whose fault

Clarissa 2022-12-16 15:47:36

I didn't know much about the triple axel figure skating star Tonya Harding before watching the movie, and I didn't know anything about this American figure skating scandal between her and Nancy Kerrigan, which made me even more Well listen to her story, without preconceptions. So it's a story of a failed American dream, where Toyna was gifted, had great control on the ice, was the first athlete to double axel in a row, but America in the '90s didn't need to be that hard-edged. Women, they need Nancy, she is slender and beautiful, her performance is elegant and smooth, she chooses Mozart's music as her entry, she also has a happy family, although she is also a child of a working-class family, she is loved by her family and can get expensive items such as Vera Wang In short, she is more elegant, feminine and princess. Compared with Nancy, Tonya's body control was criticized for being too muscular, her unsweet appearance was criticized for being too ugly, she performed very passionately, and she chose zz top's rock music as the competition track, so she was considered too rude to never last She was deducted by the judges for maintaining a graceful smile. More importantly, she did not have a happy family. Her single mother was not only poor, but also beat her. Her costumes had to be sewn by herself, so they were rough enough to scratch herself. To be deducted by the judges, she was too eager to be loved and fell in love at the age of 15. Later, she was beaten by her husband. These abuses she received also became the reason why she could not get a high score, because the United States does not want people from such a family as representatives Go to the world game. In short, all the injuries she suffered turned out to be her sins.

This is a movie Tonya said, so it really doesn't matter if she was involved in the attack on Nancy, the point is how a talented woman who worked so hard ended up getting kicked out of figure skating forever. The name has become synonymous with "unfriendly competition", even without evidence, people believe that she has done far more bad things than the FBI has recorded, and the punishment for her is completely unwilling to give a person a chance. She repeats it in the movie "It's not my fault", so whose fault is it?

After watching the movie, I deliberately searched the Internet, and saw an exclusive interview with her in the New York Times after the movie was shown. There are two details that impressed me deeply. The first is that the reporter told her that some people thought the domestic violence scenes were funny after watching the movie, Tonya was very surprised, I was very ashamed to see it here, because I was one of the people who laughed, because she would fight back, so those scenes looked like It's a bit "chicken-flying". When I saw the interview, I was reminded of Depp's domestic violence case. At that time, Depp released a recording to the effect that he accused his ex-wife Amber of hitting him back, and then Amber said you go to court and say that a woman attacked you. Look at the judge. And what do the jury think? At that time, many comments in the Chinese media were "reversed, no domestic violence is a fight", I thought that this could not be used as evidence that Depp did not have domestic violence, but why did I laugh while watching the movie? Why do you ignore the pain of the victim when you see such a scene of "chicken flying and dog jumping"? Do you feel that the severity of such domestic violence has subsided? The second is that the reporter talked about the unfriendly American society at that time, and mentioned the abused Lewinsky, and Tonya's reaction was: "No, I'm not like her, she has a very bad effect on the country. I am a patriot." She repeatedly stated in the interview that she is a patriot, "Even if this country fails me, I still love it."

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I, Tonya quotes

  • Tonya Harding: [after completing the triple axel] Oh my God, It was totally the most awesomest thing. 'Cause leading up it, you're like, "I can't do it! I can't. I can't!" And then, bam, I can! And all those people who said I couldn't make it, well fuck you! I did!

  • Diane Rawlinson: Generally, people either love Tonya or... not big fans. Just like people either love America or they're not big fans. Tonya was... totally American.