{"id":1008,"date":"2006-04-21T15:09:07","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T22:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2021-01-30T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:52:00","slug":"soldier-girls-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"Soldier Girls (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Because I&#8217;m not gonna have anybody out there being all emotional and everything &#8212; &#8217;cause you&#8217;re gonna hurt somebody.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Poster-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Poster-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Poster-89x128.jpg 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Poster.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA platoon of young women undergo basic training at Fort Gordon, Georgia.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this fascinating, disturbing documentary by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill &#8220;should be shown in all high schools before army recruiters start handing out brochures about computer jobs and expenses-paid Hawaiian vacation.&#8221;  Indeed, basic training is shown to be such bleak torture that it&#8217;s hard to imagine anyone <em>choosing <\/em>a life in the army after watching this film.  The most disturbing sequences show certain &#8220;uncooperative&#8221; recruits being mercilessly hazed by their superiors &#8212; though it&#8217;s hard to feel sorry for one woman who fakes incompetence in order to get herself kicked out.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A no-holds-barred look at the harsh reality of boot camp<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4-1024x714.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4-1024x714.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4-128x89.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4-768x536.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still4.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2-1024x699.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2-1024x699.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2-128x87.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Still2.png 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;mini-lesson&#8221; on biting off the heads of chickens<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken-1024x703.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken-128x88.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Biting-Chicken.png 1423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The female soldiers hanging loose in their barracks together<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2-1024x701.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2-128x88.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks2.png 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3-128x89.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Soldier-Girls-Barracks3.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its revealing inside look at bootcamp.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0083105\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Because I&#8217;m not gonna have anybody out there being all emotional and everything &#8212; &#8217;cause you&#8217;re gonna hurt somebody.&#8221; Synopsis: A platoon of young women undergo basic training at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary Military Soldiers Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this fascinating, disturbing documentary by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill &#8220;should be shown in all high schools before army recruiters start handing out brochures about computer jobs and expenses-paid Hawaiian vacation.&#8221; Indeed, basic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1008\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67036,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/67036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}