I was watching Desperate Housewives and they had a scene at Bree(Marcia Cross's)'s son high school swim meet. It was such a bad betrayal of swimming. There were no lane lines in the pool and no real timers. Plus, there were no bleachers, just chairs that you would see in a classroom. It would be nice if Hollywood got the accurate view of swimming.
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If I recall, I thought I read once when Swimfan came out that the writer of the movie was somehow affiliated with Stanford Swimming and this was a film project he did in college. Don't quote me on that, but I am pretty sure I remember reading that somewhere.
On another subject, I have noticed a lot of commercials featuring swimming lately. They seem to be pretty good. Usually show a senior person completing some open water swim or the like but they still need heart meds. At least they aren't doing swimming for Viagra or Cialis commercials!
If I recall, I thought I read once when Swimfan came out that the writer of the movie was somehow affiliated with Stanford Swimming and this was a film project he did in college. Don't quote me on that, but I am pretty sure I remember reading that somewhere.
On another subject, I have noticed a lot of commercials featuring swimming lately. They seem to be pretty good. Usually show a senior person completing some open water swim or the like but they still need heart meds. At least they aren't doing swimming for Viagra or Cialis commercials!
