Badass women of Australian history.
(gun shots)
(splashing)
The 1910s.
Fun activities included
sitting down
smiling
sewing
Oh f*ck!
and breathtakingly sh*t swimwear
made from the same fabric as Christmas jumpers.
We weren't exactly freeing the nipple yet.
Slut.
Modesty was a big deal.
And for women it made playing sport stupidly hard.
This is what women played cricket in.
Howzat??
And some doctors even thought sport was bad for your lady parts.
Playing sports not only puts your modesty at stake
violent movements of the body can cause
a loosening of the uterus
resulting in sterility.
Defeating a woman's true purpose in life
the bringing forth of strong children.
Now who wants a pap smear?
All right.
What? It's free.
But one woman who gave no f*cks for modesty in sport
was Fanny Durack.
WHOOO!
She was the toughest, fastest female swimmer in the country.
(slaps)
But she'd reached the top and there was nowhere else for her to go.
Because at the time there was no women swimming in the Olympics.
It was a total dude fest, partly thanks to its founder.
The Olympics is about the exertion of male athleticism
and female applause as it's reward.
But in 1910, the Olympic Committee outvoted
Baron Pierre de F*ck Face
Mon Dieu!
and announced that for the first time
women's swimming would be included
in the upcoming 1912 Stockholm Games.
So, Fanny, and her teammate, Mina
Hi!
who was the second best female swimmer in Australia
So.. yeah, you know good for her.
set their sights where no Aussie woman
or any female swimmer
had ever gone before.
To get there, they needed financial backing
and the blessing of Rose Scott
the president of the Ladies Swimming Association.
Rose was a hard-core suffragette that fought for women's rights in Australia.
Fanny.
A girl who is in the habit of exposing herself at public swimming carnivals
is likely to have her modesty hopelessly blighted.
That means no.
Tea?
I don't want tea.
I want to go to the Olympics!
The English girls are going. The German girls are going.
Ah but the American girls aren't and they're not whinging.
Rose thought women's swimwear at the time was so racy
it warranted stopping Fanny from going to the Olympics.
She was pretty up tight.
(knocking)
(more knocking)
It's fine.
(even more knocking)
The Australian Olympic Committee wouldn't support them either
saying they couldn't afford to send female swimmers.
Yeah, because they're a total boys club.
No, we're not. We love women!
Can we come in then?
No...
So, without the endorsement of the Swimming Association
and no money to get to the Olympics...
This is.... bullsh*t!!!!!
Well, if Rose won't listen to me
then maybe she should have a chat with a
little someone called the Australian public!
Is the Ladies Swimming Association formed for swimming
or what its president defines as 'modesty'?
Maybe they...
...should change their name to the Women's Modesty Association?
(dramatic classical music)
(burning and crackling)
Now we can just...
While Fanny had delivered Rose a sick burn
there was still the small matter of having no money
to actually get to the Olympics.
- Hi guys! - Hi guys!
It's Fanny and Mina here.
So they decided to raise the money themselves.
I don't even know!
(laughter)
Okay. Okay. Cut.
This is what the funds will be used for.
Aside from Mina's lamington supply.
(giggles)
We need money for boat tickets.
It's a very long way to Stockholm, three months approximately.
We could swim there.
(giggles)
We couldn't, we'd be too tired for the race.
Give generously.
And...
f*ck you Rose Scott and the Olympic Committee!!
And then the girls got lucky.
Margaret Macintosh.
Married to the wealthy entrepreneur, Hugh Macintosh.
(drunken laugh)
She heard about their campaign and decided to put her position to good use.
Sweetheart!!
If you don't say no in the next 5 seconds
I am calling all your friends in the media
to help these girls.
5...4...
Hello, newspaper please.
With Margaret's help, the public got on board.
No water nymph could so fittingly uphold the country's honour.
And the donations rolled in.
The most expert ladies swimmer in Australia!
Ms Durack should make the trip to Stockholm.
(gavel hitting base)
Quiet down ladies, please.
Until eventually, the Swimming Association caved
and outvoted Rose.
All those in favour of...
B*tches!
And she was forced to resign.
(clock ticking)
On your marks...
Get set....
(clears throat)
Any minute now...
Be patient.
It's coming.
We're going to fire the gun!
(starter gun)
Oh.
(water sounds)
And they're off!
A strong start from England's Jenny Fletcher.
You've lost your modesty, Fanny.
Everyone thinks you're a slut.
Greta Rosenberg from Germany setting a strong pace.
You're an embarrassment, Fanny.
You'll never win.
Oh and Miss Durack has slowed.
(distant crowd sounds)
No!!!
(victory trumpets)
Oh my!
The Australian's coming forwards at an incredible speed.
Past Rosenberg, past Fletcher.
(victory music)
She's done it!
I don't believe it!
She's not a slut!
No sluts here, ladies and gentlemen!
She is the greatest swimmer of our time!
(fanfare and cheering)
Not only was she one of the first Aussie women to compete at the Olympics
This bad bitch won gold and set a new world record.
And I won silver!
- Great. - Cool.
She was even presented a laurel wreath by the King of Sweden
(trumpets)
I swam into the wall.
(loud cheering)
Over the next six years
Fanny broke 12 swimming world records.
And I won 115 titles
and was inducted into the swimming hall of fame.
- Great... Good! - Cool!
That's.. cool... For you...
If you would like to hold it you can.
For a little while.
Fanny is a true legend because she refused to be held back from her greatness
by the rules of how a woman should behave.
So next time somebody tells you having titties
is standing in between you and your dreams
just go...
TELL THEM TO F*CK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!
Woo!
(nervously laughs)
(screaming)
(laughing)
It went up my nose!
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