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Re: Yagudin: "I am dying from boredom skating in the sh
"I hadn't thought about that, but you make a very good point. When a person had paid BIG BUCKS to see their favorite skater (or any kind of entertainer) perform, you don't really want to hear that person say that s/he finds performing for you boring and that s/he hates it. "
The quote is from a Moscow paper in Russian. I doubt that many Russians are going to pay to fly all the way to the US or Canada just to see him in SOI. I also doubt that most of the people that go to SOI read Russian papers from Moscow.
To me, the comment was clearly a device to appeal to his Russian fans to not forget him or think that he has sold out and is only interested in NA shows. He's trying to maintain fan interst back at home by dangling the carrot that he will still represent his country in international events, IMHO.
I think that someone hit the nail on the head before when they posted that the Russian skaters talk to the Russian press thinking that it is limited readership and don't realise yet that it's being bradcast all over the web, with or without translation misunderstandings.
"I hadn't thought about that, but you make a very good point. When a person had paid BIG BUCKS to see their favorite skater (or any kind of entertainer) perform, you don't really want to hear that person say that s/he finds performing for you boring and that s/he hates it. "
The quote is from a Moscow paper in Russian. I doubt that many Russians are going to pay to fly all the way to the US or Canada just to see him in SOI. I also doubt that most of the people that go to SOI read Russian papers from Moscow.
To me, the comment was clearly a device to appeal to his Russian fans to not forget him or think that he has sold out and is only interested in NA shows. He's trying to maintain fan interst back at home by dangling the carrot that he will still represent his country in international events, IMHO.
I think that someone hit the nail on the head before when they posted that the Russian skaters talk to the Russian press thinking that it is limited readership and don't realise yet that it's being bradcast all over the web, with or without translation misunderstandings.