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Toe Pick Energy: Who Really Won The Cutting Edge And Why Blades of Glory Had To Exist
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:21:29
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Synopsis
You didn't mean to feel good… but here you are.We accidentally stumble into one of the ultimate ‘90s holiday comfort movies: The Cutting Edge (1992)—the ice-cold rom-sports classic that gave us underdogs on skates, enemies-to-partners tension, and the most iconic toe pick in cinema history.Johnny breaks down how a temperamental figure-skating ice queen and a washed-up hockey bruiser accidentally melt each other’s hearts on the road to Olympic gold—despite neither actor knowing how to skate before filming, a fractured ankle mid-shoot, and sequels so bad the original stars wanted nothing to do with them.Along the way, we cover:Why The Cutting Edge is secretly one of the most relatable working-class sports movies everFactory jobs, bar work, and surviving the “two years later” grindMoira Kelly’s chaotic injury run and near-miss with A League of Their OwnWhy figure skating partnerships are way more intimate than anyone admitsA full compare-and-contrast with Blades of Glory, aka when parody cranked the Pamchenk