Recent content by bwayrose7

I feel like the Olympics are especially bad for this (compared with other sporting events like, say, the Super Bowl or the World Cup) because the vast, vast majority of Olympic "stars" compete in relatively niche sports that the general public only pays attention to once every four years, as...

I don’t get the judges’ love for F/G, truly. They’re a ton of fun and I love watching them, but they have never screamed podium material; I’ve been baffled by their rise. Is it really just IAM politicking? Also, I’m not a G/P or LaLa ride-or-die by any means (especially with that atrocious RD...

I'm not usually a big fan of reusing programs, but gosh I'm so glad Perfume will see Olympic ice! I truly think it's their masterpiece so far.

I mean, if we start talking about broadcast/image as part of the strategy, then I think there's also an argument to rest Ilia and put Max in for the FS. There's likely no real placement difference for him vs. Torgs, but NBC would absolutely eat it all up, and I imagine USFS would love the story...

I 100% agree that Torgs has a higher scoring ceiling right now. What I doubt at the moment is that the choice of non-Ilia US man will make a difference in terms of placement for the FS segment. It would take some menning for either of them to place above the men from JPN, GEO, ITA, FRA, or CAN...

I recognize that this is is largely my personal biases speaking and not backed by just what's on the ice, but if Ilia isn't doing the FS, I'd use Max over Torgs. Purely because the idea of the one Olympian who has publicly displayed poor sportsmanship (and hasn't really apologized aside from...

Just spotted on Reddit (not sure from whose social the post originally came from): Christina is officially a citizen! :cheer2: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1p28wul/good_news_from_christina/

I think two things can be true: G/F once again have a program that does them no favors, and the judges have dumped them hard for what I think are fairly obvious political reasons. I'd put them in the same category as L/B this season, in terms of teams who were always going to have an uphill...

This is where I'm at, too. I liked the Shibs when they were skating. I genuinely enjoyed the three-way rivalry era. And I do understand that the Shibs - as opposed to other last-minute "return" skaters - may have felt they had unfinished business, with their careers being cut shorter than...

That’s the one. I love romance, read a lot of romance… but that one was insufferable. It’s like The Cutting Edge but with every ounce of charm and tongue-in-cheek humor taken out of it.

I enjoyed The Favorites, and I would agree with the other posters in saying it does a significantly better job of depicting the sport than I'm used to (if I read one more skating/hockey romance that can't even get basic rules right, so help me...). I would say, though, that it is definitely a...

I just don't understand the motivation. It's not like there was some milestone or achievement she and Han didn't get. An Olympic gold (and a silver), two world titles, world record scores - one of the best pairs teams in a very long time, if not one of the best ever, IMO. I'm not an athlete so...

The Notebook really has one of the most underrated scores on Broadway right now (and that song is one of the best in the show IMO), and Alex sounds fantastic singing it! I don't believe he's gone on as Noah yet during the Broadway run, but hopefully he gets the chance to soon.

Obviously, we don't know what's going on in the heads of the IAM coaching staff, but I will say this, from my experience in other fields where highly creative and intense, competitive personalities tend to congregate. Those "safe spaces" tend to be at their most "safe" when they're at a medium...

For Canada, I would imagine recent events have made it easier to decide who to throw political weight behind. LaLa are young enough to be at the 2026 and 2030 Olympics (or even beyond, given that we're seeing more mid-30s ice dancers these days), health permitting, and they do have a ton of...