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I thought Alex and Maia would win, but at least it was close.
Does anyone know how Pushkash/Guerreiro skated? I really liked their peformances earlier this year but they over 7 points of their best in the OD and nearly 9 in the Free.
I think they were absolutely amazing.What do people think of ILINYKH/KATSALAPOV's FD?
What do people think of ILINYKH/KATSALAPOV's FD?
I am pretty they meant well but I felt uncomfortable watching it.
and she being killed at the end...yikes.
Oh, boy, another round of snots about politiking!I
As it is ice dance, there is no doubt in my mind that politics may have played a role in how the results turned out. First of all, the U.S. has won the past two JW titles in ice dance and they won the junior final last year. This can't be pleasing to several countries in particular. Also, with Davis/White (or even if V/M had won) winning the senior event before the junior event even started, it would be unprecedented for there to be an American/North American sweep of the dance events.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion in an open discussion forumOh, boy, another round of snots about politiking!
Always happens when people can't deal with favorite team's loss. And I should already got used to it.
Do you really think Shibs were better than two Russian teams? Do you really think their choreography is something interesting compared to Russians? Do you really think they came anywhere close to Russians in term of emotional interpretation of the program?
To me they're great technicians and sweet kids but not more so far. Wish them good luck and hard work on their emotional side.
Also WTF about I/K and all these talks about them not to be Jews. Do you really think only Jews have a right to interpret this theme? Or you all as ignorant as IN's writers who have no idea how many Russians died in Nazi camps together with Jews?
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion in an open discussion forum
That means sometimes people disagree with yours.
As for I/K, the issue is not whether they are qualified to interpret nazi atrocities, but whether it is a suitable theme for figure skating.
I personally don't think so. I think I/K went too far with her concentration camp uniform and simulating death by shooting. Its not appropriate for figure skating.
Maybe it would have worked better as an exhibition program.
I really don't understand the uproar over I/K's music and program choice. I can recall numerous people who have skated to the same music...including German's last year! Were people this upset when S/S debuted their program last year? I don't recall any uproar, and I don't think there should have been.
I thought they were extremely mature with their interpretation. The program, IMO, was moving and beautiful.
i: The Costumes
bekalc, you give credit for them going a more "de-glam" route. I'll argue the opposite. By her wearing and dancing in what essentially amounts to ghetto-chic, she almost glamorizes the holocaust, precisely because she's wearing the concentration camp uniform in an environment that is largely glamorous. If she were to wear it on a runway, I'd be up in arms. I don't see how what essentially amounts to posing, dancing and preening in the concentration camp uniform is any different.
If it was on a runway they'd be calling it high fashion, which would be ridiculous and offensive. In this case, they are portraying a Holocaust victim and so I don't see it as glamorizing. I mean is it glamorizing to have that kind of costume in a movie??? Or on a theater stage?