A German figure skater is under fire after performing to music from the film “Schindler’s List” at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday. Nicole Schott, 21, was competing in the singles figure skating competition and used the Academy Award-winning score for her choreographed routine. Related: Hoda Kotb And Savannah Guthrie Take Multiple Tumbles During Ski Lesson At 2018 Olympics John Williams...
- 2/23/2018
- by Fareen Karim
- ET Canada
A German figure skater twirling to the score from "Schindler's List" -- how could she Nazi see the backlash coming? Yup, Nicole Schott performed her long program Thursday in Pyeongchang to the song that instantly reminds people of the Holocaust ... the disdain from Winter Olympics viewers was immediate. As one person so eloquently put it ... "Abort Abort Abort!" The German figure skater is skating to music from Schindler’s List...Abort Abort Abort!I repeat,...
- 2/23/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
(Spoiler alert: This post includes details of the Winter Olympics from PyeongChang not yet aired in the U.S.) German figure skater Nicole Schott’s decision to perform to the score from Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning Holocaust drama “Schindler’s List” overshadowed her actual performance early Friday morning local time in PyeongChan, South Korea. While the film’s main theme music composed by John Williams and performed by violinist Itzhak Perlman is hauntingly beautiful, many thought it was inappropriate considering Germany’s history with the Nazis and Jewish concentration camps. Schott’s use of the score was described as “a bad music choice” by one Twitter user, while another said it “feels real f—ed up.” Also...
- 2/23/2018
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Germany’s Nicole Schott competed in the ladie’s figure skating free skate at the Winter Olympics Friday morning in South Korea (Thursday evening stateside) — and her musical selection raised more than a few eyebrows on social media.
The 21-year-old skated to the score from Schindler’s List — Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning 1993 film depicting German-occupied Poland during World War II, and attempts to save those persecuted during the Holocaust — and the choice immediately caught the attention of Twitter users.
“Um is this weird y’all correct me if I’m wrong cause y’all know I’m a dumb ass some times,...
The 21-year-old skated to the score from Schindler’s List — Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning 1993 film depicting German-occupied Poland during World War II, and attempts to save those persecuted during the Holocaust — and the choice immediately caught the attention of Twitter users.
“Um is this weird y’all correct me if I’m wrong cause y’all know I’m a dumb ass some times,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd
- PEOPLE.com
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