well, damned if i know, but i did see all but one of the nominees monday night at the coolidge, plus last years winner.
Cheerleader A documentary about a jr cheerleading squad (ages seemd to be around 8-12 or so) working towards a bid at the national championships in florida. It examined the role of cheerleading through the years, as well as looking at how cheerleading affects the lives of these young girls. I was more than a little disturbed to see a nine year old flash her *spakies* (those things that cover cheerleaders undies) as part of a cheer, not to mention some of the other more *lavicious* moves. Not to sound like a neo-puritan, but arent we teaching young girls to be overtly sexual a little too early? It seemed a bit gross and disturbing. I find it especially ironic that this kind of stuff (along with those whacked out little miss beauty pageants) happen in those *red states*, where they get all up in a tizy about janet jacksons bare breast while teaching their toddlers to shake their fannies at adult male judges while wearing make-up and come hither looks. i'm just sayin. It was definately interesting.
