SUPERSTAR (CHAMPION) COLLEGE TENNIS STAR, MURDERED, AFTER PENN STATE, HELD A "BATTLE OF THE SEXES" TENNIS MATCH, WITH THE STAR MALE PLAYER, GOING AGAINST THE STAR FEMALE PLAYER . . . SHE WINS AND ENDS UP DEAD!
There are many fascinating, intricacies, that come into play, in this tale of true crime, going anywhere from the father-daughter, relationship, to the star/star, relationship, to the other female tennis players, and the males, who watched the star win, their gender, hanging their heads in shame! Now, the one, caveat to this episode, is that it was, all in French, so, all I could do, was, watch, and read into it what, appeared from the visual, to be, showing what happened in the case. Okay, and this is going to be, following the TV version of the crime, don't even know the name of the case, nor the female, tennis star's name! But, the opening shots are of, this bright, innocent, competitive, attractive, young college tennis star, being trained by her father, and going against the male star, to improve, both of their skills, being the top two, therefore, the most challenging to win! In the Battle of the Sexes, the male star, just blows a shot, and the chick, is smiling to her little sister and father in the crowd, along with all the female college tennis fans, going crazy with the possibility of this girl, winning the male star, and all his male friends, burying their faces, as if to not be able to bear watching this last, point, and the chance of being beaten by a mere female with all the college watching. The male star was unnerved and jittery with, just one chance of beating the female, who is looking more and more confident, as the game proceeds, clearly, the better of the very evenly, matched players, sex beside the point, both the best!
So, there is a very short volley, and the male player, hits this high ball, setting up, the girl for a SLAM, her father, almost can't look, the girls are cheering, and the boys, hidden under their sweat shirts and hoodies, as the ball, comes within striking distance, and she slams the ball, in for a clear, shot, and win against the male player! The crowd, especially the female students and players, are going nuts, as is the female coach, with dad beaming with joy, and as I gathered from his involvement with both the male and female players, he was, like over the entire tennis club on campus, both male and female, but particularly proud of his daughter, who carried out a perfect execution of the grand slam, against, the male shining star, that just got a bit tarnished! The next thing you see, is the cute, female, star, dead on the floor of her dorm room? Nobody, knows what happened, and I becomes a cold case, for years! All the college friends, tennis players, father, mother, I think, and sister, are, all aged and trying to solve the murder, putting together the pieces of the puzzle that generally, makes up the most normal murder, not to mention one, on campus with obvious, motives from either males, mad at the defeat of their hero, taken down by this chick, in front of everyone, or by other female tennis players, jealous, of not only, this star's abilities, but also, the fact that, she was very pretty and attractive and even more so, to the college men, now, than, before, with her fame and notoriety, in the newspapers, and on TV and around campus!
COMPLICATED FATHER AND DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP . . . DAD AND COACH, TRAINER, AND PROTECTOR!
As a coach, the father could not have asked for a better competitor, champion, aggressive player, and cocky to boot, just what he needed to pump up his, male and female, tennis club, and pit the two top players against each other, to train and practice, seeing the male/female interplay, and exchanges with her, not backing down, nor allowing him to beat her, just because she is female and many girls will play those games with guys, even though they are superior in one form or another, as was the case here, or so evenly matched, that, it all depended on the day, as to whom would win. But, dad, was proud of his little champion, and got a kick, out of overhearing the exchanges between the two, whom, as it played out, later, the male tennis player, had the hots for his daughter, unbeknown to her, until after she beats him, with daddy, knowing the minds of men, and especially, the rare daughter he had, who seemed, almost oblivious to male attention, so focused on her skills and game, that, romance was the furthest thing from her mind, but, not the guy's mind, and dad, even got a kick out of her rejection, wanting her to compete and not, be entangled in some romance, that might interfere with her competitive edge.
A male suitor, not the star, but a fan, who watched the tennis match, and is following all the press, starts to emerge, giving the chick attention and showing how much, he could appreciate a girl with so much, skill and even beating his friend, who was a stud and man on campus, good looking, and the catch of every girl, especially, another tennis players, who had a thing going on with the guy player. But, one day, the father and daughter are having it out, and it appeared to be about, dating this new distraction in his daughter's life, having gone to a dance, and stealing the show, at least with the guys, but not the girls, who were all playing the female, dress of the day, as the star, fearing no one, dared to wear pants, a more tailored and stylish, advent guard, type liberated, outfit, a pantsuit, much like the one's, Hillary has worn for years, and like I used to wear, all the time professionally, with the more traditional girls, team members, all wearing, shirts, blouses, or dresses to this, rather semi-formal dance, after the match, and as the star, walks towards the girls, with every guy's eyes on her, all the girls, walk away from her, leaving her, rather embarrassed and alone. But, the void didn't take long to fill, and it filled with, all the hot guys on campus, including the male champ! So, there appears to be a fight, between daddy and daughter, over her dating and that possibility, that is just now, coming on the horizon, going from his little girl and champion, to a grown female and potential partner for some male college student. Dad doesn't approve, and as she, sits on the bed, looking like she is going to cry, one of the guys, calls her, on her private dorm phone, and dad, picks up the phone, listens to the voice and hangs up the phone! The daughter is devastated . . . bucking being daddy's little girl, but dad, leaves, thinking the situation is handled!
SISTER/SISTER, MOTHER RELATIONSHIP
The younger sister, is the one, sitting up in the stands, cheering big sister, and as the final play is being played out, before the grand slam, big sis, looks into the crowd and winks to baby sister, quite a lot younger than her. It appears that, big and little sister, have a special bond, but the younger sister, lacked the competitive edge, that big sis had, but being so much younger that didn't seem to be an issue. It is actually, the baby sister, who years later, comes to the cold case squad, to reopen the case, as is the situation with most unsolved, murders, a family member has to care enough, to push the cops, to stay on a case, or tons of other cases, start to take precedence, being fresher and with more possibilities of solving. Baby sister, seems to have a very normal, father daughter, relationship, just being a daughter, not a team member, or daddy's personal, project. Mom, I think that is what she was, but, long after the case, is reopened, brings in a substantial amount of evidence in a overnight bag, and the cop, who investigates, gets tears, in his eyes, as he, talks to the mom, as she explains, what this girl was like, but also, brings forth evidence that could have helped solve the case, years ago! I got the impression, that the detective has daughters, or he was broken hearted that the case had gone on so long, without this evidence to help it along the way, and he cried. I kind of got the impression that, mom, may have been jealous also of the father/daughter, relationship, the time away from home, or she could have been protecting her husband, thinking he might have had something to do with her murder. After the case was solved, the father, and his remaining daughter, seemed to have a closer bond, and probably, the star sister, took, his attention, and may have for years, without closure on the case.
THE MALE TENNIS STAR AND THE FEMALE TENNIS STAR
I believe, she, saw this, stud, as nothing more, that a sparing partner, and that was it. The guy was, somewhat interested in another tennis player, on the team, a very beautiful, but not as good player, who ended up being a doctor, I believe, but, from a well to do family, and it was like, she was the girl, from the same social strata as the dude, but, the rising star, the coaches daughter, after beating him, was coming at his attention from a different perspective that the more attractive, or high society, more expected, match up. But, one day, while, waiting for tennis practice to start, the male star and this beauty, were talking, and seemed to have something going on, off the tennis court; however, when the rising star comes up, he turns his attention to the new girl, and it is apparent, that, there is an unspoken competition between, the team members, although, it appeared, to only be one sided, the star, really didn't think of the other team member, being so much the better, but that only added to the pain of the female cat fighter, engaged in a battle she could not win, with the top stars, being far, inferior in skill and training to the female champ! That, is played out in the dance scene, when, this chick, the social leader, but not the star on the tennis court, who just upheld, female honor, and took it to a new height, was back on her turf and in control of the social scene, but, far from the star's equal, in tennis, all relishing the big win . . . with the guys, that was a whole different matter.
But, going back for a bit, when the two college stars were battling it out in practice before the big match, that was being sponsored and promoted by local business leaders, along with college, administrators, seeing the two stars, almost of equal, skill, but, in a heated match, and with the chick, trash talking the dude, and being beaten by him, maybe for the first time, gaining, on the differences, between, male and female physical differences, he was pissed, and she is anything but sensitive, and is bit, cocky and gloating, and into a verbal exchange, that, eventually, shows up in his temper, taking the tennis racquet and throwing it against the net, showing, that he was not handling this catching up well, and, to investigators of the murder, leaving them wondering if the Battle of the Sexes, was just more than his male ego could handle, and he took her out? But, the guys, surely had a temper, and it probably didn't show up, until after she started to beat him . . . up until that time, the consummate gentleman, par for his social class, now, challenged by his social inferior, but equal on the court, and not only his equal, but, looking like a real threat, to up stage, his former superiority, not only among his male peers, but the eye of all the females as well, now with that, on the line of losing too! So there appears to be almost a double, lover's triangle forming, of the two socialites, and then, a male fan, and the new rising star, serving as competition for the male star, entangled with the, social catch, but not the new school and press catch, giving him reason to chase. At, one point, seeing the other males, attention, he grabs, the female star, pantsuit and all, and pulls him near him, and goes a bit too far, for her comfort, and she, rejects him, and his romantic advances, right in front of everyone!
NEW MALE RIVAL ON THE SCENE--UPSTAGING THE MALE CHAMP, AND GOING AFTER THE REAL CATCH, RATHER THAN THE SOCIETAL, EXPECTED GIRLS, BUT THE ROCK STAR TENNIS PLAYER! MIXING UP THE SOCIAL ORDER OF THE CAMPUS, BRINGING NEW DYNAMICS TO EVERYTHING, INCLUDING DAD!
Shortly, after, dad and daughter, have it out, over the newly, attentive males, in his daughter's life, who, is very, attractive in her own right, as attractive, if not more so, with the glow of the power and status of winning the match, and being lauded as the SUPERSTAR, on campus by the local newspapers, with the male champ, tied up with old girl, he moves in for the kill, to get the star. So, new guy, with different, attractions, shows up, not long after the dad, left, and he is carrying in the newspaper with the heading, of SUPERSTAR, which doesn't seem to have much sway with the tennis star, and she, is more concerned, with, doing what her dad wants her to do. But the guy, with the star, and a chance, handsome kid, and definitely her fan, moves in . . . he tries to make sexual advances, or just grabbed her a kissed her, and probably, her first, being into competition, no romance, and probably, the furthest thing from her mind, in light of what, she just went through with dad. But, as she not only rejects new boyfriend, wanna be, advances, she pushed him away, kicking in probably, a temper, he may not have known he even had, and he, grabbed her, as she fought harder, and finally, he knocked her to the ground and in a fit of rage, choked her! The sad thing was, he really did, like her, tons, and had watched her with interest, for awhile, saw an opportunity, and just went for it, giving it the old college try, and at the end of the episode, as the cold case was solved, there was a song about young love, and, how, that got mess up, ego, social climbing, with the star, or a whole complicated mix of whatever . . . often we don't even know we have the crazy switch until it goes off! This seemed to be the case, with the older man, who got away with the murder for some time. Love drove him to it! or so he could claim.
VERY INTERESTING, VERY REVEALING, VERY SYMBOLIC, AND VERY REVELATORY OF, THE RECENT ELECTIONS, POWER PLAYS, THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES, AND THIS GAME IS NOT OVER YET!
LESSON: THE UNEXAMINED LIFE, IS NOT WORTH LIVING! AND TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE . . . I THINK, THEREFORE, I AM!
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