Mel and Drama, the ice dancers win Gold but dislocate shoulders | |
This category being called "It Takes Balls" and ice dancing definitely lacking any orbital objects, I will take it upon myself to interpret Balls as where ballroom dancing takes part so that I can be on topic and say --
YAWN!!!
My Lord! Talk about the most boring uninspired skating I have ever seen. When you fall in ice dancing, you know it's gotta be pretty lame! And the throwing of arms -- my word! I All this flailing about of arms as if the suffered from seizures on every turn and the pained look on their faces meant to demonstrate that this program really means something -- yawn, yawn, yawn.
Whatever happened to Torvill and Dean? The precision, the elegance, the understated creativity. Now the teams do lifts that look like people trying something new from the Kama Sutra! There was no flow. And it all looked terribly sloppy.
I especially liked the "fake" at the end of the Canadians dance -- I can hear them in strategy talks "Hey, if you fall, put your arms straight out and smile -- maybe they'll think it was part of the program!" Then, she kissed the ice, trying to evoke Pelletier. Cheap Shot.
Especially crass? The Russians World Trade Center Tribute where the woman -- in dusty colored, tattered outfit -- "collapses" down the tall black building outfitted dude with the big explosion screenprint on his front.
Yawn!
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