Figure Skating

[GeminiDancer]

Just now, greendog78 said:

No one should be skating to Schindler's List. German or otherwise. It never looks good.

Didn't Yulia Lipnitskaya skate to it in Sochi?

[elle]

What is the lapse between NBC and NBCSN?  How many skaters is NBC behind?

[MaKaM]

Just now, GeminiDancer said:

Didn't Yulia Lipnitskaya skate to it in Sochi?

Yeah. And it didn't look good to have a kid that young "interpreting" that music. 

[sweeks]

1 minute ago, greendog78 said:

No one should be skating to Schindler's List. German or otherwise. It never looks good.

The music is beautiful and haunting, but I always feel like the skaters are banking on its evocative nature and the emotion that is part of the film. I've felt this way since Katerina Witt skated to it back in the 1990s.

[Dots And Stripes]

I decided to see if I could find anything about the reaction to a German skater using this music. I found this quote:

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Schott is not intimidated by other recent skaters who have had great routines to Schindler’s List, such as Russia’s Julia Lipnitskaia’s program in 2014.

“I think she (Lipnitskaia) told a different story,” the 20-year-old pointed out. “She was the little girl in the red coat and I am not a little girl anymore.” However, she admitted that it was not so easy for her to interpret the music. “At the beginning it was hard for me to get into it. This (history) is far away from me. I know it only from movies and from school.”

The comparison to Lipnitskaia should not be her biggest concern. I also found Lipnitskaia's use of the music to be a poor choice. She admitted she wasn't good at portraying emotion in her skating, so evoking a tragedy to supplement that was distasteful.  

[sab85]

The Swiss skater: IF you have to skate to Phantom why are you in the middle of a spin during the most dramatic part of it? Do the choreographers listen to the music?

[Jeddah]

I thought Julia Lipnitskaya’s program was really moving. Joshua Farris had a beautiful program with that music too.

[CherryMalotte]

There's another log on the Music I Never Want to See Skated To Again - Schindler's List.  Nope....

On the other hand...loved the ABBA!  She was darling as well...someone to def watch for in the future. 

[Dots And Stripes]

1 minute ago, LadyKenobi said:

I've been waiting four years for Lipnitskaia to not be the Olympic champion anymore after those ridiculous homer scores. Pretty much anything that happens tonight, I'm good with.

She won the team event, not the individual one.

[absnow54]

1 minute ago, LadyKenobi said:

I've been waiting four years for Lipnitskaia to not be the Olympic champion anymore after those ridiculous homer scores.

She didn't win though. She bombed the individual event. 

[Minneapple]

I feel like usually when music like Schindler's List is chosen, it's a play toward the judges. FEEL THIS EMOTIONAL MUSIC, JUDGES, EVEN THOUGH MY SKATING DOESN'T MATCH IT.

[Moxie Cat]

Let's add Schindler's List to the banned music. I just find the movie so powerful, and so specific, it's weird to see it used in a skating competition. And yeah, by a German. Bizarre.

Edited February 23, 2018 by Moxie Cat

[Omeletsmom]

My dislike of Med stems primarily from her use of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.  I thought that was in very poor taste.  Any program that the announcers basically have to read a trigger warning before should not be skated.

[COESpiral]

Lipnitskaya was the one that after the team event, Putin rubbed her head.  I think that's what did her in for the individual event.

[Omeletsmom]

1 minute ago, COESpiral said:

Lipnitskaya was the one that after the team event, Putin rubbed her head.  I think that's what did her in for the individual event.

Eeeeewwwww.

[Bama]

Her coaches were jumping with her.  I love when they do that.

I liked her.

[galaxygirl76]

Nice skate by the Slovakian(?)

[iMonrey]

Schindler's List is the music I'd like to see permanently retired. It's just too emotionally manipulative. It's like skating to a funeral dirge or something. It just screams "this song is about DEEEEEEEAAATH!!!!"

[HartofDixie]

[COESpiral]

Awww, poor Brazilian girl.  I like her.  She's got an it factor that makes me want to watch her.

[elle]

NBC is just now showing the S. Korean skater who skates to ABBA (not!ABBA).  I'm glad I get to see this one after your comments!

[Bama]

I so appreciate the Korean music guy's use of One Direction.

[Cindyluwho]

1 minute ago, COESpiral said:

Awww, poor Brazilian girl.  I like her.  She's got an it factor that makes me want to watch her.

I agree! Very easy to watch, and I found myself pulling for her!

[Jeddah]

3 minutes ago, HartofDixie said:

Complimenting Mirai while also shading Ashley. Never change, Sasha!

[Growsonwalls]

So NBCSN is no longer doing ladies anymore? All on NBC?

[BitterApple]

24 minutes ago, COESpiral said:

A German skating to Schindler's List?  Um...

My husband said the same thing! I know it's been over seventy years, but yeah....

[Omeletsmom]

I think they are resurfacing.  They have been showing other stuff when they do that.

[shizzle]

1 minute ago, Growsonwalls said:

So NBCSN is no longer doing ladies anymore? All on NBC?

Seems like it, do the switch!

[Minneapple]

Oh my God, Sasha's tweet is priceless. So much passive-aggressiveness in one little tweet. I can't take it. I'm dying with laughter over here.

[Bama]

Yeah - they're taking a 15 minute break to resurface.

You get to see all the crazy in between nonsense on the app - it's been fun to watch.

[Dots And Stripes]

5 minutes ago, Growsonwalls said:

So NBCSN is no longer doing ladies anymore? All on NBC?

Yes, Liam said NBC would have the rest of the skating.

[elle]

4 minutes ago, Omeletsmom said:

I think they are resurfacing.  They have been showing other stuff when they do that.

Which makes sense for NBCSN, but NBC is behind that feed so they should still be showing the next skaters, Hungarian and Australian I think, rather than also cut over to Hockey.  Maybe they are supposed to sync up on features and commercials with each other?

[ChicksDigScars]

OH, fuck you with the Tara vs. Michelle shit, NBC...and Tara

Edited February 23, 2018 by ChicksDigScars

[COESpiral]

Just now, ChicksDigScars said:

OH, fuck you with the Tara vs. Michelle shit. 

I said the exact same thing.  I can't even with this.

[Growsonwalls]

3 minutes ago, Minneapple said:

Oh my God, Sasha's tweet is priceless. So much passive-aggressiveness in one little tweet. I can't take it. I'm dying with laughter over here.

I know. I love her for it <3 I talked earlier about how all those ice dance drama queens have settled into nice quiet middle-aged moms. Yet here we have Sasha Cohen still throwing shade all these years later.

[Avaleigh]

15 minutes ago, HartofDixie said:

Has Ross Miner liked this yet?

[Moxie Cat]

I'm interested to see if NBCSN continues with skating alongside NBC since I swore they didn't the other night, but maybe I was wrong. NBC should really show both final flights in full though.

[iMonrey]

I can't be the only one who thinks Zagitova's tutu skirt looks ridiculous. It looks like it's made out of crepe paper.

[Shaynaa]

Just now, COESpiral said:

I said the exact same thing.  I can't even with this.

What are they doing?  Another puff piece about it?  I'm sticking to the online feed with the Aussie announcer.  I like it so much better.

[ChicksDigScars]

Johnny Weir's hair this evening. 

 

[Omeletsmom]

They may just be skipping over the rest of the flights that have already skated.

[COESpiral]

1 minute ago, Shaynaa said:

What are they doing?  Another puff piece about it?  I'm sticking to the online feed with the Aussie announcer.  I like it so much better.

Tara was doing some fluff piece about rivalries and showed Nancy/Tonya, Katarina/Debi, and then went to Michelle/Tara and Tara snidely comments about how SHE knows how well that can turn out.  Eff her.  I'm still convinced had the skating order been switched, she'd be singing a different song.

[annzeepark914]

5 minutes ago, ChicksDigScars said:

Johnny Weir's hair this evening. 

 

@ChicksDigScars: You have made my day!!!  Somebody ought to send this to Johnny.

Edited February 23, 2018 by annzeepark914

[Shaynaa]

1 minute ago, COESpiral said:

Tara was doing some fluff piece about rivalries and showed Nancy/Tonya, Katarina/Debi, and then went to Michelle/Tara and Tara snidely comments about how SHE knows how well that can turn out.  Eff her.  I'm still convinced had the skating order been switched, she'd be singing a different song.

Yeah, I've thought for 20 years that Michelle was robbed and never much cared for Tara.  Lovely girl indeed.

[iMonrey]

It wouldn't surprise me if they switched back to NBCSN after the Americans are done.

[MaKaM]

Choi's dress is GORGEOUS. 

[Jeddah]

4 minutes ago, iMonrey said:

I can't be the only one who thinks Zagitova's tutu skirt looks ridiculous. It looks like it's made out of crepe paper.

I like it. It’s something different, and why not go full-ballerina since she’s using ballet music.

Now the tights halfway over her skates? Ugh.

[Bama]

I like this NotRussian's costume.

[Minneapple]

7 minutes ago, COESpiral said:

Tara was doing some fluff piece about rivalries and showed Nancy/Tonya, Katarina/Debi, and then went to Michelle/Tara and Tara snidely comments about how SHE knows how well that can turn out.  Eff her.  I'm still convinced had the skating order been switched, she'd be singing a different song.

Oh, Tara. yes. You got the Olympic gold but Michelle is more popular. Sorry about that.

ETA: Even as a Kwan fan I thought Tara deserved the gold in Nagano. Michelle never really pushed herself technically and it hurt her both in Nagano and Salt Lake.

Edited February 23, 2018 by Minneapple

[Moxie Cat]

For the record, Sotskova on NBC, skiing on NBCSN. Definitely no continuous skating on NBCSN tonight.