Russian Ice Skaters Impersonate Aboriginals, Win Gold » Sociological Images
Next stop, the Olympics
It’s one thing to have a figure skating routine influenced by aboriginal dance. It’s something else entirely to engage in the sort of cultural appropriation that verges on parody. And this routine is on the wrong side of it.
But why? Is it the fake leaves? The not-quite-blackface leotard? Or is it the indelicacy of it all? Is the problem with the concept or with the execution?
My first thought, knowing no context, was: “Is this The Magic Flute on ice?”
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My first thought, knowing no context, was: “Is...Magic Flute on ice?”
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2010 Olympics will be held on technically unceded land that, without any kind...treaty,...
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not a sport. Anything with...name “figure” in...not a sport....
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Without having watched...(& with no desire...watch it after...
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