As a kid in the 1970s, I could imagine no career more glamorous than Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. To me, their go-go boots, hot pants and bouncy hair embodied glamour and female perfection.
That yearning came flooding back when I went to a South by Southwest Conference and Festival screening of Dana Adam Shapiro’s film, Daughters of the Sexual Revolution about the creation of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. The film focuses on the role of Suzanne Mitchell, the woman who brought the group to life, combining equal parts wholesome corn-fed sex appeal and ladylike respectability.