Is Denis Ten wearing a strait jacket?
I was about to say...
Is Denis Ten wearing a strait jacket?
Anyone posting Polina's gala?
Oh really? I liked Polina's 16 going on 17 gala. Because, well, SHE IS!
I liked it, and my initial thought was the Polina is 16 going on 17 like Liesel in the movie/musical. Maybe that's a message that she wants people to see, that she is mature even though she doesn't come across initially that way. Just an idea
Was Misha Ge part of the Gala?
I didn't think Polina's ex was that bad at all. I dislike the music but you can hardly expect everyone to choose music according to your likes. Her movement and expression were quite nice. I thought that she should use this dress for her LP. Much nicer IMO.
I didn't think Polina's ex was that bad at all. I dislike the music but you can hardly expect everyone to choose music according to your likes. Her movement and expression were quite nice. I thought that she should use this dress for her LP. Much nicer IMO.
I'm sorry Polina, but I can't watch this!
This is taking the children's theme to the extreme!
I loved Mao's Mary Poppins routine, and there is no denying she was seriously cute. But the difference there was that she was a woman playing a woman. She wasn't a teenager playing a teenager as if they were a child.
And she certainly wasn't overplaying the part, and the cuteness, like you.
GROW UP, POLINA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
OK, I wasn't expecting this kind of response, or to need to post this clarification, but sometimes you can get surprised by what other people pick up on, and what they don't.
Firstly, can I make it clear - I like Polina Edmunds! (Of course I do - she's half-Russian after all! ) And, unlike a lot of the people complaining about her, I did actually like her Free Skate. The only problem was that I liked Zijun's more.
Secondly, I do not have a problem with Polina's choice of Gala music. I like the Sound Of Music, and I like the song "16 Going On 17". And, given that Polina is 16, it is a very appropriate choice of music. :agree:
The problem I have is with Polina's interpretation of the music. And I made it very clear what my problem was in the comment I posted straight after her performance, and which I edited slightly half an hour later:
I have commented a few times over the past few years that I have been uncomfortable watching some programmes from Elena Radionova and Julia Lipnitskaya, because I felt that the characters they were portraying were too old for them.
Well, with Polina Edmunds it is the opposite. The characters she is portraying are too young for her.
It has been a few years since I last watched the Sound Of Music. But, if I remember correctly, Liesl was very mature for her age. Polina may be the same age as Liesl, but the character she was portraying out on the ice certainly wasn't. Polina's character was more like an 8-year-old than a 16-year-old.
Once a teenage girl goes through puberty and acquires her new curvier body, it is time to stop playing a child. It is time to start playing a young woman.
Polina hasn't. She has continued to play a child. And watching a teenager with a womanly figure playing a child is as uncomfortable to watch as watching a teenager with a child's figure playing a woman.
I don't know whether it is Polina herself or her coaching team that are behind her continuing to play a child. But, it is time she started playing characters that are more suitable for the person she has now become.
CaroLiza_fan