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Jan. 9th, 2018 08:26 pmI just got back from seeing I, Tonya, and I am blown away. Just…fucking blown away. I kind of face-palmed when I heard that Sebastian Stan was taking the role of Jeff Gillooly, and that this movie was even being made, and kind of afraid of it (especially since he often takes really…weird roles). I had been into figure skating for a long time but was kind of getting out of it around the time of what they refer to in the movie as "the incident," and I had never been a fan of Harding's, athough I admired her strength and skills. I confess I liked watching Nancy Kerrigan skate, I'd seen her before many times and I liked her style--but most of all I was a fan of Surya Bonaly at the time (another athlete who was really fucked over by the skating establishment, the racist asshats). And I remember being appalled by the whole thing, and the way it played out, and when the story began to leak out one piece at a time, I was disgusted enough by everything to really break off with watching skating. That mindset that pushed Tonya into the background--whether I was a fan or not--because she didn't present that upperclass, refined, wholesome image and the corruption of the judging just shoved me out.
And what I loved among many things about the movie is how freaking well they deal with that, about what social class and poverty and education and money all mean in America and how toxic it all is. And the patriarchy, and misogyny, and toxic masculinity…it's incredible in the midst of a dramedy. It couldn't have come out in a more appropriate year.
( The spoilery parts, I guess )
I will also say that it's taken forever for Seattle to get theatres with recliney seats in them, and I specifically went to the one in Bellevue, which is quite a ways away, to see this, because I've wanted to try it out. I didn't realize it was in an enitrely other building and wow, that was quite a hike from the theatre's main location to the recliner location, but man can I see why people are willing to pay $$ for those. I don't have that kind of money to throw around, so I won't be going over there often, but that was so comfy! And no one can kick your seat or hit you in the back of the head with their bag or tear your hair out when they put their feet on your seatback! (All things that have happened.) I definitely want to at least see Black Panther there once when that comes out.
And what I loved among many things about the movie is how freaking well they deal with that, about what social class and poverty and education and money all mean in America and how toxic it all is. And the patriarchy, and misogyny, and toxic masculinity…it's incredible in the midst of a dramedy. It couldn't have come out in a more appropriate year.
( The spoilery parts, I guess )
I will also say that it's taken forever for Seattle to get theatres with recliney seats in them, and I specifically went to the one in Bellevue, which is quite a ways away, to see this, because I've wanted to try it out. I didn't realize it was in an enitrely other building and wow, that was quite a hike from the theatre's main location to the recliner location, but man can I see why people are willing to pay $$ for those. I don't have that kind of money to throw around, so I won't be going over there often, but that was so comfy! And no one can kick your seat or hit you in the back of the head with their bag or tear your hair out when they put their feet on your seatback! (All things that have happened.) I definitely want to at least see Black Panther there once when that comes out.
