crowceilidh
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Really can do without JoJo. I am now ffing through her look-at-me b.s. and Matthew who is just dull.
Really hated the move to big backstories during auditions when it happened, now that it seems to have reached its apex I am even more bored. Everybody reaches for the emotions during these packages in totally cliched ways - there is nothing new in most stories and the complete lack of authenticity to the way they are put together shows why they aren't necessary. I am here for the dance; not to find out that you're traumatized by your grandmother's death so that I must vote for you. I wanna vote for you because you are a gifted dancer.
Also, the judges are NOT the stars of the show, no matter how much competitive reality shows love to wallow there. Piss off.
Twitch is an in alright choice. I love him and he doesn't appear to be utterly corrupted by his experiences with fame.
I did so much ffing that I'm wondering if I missed seeing these people go to choreo or are we not going to see that?
I've missed one season (the year they doubled, I just didn't have time for the second season), but as they've messed more and more with judges who aren't trained in a field of dance or are just famous/desperate, I've been less and less happy. I know Nigel has a group of ageist cancellers out there who always hated him, but the man laid a golden egg and they have just killed him. Hmmm.
I also think casting the very bottom of the age range is stupid -- no way are they all better than older contestants, so there is something else at the bottom of that decision. I suspect the youngers are easier to exploit.
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so instead of using any of the other options available to him to sabotage the career of an officer who embarrassed him in front of city council the head of the LAPD union decided the best course of action would be to conspire with someone from the ATF's most wanted list to murder said officer and anyone else who got in the way?
You have to admit, these writers are perfectly capable of plotting such tomfoolery. I mean, c/mon, two career criminals who just happen to be bf and gf and just happen to look identical to Chenford?
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I really liked Chen when this whole show started. But the needy in-denial thing she goes through with Tim is highly dislikeable and makes her seem much less together. She has daddy issues. I don't want to see them -- I want to see her grow the eff up.
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Wasn't it nice seeing John Nolan all on his own?
Yes, yes it was.
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In the season prior, ABC attempted to keep the show fresh by replacing Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews with new host Tyra Banks. The mastermind behind America’s Next Top Model polarized viewers with her awkward small talk and garish gowns but the audience grew. Fans still wanted their ballroom fix.
This paragraph has a few lies: "keep the show fresh" my ass. They punished Tom for speaking out about the right wing political casting.
"Mastermind"?
Anybody think "the audience grew"? By what metric? The "we made a big mistake hiring Tyra and we don't want to admit it" metric?
When the show was first on, it wasn't so obvious that Disney owned ABC but it sure got more and more obvious as the years progressed. I found this distressing because I find Disney to be a repulsive corporation.
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The judges are completely unwatchable. If I never see Jenna D-T again it will be WAY too soon.
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I love the relationship between Sam and Kelly so much. They bond stronger and harder all the time -- just when you think they can't bond anymore than they have, they do.
I also love the general lack of glamour. The epi I watched today, Duff threw herself at a fleeing female criminal and instead of looking like some frat boys' "girls catfighting fantasy" both went down like a couple of sacks of potatoes. The actress who plays Duff is so cool; she just throws herself all in.
Being Sam's mother was a terrible role for Sonja Smits. She brought shine to places in the role, but mostly her written character was so godawful. I guess there has to be an explanation for Sam's neuroses, but who thought, hey let's make Sonja Smits irritatingly dislikeable?
My favourite line this season was when Tara Swallows told Kelly and Sam to tiptoe out of there, Duff did some sarcastic fancy tiptoe and Tara said, "Hmm, more like a pas de bourree". The unexpectedness made me laugh.
I also like how the tone of the whole show is always shifting. I don't know how they've made it work so that I like this aspect. I can't imagine liking such a shift in other shows.
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In comparison to the storyline for Jenna Dewan Tatum, the storyline for Niecy Nash was delightful. FFS. Who is JDT blackmailing and what with?
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Nolan and Bailey have anti-chemistry. They spent a lot of time attempting to disprove that this episode. They failed.
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Chen is more ridiculously needy and whiney than my 17 year old high school students. Why do they make her like that? I really really wish Chenford doesn't ever happen. Tim has had his share of needy and whiny. And I do not understand why people cave to her when she's like that.
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I loved all of the show except the very end scenes with the street vigil for Li and the dinnder with Kisha which was interwoven<?> Dunno why, but it all felt de trop(too much) for me.
I think Kisha's being shipped in as a stand-inn replacement for Delilah who can now go off somewhere or die or whatever the tv gods have in their sights for her without destroying Robyn having a girl to bring up. Maybe tptb have heard people disliking Delilah and decided to go for a different type who is less naive and entitled.
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I loved the story re the Tulsa massacre as these types of historical events need a more continuous lens on them but was unimpressed by JPS character.
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I saw Robert Roldan behind a mike showing an audition studio on TV today. I can\t make out whether I'm worried about that = it was pretty much a Cat piece he was doing.
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I think you'll find when you're older that your judgement of Nigel's so-called pervy-ness is ageist crap. IMO.
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I am miffed by the news that they have sidelined Nigel. Given that this once-brilliant show was his baby, and that he is an executive producer, I'm not sure how that happened. If they replace him with some actor nonentity like Jenna Dewan, I will be even more miffed. Bring back Lil C or Dan Karaty or Mia. Dan is such a seasoned judge now -- so far as I can make out it's his life in Europe and he was really really good as a judge on SYTYCD Cda. And surely Mia is over being mean for the sake of being mean? I like Mary all right, but her attitude about some of these horrible dances being the second coming of Ballroom is old. Hate LAG. I can't imagine this is going to go well.
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I enjoy the oncoming smooches of Robyn and Dante - their flirtations are full of charisma and believable chemistry. They are both smart people who know how badly romance will eff up their working relationship, so I can only assume that they will verbally or physically consummate the epi that he's about to leave the show. As I hope he doesn't leave the show, I am hoping for their growing bond to slow the frick down.
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I think psychopath husband should kill Bailey so as to give Nolan a reason not to date for a long while. I'm not sure I could handle the blaming-self grieving process that would ensue.
Also, how dumb is Nolan to alert a psychopath that he's being watched?
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I was really glad not to see Nolan's g.f.
I feel the Wesley thing is going to end very badly.
Lucy needs a kick in the shins.
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I've been enjoying The Big Leap and think it's quite wonderful that Comfort not only has a dancing role as Aja but it is a speaking role too. I love Comfort.
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One of the problems for me is Dewan's acting,. which lacks any range. Her voice has the same cheerful "up-talk" inflection in every scene, whether she is being serious or flirting with Nolan. This show is unusual, in that the actors have to do very serious drama and light and funny moments in the same episode. She doesn't work for me as a dramatic actress
I cannot for the life of me understand why this woman continues to be cast in anything. She is a robot.
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" I also didn't think Suni would capture Cha Cha's fierce personality. "
I thought it was a very odd choice - I barked out loud when she did the actual HMV move that Cha-Cha does in the dance and she made it look totally a-sexual.
Overall, I really enjoyed the dances (didn't see the show) and ignored the heinous covers. I keep trying to think what other musicals everyone knows the words to all of the songs are. West side story probably will be again in a few years depending on whether Spielberg effs it up or not.
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New Jackson is still the most interesting thing about season 4 so far.
I'm with you - his dialogue was really great AND he delivered it really well and his backstory seems multi-faceted and interesting. And Harper plays against him well.
I am so against Bradford/Chen, mostly because she acts like a hormonal teenager, I get secondhand embarrassment watching her. I like slightly complex hardass Bradford one heckuva lot more than this renaissanc-y fantasy guy he's playing now.
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I was annoyed at how clearly they are telegraphing "we're going there" with Bradford and Chen. I like the looks of NewJackson better than old Jackson but that superficiality aside... The two exhausted parents doing exposition for us was plenty annoying. Bad writing. And Nathan has absolutely NO chemistry with Jenna and whoever dressed her for that date was not on her side. And I really don't like Jenna, and I've tried to be open-minded about her presence because I don't like her as a reality show person, but I thought she might be a decent actor... Nope, so I wish she'd go.
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I wonder about 3 different actors walking away from 3 very reasonable paying roles. Seems pretty fishy to me.
I suspect we'll never know.
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SYTYCD in the Media
in So You Think You Can Dance
I strongly suspect this is a face-saving story. He never came across as cool in a dance way or knowledgeable - esp against JoJo's teen hollering and Twitch's coolness, cred and empathy. I suspect they turfed him because he wasn't enough. I feel badly for him as he seemed to be trying to give good advice and not to make it all about him. I'm glad they made up a story to cover it because he doesn't deserve to be tarred by the show. I really hope their next choice is more watch-able