Figure Skating in Popular Culture
- In 1937, Sonja Henie appeared in the film Thin Ice. Figure skating has been the focus of several later Hollywood films, including The Cutting Edge and its sequels, The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold, The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream, Ice Princess, Ice Castles, Ice Angel, Go Figure, and Blades of Glory, among others.
- Olympic champion Brian Boitano was parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in the song "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"
- U.S. National Champion Johnny Weir was the focus of the reality show Be Good Johnny Weir which aired on the Sundance Channel.
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