Amanda is a woman wrestler in Maine, the "queen of pain" but she is also known as Alexandra Wykoff to her husband and to her day job as a truck driver. We hear sounds from the ring--lots of screaming and throws--and we hear Alexandra in her truck. The piece is a pretty straight-forward profile. Towards the end it delves a little into the position of women wrestlers, how they often play up their sexuality. Amanda says that a few years ago she decided to not do so much of the "sex stuff". This piece could work as a profile, dropped in anywhere, or maybe in a segment looking at women in traditionally male-dominated jobs.
Review of Kicking Ass and Changing Names
Sarah Elzas
Posted on January 11, 2005 at 07:15 AM
Amanda is a woman wrestler in Maine, the "queen of pain" but she is also known as Alexandra Wykoff to her husband and to her day job as a truck driver. We hear sounds from the ring--lots of screaming and throws--and we hear Alexandra in her truck. The piece is a pretty straight-forward profile. Towards the end it delves a little into the position of women wrestlers, how they often play up their sexuality. Amanda says that a few years ago she decided to not do so much of the "sex stuff". This piece could work as a profile, dropped in anywhere, or maybe in a segment looking at women in traditionally male-dominated jobs.