- Joined
- Jul 31, 2003
One thing that really bothers me is since last year SOI has been hyping Oksana's Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) in SOI as her Olympic gold medal program. This year it was even more blatant (ref: SOI on NBC this afternoon). They actually showed Oksana in her Broadway pink& feather outfit, and Roslyn said she skated her LP to Swan Lake, and she has resurrected it!!! Oksana never skated to this version of SL in her eligible career. She skated to the Black Swan portion of Tchikovsky's ballet for her SP. Her LP was skated to the Broadway show tunes, and her exhibition was skated to Saints Saens 'Swan' from the Carnival of Animals. SOI has been promoting Oksana's new Swan Lake as her OGM LP (or something based on her OGM LP). BTW this Swan Lake program is pretty awful. A lot of cross overs into jumps that she barely managed to land- nothing like the sophisticated Oksana at age 16.
Why does SOI not acknowledge Oksana's LP from 1994 as what it was- a medley of Broadway show tunes? I liked that program, although it wasn't as sophisticated as her SP. Her Black Swan SP was one of the best SP's ever, but that music has nothing to do with what she skated to, last year with SOI. Some moves are same as in her Swan exhibition, which was skated to Saens Saints, and not Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. That exhibition was beautiful. Last year's Oksana was just a ghost of what she used to be (I have not seen her this year yet).
Vash
Why does SOI not acknowledge Oksana's LP from 1994 as what it was- a medley of Broadway show tunes? I liked that program, although it wasn't as sophisticated as her SP. Her Black Swan SP was one of the best SP's ever, but that music has nothing to do with what she skated to, last year with SOI. Some moves are same as in her Swan exhibition, which was skated to Saens Saints, and not Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. That exhibition was beautiful. Last year's Oksana was just a ghost of what she used to be (I have not seen her this year yet).
Vash