Members juppiter Posted October 28, 2017 Members Share Posted October 28, 2017 I can't wait. This story has needed to be told for a long time. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted October 28, 2017 Members Share Posted October 28, 2017 Someone who worked with the production told me that Robbie is good and that Alison Janney is worthy of an award nomination for her performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted October 28, 2017 Author Members Share Posted October 28, 2017 Sounds like it will be interesting and Robbie will be good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 6, 2017 Members Share Posted December 6, 2017 Going by this picture, I'm gonna guess that Tonya Harding is pleased with the biopic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted January 11, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) Johnny Weir is not happy with the way Tonya Harding is being portrayed in the media. The 33-year-old two-time Olympian ice skater spoke out about what he considers “glamorization of a villain” on social media on Tuesday (January 9). I am so over the glamorization of a villain simply because she was born on the “wrong side of the tracks.” While her upbringing may have been tragic, athletes come from all walks of life and succeed based on merit, not assault. I won’t applaud her and I stand for Nancy. Please register in order to view this content Edited January 11, 2018 by DAMfan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted January 12, 2018 Members Share Posted January 12, 2018 I was in 8th grade in 1993-94 and still vividly remember the attack on Nancy Kerrigan and the drama with Tonya Harding leading up to the Olympics. No way would I have imagined at age 14 that people would still be fascinated by and talking about this story 24 years later. I still can't believe it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 13, 2018 Members Share Posted January 13, 2018 I didn't see the movie but I have a copy of the script and the story is sort of weird. I think the writers attempted to 'split the difference' by showing two sides of a story, two accounts that were widly different and conflicting. The glamorization wasn't so much in the script as in the choice of the actress to play Tonya. Margot Robbie is on the covers of magazines, had they chosen someone who could be more visually gritty, or unglamorized the character (a la Charlize Theron in Monster or Hillary Swank in Boys Don't Cry), the glamour issue would disappear. Way before the film was finished cutting, I heard rumors that Allison Janney was the best part of the film. Even though Harding's mother IRL claims that the portrayal is nothing like her, it looks as if Janney's performance was indeed the best part of the movie. If people were concerned about what message this sends about Harding, then maybe DON'T invite her to red carpets and to the Golden Globes. Maybe don't give her ovations when her name is called. That would be one way to have not risked glamorizing her. As for figure skating itself, they've got more than enough scandals without resorting to fixation on Tonya Harding. They've got bribery scandals and they've had at least one known former member of the infamous East German Stasi who coached a world class pairs team from Germany. They still have skaters complaining about the system of Olympic selection as being unsatisfactory and unfair. Figure skating has bigger problems in regards to its image than Tonya Harding. Weir, who all but applied to Russian citizenship just a few short years ago, needs to give up on this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted January 14, 2018 Members Share Posted January 14, 2018 So she says this NOW? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/tonya-harding-admits-that-she-knew-of-plan-to-attack-nancy-kerrigan/amp/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted January 18, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2018 PyeongChang 2018 will host the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, 9-25 Feb. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 18, 2018 Members Share Posted January 18, 2018 And North and South Korea will be marching as a unified team. North and South Korea agree to form first unified Olympic team 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted January 18, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2018 Nathan CHEN - US Nationals 2018 - Gala Exhibition https://youtu.be/uUCI0Cxtge4 2010.US.Champs.Novice.Nathan.Chen https://youtu.be/MRHimaaLOYg Flashback: 10-year-old Nathan Chen looks forward to Olympics https://youtu.be/cGsyDC7ArkA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted January 19, 2018 Members Share Posted January 19, 2018 I kind of have a completely different opinion about Ashley Wagner now. There is always going to be a passing of the guard, and she knows she competes in a judged competition. There's alot unfairness sometimes all the way around, and that's just how it goes. Not in any single interview did I see a reporter or host (in regard to her *itch fest about her scoring) - I didn't see a single person bring up the fact....hun, you didn't make the team the last time, and if they went by the scores you were left off. But that committee at that time voted to put you on there instead of Nagasu and that left her on the outside looking in. But I'm sure you loved that they voted you on instead, and alot of people thought that was unfair. I don't remember if she was sick and just didn't compete or if it was an injury, but they were betting you would be ready even though you didn't skate. So stop with the unfairness this time around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted January 22, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2018 Presentation of 2018 US Olympic Team - 2018 US Nationals Gala Intermission https://youtu.be/mAFMCqZdXX8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted January 26, 2018 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2018 Pairs figure skaters Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim are the only married couple on Team USA. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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