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Did you ever wonder where figure skating music comes from? And the outfits? Figure skating is such a beautiful sport, a wonderful combination of grace and athleticism. But why must everything else about be so aesthetically jarring?
The music is just plain weird: overblown, sometimes quasi-symphonic, other times quasi-ethnic. Where does it come from? Is there a whole segment of the music industry that is dedicated to figure skating music? It's somewhat akin to the music played at Hollywood awards shows, or maybe at Disney World. But why isn't a regular symphonic or pop piece of music good enough? Is this terrible music really easier to skate to?
And the costumes--those silky, sheer fabrics. Those flesh-colored panels that are supposed to look like skin from a distance. The sequins. They look like rejects from Elton John's dressing room. Do the people involved look at these say, "Oh, wow. That makes me look really cool. Do you have anything a little more shiny and garish?"
The music is just plain weird: overblown, sometimes quasi-symphonic, other times quasi-ethnic. Where does it come from? Is there a whole segment of the music industry that is dedicated to figure skating music? It's somewhat akin to the music played at Hollywood awards shows, or maybe at Disney World. But why isn't a regular symphonic or pop piece of music good enough? Is this terrible music really easier to skate to?
And the costumes--those silky, sheer fabrics. Those flesh-colored panels that are supposed to look like skin from a distance. The sequins. They look like rejects from Elton John's dressing room. Do the people involved look at these say, "Oh, wow. That makes me look really cool. Do you have anything a little more shiny and garish?"
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