On a scale of one to Brian Joubert, how badly do YOU want to be Alexei Yagudin?
Sometime last year - around Worlds time, I don't really remember - I tweeted rather snarkily:
"Joubert... makes me feel things. Like how much I miss Alexei Yagudin. Because this program is just Yags!Lite, let's be real."
My feelings about Brian Joubert - beautiful though he is - have not much changed since the early 2000s. I've long thought that he was a decent jumper (one of the few men with a consistent quad and 3ax in those dark years when Evan Lysacek reigned supreme...) with great audience appeal (much like his countryman Philippe Candeloro, the French heartthrob of 90s skating), but not all that much actual artistic substance. In other words, Yagudin-Lite.
I did not realize until this weekend, however, just how dire the situation had become. Joubert's long program to Gladiator sent me straight back to the 2000-2001 season.
It's like Diet Yagudin. *sigh*
In other news, Davis and White remain flawless; if you haven't seen their amazing free dance, you definitely need to
Make sure to enjoy the edge lift at 2:55, it's my new favorite thing in all of ice dance. (Also the rotational lift at 4:27 where Meryl looks like a literal flower.) In the meantime, I'm getting back to my new 12-Step Program for Becoming Meryl Davis.
"Joubert... makes me feel things. Like how much I miss Alexei Yagudin. Because this program is just Yags!Lite, let's be real."
My feelings about Brian Joubert - beautiful though he is - have not much changed since the early 2000s. I've long thought that he was a decent jumper (one of the few men with a consistent quad and 3ax in those dark years when Evan Lysacek reigned supreme...) with great audience appeal (much like his countryman Philippe Candeloro, the French heartthrob of 90s skating), but not all that much actual artistic substance. In other words, Yagudin-Lite.
I did not realize until this weekend, however, just how dire the situation had become. Joubert's long program to Gladiator sent me straight back to the 2000-2001 season.
Click to viewIt's like Diet Yagudin. *sigh*
In other news, Davis and White remain flawless; if you haven't seen their amazing free dance, you definitely need to
Make sure to enjoy the edge lift at 2:55, it's my new favorite thing in all of ice dance. (Also the rotational lift at 4:27 where Meryl looks like a literal flower.) In the meantime, I'm getting back to my new 12-Step Program for Becoming Meryl Davis.