Cheerleader Drosophila

A fan-diorama about what makes a Rams-cheerleader (USA) a doll for media-date.

An homage to cheerleader-life, inspired loosely by Working Girl. 

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I've been studying the history of the LA Rams (NFL football) cheerleaders for generations. The Rams are a proud American pro-sports organization which has boasted titles and legends like Jim Everett and the 2000 Super Bowl trophy. A cheerleader is simply a decorated/dressed pro-sports woman who practices/engages trained and choreographed dance-line routines meant to evoke spirts and fanfare for her particular sports-team. The Rams cheerleaders are among the NFL's most colorful and proudest and best, which is why I've been making sociological mosaics of Rams-generation cheerleaders for my sports-marketing album/study at Dartmouth-UCLA.

Yes, folks, the LA Rams are arguably the coolest team in the NFL. They're not as 'vaunted' as, say, the Cowboys-Steelers or Patriots-Eagles; they're not as 'legendary' as, say, the Colts (Johnny Unitas) or the Vikings (Fran Tarkenton), but what the Rams have that no other team arguably has in the NFL (American football) is a sense of stadium-arena spirit and decorative/designed magic-beauty beauty-magic in presentation. The Rams are the most glittery team in the NFL!

Most serious football or fantasy-football fans may tell you that cheering/following the Rams is not an easy task in the world of gaming. In fact, iconic video-games of football in the West celebrating various legends/teams like Bo Jackson's Raiders will make it challenging to find that 'right sleeve' in which you might hone your Rams-fantasy skills to recreate a special Super Bowl moment in the organization's history (e.g., 2000, 2019).

That's why I'm particularly studying the history-generation of the LA Rams cheerleaders. This is a team that is quite 'glittery' and exciting to seek-out, and their cheerleaders, needless to say, represent the very best of American sociological showcasing of sports-and-marketing (money) on display in the new era of broadcast-media (e.g., ESPN). That's why the Rams cheerleader is not unlike St. Pauli's Girl.

When you see a press-TV interview about the LA Rams cheerleaders in proud shows about the marketing angles/diamonds of modern media-oriented showcasing of sports-organization rationality, you might note how and why the Rams are specifically a pro-sports team in the West reflecting a sociocultural interest in pure dollars.

RAMS FAN: Maybe it's the traffic-culture of Los Angeles or the 'fun' of the Rams that makes marketing the team so fun.

A normal 'working-girl' in the USA might have not any real interest in becoming a pro-sports cheerleader for the NFL and therefore a showcase/marketing 'st.-girl' for the Rams. Such a woman might be too preoccupied with all the 'normal' goings-on of everyday civilized life to be concerned about what the Rams cheerleader does for her (in her place) --- create a generational 'street-lore' about the experience of women in a male-biased world!

A Rams cheerleader passes down her wisdom/knowledge to the next generation of LA's team players/contributors. This is a process representing American pride and custom. It's what makes my Rams cheerleader album-study reflective of modern civilization dollars....and dots!

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)