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Post by jhar26 on May 16, 2015 14:13:03 GMT -5
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Post by egoodstein on May 17, 2015 14:41:27 GMT -5
Hope it's successful for her sake. Though I don't think the world needs another biopic personally.
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Post by jhar26 on May 17, 2015 17:41:34 GMT -5
Hope it's successful for her sake. Though I don't think the world needs another biopic personally. But at least it won't be the type of biopic where the heroine ends up death with a needle in her veins at the age of 27. Her life story has enough material to work with imo. Although hugely popular with the people she was also a controversial figure with the authorities in China. In her younger pre-international career days she won a local tournament but during the medal ceremony the official slapped her in the face after giving her the gold for her refusal to toe the line. Later when it was very obvious that she was a remarkable talent on the verge of a career at the top she refused to play for over a year because most of her prize money went to the Chinese tennis federation. It was only after she was allowed to keep as much of her money as the players from the west that she picked up a racquet again. Other players from China also profitted from that new law. In short, funny and likable as she is, Li Na is no pushover. I think that a movie about her life wouldn't just be about the girl who's great at hitting tennis balls back and forth, but also about the rebel who took on the powers that be and came out on top. Whereas Billie Jean King made it possible for women in what we bravely call 'the free world' to become millionaires from playing tennis, Li Na made the same thing possible in communist China. |
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Post by egoodstein on May 17, 2015 19:58:50 GMT -5
Yes her story is an interesting/good one. And I hope it would focus on those major issues, as well as the tennis of course. Especially timely as now some think of China's regime
as more 'benign.' It will be interesting to see I guess if the film gets released there, or censored or whatever.
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