Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Derby Dolls
Posted in Amateur & Club Level Events, Regular Season Contests, Roller Derby, Women's Competitions by Tim with no comments
OK, can I say this without getting elbowed in the solar plexus?
Live roller derby is charming. Yes, charming. Borderline cute. Definitely endearing.
When I bought a Derby Dolls ticket to see the San Diego Hard Corps host the L.A. Sirens, I didn’t know if I was expecting classic Bay City Bombers mean girl shtick, spacey Drew Barrymore in the movie Whip It, or something in between. But what I got was more like Halloween – the trick or treating kind, not the Michael Myers kind.
This was my second attempt to catch live roller derby, having been left staring at a “Sold Out” sign in L.A.’s suddenly chic Echo Park entertainment district in December. Derby Dolls action is part of the overall scene there and understandably the province of the young and hip. At the San Diego Fairgrounds in suburban Del Mar though, a roller derby “bout” seemed more like a destination for the curious.
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