“Was she supposed to play by the rules and let her talent rot inside her extraordinary body? She’s saying that for girls like her, playing nice and fair would have gotten her nowhere. If it had worked out, we would say she was the manifestation of the American dream. Now instead we just say she’s very American.”

Spending time with the Tonya Harding Fan Club in the wake of the assault on Nancy Kerrigan.

Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan and the “why me?” misheard around the world.