Haven’t watched the movie yet, let’s talk about Billie Jean King’s gossip story (updated after watching)

Haskell 2021-12-29 08:01:03

Digression: Actually I watched the movie more than a month ago, but I have been very lazy, so I didn't update this article. On the first day of 2018, start today and say goodbye to procrastination cancer. See the end of the article for the update. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Haven't watched the movie yet, just watched the trailer. Although he is a tennis fan, he didn't know the story of Billie Jean King before. When he saw Emma Stone's eyes looking at Andrea Riseborough in the trailer, his heart moved instantly. So I googled the gossip story of Billie Jean King.

Billie Jean King is a female tennis player in the same era as Margaret Court. His career is half the non-open era and half the open era. Of course, King is inferior to Court in terms of record. The court-King score of the two players is 22-10. . I'm quite curious about the relationship between King and Court. I wonder if it will be as loving as Feiner, but this is not the focus of today's gossip. Billie Jean married Larry King at the age of 22. At that time, I think she loved Larry very much and didn't know her true sexual orientation. However, starting from about 25 years old, she slowly discovered that she liked women. Then in 1971, when Billie Jean was 28 years old, she began to be with her secretary, Marilyn Barnett, who was five years younger than her. The men's and women's tennis match in the movie Battle of the Sexes took place in 1973, when Billie Jean and Marilyn were in a hot relationship. Their relationship lasted until 1979, when they broke up, and Billie Jean asked Marilyn to move out of the house where they lived together. Then in 1981, Marilyn sued the court for the division of Billie Jean's property, so Billie Jean was brought out unsuspectingly. However, Billie Jean was very responsible and did not deny her sexual orientation. She became the first famous female athlete in American history to openly admit that she was gay. The two of them fought the lawsuit for several years. Although Billie Jean won the case in the end, I think the price she paid is immeasurable. But what is surprising is that the tears were like this. In recent years, the two people have actually reconciled (!), and they also participated in public events together. I don’t know if they are really old and look away from everything. ? Billie Jean and Larry did not formally divorce until the end of the lawsuit. It should be said that Larry was really good to her. She supported her tennis career in the early years. Later, she became so notorious and did not divorce her. The final divorce was because the 44-year-old Billie Jean fell in love with her again in 1987. Another woman, her doubles partner Ilana Kloss. After the divorce, Larry and Billie Jean's relationship has always been very good. Larry later remarried and had a child, and made Billie Jean the child's godmother. Billie Jean and Ilana have been together since 1987, and it has been 30 years in a flash. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ After reading the future updates: 1. Correct the biggest mistake above: Marilyn and Billie Jean never reconciled after they were torn apart. The news that they reconciled and gave pictures came from an unreliable foreign gossip website, which simply regarded Ilana's photo as Marilyn. In fact, Marilyn passed away at the age of 49. I think Marilyn's early death has a lot to do with this failed relationship. 2. Regarding the relationship between Billie Jean and Marilyn, I think I should say a few more words after watching the movie. Although because of Marilyn’s early death, the existing information about her is very limited, but she should be a fairly open-minded and avant-garde person. The actor who played Marilyn said in a talk show that she did not know much about Marilyn. After researching the data, I think she is a "free and captivating spirit" (Free and charming soul). I can’t find any information on why Marilyn and Billie Jean broke up later, but I noticed that before she publicly sued Billie Jean because of the breakup, she tried to commit suicide. She jumped down from the upper floor of the beach house where they lived and broke. leg. So she was always on crutches when she attended the dispute with Billie Jean as the plaintiff. The final result of this property dispute was that Marilyn lost the lawsuit. She did not get the property of Billie Jean. Before watching this movie, I knew that Marilyn sued Billie Jean for the division of property and disclosed the fact that Billie Jean’s sexual orientation almost ruined Billie Jean’s career and changed Billie Jean’s entire life. I naturally didn’t like this person. , But after watching the movie and the more details that I have learned above, my feelings about Marilyn are much more complicated. At least, from the performance given in the movie, I can fully understand why Billie Jean fell in love with Marilyn. It's a pity that life can't be as good as first sight. 3. After watching the movie, I realized that Margaret Court is actually such a traditional image of a good wife and mother. Speaking of the legalization of homosexuality in Australia for so many years, she is still calling for opposition to homosexuality, claiming that homosexuality is the act of the devil, which makes me quite speechless. 4. In the movie, Larry discovered the relationship between Billie Jean and Marilyn almost from the beginning. In the information I saw, Larry said in an interview that he didn't know their relationship at all at the time. In fact, he didn't have any at all. Thinking in that direction, he didn't know the truth until Marilyn sued Billie Jean.

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  • Nina 2021-12-29 08:01:03

    2.5 I will compare it to "Borg/McEnroe".

  • Emilie 2022-03-24 09:02:39

    Karel is super like! There was no surprise or joy in general, and the story was told very flatly. I think it's the screenwriting problem of the movie. It's obviously because of the wrong angle, which led to the same-sex slickness, equal rights give up halfway, and the competition is boring. It's better to shoot the biography of Billie Jean King directly.

Battle of the Sexes quotes

  • Astrodome TV Director: Zoom in on five. Is that a priest?

    Control Room Worker: Yeah. If Bobby wins, she takes the groom's surname, but if Billie Jean wins, the groom takes her name.

  • [Last lines]

    Cuthbert 'Ted' Tinling: Times change. You should know that you just changed them.

    [hugs Billie Jean]

    Cuthbert 'Ted' Tinling: Someday we will be free to be who we are and to love who we love. But now... time to join the dance.

    Astrodome Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen... Billie Jean King!