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Old 08-13-06, 01:49 AM
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Fight Girls - Oxygen

Basically, Best of the Best but with women and Muay Thai. I don't know how they think they can train US women to compete with Thai women in Muay Thai. Very much part UFC Ultimate Fighter and the movie Best of the Best.

Interesting. Better than watching the WNBA.
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Fight Girls

By Randee Dawn

Bottom line: "Fight Girls" is a lively look into a rarely seen world.

9 p.m. Aug. 7
Oxygen

Were it airing on Lifetime, the reality movie "Fight Girls" would be, tiresomely, about tragic women learning to cope. Fortunately, "Fight Girls," produced by Scott Messick and Tom Weber, is on Oxygen -- which means it's about something uniquely empowering: American women competing in the martial art sport of Muay Thai.

Anchored by trainer Master Toddy, who looks like a teddy bear and talks like Mr. Miyagi-meets-Dr. Phil, the film follows the coaching of seven amateur American fighters, three of whom will be chosen to practice the Art of the Eight Limbs in Thailand once they display their "lion heart." Toddy's approach yields potent results, with fight scenes both gripping and unpredictable.

Yet the intriguing premise is sold out by the schticky reality element, which wastes time better spent getting three-dimensional looks at the fighters. A documentary might have even explored the whiff of dilettantism hanging over the amateurs: To Thai women with limited career opportunities, Muay Thai is a way of life. For Americans, it's a means to opening a gym.

Still, "Fight Girls" is a lively look into a rarely seen world that makes significant note of female outer and inner strength. That said, take note, Oxygen: When they're able to pack the punch these lion hearts ultimately do, how about calling them "women?"

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