This might be offensive if they hadn't take such great care to recreate all the wonderful ice dancing going on at Aushwitz at the time. twitter.com/yashar/status/ …
Holocaust-themed ice skating routine by Putin aide's wife sparks outrage
The wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, sparked outrage on social media by performing a Holocaust-themed ice skating routine that quickly went viral.
Tatiana Navka, a former Olympic figure skating champion, performed with actor Andrey Burkovsky, each wearing concentration camp uniforms and yellow Stars of David.
The two skated to the song “Beautiful That Way,” by Israeli singer Achinoam “Noa” Nini. The song was featured in a 1997 Italian-language Oscar-winning Holocaust film, which Navka said was the inspiration for the performance. She also said in an Instagram post that she wanted the performance to teach children about the Holocaust.
However many did not perceive the performance as educational, calling it "offensive" on Twitter.
Oh those whacky Holocaust victims (OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD) twitter.com/yashar/status/ …
Holocaust themed skating performance by wife of spokesman for president # Putin . Beyond belief, no words
The story went viral after it was published in Times of Israel.
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moving artistic expression or shockingly inappropriate offense?
I'm not quite sure what to think about the performance. I don't want to say that the skaters were trying to be offensive but I found the performance to be a bit tone deaf. As far as educating children about the Holocaust.....nope, I think their performance fell very short. It left me feeling confused and baffled. If I had been in the audience I think I would have felt awkward clapping for this interpretation of the Holocaust.
The positive from this is that people are talking about the Holocaust.
Ice skating is fun , and often gives off a care- free whimsical vibe. It is not appropriate to depict mass murder and suffering in an ice dancing routine.
I think I agree with that assessment .
One of the illusions, so to speak, of a figure skating performance is that the skaters are floating or gliding above normal everyday life. Hence all the sweeping movements and exaggerated arm gestures. Doesn't mesh with deadly serious topics.
I'm not as much offended as incredulous that this was her theme. She must have had internal dialog that no one else is having.
Putin's mother was Jewish. He was raised Russian Orthodox... and for that matter... Hitler's grandfather was a Jew. Big deal.
Putin and his claimed love of Israel has nothing to do with the appropriateness of the ice skating theme.
Noam Chomsky is Jewish. No bigger anti-Semite than him.
Not a Russiaphobe... an ignoramousphobe.
This is too funny.
I stand firm on my description that ignorance is correctable & is therefore NOT a CoC violation . Objections ?
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write your own article about it