How can it be manufactured when we keep hearing the announcer begging the audience to cheer?
Ross's comments sound like typical canned PC stuff. What's he going to say? The audience sucks? Obviously they support him as an American anyway...
See the response above of GrangerDanger for the answer to your question. It's absurd, and very wrong, to bad-mouth thousands of people in an audience because of one rather idiotic announcer, who should keep her day job.
Ross's comments sounded heartfelt, candid, and very much like Ross talks, in clips I've heard from him before. If he compares an audience with his beloved Boston, that's high praise.
The whole Skate America experience is perplexing to me. .... So, all in all, I guess mixed reviews for the event but let's hope things continue to ramp and skaters get the love they deserve!
Mixed reviews from whom? You, at home watching tv? The skaters got the love they deserve. I was there. And the skaters testified to it.
Talk about *the* most made-up thread.... evah...
IF you are AT the event then you know what the audience is like.
IF you are NOT at the event, then you don't. End of story.
Whether it fits a preconceived narrative of "American audiences are so parochial, so bad, they don't even cheer all the skaters, they don't cheer Japanese/Canadian/Russian/Martian skaters, and I am so worldly and wonderful I cheer all skaters whether they are from Mars or not".
Oh please, ain't no one got time for that.....
:agree: Whole post.