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- Nov 12, 2009
I would make the same distinction. Liked her smile, her general skating, some of the choreo touches, but in general I find this program too cute. I stand by my opinion that last season's SP was better. That reminds me. I haven't seen her LP, but I know it's out. Does anyone have a link?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF45xu5m90s
I don't have a problem with the cutesy, and actually, the judges seem to like cutesy routines so long as the skater can pull it off. I mean, think back to Mirai's 07-08 SP and the huge scores she got for it at nationals and Jr Worlds, and then her LP last season and the huge score she got at the Olympics. Anna Ovcharova won the SP at Jr Worlds last season with a perky cutesy routine and Alena Leonova got high scores for her last season's SP, with the chicken dance spirals, when she skated fairly clean.
And to be fair, Kanako's not even 16 yet, and serious programs just don't suit her as well. She's a lot like Mirai in that respect. And she herself may look juniorish and it is a cutesy fun program, but her SKATING is not juniorish, she is fast with good basics and edge quality, tons of charisma, and great choreography and interpretation.