Yes, it is I. Wielding themNadya: "The gig is up," "clean as a whistle." This is you wielding English puns and idioms, right?
Yes, it is I. Wielding themNadya: "The gig is up," "clean as a whistle." This is you wielding English puns and idioms, right?
There is actually another very curious piece about Chan comparing him to Prometheus. I'll get to it at some point.? How did Chan become the subject of this interview?
? How did Chan become the subject of this interview?
He's a TV personality, movie producer, makes most of his money MC'ing corporate parties. "And now, let's welcome a VP of Operations who wants to pass a warm welcome to the sales team meeting and exceeding 3rd quarter targets! Whee!"both depressing and refreshing.
I wonder if things like this will help prevent specific posters here from calling people
"Bots" "Haters" and "Sore losers" when trying to discuss their feeling and theories regarding this stuff,
And accepting it as a valid topic.
Any added info on this guy, Background to the interview or why he would choose to express himself like this ?
No wonder Russian coaches need to be very political aware and knows how critical it is to exert influence / pressures where ever possible. I wonder how true is this culture in N.America skating or how about in Japan and the rest of Europe.
Italians are passionate about their skating, love European themed programs, things that are classical.
some of the back-story/fluff pieces made me cringe. Many other Americans felt the same way; if you didn't see it, the feedback in US papers (e.g. NY Times, USA Today) was absolutely scathing for the most part.
Actually he said, "If the games were held in Torino, and Kostner skated the way she did, she'd be the gold medalist. If the games were held in Korea, there wouldn't even a question that Kim would become the champion."
I'm just waiting for qwertyskates' interpretation of Solovyov's remarks as an endorsement of the ladies' scoring in Sochi.
Don't have to be snarky about it. Before Sochi, a few of us here ALREADY had a thread about Hanyu's PCS inflation over the GP quad resulting in a spike in PCS leading to his gold at GPF in Fukuoka Japan. The difference between Yuna fans and I is that when it happened in competitions which did not involve Yuna, even when the PCS spike is more egregious, they simply do not notice nor do they particularly care. So much for the indignant "it's all about bringing fairness to judging"!
My conclusion is of course home inflation is at work *EVERYWHERE*. I am at least not hypocritical in *ONLY* singling out the Russians. I came around to accepting it not because I agree with home inflation but because the huge PCS difference would make it almost impossible for a younger skater like Hanyu or Adelina to compete against veterans like Chan and Kim on a level playing field. There is no way to bridge a PCS gap of >20, with jumps, steps, spins. Do 10 quads like Javier Fernandez joked about?
Unlike those who cried foul *ONLY* for Adelina but not for all the other skaters who have enjoyed the same favors, I am at least honest, consistent and balanced in applying my judgment and standards. I am also not the type who will go and rend apart the programs of those who beat my own favored skaters. There and then, I concluded that Sochi would see younger skaters getting a stab at beating the veterans, and it would be a battle of the TES.
The last time there was a US world's was L.A. in 2009. In dance, there was no US judge on the panel. B&A should have won and didn't.
Except if you check my post history I have always been extremely critical of any political and artificial inflation for all skaters, including Hanyu's recent ascension especially at home events, AS WELL as Patrick's marks at home. EVEN they are among my favourite male skaters.
I actually predicted Hanyu to be an OGM before he hit the seniors and think his original Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest programs this quad along with Patrick's Elegie and Dai's 2011 programs Garden of Souls and Blues for Klooks, but this is the not the way I want him win, nor Patrick lose it. The men's FS event was tragic, I doubt I will ever replay any of the performances except may be Abbotts if I am really bored.
It's beyond naive to think that TV news and article reports just "appear." Nothing of this sort ever "appears" without a deliberate, professional push by PR teams of the respective skaters. Without press releases, talking points, proposed features, ample B-roll footage. Without dinners with reporters and careful courting of the favored ones. I'm sure Kim has the best PR team money can buy and as well she should.There are TV news and articles reports appearing in China that titled 'Yuna Kim didn't gain the Gold but she gained the World.' They ended the news program by play Yuna at Vancouver with the backing track to Adios. I think they got it right. Isn't that the real purpose of it all?
I don't think it's Kim's PR team, but more like the result of Korean showbiz's influence over East Asia at the moment. I live in East Asia, and sometimes it annoys the hell out of me (K-pop culture overdose). No offense to any Koreans here, I am just saying sometimes it's just too much. I adore good skating. But when it comes to too much nationalism, I find it somewhat uncomfortable.It's beyond naive to think that TV news and article reports just "appear." Nothing of this sort ever "appears" without a deliberate, professional push by PR teams of the respective skaters. Without press releases, talking points, proposed features, ample B-roll footage. Without dinners with reporters and careful courting of the favored ones. I'm sure Kim has the best PR team money can buy and as well she should.
It's beyond naive to think that TV news and article reports just "appear." Nothing of this sort ever "appears" without a deliberate, professional push by PR teams of the respective skaters. Without press releases, talking points, proposed features, ample B-roll footage. Without dinners with reporters and careful courting of the favored ones. I'm sure Kim has the best PR team money can buy and as well she should.
It's beyond naive to think that TV news and article reports just "appear." Nothing of this sort ever "appears" without a deliberate, professional push by PR teams of the respective skaters. Without press releases, talking points, proposed features, ample B-roll footage. Without dinners with reporters and careful courting of the favored ones. I'm sure Kim has the best PR team money can buy and as well she should.