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- May 17, 2007
The skaters must love it. The more fighting among fans, the more publicity and money for all.Did anyone read the comments? Good god, it's a nasty Mao Fans vs. Yu-Na Fans cat fight already.
Did anyone read the comments? Good god, it's a nasty Mao Fans vs. Yu-Na Fans cat fight already.
I know!! How sad. Youtube seems to be FULL of skating bashers. Thank goodness goldenskate seems to have posters with a wider prospective and higher IQs :agree:. On almost all of the Michelle Kwan videos, a poster, fairplaywanted, constantly insults Michelle, and on most Asada/Kim videos there is a racial war going on between the users.
I think diehard fans of MK and Yuna Kim never admit Mao's "expressions". She's not intereted in "face arts" and coquettish moves. IMO, Mao is making a new standard of expressions--skating and flexibility oritented expressions, and Yuna Kim is clinging to the classic stereotype of MK.
So true! Does anyone else besides RTureck and I remember the days when we had to close threads because of big late-night fights between Michelle fans and Sasha fans? When a thread was closed we put up a big picture of little Mao -- as a skater that both sides liked equally, so at least we all had something to agree on.Some die hard MK fans prefer Mao over the rest of the eligible skaters
For face art and coquetry, I thought first of Oksana Baiul in her pro competitions. Go Oksana!"Face art" ? a new term, I hear it here first. "coquettish" moves, not sure what you mean either.
That's what I was trying to say. A performer does not have to be stuck with one classification or the other. The great ones can do both. Even in the same performance there can be bravura highlights to a lyrical piece.{Michelle's] Aranjuez was a step outside her normal classification and proved how superb a skater she was. Not unlike Prima Ballerinas who are at ease dancing the White and Black Swans on the same program. The duo rolls are called lyrical and bravura.
True, figure skating is not opera. But I thought Michelle's performance of Tosca at 2004 Nationals was right up there in terms of "Tada!, In-your-face, If-you could skate-like-this-you'd-be-Michelle-Kwan-but-you're-not!"...she did not make Tosca a great Dramatic Bravura piece that one would see in the Opera.
I like her new dress. Her spirals are better than last year.
She looks so mature.
However, I still expect her to show more facial expression more than just gliding on the ice gracely with porcelain face doll like.
Thank you Carolinefan, I am very much impressed with the strides Mao is making towards more mature skating performance.