I, Tonya looked so sad. The whole story of Tonya is a full range of consumer culture from the original family, gender relations, domestic violence, class differentiation, sexism, industry unspoken rules to mass media, and all the unkindness and harm that a woman can suffer in society. Specimen.
This society believes in "believe in oneself", "pursue dreams", and "realize self-worth", but in fact it is just a scam. These creeds are only for the appearance of Nancy like Nancy, which conforms to mainstream values, is born well, has a private skating rink, and has thousands of dollars in competitions. The serving sweetheart applies. What is the decisive factor in the success achieved under so many conditions? But Tonya's experience proved that talent is nothing, even if there is a gifted talent, if there is no friendly and equal social support, under the dogma and confinement of the society, it is basically fragile and insignificant.
At the end of the film, the interspersed flashbacks of the historic three-and-a-half-week whirlpool jump and boxing slow motion are handled very cleverly. The same is a volley spinning, one is a glorious moment of creating history, the other is being beaten to the ground in embarrassment, the peaks and troughs of life are indistinguishable, and the standing up and cheering of the audience is also the overlap of history. In fact, the spectators have always cheered the stage for a good show, and don't care about the people on the stage and the truth behind them. For Tonya, the three-and-a-half-week jump was a major breakthrough in self-affirmation. Although everyone thought she could not do it, she proved to the world that she did what others dared not try and could not do. But these, in fact, others don't care.
Some people say that the movie seems to be "whitewashing" Tonya, but I don't agree with it. More than two decades have passed, and Tonya's career has been completely ruined. What is the significance of the so-called whitewashing? What's more, this film is not intended to restore the truth about the Nancy attack, or to give justice to anyone. It's just a woman who has endured so many injuries, attacks, and failures, a woman who has been lifted into the sky by society, wantonly speculating, attacking labels at will, and ruthlessly abandoning her, when her voice has been overshadowed by the masses and the media for so many years After that, regardless of whether it is unfair or not, her voice deserves to be listened carefully.
Nowadays, when talking about Tonya, people always talk about Nancy habitually, as if the peak and fall of Tonya's career are just a struggle between two rivals. In the cliché narrative, Tonya’s life cannot be without Nancy, and Nancy cannot be without Tonya’s existence, just like in every story, there must be a decent character that everyone loves and a villain that everyone hates. Just chew the head. Therefore, people keep reviewing the taste of the attack, interviewing the parties, looking for the news, but chewing again and again. Who is the villain of this play? Is Nancy an innocent little white rabbit? Or the pretending white lotus? Is Tonya a cruel boss? Or the victim of the innocent involvement?
The best thing about the movie is to get rid of this gossip perspective and completely downplay Nancy's role in the story. Because, Tonya's story, Tonya's life, is just her own, not a bloody plot for spectators to consume. Intrigue and slander between women have always been the most popular among the public, but the director tells everyone directly that life is not a women's boxing match, and watching women fight each other is not a decent thing.
Isn't Tonya's life like a boxing ring? From birth, my mother, ex-husband, figure skating association, media, public opinion, and the whole society have given heavy blows time and time again. Born in this life, as Tonya, she had no choice but to punch her back when she got a fist. She had to stand up when she was beaten to the ground. Blood was splashed on the ground. Don't cry and go on bravely.
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