Talk:I, Tonya

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Bojana Novakovic as Kerrigan?
The Production section states that Bojana Novakovic joined the cast as Nancy Kerrigan, but I think she played Dody Teachman, one of Tonya's coaches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A601:4205:D600:95CE:7B28:EF07:A2C3 (talk) 06:17, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Genre
Here's a selection of prominent reliable sources that refer to the film as a biopic/biographical film:


 * https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/11/how-i-tonya-betrays-its-tragicomic-ice-staking-protagonist
 * http://www.startribune.com/margot-robbie-s-i-tonya-is-a-champion-bioflick/468045813/
 * https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/i-tonya-reviewed-a-condescending-biopic-of-tonya-harding
 * https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-i-tonya-is-the-movie-we-need-right-now-w512407
 * http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/margot-robbie-is-a-revelation-in-i-tonya.html

Popcornduff (talk) 04:37, 23 January 2018 (UTC)\


 * No-one's denying it's a biographical film, but referring to it simply as at is inaccurate. Nearly all WP articles about biographical films go into more detail with regards to genre, for example The Social Network refers to the film as a 'biographical drama', and Ed Wood refers to that film as a 'period comedy-drama' - not even mentioning the biographical element. Yes, I, Tonya is a biographical film. But it's so much more than that. The accuracy of it as a biography has been called into serious question, and the aim of the film seems to be to tell a funny and tragic story, based on a highly fictionalized version of reality - rather than presenting the truth, as a biography aims to do. I'd argue it's a comedy-drama first and foremost, and a biography a very distant second. Simply referring to it as a biography makes it sound almost like a documentary, but that's not even close to what this film is. Whovian99 (talk) 09:04, 5 February 2018 (UTC)


 * See WP:FILMLEAD, which says: "the opening sentence should identify ... the primary genre or sub-genre under which [the film] is verifiably classified".
 * See also this recent discussion. The consensus was that multiple genres in the lead are a bad idea.
 * Multiple genres makes the lead less readable and invites a cascade of personal interpretation. One editor thinks it's a black comedy, another a sports drama, etc. Better to keep it simple and stick to the sources.
 * "Biographical drama" doesn't suggest it's a documentary. No one will think that. The clue is the word "drama". It's also the genre used by a number of reliable sources, as I linked above. Popcornduff (talk) 09:12, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree, "biographical drama" is a good, general description of the genre, and one that I would be happy to see in the lead. But it isn't in the lead currently, as you implied. The lead refers to film as a "biographical film", rather than a "biographical drama film", which is what I'm suggesting. Read the actual page before trying to make an argument. Whovian99 (talk) 10:11, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * You know what, I was about to apologise, because I assumed it did indeed say "biographical drama film" - it has done previously. But then I realised that "biographical film" is sufficient because that's what the genre is actually called by sources anyway. (It's also what the Wiki article is called: biographical film.) It's synonymous with "biographical picture", aka "biopic", and widely understood not to mean documentary. Popcornduff (talk) 10:19, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Old books
I've removed these inline references: I've read neither of these books, but I'm guessing (based on year of publication) that they don't mention this film or support any part of the statement that "[this particular film] features darkly comedic interviews with the characters in mockumentary-style, set in the modern day, and breaks the fourth wall." ―cobaltcigs 19:32, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

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Stick her landings?
What does this mean? "At the 1992 Winter Olympics, Tonya fails to stick her landings and finishes fourth." 2603:8001:8F02:F16B:FD65:20D5:FC75:FDF3 (talk) 04:18, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Shorten the genre
There’s a genre overkill in the article (the current genre is “biographical sports mockumentary black comedy film”), I suggest truncating it. 83.52.76.251 (talk) 13:33, 23 June 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ per WP:FILMLEAD. Terrible shopping list of genres. Popcornfud (talk) 14:11, 23 June 2023 (UTC)