The ice dancing costumes have compelled me to break my blog silence. Did you catch the ice dancing at the Olympics? What is up with the costumes? I know the theme was Latin dances, which can have a bit of color, sexiness, and passion, but does that equate gaudy? Almost every costume was a day-glo shade of orange, yellow, or red. And tacky, tacky, tacky. What was with the feather poof? And the leopard print with matching circa 1980 Jazzercise headband? I remember ice dancing costumes from a couple Olympics back that were flowy, less bedazzled, and covered up more. The flow of the women's skirts would accentuate the leg movements not distract. It's not just the women showing a lot of skin, the men also seem to think it's a requirement that they show off their chests. In some cases, at least on tv, it appears that some could use some more time in the gym and a bottle of tan in the can. Not that I am one to talk about tans.
Also regarding the Olympics: can the media let the speed skating "feud" go? Who cares if the two guys like each other or not? They don't have to like each other. I think each skater should just keep his mouth shut and not give the media any more fuel. Soon, the women's figure skaters will get all the attention and we won't hear about any other sports.
The media has also done a pretty good job at making some of the athletes pretty uncomfortable during interviews. Do we, the public, really have to hear that poor skier who fell talk about it again? Or that Russian pair who ended up winning the gold but all the interviewer wanted to ask about was that scary fall they had back at some other event months ago. Clearly, they didn't want to talk about it. The NBC people need to get a clue and be a little more sensitive to their subject's feelings. Sure, the falls and tragedies are dramatic, but it disturbs me that NBC is using these things over and over again to get ratings. Why not concentrate on the personal achievements and positive outcomes? Not the falls and negativity. Davis won a gold medal, but all that was talked about was what Hedrick said in response to it and their feud. Ug. Ted Ligety won a gold, but we all know Bode finished fifth. The games are supposed to be inspiring, uplifting, and positive. Even when Apolo got a bronze the other night, the after-event interviewer asked him if the Koreans teamed up on him. I thought his answer was smart, but even brining up that idea was poor form. He won a medal - why not talk about that?
Arg. One last gripe. All the commercials. Can't stand them. It is in serious debate if I will ever eat at KFC, drive a Chevy, have a VISA, or get All-State insurance in the near future.
