Mimi wrote:
I've had eye glitter in my eye from doing shows, it hurts like crap. If your experiences are different, fair enough. I was just standing up though, so maybe it's easier to deal with when you are swinging around a couple of bars.
You don't think it detracts from the spectacle of the performance itself, which is fine, but I do. But it's not just about the make up. It's the high cut legs, the theatrical winks and bum wiggles. It seems to be sexualising the sport for female competitors in a way that the men's competition that does not. It seems to be more prevalent this year than ever before, in a sport I have watched very closely for years.
Yes, ice skaters are similar in their attire, but that doesn't mean it is necessary or enhancing to either sport. Not to the SPORTS element, anyway, which I think is what is most important when you want to be the best in the world. I noticed it more in gymnastics as its on, right now, at the Olympics. Ice skating is not. I do not think the comparison to ballroom dancing is a useful one, as before.
Also, in your other two examples (Ice skating and ballroom dancing) the male competitors are similarly attired to the women. They also are sequinned, coiffeured and glittered. The notable thing in gymnastics is the increasing gulf in this respect between male and female competitors.
i agree with you.
To be fair, I had not noticed the make up till you pointed it out. I think it was on in the back ground.
i prefer sports, where you are faster, stronger, first past the line. Kind of sports, not ones judged