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Quite so, and indeed the spirit stick is the cheerleader sacred object:
Torrance Shipman (Dunst) inherits a Rancho Carne High Toro squad that has won five national cheerleading championships in a row, most recently under the guidance of über-cheerleader Big Red (Lindsay Sloane). Though she feels jinxed after a mishap with a fallen spirit stick at cheer camp ("You will go to Hades," a fellow camper hisses at her when she lets the stick touch the ground during a game of Truth-or-Dare), Torrance expects a smoother transition than what she gets. On the first day of practice, a member of the squad breaks her leg in a human pyramid collapse and the team resents Torrance's choice of a replacement, sneering gymnast Missy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Eliza Dushku), accusing Torrance of being a "cheertator." "This is not a democracy — it's a cheerocracy," she replies tartly, which doesn't stop squad bitches Courtney (Clare Kramer) and Whitney (Nicole Bilderback) from gunning for Torrance's job.
Great film, but not, of course, nearly enough nudity. |
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