On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Melissa P <[email protected]>wrote:
> I just finished watching the Ladies' Figure Skating final. (No spoilers
> in this post.)
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> Should I be critical of Tara and Johnny (and Terry Gannon, I think) for
> saying nothing about the costume choice of one of the Japanese skaters?
> She skated to "Papa Can You Hear Me" from Yentl and yet there was a bold
> cross on her outfit. How does something like that happen?
>
Yes (though gently I hope, as I have grown to have some affection for Tara,
and even, more grudgingly, Johnny (but not Gannon).
The skater is Kanako Murkami (I just finished watching her performance on
my own time-shifted schedule). Even if the music was not glaringly
incongruous, the cross would seem worthy of some comment, as it was so
different from all of the other adornments the other skaters had. But with
the music it cried out for at least a quick observation. I don't think
there is anything necessarily wrong with a Christian skater appropriating a
Jewish story, but it would be nice to have given that some kind of context.
A quick google only yielded me the following tidbit: "Her interpretation of
the movie 'Yentl' song 'Papa, Can You Hear Me?' was a seamless telling of
the story of Yentl speaking to her late father in heaven of her undying
love for him" - I might infer from this that she selected the song to honor
her father, and wanted to make it clear that it was not a sign that she had
converted to Judaism.
BTW, I am now watching the next skater, from China, and it sounds like she
is skating to music from Schindler's List; maybe there is a Judaica craze
sweeping through Asian figure skating? This did remind me of an even more
questionable musical choice, that ("Russian"?) who skated in a red dress to
music from the film evoking that heartbreaking image of the little Jewish
girl in the red coat.
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