Surprised no one has mentioned this.
Tina's mother was horrible. Not only does she abandon her as a child, but she uses Ike for money, let's him buy her a house, then rats her own daughter out so Ike can find her- even though she knew he was beating her- EVERYONE in the clique knew. And her only excuse to her daughter: "He's just being a man." Disgusting. I wonder if the real Tina Turner ever spoke to her mother again after that.
The movie blended fact and fiction. From what I have read and seen in documentaries, her mother wasn't a gold digger. To my knowledge Tina very much cared for her mother. I watched a documentary from the 80's which her mother and sister were interviewed for. I have to dig up the clip on YouTube if it's still there. The documentary went into a lot of detail about Tina's early life that I haven't seen in anything else about her.
"It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves."
The abandoning thing happened, and the sister got left too but as I remember from the book there was a good reason for it. And the whole thing about her ratting her out to Ike never happened.
"I'd rather lose for what I am than win for what I ain't"
Kacey Musgraves "Pageant Material"