Shekaru 30 kenan tun bayan da Dallas Cowboys—wadanda suka dade suna kiran kansu Ƙungiyar Amurka—suka ci Super Bowl. Amma yanzu, godiya ga shirin Netflix na Greg Whiteley mai suna America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, mafi aminci kuma sanannen sashe na alamar Cowboys na iya zama ba mazan da suke buga ƙwallon ƙafa ba, amma matan da suke rawa a gefen filin wasa.
“’Yan ƙwallon za su karya zuciyarka,” in ji wani mai sha’awa a karshen kashi na 3. “Amma masu rawa za su bar ka da murmushi.”
Lokacin da kashi na farko ya fito a shekarar 2024, America’s Sweethearts ya zama babban abin burgewa, ya shiga cikin manyan shirye-shirye 10 na duniya a Netflix kuma ya mayar da abin da ya kasance sha’awar Amurka ta musamman zuwa ta duniya baki daya. Kamar shirin CMT mai tsawo Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, wanda ya ƙare a 2022, yana bin tsarin shekara-shekara inda darektan DCC Kelli Finglass da tawagarta suka rage yawan ’yan rawa masu hazaka zuwa jerin sunaye 39 na karshe. Amma ba kamar shirin na baya ba, shirin Netflix yana tare da masu rawa a duk lokacin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, yana nuna irin wahalar da rawar take yi wa jikinsu, dangantakarsu, kudinsu, da kuma fahimtar kansu.
Kashi na uku na America’s Sweethearts, wanda ya shafi lokacin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na 2025–26 kuma ya zama daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen Netflix da aka fi kallo bayan ya fara a ranar 16 ga Yuni, shine na farko da ya fuskanci tasirin shirin kan kungiyar da yake rubutawa. “Yayin da wadannan mutane suka shahara saboda fim din da muke yi, dole ne mu magance hakan,” in ji Whiteley a cikin makon fara kashi. “Ba zai yiwu a rubuta kashi na 3 da gaskiya ba tare da sanin cewa sun shahara fiye da yadda suke kafin mu zo ba.”
A cikin DCC, mafarkin ’yar Amurka ya zama gaskiya: kyakkyawa, marar son kai, kuma mai ladabtarwa. “Kamar gasar kyau ce, amma a sigar motsa jiki,” in ji Kleine Powell, daya daga cikin taurarin shirin. Lokacin da ta kira ni ta Zoom daga ofishin Netflix, gashin kanta yana fadowa cikin raƙuman ruwa na zinariya, babu wani gashi da ya fita daga wurinsa, tare da jaket din DCC a kafadarta. Tana murmushi tsakanin tambayoyi, kuma dumamar ta ta kasance tare da ni har sauran ranar.
Shirin yana dagula hoton cikakkiyar masu rawa ta hanyar nuna aikin da ke bayansa. Matan suna rayuwa a kan matsananciyar damuwa da kuma karancin barci, galibi suna daidaita aikin DCC da wasu ayyuka na cikakken lokaci da yawa. Whiteley, wanda shirye-shiryensa na wasanni na baya sun hada da Cheer, Last Chance U, da Wrestlers, yana sha’awar jikin da aka tura iyakarsa. “Me yasa nake sha’awar hakan? Ban sani ba. Ina ganin zai dauki shekaru na magani don gane shi,” in ji shi.
Shirin Whiteley yana ba da kallo mai zurfi da kuma hadadden kallo kan kungiyar da ta dade tana alfahari da hotonta marar aibi. “Mutane suna son karin yanzu,” in ji Finglass, wacce ke horarwa da kuma ba da shawara ga matan yayin da take kiyaye alamar DCC mai kyau. Lokacin da muke magana, tana daidai kamar yadda take bayyana a kan allo: mai iko ta dabi’a kuma mai natsuwa cikin sauki. Sanye da rigar shudi mai kyau, tana da kamannin shugaban kasa kamar daya daga cikin alamun salon ta, Kamala Harris. (“Ina son rigunanta na iko,” in ji ta a kashi na 2.)
Finglass ta kasance DCC kanta daga 1984 zuwa 1989, sananniya a matsayin ’yar rawa ta farko da aka gayyace ta ba tare da sake yin gwaji ba, kuma ta zama darekta a 1991. Amma tun lokacin da shirin ya fara, ta ce ba ta taba ganin irin wannan babban canji a tarihin kungiyar ba.
“Dandalin da Netflix ya ba mu yana da girma. Mutane a duk duniya sun san sunayenmu kuma sun san labaranmu,” in ji ta. “Abin da muke fuskanta yanzu shine shaharar mutum daya. Mutane suna gane masu rawa a kantin kayan abinci, a filin jirgin sama. Sun san sunayensu. Sirri ba zabi ne ba kuma.” Babu wani daga cikinmu da yake da wannan abu kuma.
Amma wannan sabon bayyana ya kuma kawo sabbin damuwa. A cikin kashi na karshe, Finglass tana tambaya ko mutane “suna nan don dalili mai kyau.”
Masu neman DCC yanzu suna yin gwaji ba kawai don daya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyi a wasanni ba, har ma da injin shahara mai hanya bayyananna ta zama mai tasiri. Shirin yanzu ya isa ya jawo shahararrun mutane kamar Kacey Musgraves, wacce ta bayyana a matsayin alkali baƙo. Yawancin DCC na yanzu suna da mabiya da yawa, daga dubban daruruwan zuwa miliyoyi, kuma suna yin bidiyo na kansu suna rawa ga wakokin da suka shahara, tare da bayyana rayuwarsu a Instagram da TikTok.
Kleine Powell (tsakiya) tana yin wasa tare da Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders a America’s Sweethearts. Hoton: Netflix
Babu wani a cikin tawagar da ya nuna canji zuwa kafofin sada zumunta da shaharar mutum fiye da Powell. Goldie Hawn na tawagar – mai haske, mai rai, kuma dan iska – tana daya daga cikin mafi ’yanci da kuma halayen DCC. Halinta na tura iyakoki yana bata wa Finglass rai kusan kamar yadda yake sa ta zama abin so. “Shin ka ba da kuzarinka ga abokan wasanka,” in ji Finglass a lokacin wani lokaci mai tsanani, “ko kana kara saka a kafofin sada zumunta?”
Powell tana aiki a kan layi, tana saka bidiyon YouTube na tsarin kula da fata da kuma vlogs na yau da kullun a kowace Alhamis. “Ina ganin ni ne na fara wannan babban abu na kafofin sada zumunta,” in ji ta. “Ina da tasiri sosai kan yadda ake amfani da shi a sararin DCC.” Amma Powell ta dage cewa amfani da kafofin sada zumunta ba kawai don tallata kai ba ne. “Ina so in kula da abokan wasana, kuma hanyar da na sani ita ce in tsaya musu da kuma yin abin da nake ganin daidai ne.”
A 2025, kafin kashi na 3 ya fito, Powell na daya daga cikin Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders biyar da suka taimaka wajen samun karin albashi na tarihi na 400% ga kungiyar. Kafin haka, an ruwaito cewa membobin suna samun dala 15 kawai a sa’a, da kuma kudaden bayyana. Yin shawarwari da kamfani na biliyoyin daloli yana da ban tsoro, a fahimta. “Ba tare da miliyoyin masu kallo daga shirin Netflix ba, ina ganin ba za mu sami karfin gwiwa ba don shiga wadancan tarurrukan.”
Kafofin sada zumunta sun kuma taimaka mata ta yi magana. Ko da yake Finglass ta yi tsayayya, Powell ta ce “dole ne in kara bayyana kaina kuma in ci gaba da tsayawa ga ’yan matan, domin a karshe, wannan game da damar kudi ne, kuma na san yadda ake rashin samun kwanciyar hankali na kudi.”
Musgraves, Finglass, da sauran alkalai suna kula da gwaji a America’s Sweethearts. Hoton: Netflix
Powell yanzu tana yin wasa a matsayin All-Star, ma’ana tana cika lokacin da sauran DCC ba su samuwa ba. Har yanzu tana da alaka da kungiyar, amma tana kara mai da hankali kan rayuwa bayan ta, gami da fasaharta, mijinta, da kuma ’yan kyanwa biyu. Duk da haka, ajiye rigar – da kuma barin duniyar kariya ta ’yan mata – yana da wuya ga kowa a cikin tawagar ya yi tunanin.
“Sanya rigar yana da ban mamaki a duk lokacin da kake yi,” in ji Powell. “Tunanin ajiye ta gaba daya abu ne mai girma. Yana jin kamar rasa wani bangare na rayuwarka, wani zamani. Amma ina jin kamar na sanya kaina a baya a rayuwata duka. Ina farin cikin mai da hankali kan kerawa na kuma gane ko ni wanene.”
Finglass kuma tana tunanin karshe daga lokaci zuwa lokaci. Bayan shekaru 35 tare da Cowboys, za ta yi ritaya a karshe kuma ta yi amfani da lokaci tare da mijinta, ’ya’yanta, da “shih-tzu mahaukaci.” “Kamar yadda zai yi zafi don barin, akwai wani bangare na rayuwata da ban taba jin dadinsa ba.”
DCC tana bukatar kyakkyawan aikin sadaukar da kai, don hidimar wani abu mai tsarki: layin mata masu harba kafa suna murmushi a karkashin fitilun filin wasa, suna yin Mafarkin Amurka. Yanzu, miliyoyin da ke kallo daga gida sun san kadan game da sadaukarwa da gwagwarmaya a bayansa. Bayan wadancan murmushin.
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders yana gudana a Netflix yanzu.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da shirin rawa wanda aka kwatanta a matsayin gasar kyau a sigar motsa jiki, an rubuta su cikin yanayi na dabi’a tare da amsoshi bayyanannu.
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1. Me kuke nufi da gasar kyau a sigar motsa jiki?
Yana nufin gasar rawa ba kawai game da juyi da tsalle ba ne. Suna kuma yin hukunci kan kamannin tawagar gaba daya, kayan shafa, gashi, kayan sawa masu kyalli, da yadda suke yin ko sayar da shirinsu ga alkalai—kamar gasar kyau.
2. Yaya ya bambanta da wasan rawa na yau da kullun?
A wasa, kana tallafawa tawagar da kuma tada hankalin jama’a. A gasa, ana yin hukunci a kan kowane motsi, murmushinka, kuzarinka, har ma da tsabtar kayan sawa. Wasa ne don samun kofi, ba kawai nishadantar da jama’a ba.
3. Shin da gaske ana yin hukunci a kan kamanninka?
E, amma ba ta hanyar “wanne ya fi kyau” ba. Alkalai suna neman nuna fasaha da kamanni gaba daya. Wannan yana nufin gashin kanka dole ne ya zama cikakke, kayan shafa ya kamata ya haskaka a karkashin fitilu, kuma kayan sawa dole ne su dace da tsabta. Kasancewa da kyau wani bangare ne na maki.
4. Wane irin abubuwan kyau ne ’yan rawa dole su yi?
Da yawa. Abubuwan da ake bukata sun hada da lipstick mai dacewa, gashi mai lanƙwasa ko mai sheki, fesa tan, gashin ido na karya, da kuma wani lokacin farcen yatsa ko kyalli masu dacewa. Manufar ita ce kamanni na kayan aiki na kamara ga dukan tawagar.
5. Shin kawai game da kyau ne ko dole ne ka kasance mai motsa jiki?
Cakuda ne na duka biyun. Kana bukatar basirar motsa jiki—juyi, tsalle, tsalle, da juriya. Amma kana kuma bukatar yin duk wannan yayin da kake murmushi da kyau kuma kana nuna sauki. Yana kama da ’yar wasan motsa jiki wacce kuma dole ta yi tafiya a kan titin.
Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci Gaba
6. Nawa ne maki na karshe ya dogara da bangaren gasar kyau idan aka kwatanta da bangaren motsa jiki?
Ya bambanta da gasa, amma yawanci basirar motsa jiki tana da kusan kashi 60-70 na maki. Abubuwan gasar kyau suna da sauran kashi 30-40. Ba za ka iya yin nasara da kyau kadai ba.
