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| | Lipstick and Dynamite : filmcritic.com Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | Yet though the director would apparently have us gaze upon these former brawny beauties as early feminists, there’s scant evidence supplied by this paper-thin portrait of pro wrestling’s inception to make such a case conceivable, much less compelling. |
 | | Gladys “Killem” Gillem, Ella Waldek, Ida May Martinez, Penny Banner, Lillian Ellison, Judy Grable, and The Great Mae Young all reached the squared circle during the ‘40s and ‘50s via divergent paths, yet Lipstick and Dynamite’s subjects share common experiences with parental and spousal abuse, cheating husbands and exploitive managers. |
 | | Unfortunately, Leitman’s objectives don’t include examining the motivating forces behind these women’s unusual careers; she’s so taken with humorous anecdotes about their experiences on the road and in the ring that the film quickly reveals itself as simply a collection of similar war stories. |
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