Julia Mancuso - ESPN the body issue (PG13)

[riverc0il]

I am not saying celebs and athletes should expect 100% privacy. They should expect the public to see them and get excited because of their celeb status. But I do think that the public should not have an adverse reaction if she does not want to have random people coming up to her constantly when she is out having fun and wants to do her own thing. Athletes shouldn't have to setup shop, talk with their fans, and sign autographs every time they step foot outside of their homes. And the public should not expect them to do so and think less of them if they don't.

 

[skiberg]

I think we agree. I just think she was in a situation where she placed herself in the limelight. When you do that the expectation of privacy is less. She has a very poor reputation in this regard. Man she is an unbelievable skier though. One of the greatest we have ever produced. You could make a legit argument that she is the best US skier ever. The shame is that her attitude is not on the same level. This is why Lindsey has the press and one of the reasons the can't stand each other anymore.

 

[Cannonball]

This whole expectation of athletes to always be gracious is obnoxious. If I had people constantly coming up to me that I don't know, who knows how I would react. I certainly don't care for 8 year olds approaching me. We should indeed make special note of athletes that do the PR thing very well. But we should not harshly judge athletes that only care about the sport for the sport's sake and just don't want to do the PR thing. Good on Mancuso and any other athlete for desiring to keep any shred of privacy they can even though they are in the spot light. I think it is a shame what we do to many celebrities and our hyper celebrity obsessive culture is shameless at times.

+1 Athletes (musicians, actors, etc) are just another person. If a stranger comes up bugging me when I'm just trying to get my coffee I may not be overly friendly either.

On topic, I noticed this thread while at a public computer and I certainly appreciate the PG13 title rating! Marvelous shot. I think it is great that muscular and athletic women strut their stuff. The typical concept of female beauty is somewhat crazy...

+1 The expectations are ridiculous. She's an amazing athlete with the amazing body to match. She's supposed to represent our country by skiing harder than faster than everyone else, but she's not supposed to have the muscles that requires? A bunch of beer-gut, internet surfers get to critique her every aspect, and then she's supposed be a gracious public figure to all those same shmoes and their kids?

 

[Geoff]