I'm still not watching a ton of the Olympics, but here and there I am. This morning I looked over on the official NBC site and noticed they have a bunch of videos on line (though sadly few from this Olympics, it seems).
Among them is this video of Evgeni Plushenko performing at an exhibition at some point. The title of this says it all, kind of.
You'll see.
Oh, and the Russian commentators are noting that this caused a "complete furor" when first performed, and that even his practices of the routine drew big crowds.
Ok. I'm filing that under deeply disturbing. I think he's wearing a fake chest, and the Michael Jackson moves made my skin crawl just a bit. Eeeeew.
Posted by: puppymomma | February 19, 2006 at 12:51 PM
Oh, yeah, it's a fake chest. And I rather think, at the very least tights, and possibly more fakery, too, in, er, those regions.
Which makes it the most bizarre combination of shamelessness and modesty.
Posted by: spudsayshi | February 19, 2006 at 04:05 PM