G.L.O.W: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Up until about twenty min­utes ago, I had no idea there was a doc­u­men­tary about GLOW: Gor­geous Ladies of Wrestling, or that it had a Kick­Starter project that’s end­ing tomor­row, July 2 at 3:00 PM — a mere 14 hours from now. Cur­rently the project has reached only $26,379 of its $32,787 goal.

GLOW: The Story of the Gor­geous Ladies of Wrestling  is the often hilar­i­ous, sur­pris­ingly touch­ing story of the late-80s, cult-classic show, GLOW: Gor­geous Ladies of Wrestling.  The film catches up with over twenty-five orig­i­nal “GLOW girls” to uncover the his­tory of this once hugely suc­cess­ful pro­gram, and to explore how the show affected the lives of these vibrant, dynamic women.

Here’s the trailer:

My sis­ter and I used to watch this cheese­fest of a show every Sat­ur­day, mostly so we could make fun of the bad perms, awful fash­ions and what­ever the hell you call this . And also because there’s noth­ing as enter­tain­ing as watch­ing glammed-up ‘80s women try­ing to beat the shit out of each other.

I pledged $25 as soon as I heard about it. If you were a GLOW fan, please con­sider chip­ping in and help spread the word.

Update: In the final hours of the cam­paign, GLOW fans pulled together and raised the final $5K needed to meet the goal. This project has been suc­cess­fully funded.

[Hat tip: Calvin’s Cana­dian Cave of Cool ]

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