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| | slant // magazine.com: Film Review - Double Dare |
 | | Jeannie Epper, 64 and still going strong, is a legend descended from a long line of esteemed stunt people, and her résumé includes countless stints on both television (most notably as Lynda Carter's stand-in on Wonder Woman) and film (her most recent project being 2 Fast 2 Furious). |
 | | While Double Dare fills out its fly-on-the-wall material with interesting anecdotes from talking heads (including Steven Spielberg, Tarantino, Carter, Lawless, and various friends, family members, and colleagues), what's lacking is some historical perspective on the past (and evolving) role of women in the stunt profession. |
 | | The film depicts Epper and Bell as eager members of a marginalized sisterhood that struggles for recognition and respect, but without a context within which to place their stories, Bell's eventual entry into big-budget blockbusters, as well as Epper's continued ability to procure injury-prone jobs, is sapped of any larger significance. |
| www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1585 (303 words) |
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