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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack has plenty of hits from back when including "Goodbye, Stranger", "Romeo & Juliet", and "25 or 6 to 4".
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack has plenty of hits from back when including "Goodbye, Stranger", "Romeo & Juliet", and "25 or 6 to 4".4", "The Chain" and Siouxsie's version of "The Passenger".
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** Footage of the actual people portrayed in the film is played over the credits, revealing that some of the weirder aspects of the film were taken directly from this footage. Some examples include:
** Tonya's mother being interviewed on her sofa, wearing a fur coat with a parakeet perched on her shoulder.
** Shawn Eckardt's claims of being a counter-terrorism expert and bragging about being quoted in a travel magazine are taken almost a word-for-word from his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8gyTEKG3A interview with Diane Sawyer]].
** Footage of the actual people portrayed in the film is played over the credits, revealing that some of the weirder aspects of the film were taken directly from this footage. Some examples include:
** Tonya's mother being interviewed on her sofa, wearing a fur coat with a parakeet perched on her shoulder.
** Shawn Eckardt's claims of being a counter-terrorism expert and bragging about being quoted in a travel magazine are taken almost a word-for-word from his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8gyTEKG3A interview with Diane Sawyer]].
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**shoulder, and Shawn Eckardt's claims of being a counter-terrorism expert and bragging about being quoted in a travel magazine are taken almost a word-for-word verbatim from his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8gyTEKG3A interview with Diane Sawyer]].
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* BrokenBase: Given this film is meant to be a more sympathetic look at Tonya Harding, the entire film's premise was, and continues to be, greatly divisive.
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* BrokenBase: Given this film is meant to be a more sympathetic look at Tonya Harding, one of the most controversial athletes in the world who stood at the epicenter of a major cheating scandal, the entire film's premise was, and continues to be, greatly divisive.
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-->''I know you don't believe in second chances. But I do.''
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* SignatureScene: TheOner of Tonya Harding putting on her makeup.
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* SignatureScene: TheOner of Tonya Harding putting on her makeup.makeup in the middle of an emotional breakdown as the stress over the Nancy Kerrigan case becomes too much to handle, highlighting the film's approach to her life story in a single silent moment while also showcasing Creator/MargotRobbie's ability to depict a wide range of emotions without saying a word.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: For the 1995 movie ''Film/ToDieFor'', which was also based (though more loosely) on a true story. Not only for its documentary style narrative and its dark humor, but the plot zigzags through many of the same themes expressed in the movie, including America's preoccupation with scandalous news stories. Both films also had Australian actresses in the lead.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: This is one of the movies that further highlight that Creator/MargotRobbie can be more than just a sex symbol, playing the coarse and unpolished mean girl and making Tonya sympathetic despite her behavior and abrasive personality. The scene where Tonya is putting on her makeup shows just how much she can emote through facial expressions alone.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: This is one of the movies that further highlight that Creator/MargotRobbie can be more than just a sex symbol, truly incredible actress, playing the coarse and unpolished mean girl and making Tonya sympathetic despite her behavior and abrasive personality. The scene where Tonya is putting on her makeup shows just how much she can emote through facial expressions alone.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: How much sympathy does Tonya really deserve regarding her scores? Were they really as unfair as she claimed? If you look at her [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding competition history]], which began in 1985/86, her results are perfectly respectable and quite fair and are pretty reflective of her level of experience and the quality of her skating--namely, that they improved as she did, peaking in 1991, the year she mastered the triple axel--in one competition, she received '''''two''''' 6's [[note]] Under the old scoring system, this was a perfect mark [[/note]] for technical merit (remarkable both because it had never happened before and because 6's were more commonly awarded for artistic impression). Any bad results appear to be in line with poor skating due to her myriad of personal issues. Plus, it's she who sabotaged herself at both of her Olympic appearances with late arrivals and dreadful practice sessions.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** How much sympathy does Tonya really deserve regarding her scores? Were they really as unfair as she claimed? If you look at her [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding competition history]], which began in 1985/86, her results are perfectly respectable and quite fair and are pretty reflective of her level of experience and the quality of her skating--namely, that they improved as she did, peaking in 1991, the year she mastered the triple axel--in one competition, she received '''''two''''' 6's [[note]] Under the old scoring system, this was a perfect mark [[/note]] for technical merit (remarkable both because it had never happened before and because 6's were more commonly awarded for artistic impression). Any bad results appear to be in line with poor skating due to her myriad of personal issues. Plus, it's she who sabotaged herself at both of her Olympic appearances with late arrivals and dreadful practice sessions.
** How much sympathy does Tonya really deserve regarding her scores? Were they really as unfair as she claimed? If you look at her [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding competition history]], which began in 1985/86, her results are perfectly respectable and quite fair and are pretty reflective of her level of experience and the quality of her skating--namely, that they improved as she did, peaking in 1991, the year she mastered the triple axel--in one competition, she received '''''two''''' 6's [[note]] Under the old scoring system, this was a perfect mark [[/note]] for technical merit (remarkable both because it had never happened before and because 6's were more commonly awarded for artistic impression). Any bad results appear to be in line with poor skating due to her myriad of personal issues. Plus, it's she who sabotaged herself at both of her Olympic appearances with late arrivals and dreadful practice sessions.
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* AwardSnub: At the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, the film won Best Supporting Actress (Creator/AllisonJanney), and was also nominated for Best Actress (Creator/MargotRobbie) and Best Film Editing, but was left out of the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Makeup & Hairstyling categories, despite being in the running for all three. Some think the film's divisive subject matter kept it from getting a Best Picture nom, along with competition from more Oscar-friendly films like ''Film/PhantomThread''.
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* AwardSnub: AwardSnub:
** At the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, the film won Best Supporting Actress (Creator/AllisonJanney), and was also nominated for Best Actress (Creator/MargotRobbie) and Best Film Editing, but was left out of the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Makeup & Hairstyling categories, despite being in the running for all three. Some think the film's divisive subject matter kept it from getting a Best Picture nom, along with competition from more Oscar-friendly films like ''Film/PhantomThread''.
** At the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, the film won Best Supporting Actress (Creator/AllisonJanney), and was also nominated for Best Actress (Creator/MargotRobbie) and Best Film Editing, but was left out of the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Makeup & Hairstyling categories, despite being in the running for all three. Some think the film's divisive subject matter kept it from getting a Best Picture nom, along with competition from more Oscar-friendly films like ''Film/PhantomThread''.
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* LoveToHate: [=LaVona=] is a shit-tier human being, as well as an abusive mother, but one can't deny that Allison Janney's performance makes her a highlight of the film.
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* {{Padding}}: The wire scene between Shawn and Jeff bloats the film's length to unnecessary degrees, taking the focus off the protagonist Tonya, and putting the story on hold with no stakes thanks to the ForegoneConclusion.
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** Footage of the actual people portrayed in the film is played over the credits, revealing that some of the weirder aspects of the film were taken directly from this footage. Some examples include:
** Tonya's mother being interviewed on her sofa, wearing a fur coat with a parakeet perched on her shoulder.
** Shawn Eckardt's claims of being a counter-terrorism expert and bragging about being quoted in a travel magazine are taken almost a word-for-word from his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8gyTEKG3A interview with Diane Sawyer]].
** Footage of the actual people portrayed in the film is played over the credits, revealing that some of the weirder aspects of the film were taken directly from this footage. Some examples include:
** Tonya's mother being interviewed on her sofa, wearing a fur coat with a parakeet perched on her shoulder.
** Shawn Eckardt's claims of being a counter-terrorism expert and bragging about being quoted in a travel magazine are taken almost a word-for-word from his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8gyTEKG3A interview with Diane Sawyer]].
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* BrokenAesop: The film is clearly condemning media for chasing after the sensation that was the fallout of attack on Nancy Kerrigan... all while being front and center about that itself. To put that into some perspective: outside the US, Harding is mostly known due to her laces breaking during her Olympics program and her desperate plea to the judges to let her fix it and try once more - an event that the movie barely mentions.
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* BrokenAesop: The film is clearly condemning media for chasing after the sensation that was the fallout of attack on Nancy Kerrigan... all while being front and center about that itself. To put that into some perspective: outside the US, Harding is mostly known due to her laces breaking during her Olympics program and her desperate plea to the judges to let her fix it and try once more - an event that the movie barely mentions.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Though [=LaVona=] has been praised an enjoyably despicable and funny villain, she's also been criticized as being too over the top to take her threat and dramatic scenes seriously.
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** Additionally, Creator/SebastianStan's terrific performance was mostly ignored by critics and awards shows.
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** Additionally, Creator/SebastianStan's terrific performance was mostly ignored by critics and awards shows. shows, made all the more noticeable by his costars constantly making ceremonies without him, even though he earned a similar level of praise.
