A German figure skater has been criticised for performing to the Schindler’s List score.
Following a change to the Olympics’ figure-skating rules, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have become the first to allow skaters the use of music with lyrics in their routines
Nicole Schott used the soundtrack during her free skate performance last night (February 22), but faced an immediate backlash online for her choice.
“Nicole Schott is a German woman skating to Schindler’s List. That feels real fucked up,” one Twitter user wrote. “Just tuned into Olympic figure skating and the German figure skater is skating to the theme song from … Schindler’s List. No joke. Call me crazy but that doesn’t seem right,” added another.
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Just tuned into Olympic figure skating and the German figure skater is skating to the theme song from … Schindler’s List. No joke. Call me crazy but that doesn’t seem right.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 23, 2018
God I love the pace of closed captioning. Just now, watching a German figure skater:
NICOLE SCHOTT IS SKATING TO…
…
…SCHINDLER’S LIST ?
— T.J. Chambers (@tjchambersLA) February 23, 2018
trying to imagine the discussion when someone says “hey how about skating to music from Schindler’s List? That’ll really get the crowd pumped up”
— Sara Koenig ? (@sara_koenig) February 23, 2018
German figure skater, Nicole Schott, decided to skate to the score of Schindler's List…
In case you’ve never seen it, Schindler’s List is a gut-wrenching movie about the Holocaust, and Nazi Germany.
…did I mention that she’s German?!?
I think I’m about to throw up. pic.twitter.com/WkeFUItDNj
— Brenna Simon (@BrennaSimonSays) February 23, 2018
Wait, a German figure skater skated to Schindler's List? pic.twitter.com/uoaf4Vjmnh
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) February 23, 2018
Schindler’s List was released in 1993, and focused on Oskar Schindler, a factory owner who saved thousands of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. The Steven Spielberg-directed movie was scored by Oscar-winning composer John Williams.
Other tracks used in this year’s Winter Olympics include Benjamin Clementine’s ‘Nemesis’, Christina Perri’s ‘A Thousand Years’ and Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Make It Rain’. Germany’s Paul Fentz, meanwhile, opted to skate to a jazz/swing cover of Oasis‘ ‘Wonderwall’ by Paul Anka.