Sunday, February 21, 2010

Russian Aborigine Ice Dancers


I think the picture speaks for itself: raz-ma-tazz!

For those of you who missed the Olympics in primetime on Sunday night, or if you also missed the Ice Dancing World Championships (Where are your priorities?), these Russian Ice Dancers (Oksana Domina and Maxim Shabalin) performed a "traditional" aboriginal dance on skates, wearing these "traditional" outfits. I am not making this up. Apparently, a similar performance occurred at the World Championships (pictured above). I think the Olympic performance, in an effort to be more authentic and culturally sensitive, includes blackface and shrunken heads.

I can't tell you how excited I am to see more of these people. I think they should put them everywhere: Late Night TV, cameos on Grey's Anatomy, getting blowouts on Jersey Shore. Actually, I guess it will be Jersey Shore Part II - the Outback.

There is one question I can't shake, though, and I'm guessing it's bugging you as well: What the f*ck was I doing watching Ice Dancing?

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