Johnny Weir-fun, fun, fun…’till…
I was thinking about that t-bird daddy might take away the other day when Johnny Weir came to mind. Johnny Weir is about much fun as there’s been in figure skating in many a year. This all came to mind as I watched the oh so serious pairs long skate. Where did the fun and the passion go? It didn’t seem that long ago that the Scott Hamilton’s, and the Nancy Kerrigan’s were bedazzling us not just with their technical skills, but with their passionate, fun, articulate expression of their sport.
Yes of course the pairs winners were great. Or amazing. Or any of a dozen other words that came to mind. But the one thing they were not, was passionate. If there
was fun anywhere to be had in Vancouver that night, it was definitely not in the pairs arena. Such serious music. I was waiting for ‘Voyage of the Damned’ as the next music.
So Johnny Weir is a ray of sunshine in this otherwise grim sporting tale, as dark and as gray as a Vancouver sky. And ‘yes’, that quad will make or break him. But my bet is that his will be the most fun, and his will be the most memorable that evening. No one is taking Johnny’s t-bird away.
So tonight Johnny be good. Go Johnny go!
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