Roller Derby was the perfect spectator sport.
What other athletic endeavor regularly featured fearsomely fit
females flinging their helmets aside and flailing at one another
with the intention of tearing off one another’s jerseys?
Roller Derby’s gladiatorial popularity peaked in the early
1970s, and Unholy Rollers (1972) was right there to ride the crest.
Looking every inch like the former Playboy Playmate of the Year
that she was, flaxen-tressed knockout Claudia Jennings took top
billing as a factory-worker chick who strapped on her skates and
raced for glory, pausing only for pleasing bouts of gratuitous
violence and lesbianism.
Fast Forward to: (0:32) Blonde boob bobbler Claudia
Jennings dares to bare her baubles in a crowded billiards bar.
Skinfo: Roller Derby's inspirational value cannot
be overstated. Unholy Rollers is actually the lesser-known of
two spectacles based upon the wheeled phenomenon in 1972. Whether
justly so or not, Kansas City Bomber (1972) with Raquel Welch
seems to have stuck best in the imaginations of fans who love
battling broads. |