Jun Y
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Congrats to Satoko for delivering a clean program at JO! Great redemption from US Classics. Perhaps the crowd knew Satoko upgraded her tech content from two 2A-3T to 3Lz-3T & 2A-3T ... I don't like the costume but I accept the flashing pink showed her bigger and her lines extended on the ice in person. It might be one of the reasons why she changed her costumes from the pretty soft pink dress to the awful unfortunate one.
Satoko's 2A-3T is sooooooooooooo easy. It's like she can randomly toss it out just strolling down the street. She can be hiking a mountain, swimming under the sea, doing calculus, or whistling and chewing gum while nailing a 2A-3T.
I agree the flash pink hurts the eye! But I guess Lori Nichol has insisted that this program absolutely MUST be skated in pink, no matter what shade. I suppose this program is all about an ultra-femininity.
Satoko's bi-directional skating is the most and the best among all current skaters. She turns CW and CCW with such ease and nonchalancem that one hardly notices it, except that strange slight dizziness in the viewer's mind.
Plus, the girl can ACT! Her expression is so precise and effective. I often feel that Japanese (or Asian in general) skaters have a cultural disadvantage in using their facial expressions to perform. It's extraordinary that Satoko, who is clearly a very shy and introverted person off the ice, can use her face so effectively in her skating to express a wide range of complex emotions and moods with subtlety and precision. The more I watch her skate, the more I have a girl-crush on her.
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