They are a side who can defend well with very physical and quick players on the break, so I believe that the counter attack suits them more than dominating the game.
In the United States, however, bowing or any type of submissive body posture is particularly irritating, for it tends to connote undue formality, aristocracy, and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism.
Their streamlined bodies, the absence of hind legs, and the presence of a fluke and blowhole cannot disguise their affinities with land dwelling mammals.
If the entertainment industry really cared about sending the wrong message on body image, it wouldn't need so many slender celebrities in the first place.