I will tell you that I am quite partial to Julie Winchester. Or, to be more accurate, I am quite partial to the imaginary person I have attached to Julie Winchester's face and body.
She was also the porn actress Gina Carrera, and according to her IMDb listing, she was born in 1963 in Fort Worth, Texas, which makes her sort of close to my age (but still younger) and from my general region of the US.
Even though she's been doing catfight videos since the 1980s or before, I only really noticed her about three or four years ago. Then, rummaging around through old photos, I found much earlier pictures of her when she was young and gorgeous. But the Julie Winchester who first caught my attention was the one I saw in pics from the late nineties and early 2000s – older, but still sexy and captivating to my eye.
The imaginary person to whom I have attached this face and this body is not as svelte and fresh-faced as she once was. But neither am I. We are both older, and tired and world-weary.
She's still too young to remember Nov. 22, as I clearly do, but she remembers when the Beatles were together, and seeing the Huntley-Brinkley Report and The Big Valley, and maybe King and RFK being shot, and the protests against Vietnam.
And I imagine her out somewhere on the west coast, trading fake body punches and wrestling holds with some young woman as lithe and lovely as she once was, but who thinks history began with Bill Clinton, can't remember us not being in Afghanistan, and for whom Snooki is our greatest cultural icon, and I imagine her wondering, 'Jesus... how did it all turn out like this?'
Because I wonder that, too. A lot.
And so, Julie Winchester, wherever you are – whoever you are – I hope your life has been at least a little bit like you hoped it would be.
Enjoyed your blog! Really enjoyed your art - catfight fan here (surprise) who enjoys the emphasis you place on tit punching. You do a very fine job of capturing in a static image that flopping action of a larget tit that's been uppercutted (and the pained shocked look on the recipient's face).
ReplyDeleteAlso a long time fan of Julie Winchester. Have actually met her a couple of times and gotten to know her fairly well. Much of your musing/specualtion rings true. If the Double Trouble match you are referencing was a boxing match with gloves against a younger Asian opponent in boxing gloves - not a certainty but that very well end up her last appearance!
She's not "retired" per se, but she's not in L.A. so out of the loop and the companies have belatedly realized that they probably stayed with theri original 80s talent too long and are clearly looking to get younger. Another of the trends is for the topless scripted wrestlers to start doing "real" submission style wrestling. I can tell you that Julie tried it once and it did NOT go well.
Regretably, that wistful wish for her in your final sentence is not looking too good ... but who knows, the one constant in life is change, eh? If so inclined, I suspect I could answer a lot of the questions you ask here but not in a public posting (and have a fair amount of video and stills regarding Julie you might find interesting?). I don't see an email address for you - feel free to contact me (if so inclined) at sceej56@yahoo.com)
Sceej, thanks for the post, and I will contact you.
ReplyDeleteI won't delete your post here, but it occurs to me you may not wish to have your email address publicly displayed. It's okay with me, though, if it's okay with you.