Her boss dismisses her with four of the most infuriatingly condescending words in the universe: “Stay in your lane.” She loses out on partnership because her clients, including Olympic medalists with strong endorsement deals and media prominence, are not in the NFL, NBA, or MLB.
She has internalized their norms, barking at her long-suffering assistant Brandon ( Josh Brener), eying and objectifying hunky males, and striving to be in every way one of the boys, from getting invited to an all-male poker night to making partner in the firm. When Skip sympathetically asks Ali if she wants to talk about what is bothering her, she knows that means she should put on boxing gloves and get into the ring so they can spar while they talk.Īli works at a mostly all-white bubbling petri dish of toxic masculinity, an agency of sports representatives à la Jerry Maguire. She was raised by Skip ( Richard Roundtree), a single father who owns a boxing gym and named her after his favorite heavyweight champion. She is already clear on what men want because she has spent her entire life in a man’s world, trying to succeed in their terms. Henson plays Ali (her name inspires one of the film’s funniest lines).
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