Loving tribute to a female wrestling group in the 1980s - sort of the same area covered by Robert Aldrich's All the Marbles, but a lot better done... with warmth, and humour and camaraderie. In a weird way the show is also a great tribute to co-op theatre: the lack of funds, the battle to get crowds, the devotion of the actors, the crazy directors.
Full of stand out turns like Alison Brie as the archetypal struggling actor, generally terrible but great in a crisis (though why that pilot nudity), Marc Maron as the director, Sydelle Noel as a genuine hard-arse amongst the girls, Britney Young as wrestling royalt.
Occasionally the dialogue felt a bit writer room-y in the way Orange is the New Black's does, but this was a really good show.
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