LA Times上的文章,有关于少爷的内容:http://www.latimes.com/features/ ... enskate22-2009mar22,0,4909622.story
Weir's influences, he says, are Russian skating greats such as Evgeni Plushenko, who never shied from a sparkly cravat. "To be accepted worldwide, American skaters need to understand that excess is necessary," Weir says. "And yes, I take credit for that."
Given their rivalry, you'd expect a clucked tongue from Lysacek when talking about Weir, but he's surprisingly laudatory. "Johnny is his own person, and you have to admire that," Lysacek says. "He's like, 'This is my style. This is the way I skate. This is my Louis Vuitton, and this is my fur. Deal with it.' "
And then, little more than a decade after excess was labeled verboten, Weir let loose what he terms his "inner glitter bomb." He'd long heeded the judges' advice: Don't go over the top, avoid theatrics. But after a disastrous national championships in 2003, he wrote off the American establishment, donned a Soviet warmup jacket and studied Russian. "At that point, I decided to do exactly what I wanted to do. So, next season, I came in like a firecracker," he says.
And the formula has worked, he's convinced, especially with international judges. Weir won a bronze medal at the world championships last year, though a poor performance this year at the U.S. nationals left him in fifth place. "A lot of these judges come from more culturally rich countries and understand the use of costumes to portray a mood, as in any opera, ballet or play." |