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hi!
i just read an article about mao's Sp.
she said "i might change my sp music from Masquerade to Caprice in middle of this season" in that article.
and i read another one.i'm very sad after reading it.
"when Mao won at GPF last year, the press explained she won because competetion had a few mistaktes" that article said "mao had been depressed until 4cc mao heard the terrible repot"
PS mao's best PG for sp are 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 one.
well in my opinion if she change that music, tango or world winning one is better than caprice. caprice is too fast for her competetion program.
what do you think about it?
sorry for my poor English
I agreed with all of your comments regarding Mao except for the downgrade issue. It was clear to my naked eye watching the video on NBC for the 1st time that Asada had under-rotated those 4 jumps that received downgrades. After her LP, I immediately thought, uh oh! she's in trouble with those downgrades, and sure enough, she got them. As much as her fans may not like it, the judges got that right!
...dude, she's a Bond girl in the SP. What did you expect? Her expression is what is suited to the program.
I think the casual fans like myself were looking around and asking 'so that's it?'
What were you expecting? Yu-na to take her clothes off?
My comment you quoted was in reference to me not really understanding her long program due to the lack of any storyline or climax in her music.
Well, as I wrote in the beginning, I didn't want anyone to make comparison to Kwan because I knew this story will go forever like this. So let's stop talking about that in this thread. To me, it seems like Kwan lovers' best will be Kwan forever and Yu-Na lovers' best will be Yu-Na forever and Mao lover's best will be Mao forever. I also see that some super uber loyal fans are reluctant to admit what's against their belief, and yea that's natural. Just stop undermining other skaters for your favorite skater. Different people think in different ways. Again, every skater is different. Period.
It sounds like some of you don't like Yu-na or are actually blaming her for the high scores she receives. What's she supposed to do, go to the judges and say, "Hey, don't inflate my scores, OK?"
And remember guys, unlike us who can say or post whatever we want without being responsible for pretty much anything, these are professional people who get paid to do their job right. Do you think they have some kind of a meeting before a compeition and go "Let's give Yu-na more points tonight"?
If you really think that the judges are that biased and unfair, I suggest not watching figure skating at all because it's only going to frustrate you.
One more thing. I saw a few pages back that some of you are still going, "Oh Michelle, we miss you Michelle... There's not going to be another skater like you, Michelle~~." I don't know how some of you will take this, but honestly, if Michelle in her prime were to compete against Mao and Yu-na in their primes, MK wouldn't even stand a chance.
Well, IIRC, Yu-Na said since her previous LP's had storyline and climax, she wanted to try something different this time. Did other famous skaters receive this kind of reception from audience when they skated to storylineless or climaxless music?
I think you're exaggerating here. It's not like she sells it, she's just amazingly beautiful and the last season she was sexy as well.Sex sells...and Yu-Na is selling it. She is presenting herself as a desirable, artistic, powerful young woman. That is what everyone wants to see in the Olympic Champion.
I'm a bit tired that all this "overscoring" issue is still here.
I find all this talk of people wanting Yu-Na to retire to give others a chance actually pretty funny. It wasn't all that long ago people were saying the same things about Michelle.
The more skating changes, the more it stays the same...
Well, IIRC, Yu-Na said since her previous LP's had storyline and climax, she wanted to try something different this time.
In my opinion, she skated her LP better at TEB. And SP was of the same quality.Also, she didn't skate better at TEB than she did at Worlds?
Bond girls are pure sex. That is their only purpose and that is the SP she has chosen. She is CLEARLY trying to portray such a thing.
That aside, the idea of desirability is always a factor. If you know nothing at all about someone, but they appeal to you visually, then that is automatically going to be a plus. Even when Yu-Na isn't specifically trying to have sexy choreography, it comes across. That is part of why she receives the scores she does. She presents herself in a more appealing manner than any other female skater out there right now. People want her, or want to be her. This is the definition of "star quality".
Also, she didn't skate better at TEB than she did at Worlds? Her programs at Worlds were more refined.
My earlier comment that the other poster quoted (stopping short of accusing me of expecting a striptease or something )