It's Only Frocks and Roll (but I Like It) ; Film [Eire Region]

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Roller derby is back. Not that you probably knew it had ever gone away, or even existed in the first place. No matter: this wild, amateur sport merely forms the basis for Whip It, Drew Barrymore's first film as a director, and it puts sassy, sexy girl power on the film map in a way those pristine, lunching ladies from Sex And The City could never do.

For the record, roller derby is like a more modest female version of the deadly game from the 1975 James Caan movie Rollerball. This time the skaters roll around an oval track in teams, seemingly gaining points for overtaking the opposition, elbowing them out of the way or tripping them up.

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It's Only Frocks and Roll (but I Like It) ; Film [Eire Region]

The main fun really lies in the adoption of your roller persona, your 'derby name', by which normal women escape their everyday lives to become known as Condoleezza Slice, Eva Destruction or Maggie Mayhem.

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