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While in Greece, TLO and I chanced upon a fairly wretched made-for-TV movie, The Loretta Claiborne Story. If the phrase "Camryn Mannheim vehicle" doesn't scare you off, I assure you some combination of the writing and the non-Mannheim acting (notably Kimberly Elise, doing an undertalented job in the titular role) ought to.
Regardless, TLO and I were, at that moment, pretty desperate for something in English. So we watched. The movie was terrible, but the true story it tells was amazing.
Loretta Claiborne was, and I'm not joking, the greatest Special Olympian ever. She has six gold medals and various silvers and bronzes in a variety of events from the half-marathon to bowling to figure skating. She apparently continues to train in even more events.
If the movie is to be believed, Special Olympics really changed Loretta's life. She went from an angry kid with tons of problems to a disciplined young woman with a great number of awards and achievements. She's a Special Olympics success story through and through.
But at what point are you perhaps a little too good for the Special Olympics?
Loretta was kicked out of the Special Olympics for being too good (apparently because she ran a 3:03 Boston Marathon in 1982), but fought that decision because she wanted to keep competing in the Special Olympics.
Her official website doesn't discuss this event, but it was a part of the hagiographic movie.
Fought to stay in the Special Olympics? Isn't there a joke about that?
But she's the most amazingly special Special Olympian you'll ever meet. She's has a black belt in karate and speaks four languages.
Oh, and what does she do for a living? She's a motivational speaker.
Loretta Speaks.