For anyone who ever dreamed of glory on the b-ball court. Well, perhaps not glory, but just basic competence, here come the Pistol Shrimps!
Date/Time: May 15 2016, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Vancouver, Vancity TheatreCost: $13.00
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A moribund women’s intramural basketball league in Los Angeles is the unlikely setting for a Hoosiers-style sports story, but stranger things have happened in the City of Angels. As actress and Shrimps team member Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) explains in an interview with Jimmy Fallon: “We’re a really serious basketball team. We love to ball and we ball hard. No Hatrz allowed!” The rest of her team members aren’t quite so certain. For some, it’s a chance to do something they never got to do in high school, meaning play team sports. This is not your mama’s Hoop Dreams, or maybe it actually is. Women with jobs, kids, and careers drop everything and pick up a rock (that’s basketball lingo, y’all.) Soon enough, other teams get in on the action and immortal franchises like The Kimmy Dribblers, The She-Cago Bulls, The Space Glam, and The LA Nail Clippers are born.
An untimely injury to Ms. Plaza, the team’s superstar player, puts their championship run in serious danger. But the Shrimps battle back! Do they win the big gold trophy and sporting glory? Buy yourself a ticket and find out. DOXA is very happy to welcome back hometown hero Brent Hodge (A Brony Tale) with a light-hearted film that nevertheless packs a serious wallop. Not unlike an elbow to the gut, by a particularly motivated Shrimp, driving for the hoop. With women’s sports relegated to the sidelines, the members of the Pistol Shrimps are the vanguard (point guard?) of a new wave in women’s amateur sports.
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