Liza as expected will be going to Skate Canada and TEB:
http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/207789/gp_ladies.pdf
http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/207789/gp_ladies.pdf
This is probably one of the funniest things I've read on this forum (and possibly the best defence of a boob grab ever).Hmmm dunno about boob grab
But then, honestly, there are so few female skaters that actually have them, so it is a bit like a 3A also =P
Hmmm dunno about boob grab
But then, honestly, there are so few female skaters that actually have them, so it is a bit like a 3A also =P
Liza as expected will be going to Skate Canada and TEB:
http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/207789/gp_ladies.pdf
Yeah, I was a bit put-off by the boob-grabbing myself. Though I don't mind sexy routines for variety.
I don't know what she meant by 'other things' maybe a Russian speaker can tell us more?
Her replies are translated from Russian to Japanese by the interpreter and then to English by me.
So if a Russian speaker can translate it directly it will be less confusing.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k5xsyvW7vYl8TLbALf7
Elizaveta on Japanese TV.
Some general notes on the clip:
They concentrated mostly on how sexy she was in her performances, her triple axel, and the up-coming rivalry with Mao.
The male commentator was a bit of a sleaze-ball but I think that is his function on this show. The lady was very polite and complementary (so was the guy).
Elizaveta's answers were very good and confident.
Male interviewer: Why are you so sexy?
That's due to my parents
I'm not sure what to think of this exhibition. I just don't see a need for a two handed boob grab. Of course, YMMV. Hopefully when I watch the whole program it will seem less tacky.
Yeah, I was a bit put-off by the boob-grabbing myself. Though I don't mind sexy routines for variety.
Hmmm dunno about boob grab
But then, honestly, there are so few female skaters that actually have them, so it is a bit like a 3A also =P
While that song is everything I hate crammed into one, I'm fine with what clips I did see of the actual EX (sorry, can't see the boob grab due to my Dailymotion problem). It's something different from what she's done in the past, but at the same time, she still seems to be having fun. Hopefully that'll override my hatred of the song itself once we see the whole program.
I cannot believe that her manager suggested to Eliza to choose Get Low as her exhibition music. The only possible excuse for this is that this person is Russian and has very poor comprehension of English. Otherwise, how on earth does a mature adult---and I presume her manager is a great deal older than Eliza---suggest to an 18-year-old to do that routine to that music??
If you mean her coach (Alexei Mishin), then yes, you could say he is older than Liza... he's 74!!!
For somebody that age to be picking a song like that says to me that he has asked somebody what songs are popular on YouTube, and has just gone with it without actually finding out what it is about.
He can't surely have known what it was about. If he did, it would be really creepy that somebody his age picked a song with that title for a girl who is young enough to be his grand-daughter!
CaroLiza_fan
She didn't say her "coach", though - she said her "manager".
Sorry to disappoint you but that is hardly what comes to my mind when the phrase "get low" is said. So no, it isn't "all too obvious" to everyone. And yes, I'm a native speaker of English.I think the song's underwritten message is that a woman should 'get low', i.e., kneel down, in front of a man whose whistle, i.e., penis, is 'blow'ing, i.e., erect, and should receive onto her face when it 'go'es, i.e., ejaculates, and then 'Yallah Habibi', i.e., follow the man into orgasm.
I mean, it's a song. There can be several interpretations to the lyrics, but the one above is probably one that is strongly suggested, and so therefore, this song is terribly misogynistic.
It's one thing for Pluschenko to make fun of his own self dancing to 'Sex Bomb', but quite another when Liza probably is dancing to that song not knowing how much she's degrading herself doing that.
e.t.a. Or, 'get low' could also mean that the woman should grind herself into the man's whistle. I'm a very yucky person for thinking all this. :hopelessness: But then, is this not all too obvious? The lyrics are written there for everyone to read.
Sorry to disappoint you but that is hardly what comes to my mind when the phrase "get low" is said. So no, it isn't "all too obvious" to everyone. And yes, I'm a native speaker of English.
I'm not significantly older than Liza, I just don't listen to this genre of music. If she wants to skate to it that's okay. I don't have to like every program that she puts out.I guess it depends on the generation. The past decade of US mainstream music has been filled with songs about dipping it low/gettin low and whistling hwell: Its general slang for oral, but for some people these songs are probably ambiguous I know a lot of kids who sing along to these songs, not knowing what they're really singing about....
I think the song's underwritten message is that a woman should 'get low', i.e., kneel down, in front of a man whose whistle, i.e., penis, is 'blow'ing, i.e., erect, and should receive onto her face when it 'go'es, i.e., ejaculates, and then 'Yallah Habibi', i.e., follow the man into orgasm.
I mean, it's a song. There can be several interpretations to the lyrics, but the one above is probably one that is strongly suggested, and so therefore, this song is terribly misogynistic.
It's one thing for Pluschenko to make fun of his own self dancing to 'Sex Bomb', but quite another when Liza probably is dancing to that song not knowing how much she's degrading herself doing that.
e.t.a. Or, 'get low' could also mean that the woman should grind herself into the man's whistle. I'm a very yucky person for thinking all this. :hopelessness: But then, is this not all too obvious? The lyrics are written there for everyone to read.
I am not a native English speaker but I can somewhat sense the suggestion of this song... :hopelessness: Yeah I am like 10 year older than Liza but... I know for sure Liza doesn't understand the lyrics... but still...Sorry to disappoint you but that is hardly what comes to my mind when the phrase "get low" is said. So no, it isn't "all too obvious" to everyone. And yes, I'm a native speaker of English.
That's the thing, though. I worded the opening sentence the way I did just in case there was something lost with translating between so many languages (Russian to Japanese to English).
Perhaps a Russian speaker could check if Mr. Hino used the right word.
I have just re-written the comment to make that clearer, and added an extra bit of opinion to the end.
CaroLiza_fan
Liza said it was her manager, Ari Zakaryan, who brought this idea.
That line "But I also wanted to do a number like this myself" was just a bit longer, "But I also wanted to do a number like this myself for quite a while, cause I love to dance and to move in a smooth manner"
Zakaryan happens to be Plushenko's manager too btw.