Text: Elizaveta Okulova The heroine Margot Robbie in the TV series "Pan American" attracted attention wherever she appeared: on the first working day she became the face of the airline and got on the cover of the magazine Life. The actress herself also did not go unnoticed: the role of the stewardess from the 1960s was followed by the role of the girl Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf from Wall Street), the girls of Will Smith (Focus) and, attention, the girls of Alexander Skarsgard (Tarzan). Becoming an idol of schoolgirls thanks to the image of Harley Quinn in the "Squad of suicides", Margot finally got rid of patriarchal shackles and gracefully left for the ice in the independent project "Tonya vs. All", conquering Toronto and receiving the first nomination for an Oscar.
To call Margot's career luck is only possible until a certain moment, because in 2016 she founded her production company LuckyChap Entertainment, became the executive producer of the spin-off about Harley and announced the development of the project of figure skater Tone Harding. The strategy is proven: after reaching a certain level, actors create their own companies - this allows them to choose projects, roles and even directors, without looking back at anyone. Reese Witherspoon stated that she was just tired of reading the scenarios in which the heroines in critical situations ask a man: "And what should we do now? "Thus appeared" The Disappeared "and" Big Little Lies ". Margot Robbie, obviously, also bored the role of beautiful companions, and the decisive Tonya Harding entered the battle. Tone surely does not need knights - she needs the love of the public. Tonya Harding is the US figure skating champion who first became famous for being the first American to perform a triple axel (the most difficult jump) in the competition, and then by eliminating rival Nancy Kerrigan before the championship in Detroit. Tony's ex-husband Jeff Gillouly and her bodyguard instructed Shane Stan to break Nancy's leg. Shane at first could not find a skater for a long time, and then bruised her leg with a police baton, so that she had to refuse to participate in the national championship. The question whether Tonya had any relation to this incident is still open - she nevertheless pleaded guilty, received three years probation, five hundred hours of public works, a fine, and was also expelled from the Figure Skating Association. Her career ended, and besides figure skating she had nothing. But despite all of the above, "Tonya against all" - is primarily a story of a comprehensive dislike. Tonya was disliked by her mother: she constantly humiliated her and subjected her to violence. She believed that her daughter can ride only through fury and anger and the method of carrot does not work with her. Tonya was kind of like his father loved, took with him to hunt and taught to repair cars, but left the girl, despite pleas to take with him. It is natural that she uses the first excuse to run away from home; the truth, as a result falls into the hands of her husband-abyuzera, who regularly beats her and asks for forgiveness, only to repeat everything again. Tonia covers the bruises and goes to the ice. Love in the world Tony no. "Just love me, love me, love me," Tonya repeats,.
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On the social level, this is the drama of a girl from a poor family who can do at least a quadruple axel (no one has done it yet), but this does not compensate for her low social origin. America wants to see a princess, and not a low-lying girl with bad hair and cheap suits. The public needs a mythical ideal lady on skates, light as a feather, and with the same light background, with an ideal middle-class family - with perfect Christmas photographs and, preferably, church walks on Sundays. Lady, whom they can admire. Which they can love. And this is not Tonya. "Just love me, love me, love," Tonya repeats, performing the most difficult jumps over and over and smiling more terribly than Harley Quinn. And in the end it does not matter whether she is guilty of the attempt or not, it becomes clear that she could do it. For love. About Tone was filmed several television projects, documentaries, she repeatedly became the heroine of stories and articles, but it was Margo Robbie who returned her the title, having received a lot of nominations and prizes. The film is called superficial, shot for the sake of "Oscar", and in it there are a lot of cliches. The image of the "problematic" figure skater is painted roughly: he drinks, smokes, makes nonsense, poor family, "bad" taste, "bad" temper. All. The truth (which, as we are reminded time after time, each has its own) can be discerned only with a very strong desire. In the screen Tone, there are so many contradictions that the public does not stand it: to want love and live with a tyrant husband, to smoke and suffocate from asthma, to drive a truck and try to become a princess on the ice. She is accused not only of social inconsistency, but also of inconsistency, which she, unlike the rest, is not shy. And they plead guilty even before the beginning of the trial and the actual proceedings. Most likely, that's why Tonya took the blame on herself, hoping for the mercy of America, which works extremely selectively. "Please give me a real time, just do not do it! "- begs the skater at the end of the film. She is accused.
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Do not be shy with Your authenticity "Tonya" breaks the canons of sports drama. After all, if there is a child from a dysfunctional family in it, he will certainly succeed (director Craig Gillespie has already filmed the failed movie "The Hand of a Million"),. And if the star stumbled, then she almost always has a chance to continue her career as a coach and be realized as a mentor-a strict but fair. Tone does not have such a chance. And for the sake of the same authenticity, Margo skated most of the movie herself, although she was never fond of figure skating, only hockey, and was used to another technique - under the supervision of coaches she had to start from scratch. The most serious sports scenes were created with the help of stuntmen, and Margot Robbie in the interview repeatedly admired Craig Gillespie, who managed to fit into the minimum budget, while using computer graphics. In general, the film itself turned out to be a screen Tone - proud and independent, not fitting into the framework. Hence the accusations that he was shot under the "Oscar", and even a few devastating reviews. Despite the notation "comedy" and a few comical moments, "Tonya against all" turned out frighteningly unlucky, and from the jokes present rather want to cry.
If Martin McDonagh and his "Three Billboards" (another nominee for Oscar's "Best Film" this year) can masterfully balance between humor and drama, creating the illusion of ordinary life, then in "Tone" all jokes do not deplete the atmosphere, but they make it more more depressing - like skates do not go on ice, but on glass. And despite the fact that the outcome and consequences are known even before the beginning of the film, the court's decision to the last seems not so inevitable - the natural human desire to find at least one bright spot in this story remains unsatisfied here. Photos: Clubhouse Pictures Original article: "Tonya vs. All": Margot Robbie as a figure skater desperately seeking love.