22-04-2021, 12:08 PM
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Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan (BBC TV)
Over the last two nights, I watched, first, "I, Tonya", a 2018 movie:https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000mtlv/i-tonya
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08yrl5s
Just weeks before the Olympics in 1994 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Kerrigan was injured by an unknown assailant. Harding's ex-husband had plotted the attack with his misfit friends to eliminate Kerrigan from the competition.
Twenty years later, The Price of Gold takes a fresh look at the scandal that elevated the popularity of professional figure skating with Harding still facing questions over what she knew when she knew it.
The film was the eye-opener - Harding was uncouth "white trash", abused by everyone, but her "gift" (especially the triple axel) transported her to the National Championships. Kerrigan, equally gifted, was working-class but was trained to become the elegant "ice princess".
Kerrigan made the most of her chances while Harding blew it all away .....
The documentary revealed that the film had not exaggerated real-life - contemporary footage exposed (almost) the whole amateur conspiracy by Harding, et al., to "take Kerrigan out" .....
I found both presentations compelling viewing .....
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