I'm really looking forward to Metro Sports' documentary series on the tough skating and fighting chicks in the Kansas City Roller Warriors. The series debuts tonight at 9, replays at 9:30 and airs Thursday nights at 9:30 for seven weeks. Roller Warriors recalls the 2008 season (the 2009 gets rolling next weekend).
Last month, I talked with Charlie Parker, the producer of the series, who told me he went into the project knowing nothing about roller derby
or the women who skate and bleed.
"I went into it thinking that they're going to be like these tattooed
hipsters who are smoking cigarettes and cussing each other out and
getting into fights and stuff," Parker told me. "But really what I
found is 80 women who are the nicest people on the planet. ... They all
adore each other, but when they get on the track that all sort of goes
away, and they just try to win. And that's ultimately why they're doing
it."
Parker says the first episode will feature "Snot Rocket" (pictured) and "Ivana Clobber."
Parker
says Clobber came to KC from Boston, where she started a derby league,
and he calls Snot Rocket, a grad assistant Spanish teacher at UMKC and
FedEx driver, "the star of the league."
But Roller Warriors will also recap the genesis of roller derby in Kansas City and feature matches.
"Each episode is going to climax with one of the games from each of the double-headers," Parker said.
Here's a preview of Roller Warriors ...
featuring the beauties known as the Knockouts ...
the dominant Dreadnought Dorothys ...
the rebuilding Victory Vixens ...
and a profile of the hard-hitting Patti Wackin.
I can't wait. -- Justin Kendall
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WOW! Could it be true that Roller Derby Defenders are as spastic as Star Wars fans and Scientology haters? Paula and Alicia are bringing it, and good for them. I mean, for those that are afraid of ice or cannot play hockey, roller derby is right up there�just after other pseudo-awesome things like slam-returning shopping carts and piercing genitalia.
By the "rollerblade" comment I can tell that Sinic has never seen a roller derby bout. It always amazes me how people are so quick to criticise what they know NOTHING about. Watch MetroSports and then let us know what you think. It is an incredible sport. I would bet you would be surprised.
Can you get a virtual restraining order?
I'd like one please.
Now..where are my rollerblades?...trying...to....recall....
White trash, eh? Wow! What a witty remark. Did you come up with that on the fly or did you take several hours coming up with your best response?
Perhaps you should watch the show? Better yet, go to a bout and talk with some of the skaters. I think you'll find out that a better part of them can not only skate circles around you but beat you at a game of Trivial Pursuit as well (hi ... did you read the part about one of them being a grad assistant Spanish teacher at UMKC?).
Your lack of education and predisposition to judge shines through in your comment. Mission accomplished I guess, huh? Doy!
Oh la la, remind me to DVR any channel but this one.
If I wanted to see white trash slam into each other, I'd hit up the Tilt-A-Whirl at Worlds of Fun.
Doy.
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