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Summary: Buy this moolah book
Review: A very interesting book about pro wrestling inside and out from a womans view. I assure you this is a great read for anyone, wrestling fan or not.
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Summary: Gimme a break!
Review: Gimme a break if you wanna read a good wrestling book read Mankind Have a nice day dont waste your money on this book! She does not tell whole story in her book thinks wrestling revolved around her! What about Mildred Burke and June Byers or Penny Banner!
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Summary: Gimme a break!
Review: I actually found this book quite enjoyable. Like Freddie Blassie, Moolah has been there to see the transition from the carny to the sports-entertainment version of wrestling. I think she did a good job merging the kayfabe with the reality. Her turmoils in being a woman in this business was well crafted.Outside of Blassie's book, this may be the best wrestler autobiography available on Amazon.
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Summary: A much better book than the other raters have suggested
Review: I actually found this book quite enjoyable. Like Freddie Blassie, Moolah has been there to see the transition from the carny to the sports-entertainment version of wrestling. I think she did a good job merging the kayfabe with the reality. Her turmoils in being a woman in this business was well crafted. Outside of Blassie's book, this may be the best wrestler autobiography available on Amazon.
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Summary: Don't mess with Moolah! (but she's still fun)
Review: I got a big kick out of this book and I am NOT a wrestling fan. In fact, I had never heard of Moolah when I saw the book in the bookstore and looked at the pictures and thought it might be fun. I was not disappointed. Oh sure, I wish that the book had been about twice as long and I wish that there were more photographs, but I did enjoy Moolah's stories and her outrageous attitude. ("If I didn't fight dirty, I wouldn't win!") Moolah is larger-than-life and one-of-a-kind. I think a lot of what she says is pure fantasy (like wresting itself), especially the big whopper she tells that country music legend Hank Williams asked her to marry him. (It's not like he's around to refute her!) But that was part of the fun for me. It's a rather schizoid book in that she flat out says that wrestling is fake (that's why it's called "wrestling ENTERTAINMENT") and then she goes on and on describing various matches as if they were unrehearsed. It seems to me that "wrestling entertainment" is similar to the "super hero" comic books. There are heroes, villains and clowns. When wrestlers are young and attractive, they play the heroes. When they get older and heavier, they become the villains. If they are still at it when they are REALLY old, they play the clowns. Moolah's buddy Mae has played all three roles and Moolah's descriptions of her antics are hilarious. Also very interesting was Moolah's relationship to Katie, her dwarf protege, whom Moolah always refers to as "my damn midget." (Moolah also appears in a delightful documentary film about women wrestlers that I saw at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring called "Lipstick and Dynamite." I recommend this book and the film.) I loaned this book to a friend who was in the hospital recently. He liked the book and passed it around. The book became very popular with everyone on his floor of the hospital (including some of the night staff). I also lent it to a friend who has a PhD and she found it delightful too. I wouldn't want to tangle with Moolah, but I really enjoyed reading her book. It's a quick read and very amusing.
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Summary: Don't Mess with Moolah! (but she's still a lot of fun)
Review: I got a big kick out of this book and I am NOT a wrestling fan. In fact, I had never heard of Moolah when I saw the book in the bookstore and looked at the pictures and thought it might be fun. I was not disappointed. Oh sure, I wish that the book had been about twice as long and I wish that there were more photographs, but I did enjoy Moolah's stories and her outrageous attitude. ("If I didn't fight dirty, I wouldn't win!") Moolah is larger-than-life and one-of-a-kind. I think a lot of what she says is pure fantasy (like wresting itself), especially the big whopper she tells that country music legend Hank Williams asked her to marry him. (It's not like he's around to refute her!) But that was part of the fun for me. It's a rather schizoid book in that she flat out says that wrestling is fake (that's why it's called "wrestling ENTERTAINMENT") and then she goes on and on describing various matches as if they were unrehearsed. It seems to me that "wrestling entertainment" is similar to the "super hero" comic books. There are heroes, villains and clowns. When wrestlers are young and attractive, they play the heroes. When they get older and heavier, they become the villains. If they are still at it when they are REALLY old, they play the clowns. Moolah's buddy Mae has played all three roles and Moolah's descriptions of her antics are hilarious. Also very interesting was Moolah's relationship to Katie, her dwarf protege, whom Moolah always refers to as "my damn midget." (Moolah also appears in a delightful documentary film about women wrestlers that I saw at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring called "Lipstick and Dynamite." I recommend this book and the film.) I loaned this book to a friend who was in the hospital recently. He liked the book and passed it around. The book became very popular with everyone on his floor of the hospital (including some of the night staff). I also lent it to a friend who has a PhD and she found it delightful too. I wouldn't want to tangle with Moolah, but I really enjoyed reading her book. It's a quick read and very amusing.
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Summary: Moolah is Fabulous, in her own mind that is
Review: The history was intresting.But after six decades in the buisness Moolah still cant bring her self to break Kayfaybe.The stories about the matches were like the old Pro Wrestling Illustrated stories.Spent most of the time praising the McMahons.Was a very G rated read.One promoters body oder and anothers womenizing was all the mud she slings .Worth reading but not worth the $24.00.Buy it used go to the libary or wait for the paperback.
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