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Leave The Creepy Russian Ice Dancers Alone!
Last night, controversial Russian Ice Dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin revealed their toned-down Aboriginal-themed costumes during the free skate performance that brought them to a current bronze medal position.
What a difference a few leaves make
Hmm. We’re still searching for the “interesting,” “respectful” and “Southeast Asian” nuances that this team keeps referring to regarding their costumes. Surely all of that “big research” they did to keep the performance authentic paid off somewhere.
Give us a few minutes days months years. This may take awhile.
[NBC Olympics: Russian Dancers Make Slight Changes To Costumes]
Filed under: "Southeast Asian" influences? What?, 2010 Winter Olympics, Aboriginal Costumes, Always Do Your Homework, Controversy, Cultural Theft, Defiance, Ice Dancing Is Lame Beyond Words, Maxim Shabalin, Offensive Costumes, Oksana Domnina, Put Down the Glue Gun, Racial Drag, Russian Ice Dancers, the Olympics, Vancouver Olympics, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics
Phew…?
Oh, thank goodness!!
Our beautiful state of Hawaii did not get nuked over the 4th of July weekend.
Instead, North Korea fired seven missiles (potentially modified longer-range missiles, to boot) into the East Sea, giving the finger to three UN’s security council resolutions and provoking its neighboring country of Japan.
Um, yay?
[The Hankyoreh: North Korea Fires Seven Short-Range Missiles Into the East Sea]
Filed under: 4th of July, Defiance, East Sea, Hawaii, Japan, North Korea, North Korea Missile Test, Nuclear Weapons, Nukes, Sea of Japan, United Nations Security Council
