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Spoilers for the first and second seasons ofCheerfollow.
Take the ninth episode ofCheerseason two, Daytona Pt.
2: If the Judges Disagree.
And yet the series that made Navarro famous, and then infamous, refuses to let them go.
Even when TVCC is on top,Cheerwont let them stand alone.
The Dawgs met Oprah and Joe Biden, and they made money on Cameo.
They appeared in commercials, and they booked modeling gigs.
Her husband Chris reads mean tweets.
Her assistant coaches bemoan all the pressure shes under.
Other authorities and officials in the cheer world comment on the sexism Aldama has received.
I really dont need your opinion, thanks, she says.
Yet the other-side-of-the-tracks vibe is clear.
A local newscaster describes TVCC as the other team.
Instead, they both have strongsupportive uncle energy, intense and exacting but approachable and honest.
We dont go and get Instagram people, Johnson says.
Dont come to the Valley just because you want to be famous.
Come because you want to be the best.
And yet its easy to understand why TVCC has such a chip on their collective shoulder.
(Its giving the street-hockey team fromD2: The Mighty Ducks.)
Thats not to say that the athletes on the Navarro team dont genuinely care for each other.
What kind of anxiety did those various athletes experience?
Even in victory, TVCC feels secondary.
(CouldntCheerhave even attempted to find out what TVCCs secret acronym CCFC means?
Devote some investigational resources to that!)
Of course, the thrill of making any kind of nonfiction art is that anything can happen.
