i've been grooving on olympic figure skating. but one thing i don't understand. how come every single man is wearing sequins, in outfits that range from the merely tasteless to the pointedly excruciating? one would think in an activity that has such pronounced elements of art that one would occasionally run across someone with some rudimentary taste, or someone who wanted to manifest some sort of dignity, or someone who wanted you to watch what he was doing and not the way his day-glo epaulettes were shimmering.

now you may well say that this response is homophobic. true, true, and probably you're also not going to find me listening to techno or broadway show tunes, or sobbing about the tragic fate of judy garland. but is every single one of these dudes gay? or are they only playing gay on television? and really it seems possible even for a gay man to appear in public in a way that emphasizes his art.

i ain't even gonna give you a picture of johnny weir in his glittering hot-pink corset etc, because after all he is johnny weir.

Comments

[marriotr]

I envision the Worker's Figure Skating, with each contestant performing in the uniform of the common People's employment. Business Suits, trash collector uniforms, Hobos, etc.

[drip]

Workers' Figure Skating is called "hockey." These guys are trying to win an Olympic medal. If they thought a tattoo of Jesus, Lenin or Bin Laden on their forehead would get it done, they'd all have one. If you were a judge, I guess, we'd see a lot baggy pants and butt cracks. It's primarily result of the subjective judgments that decide the winners.

[Robert Kelly]

marriotr,

LOL

[Robert Kelly]

I don't know who these figure skaters are but (as part of my counterattack against this post) the one in the middle is great. I love his outfit. Men should wear that everywhere.

[La Rana]

The worlds of figure skating and fashion do not, in fact, collide.