Mark III
11-27-2016, 09:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FsrjBASNY
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.
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/681143610805514241/Anije-pN_normal.jpgMichael Ian Black
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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. https://twitter.com/yashar/status/802727332284919812 … (https://t.co/Nz0iDHqili)
12:37 AM - 27 Nov 2016 (https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/802763197635788800)
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http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/307614-people-are-outraged-over-a-holocaust-themed-ice-skating-routine
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.
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/681143610805514241/Anije-pN_normal.jpgMichael Ian Black
✔@michaelianblack (https://twitter.com/michaelianblack)
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. https://twitter.com/yashar/status/802727332284919812 … (https://t.co/Nz0iDHqili)
12:37 AM - 27 Nov 2016 (https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/802763197635788800)
(https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=802763197635788800)
764764 Retweets (https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=802763197635788800)
2,0492,049 likes (https://twitter.com/intent/like?tweet_id=802763197635788800)
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/307614-people-are-outraged-over-a-holocaust-themed-ice-skating-routine