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    'GLOW' star says Season 4 would've showed 'women of color taking their power back'

    by Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times Oct 26, 2020 5 minutes

    In the boxing ring, Carmen "Machu Picchu" Wade circles a seated Tamme "The Welfare Queen" Dawson, who is pretending to watch TV. Wade tells Dawson to get up and fight.

    "Hell no," Dawson responds. "I'mma sit here, watch my stories, eat me some lobster, some Howard Foods caviar. All paid for by the American taxpayer."

    "That's the genius of it," Sam Sylvia tells Dawson in Season 1 of "GLOW." "It's commentary on an existing stereotype."

    Sylvia (played by Marc Maron) directs the fictionalized Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the Netflix show, which was canceled earlier this month due to financial and safety concerns related to the pandemic.

    On Oct. 19, six "GLOW" actresses of color — Sunita Mani (Arthie "Beirut the Mad Bomber" Premkumar), Sydelle Noel (Cherry "Black Magic" Bang), Britney Young

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