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.
The commercials with swimming in them drive me crazy.
Where are your goggles people? The lady in the Bally's commercial doing the breastroke. The lady with the sumptuous long hair flowing behind her in the water?
No way pal, ladies with hair that long wear swim caps. And goggles for pete's sake, eyes open underwater, smiling.
But the absolute worst thing I have seen is the picture on the cover of Lynne Cox' book. She's ocean swimming, no cap, no goggles. For a stupid commercial, or a one page ad for somethgin unrelated I can take it. But her book is about open water swimming.
The commercials with swimming in them drive me crazy.
Where are your goggles people? The lady in the Bally's commercial doing the breastroke. The lady with the sumptuous long hair flowing behind her in the water?
No way pal, ladies with hair that long wear swim caps. And goggles for pete's sake, eyes open underwater, smiling.
But the absolute worst thing I have seen is the picture on the cover of Lynne Cox' book. She's ocean swimming, no cap, no goggles. For a stupid commercial, or a one page ad for somethgin unrelated I can take it. But her book is about open water swimming.
