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Vintage Racing

I first learned about Blonde Comet thanks to Jim Beaver's Facebook page. He reviews a lot of classic movies, and this happened to be one that caught my attention thanks to the racing action. The one problem that was mentioned in both his review and others that I've read is the sexist plot device of Beverly Blake faking illness so that her romantic interest can drive her car to victory. It is, in fact, a pretty lousy deal, though I like to think that their "discussion" wasn't finished at the end of the movie. The thing that really gets me, though, is that this movie was released a couple of weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor—over 72 years ago. So why is driving a race car with a double-X chromosome still considered a weird thing?


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