The subject of “I, Tonya” — a winking, eager-to-please, fictionalized gloss on the disgraced ice skater Tonya Harding — gets roughed up a lot. When the teenage Tonya gets involved with the man she will marry, her life as a punching bag continues. The real Tonya Harding went from fame to infamy in 1994, after she was implicated in an attack on Nancy Kerrigan, a rival. A camera captured Ms. Kerrigan on the ground as she repeatedly wailed “Why?” Ms. Harding went on to win the championship; it was a short-lived victory. By June, Ms. Harding had been barred from competing for her role in the attack.

Source: New York Times December 06, 2017 21:33 UTC