The Abuse Of Tonya Harding

As distant as it now is, between the 1980’s to 1990’s, figure skating was a sport that the Americans took extremely seriously, and the likes of Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill and Katarina Witt where all self-proclaimed legends of the sport. Yet no one has quite reached the fame and notoriety like Tonya Harding. Her link to the attack on fellow Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan, that was reportedly planned by husband at the time - Gillooly and jeopardized her career and the history she made landing the first triple Axel. The story took the world by storm and managed to spawn countless spin-offs, TV and interviews. Now, with more than 24 years distant Gillespie has brought the story back to life with the New movie; “I, Tonya” with the formerly mentioned

Inspired by numerous contradictory interviews, speculative guesses and circa videography, “I, Tonya” spans over 30 years, following the Harding’s tempestuous lives, the “Incident”, and the enduring effect on everyone who was associated. Following cues from other classic underdog stories, the account shows that in-between a family breakup Tonya (6), discovered a deep affection for skating.

Yet for all such positive reviews, the movie reeks. In an attempt to display the movie in a light-hearted way, the movie omits the things that really matter.

In spite of that, the cast has been crafted superbly, with Australian actor Margot Robbie both expressing the volatile personality of Harding and earning an Oscar nomination at the same time. She balances being a magnificent skater but also a target of abuse. Joining Margot is Sebastian stan playing Harding's incompetent Husband(at the time) Jeff Gillooly and Paul Walter as Gillooly’s nincompoop friend Shawn Eckhardt. The stellar acting was only to be outdone by Oscar award-winning Allison Janney - Tonya’s careless, acid-spitting mother LaVona Goldman who not only carries an air of menace but also a drugged java. Perhaps it was nostalgia or sadness but in the early scenes, despite claims from Tonya herself saying she was “not a good one” she obliged to tonya’s relentless dream to become a figure skater and brings her to the rink. But for Golden the concept of “tough-love” is tough rather than