why I think it is important to have
honest conversations about this issue.
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Right.
Because what they're trying to attack
is the inclusion of transgender women
in women's sports.
Right?
That is what they're trying
to attack here.
And while we live in a bubble,
and we're under the assumption that most
people are actually totally supportive
of the notion that trans women should
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be included, that's actually not the case,
according to the polling,
which is why I think this is an issue
that honest, good faith people need
to talk about to come up with solutions
that are fair to everyone, right?
Fair to transgender women, fair to women.
Right.
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Because there are anatomical differences.
Let's keep it real.
That doesn't mean that you should
be hateful or exclude transgender women
or treat them poorly.
It just means okay,
what's the right solution?
So everyone feels represented.
Everyone feels it's fair, right?
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So let's go to the the polling.
And sorry to turn a story
where we're supposed to just dunk on them
into something a little more serious,
but I think it is a serious issue.
We're talking about human beings.
Okay, I wouldn't worry.
They dumped on themselves
with the trailer.
Yeah. That's true.
Okay.
So regardless of whether or not
you think it should be legal,
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this is a poll that was done by Gallup
and it was in June of this year.
Regardless of whether or not
you think it should be legal, please tell
me whether you personally believe
that in general, it is morally acceptable
or morally wrong to change one's gender.
So 55% of Americans
still find it morally wrong.
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Okay.
Which I was actually surprised by that.
I'm actually going to go
to a previous graphic.
Let's go to graphic one.
Do you think transgender athletes should
be able to play on sports teams that match
their current gender identity, or should
only be allowed to play on sports teams
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that match their birth gender?
Only 26% say that they should be
able to play on teams that match identity
69% only on teams that match birth gender
and 5% had no opinion.
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So like the reason why I brought up.
My curiosity in regard to whether that
kind of film is going to be successful
is because, unfortunately,
the majority of Americans
have this thought process and they do see
it as unfair, like the inclusion
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of transgender women in women's sports.
They see it as unfair,
which is why I think the frank and honest
conversation by good faith actors,
honest actors needs to happen without
people automatically assuming the worst
of the other side or the people engaging
in that good faith conversation.
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My problem with films like this
isn't that, oh, I'm against them
because they're conservatives and,
you know, no, they serve as an obstacle
to that kind of good faith,
honest conversation that needs to be had.
Well, it seems incredibly likely
that I have a different final policy view
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on this, but I would say that if you do
want people to be able to play on
the teams of their identity, first of all,
I wouldn't be too worried about that.
Polling.
How many years does this even been a thing
that people have been thinking about?
And for every one of those years,
the vast majority
of the public conversation has been about
how all these trans people are predators
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and they're going to come for you.
And it's been so overwhelmingly negative
from so many people.
I think it's honestly amazing that one
out of three Americans are already
of the position that people should be
able to play on teams of their identity.
So I'm not I'm not too worried about that.
The poll about whether it's
morally acceptable
just means do you think it's a good idea?
And that number can change fast.
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We saw acceptance for same sex marriage
change very rapidly
over the course of about a decade.
That's true.
So these are snapshots I don't
I don't find them super surprising
or super depressing
considering what the conversation
about these issues has been like.
And honestly, if you want people
to be able to play on the teams of their
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identity, having people who are
so obviously driven by hatred and fear
and just wanting to punch down
and mock people, they tried
that strategy on same sex marriage
and they tried to destroy, you know,
now they're now they're on trans people.
They try to do that to gay people.
Did that really help them?
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I think a lot of reasonable people are
going to be like, I don't want to be on
that side because they look really awful.
I know, but I think that there is
a difference between I think that there is
a difference between same sex marriage
and the issues surrounding
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the questions and debates surrounding
the transgender community, because it's
not just two people who love each other,
who want to get married and don't want to
bother anyone, or you get what I'm saying.
Like, that has no impact
on any other part of society.
But women did fight hard
to establish women's sports.
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And so how do you do this in a way that is
fair to women, but also inclusive and fair
to transgender women as well?
And that is not an easy question. It's not.
I know people would like to think of it
as black and white, but it's not sure.
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And look, I think that if that
conversation can be had, it should be
had with a very large percentage
of trans people helping to drive that.
And women too.
I mean, women matter too.
So both both okay.
And that conversation
can't just be one sided where someone
who has concerns gets beaten down
with allegations of transphobia.
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No, I think that caring about the rights
of two separate groups of people matters,
and you have to balance those rights,
I would say.
I would also like if the people
who are involved in that conversation
actually gave one iota of a damn
about women's sports to begin with, it's
largely been commentators that don't care
at all about women's sports and are only
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pretending to because they want to use it
as a way to advance their transphobia.
I also think that educating people
about the current state of women's sports,
how many trans athletes there actually
are, I think it would be great, because I
think so much of this conversation
has been driven by conservatives
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who are lying about their impact
on the sports overall and exaggerated.
There's also a reason for that, because I
think a lot of people on the left,
and I'm not saying leftists,
just broadly speaking on the left, are
afraid to engage in that conversation from
a good place, a good faith discussion.
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I keep repeating that because like that is
genuinely what I think needs to happen.
Because once they do, once they even try,
they immediately get lumped in
with conservatives
who clearly are not interested
in engaging in a good faith discussion.
You get what I'm saying?
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Yeah, I would just point out that you
can engage from a position of good faith
and intellectual honesty in thinking
that you should be able to play sports
on the team of your identity.
Like it's not only people who are critics
of the inclusion that are operating
from good faith is all I'm saying.
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No. No, no, hold on.
Let me just be abundantly clear.
I don't think that the Daily Wire hosts
are engaging in good faith at all.
Okay.
But I do think that there is a very
aggressive effort to shut down anyone who
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actually is coming at this from a place
of empathy, from a place of of wanting to
balance the rights of two separate groups
of people, like they immediately lose
their minds about it and immediately lump
you in with Matt Walsh or whatever it is.
I think that's unfair, and it just serves
to shut down conversation
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and it leads to more resentment.
- It doesn't solve the problem.
- Yeah, that might be.
Look, it's hard for me to say because
the stakes are hypothetical for me.
- It's not a thing that affects me.
- I know you're a guy.
Of course it doesn't affect you.
But I'm also a cis guy,
is what I'm saying.
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Like, I don't know, the people
who are reacting very negatively
might well be trans, and for them it might
be a very important like the stakes could
not be higher in some of these cases.
And the stakes are super high for
like professional female athletes as well,
women athletes as well.
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So I just don't understand
why in this particular case, the rights
of one group don't matter at all.
They just need to shut up
and not engage in any of this debate.
And what the other side it's like,
no, we just need to accept it.
They're the only ones
who are coming at this from good faith.
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I just disagree with that.
And I think that the conversation
needs to be had.
And people like Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh,
all those folks at the Daily Wire
are making it more difficult for people
to engage in that conversation.
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