Please shut up, Nancy Kerrigan.

[icarus]

I can't stand Nancy Kerrigan as an announcer.

Okay, okay, during the competitions she's not bad. She knows (and can tell us) the difference between a triple flip and a triple Lutz -- although no one does it like Dick Button. Button tells where the skater has been, tells us, "Ryan has always had trouble with his speed but boy, he's fast tonight!" He gives us a sense of history, that this competition isn't an isolated event.

But she's driving me batty during the exhibitions. She just doesn't know when to talk or when to shut up.

Pointers for future announcers:

1 - Watch your mic. If it's fallen closer to your face -- put it back where it was! Otherwise your voice is now very, very loud, and very unprofessional. A tip: your nasal voice should not be louder than the skater's music.

2 - Give the important information up front. The song. The skater name. Don't wait until halfway through the performance when the viewer is into the show to interrupt it to tell us this shit. Cute comments also go in the beginning. Then let the viewer watch.

3 - We don't care about your past experiences in skating. Really. We don't want to know what it's like for you to perform in an exhibition. We're not watching you. You are not the show. You are just a disembodied voice. (Besides, Nancy, you always sucked. You were technically pristine but a boring performer.)

4 - You are watching the jumps. The viewer is watching the show. Don't shut up during the jumps and talk over the performance when you get bored. The truth is, hard as they are, important as they are, you've seen one jump, you've seen them all. Footwork, character, expression are what matter in an exhibition. You know, the stuff you're interrupting?

5 - It's an exhibition. Telling us during an exhibition that it's illegal to do that backflip in competition is completely irrelevant. It's not a competition.

6 - Pay attention to what's going on. Never tell us what you don't know. For example, telling us that "I got so into it I didn't catch whether Takahachi did a triple flip or a--" *strangles Nancy*

Comments

[nufaciel.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I didn't like her as a skater either. She always gets on my nerves. But you're right on all counts. She needs to shut up and realize that during a performance, no one cares what she has to say. Keep the talking to a minimum and relevant.

[rabidfan.livejournal.com]

She has kind of a whiney persona that grates. I'd be so very sad (cough) if they replaced her. I hear Tanya Harding is available?????

[rabidfan.livejournal.com]

I mentioned something about reading a skating story to my mom and out of the blue she tells me she used to have a crush on Dick Button. "He was so smooth, so debonair on the ice," she cooed...followed by dreamy sighs. Uhh. Mom's. They do like to keep us guessing.

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

I've never been a Nancy fan either, no matter what she was doing. Don't hate her or anything, but I'd just as soon never see nor hear from her again.

Dick Button roxxorz as a commentator. :D

Angie