Fierce =/= scary but hey, we are clearly not allowed to agree to disagree.
Our perceptions are antipodal on so many things. I have long ago given up on finding topics we can agree on
though sometimes, we do agree... on trivial things But essentially, I think our avatars tell the whole story, and that's all good.
Do we at least agree that he - Kevin, I mean - is one of the best?Our perceptions are antipodal on so many things. I have long ago given up on finding topics we can agree on
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I hadn't yet seen his performance but got curious about this much-discussed ending and looked at a repeat. I'm afraid I had to laugh at that ending as it was shown on video. From the camera angle it appeared as if he was lunging, snarling, over the boards like something popping out of a dark corner in a horror movie. My laugh was because the judge or technical person in whose face he was getting wasn't even looking at him. She was looking down at her papers and writing a note of some kind. If I were him, I'd have been embarrassed about the lack of expected reaction.
Definitely makes movement easier for pairs girls (and eliminates the niggling worry about embarrassing close-up camera shots during lifts; I heard of one Olympics where the advice handbook for the media included a plea to cameramen to "avoid crotch shots of the women in the pairs events"). I would think unitards would also make it safer for the dancers if it fits the theme or mood of the program. No danger of blinding your partner with your skirt draping over his face during dance lifts!
I hadn't yet seen his performance but got curious about this much-discussed ending and looked at a repeat. I'm afraid I had to laugh at that ending as it was shown on video. From the camera angle it appeared as if he was lunging, snarling, over the boards like something popping out of a dark corner in a horror movie. My laugh was because the judge or technical person in whose face he was getting wasn't even looking at him. She was looking down at her papers and writing a note of some kind. If I were him, I'd have been embarrassed about the lack of expected reaction.
Perhaps he was too caught up in the moment to notice, but performers should never rely on spectator participation in case it backfires. I had a coach for a season who'd been Canadian champion and world's top ten. He told me about one outing where he got thrown off and floundered a bit in the middle of his program when, while he was near the boards and making smiling audience eye contact, he saw two spectators in the front row look at their watches, get up, and head for the exit, right in front of him.
. That’s OK, Kévin wasn’t embarassed, and had no reason to be.
It was his whole program including marks etc, but the camera angle at that point, aiming to get the skater's face obviously, was to one side of the judge and behind her so you saw her in profile. If she actually looked up at him it wasn't obvious, but nice to know she did, instead of appearing to be ignoring himyou may not have had the advantage of seeing the entire clip.
the judge looked up and smiled, and it wasn't laughing *at* him, it was smiling with him. Also, from all his interviews, he certainly did not expect a reaction from spectators or judges for purposes of incorporating into his own program, I'm not sure where that presumption is coming from
so you would have been embarassed for absolutely no reason.
. I don't know what network's video that was, just the first that showed up in YouTube, but it managed to make the moment look quite funny.
It was his whole program including marks etc, but the camera angle at that point, aiming to get the skater's face obviously, was to one side of the judge and behind her so you saw her in profile. If she actually looked up at him it wasn't obvious, but nice to know she did, instead of appearing to be ignoring him
I don't know. The costume change was a big one. I think cartwheels would be over if they weren't a "difficult entry/exit."
It always looks to me as if the skater feels the need to grab onto something to assist the jump. When the Russian girls were still being shown on TV, they were making my teeth grind because it seemed every one of them was using a two-armed 'Tano (Brian Boitano had only raised one arm when he invented the move) on every jump. Like they were combining a skating jump with a traverse of playground monkey bars.
two arms is "Rippon"It always looks to me as if the skater feels the need to grab onto something to assist the jump. When the Russian girls were still being shown on TV, they were making my teeth grind because it seemed every one of them was using a two-armed 'Tano (Brian Boitano had only raised one arm when he invented the move) on every jump. Like they were combining a skating jump with a traverse of playground monkey bars.
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Learn something new every day. Never heard it called that, but I'll impress my friends with my knowledge
