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Follows the 2023-24 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad: their auditions, training camp, and finally the ending of the Cowboys season, which predictably ended in the NFC Wild Card Round.Follows the 2023-24 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad: their auditions, training camp, and finally the ending of the Cowboys season, which predictably ended in the NFC Wild Card Round.Follows the 2023-24 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad: their auditions, training camp, and finally the ending of the Cowboys season, which predictably ended in the NFC Wild Card Round.
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Very interesting to see some sort of cult like group, that work incredibly hard to fight for a spot in a cheerleading team. Most of them dedicate their talent to God and Jesus instead of them working incredibly hard.
It's interesting to see American cheerleading culture to its finest. You have to look a certain way, act a certain way and put on (fake) smiles to be able to join this elite group, where you purposely injure your hips, back, feet, etc. They do this to please the coaches/judges, because they can be thrown out of the group whenever the coaches think it's time. Sometimes they don't even give a reason, but just because they like someone else a little bit more.
I respect their hard work and dedication, but it saddens me that these girls are ruining their body and self esteem for validation and (hopefully getting) minimum wage, sometimes less. They are being judged on everything, including: losing or gaining weight, feeling sad or less energetic, nervous or not limber enough.
It is filmed well and is an emotional rollercoaster.
It's interesting to see American cheerleading culture to its finest. You have to look a certain way, act a certain way and put on (fake) smiles to be able to join this elite group, where you purposely injure your hips, back, feet, etc. They do this to please the coaches/judges, because they can be thrown out of the group whenever the coaches think it's time. Sometimes they don't even give a reason, but just because they like someone else a little bit more.
I respect their hard work and dedication, but it saddens me that these girls are ruining their body and self esteem for validation and (hopefully getting) minimum wage, sometimes less. They are being judged on everything, including: losing or gaining weight, feeling sad or less energetic, nervous or not limber enough.
It is filmed well and is an emotional rollercoaster.
My favorite documentaries are the ones that don't need to explain everything for you and just show you things as they are, letting you form your own opinion. "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders" on Netflix does precisely that, peeling back the glittery facade to reveal a world teeming with misogyny, toxicity, and emotionless aliens in human form. We witness super talented women being worked to the bone, paid next to nothing, and yet being told this is a "privilege" and a "job." The stark contrast between the glamorous image and the harsh reality is jarring, and will leave you cringing and in awe at the exploitation masked as opportunity (ESPECIALLY if you're a feminist).
This documentary is both heartbreaking and infuriating, a bittersweet yet important watch. It touches on subjects of mental health, depression, toxic environments, generational trauma, eating disorders, and even suicide. The treatment of these women is a devastating reflection of the broader societal issues at play. "America's Sweethearts" doesn't just entertain; it forces a necessary conversation about the costs of maintaining a facade of perfection at the expense of human well-being.
This documentary is both heartbreaking and infuriating, a bittersweet yet important watch. It touches on subjects of mental health, depression, toxic environments, generational trauma, eating disorders, and even suicide. The treatment of these women is a devastating reflection of the broader societal issues at play. "America's Sweethearts" doesn't just entertain; it forces a necessary conversation about the costs of maintaining a facade of perfection at the expense of human well-being.
I think the show did a really good job at capturing the process and the experience of the girls and the management. Personally, I found it fascinating. I'd be happy to watch them make the 2024 season all over again.
I felt sad and moved, even stressed!, for the majority of it - but ultimately it was a fair display of the business and industry. Show biz isn't a pretty biz. Sports is a money making machine and ultimately that's the goal.
Only a few girls are really picked to be the focus - which makes sense in terms of time and storytelling but I feel like we only got glimpses of the personalities on the team.
It shows the hard work, determination, ethics, passion, brutality, stress, commitment, etc.
The question does remain - how do these girls endure so much stress, over work, deterioration of the body. Severe physical and mental health- for so little money/payoff?
I guess I'll never truly understand the sisterhood and community (to the point that's it's their personality and identity) that their life revolves around.
I felt sad and moved, even stressed!, for the majority of it - but ultimately it was a fair display of the business and industry. Show biz isn't a pretty biz. Sports is a money making machine and ultimately that's the goal.
Only a few girls are really picked to be the focus - which makes sense in terms of time and storytelling but I feel like we only got glimpses of the personalities on the team.
It shows the hard work, determination, ethics, passion, brutality, stress, commitment, etc.
The question does remain - how do these girls endure so much stress, over work, deterioration of the body. Severe physical and mental health- for so little money/payoff?
I guess I'll never truly understand the sisterhood and community (to the point that's it's their personality and identity) that their life revolves around.
Meant by those involved to paint the organization in a positive light, I felt this series highlighted the misogyny, the exploitation, and the objectification of these women. Paid a repugnantly small salary, these women devote their time and destroy their bodies to be part of something that is frankly beneath them. Many of them are highly educated, most of them have had years and years of formal dance training. Surely they can do better than this. But as one of the veterans said, they had "drank the Gatorade". Eye-opening for those of us unfamiliar with the franchise and worth watching as it exemplifies one of the ways in which the patriarchy is still alive and well, and how some women are perpetuating it.
I mean I didn't know whether to rate this higher because it exposed the terrible pay, lack of diversity, the impossible standards set on these women...I could go on. Yet at the same time, I don't want to rate it higher for those exact same reasons. Let's start with the pay. Honestly I could not get past the first 20 minutes where they discussed the wages these girls earn (or lack thereof). Grossly inappropriate; I mean not just for how much football players make (although, I do think some players deserve higher wages themselves) but the astronomical amount of money the Dallas Cowboy's organization brings in and large in part to the these ladies is wildly inappropriate. The whole schtick of "well they just feel special because it's an honour to be chosen so you should feel privileged even to make it". In other words, if you come from a wealthy family where you don't have to solely rely on your salary to you know eat, live and stuff, then you have a 99% edge over everyone else. Oh and if you're white and blonde, even better (and this is coming from a blonde, white woman). Optics look terrible. Just no. I mean the drive, perseverance these women face is way more difficult than any football player does. We're talking weight, looks, technical precision, the "it" factor...my god. I feel slightly nauseous writing this. How is this the 21st century.
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