07-09-2020, 10:37 AM
I caught this documentary on Kanopy. With its bizarre subject, I found it hard to resist. Two women, close friends and both Australian aborigine, set for themselves the goal of making it to the Arnolds. What is the Arnolds? An invitation-only bodybuilding championship being held in Australia for the first time.
Did they make it? Did even one of them make it? I don't really know. To paraphrase director Sascha's comments made later, sometimes the best-laid plans for a documentary get subverted by something called reality, and you just have to go with the flow.
Essentially, these two women are dealing with a whole lot of issues. Family issues, relationship issues. Raising children,past traumas, you name it. And on top of that they're trying to bodybuild? Which requires a special trainer and unrelenting dietary and workout discipline? Talk about climbing aboard an emotional roller coaster, on top of what you're already dealing with.
I really don't know if steroids were involved, which would add an extra layer of stress. The documentary doesn't mention it. Anyway, I found the documentary worthwhile just for its glimpse of the plight of two aboriginals trying to better themselves against impossible odds.
Did they make it? Did even one of them make it? I don't really know. To paraphrase director Sascha's comments made later, sometimes the best-laid plans for a documentary get subverted by something called reality, and you just have to go with the flow.
Essentially, these two women are dealing with a whole lot of issues. Family issues, relationship issues. Raising children,past traumas, you name it. And on top of that they're trying to bodybuild? Which requires a special trainer and unrelenting dietary and workout discipline? Talk about climbing aboard an emotional roller coaster, on top of what you're already dealing with.
I really don't know if steroids were involved, which would add an extra layer of stress. The documentary doesn't mention it. Anyway, I found the documentary worthwhile just for its glimpse of the plight of two aboriginals trying to better themselves against impossible odds.
I'm nobody's pony.