I agree with you, brux, and the whole idea of this movie revolts me just as much. I, too, think this whole story is rather disgusts me, and the fact that Tonya Harding was not only involved in the masterminding and planning of this whole sordid attack on Nancy Kerrigan, which resulted in a potentially crippling physical injury to a rival figure-skating competitor, but got out of going to jail by admitting to having co-conspired to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly (now Jeff Stone), and his henchmen, was rather sickening. Tonya should consider herself lucky that she didn't go to jail.
The reason that Tonya Harding was allowed to compete in Lillehammer, Norway, in the 1994 Winter Olympics was because she threatened the International Olympics Committee with a 25-million-dollar lawsuit, which they didn't want to deal with. Frankly, I think Tonya should've accepted her punishment and stayed home that year. Maybe if she'd cooperated a little more, she'd still be skating today.
I personally think that this movie may be coming out in order to generate more sympathy for Tonya Harding. She did have a hard life, and her family was extremely abusive to her, which is unfortunate, but that never gave her the right, however, to be involved in the planning of an event to try to break her rival competitor's leg.
More to the point, after the fact, Tonya Harding later made a totally unprovoked physical attack on Darren Silver (a now ex-boyfriend), with a hubcap, seriously injuring him, and getting a police warrant down on her own head. That, along with Tonya Harding's having co-conspired to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of her ex-husband and his goons, helped seal her fate. She destroyed a promising figure-skating career, for good.
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brux (14724)
7 years ago
Tonya Harding is just bad news. I think for people to be sport, media, politics, there should be some kind of morals clause like there used to be routinely before. That may be a bit strong, but it is so sickening and sad to see the leaders and owners of this country and the people we take so much note of, so often turn out to be criminals or sleazes.
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mplo (2356)
7 years ago
That's true enough, brux!
When somebody takes up a career in the sports world, s/he has to realize that they're going to be scrutinized by the general public more than most other people. Tonya Harding is no exception, and the fact that she denied her involvement in the masterminding and planning of the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, and still continues to deny her involvement in the planning of that sordid attack, even today, indicates the kind of person she is. Not a nice person, a liar, and a person who doesn't know how to take responsibility for her actions and her choices.
It's very sad to see people who have a lot of potential sink to those kinds of levels, and become criminally inclined, or, rather sleazy.
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