What angered me was how obvious it was that this was a publicity stunt. Knowing she was going to face the most stern and aggressive physical challenge of her life, by her own admission she did absolutely no conditioning training in the time prior that the lawyers were fighting in court. She had over a year while the legal wrangling went on. Not one pushup, one lap around a running track....

Nobody has ever come out to say that GI Jane was based on Faulkner, but the similarities always made me think so. Then again, what do I know?