Comments on: Now is the time in Torino when we dance

By: maksed tipster

maksed tipster — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:28:08 +0000

If I'm not mistaken, sex in the hindu culture is something to be celebrated instead of something to be embarassed about.

In some contexts. Mashups that grab everything willy nilly and crash them into each other with no thought to context are not as much artistic as making a mess.

And the context of the tradition that this song comes out of is one that's not too keen on sexing up.

By: Anil

Anil — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:48:59 +0000

"No, I adore mashup. I berate ineptness, and on both continents."

The way I see it - a dance that did a delicious fusion of the effortless movement of ice skating, Indian-ish poses and goosebump-inducing music. I guess if you have nothing to write about it you can always criticize it. After all it's so easy to be condescending instead of appreciating the effort they put in to marry ice skating with such seemingly incongrous music.

" The extra sexing up did bother me though. It's a bit inappropriate."

More inappropriate than the sculptures on our hindu temples? If I'm not mistaken, sex in the hindu culture is something to be celebrated instead of something to be embarassed about.

By: SUsie

SUsie — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:07:33 +0000

At least she was wearing a bindi! Actually, I thought that if they were going to use that music, that they ought to have worn something more like a Bharat Natyam costume or Kathkali lol..ack try to skate in that willya? LOL

By: browngrlnwhite

browngrlnwhite — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:17:54 +0000

i noticed how the mutineers seemed upset, perturbed,and whatnot by the lack of brown folks at the WINTER olympics. in the name itself is the answer. the only real wintery place we have in india is kashmir, and we all no nobody wants to go up were the snow is in kashmir if they dont have to. indians are generally snow haters, after all we are most famous for our deserts and tropics than ski ranges. it would be natural for us to be a significant player in the summer rather than the winter olympics. and because we didnt do so hot in the summer olympics, i think we should work on our comparitive strength. just wanted to put that out there. just my opinion

By: Pattie Kaur

Pattie Kaur — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:04:23 +0000

No, I adore mashup. I berate ineptness, and on both continents.

Btw, this routine was impressively acrobatic, but the dance adaptation reeks of that Britney-Madonna-L.A. pop simulacrum of Hinduism. Harrison's take on it was more thoughtful.

eeeggggg-sactly! well put, manish.

By: Nina P

Nina P — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:49:42 +0000

Granted, I haven't watched the Olympics on teevee since I was a kid, so I haven't seen ice dancing for a few decades. But I watched this clip online, since it was posted here. I thought it was beautiful. Those two moved like a Swiss clock, perfect. I didn't care about the costumes or the music, I was just knocked out by them.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:50:30 +0000

when did the mutiny add a dance category?

Feb. 23, 2005, apparently

color me khushi.

Ok, Basanti.

By: DesiDancer

DesiDancer — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:32:41 +0000

when did the mutiny add a dance category? color me khushi.

Ice dancing is kind of like "The Cutting Edge", with all the drama.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:43:21 +0000

Dari, note the

I grow tired of SMutineers, consistently berate others for cultural imperialism.

No, I adore mashup. I berate ineptness, and on both continents.

Btw, this routine was impressively acrobatic, but the dance adaptation reeks of that Britney-Madonna-L.A. pop simulacrum of Hinduism. Harrison’s take on it was more thoughtful.

By: Masked Tipster

Masked Tipster — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:21:35 +0000

Well, I have to say that my intent in sending this in was not to gripe about cultural imperalism per se so much as to simply gawk at the insane cross cultural mash-up it is. This song has gone from India to the U.S. to the UK to Armenia to Italy. The use in itself did not bother me--if anything, I found it rather moving to hear it in such a random context. I'm not reflexive about crying cultural imperialism. The extra sexing up did bother me though. It's a bit inappropriate. And man, that blue costume is tacky. TACKY. yeesh.

But the red socks are kinda cool.