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Movie couldn't make up its mind.

posted 11 years ago by xenophile2002
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So is it a T&A sexploitation flick? Is it a serious story about male exploitation of women? about gambling and corruption in college football? about the drawbacks of the swinging lifestyle? Is it just a campy movie about cheerleaders saving the day?

It seems that The Swinging Cheerleaders tries to be all of those things, in the same movie, and ends up not being a good example of any of them.

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[–] Wuchak (8100) a year ago

Yes, it ambitiously features all of the angles you speak of, but it surprisingly works, despite the micro-budget and no-name actors. It's way more than a one-dimensional sleaze flick -- everything it includes are realities at institutions of (supposed) higher learning, back then or today.

[–] [deleted] 7 months ago

Most of those plot points end up leading to attractive young women taking off clothing. LOL. The movie doesn't get too deep into any of them.

I think they might have done the feminist angle for a laugh. It was common for exploitation films to claim to be condemning the thing they were portraying, but by 1974 I don't think there was any need for that.