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4 hours ago, LexieLily said:
Cheryl mentioned in an article that the DWTS pros that are married to each other (Pasha/Daniella, Sasha/Emma, and Val/Jenna) can't live together, but all the other pros can live in their homes. Peta can go home to Maks, Cheryl can go to her husband, etc. I don't understand the reasoning. Is DWTS springing for three hotel rooms for one person from each married couple? Say Jenna is eliminated the first week and Val sticks around until the semifinals, is Jenna stuck in a hotel room for two or three months or can she go home?
I think they would probably be able to go home? I mean don’t quote me on it, but the point of keeping them apart seems to be more so that 1 COVID case doesn’t take out 2 couples from the competition. I imagine if anyone gets it, or gets exposed to someone who has it, they and their entire household would have to quarantine. This probably forces whoever is affected to withdraw from the competition. If the marrieds are still living together, you end up with 2 contestants exposed and double eliminated. But if one of them is already eliminated it won’t matter (to the show, that is) if they have to quarantine. They’re already out.
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Incredibly sad news from Travis
Danny was such a beautiful dancer. I always wished him well.
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17 hours ago, boyznkatz said:
I don't think they should necessarily ban all politicians, just the unethical ones. Geez, I long for the days when "controversial" meant someone like Kate Gosselin. She was annoying, but nowhere near as bad as Paula Deen, Tonya Harding, Ryan Lochte, Sean Spicer, etc. Those people were all vile and had no business being portrayed as sympathetic figures who needed redemption. If they want to go down the redemption angle, then get some former drunk or someone who sincerely made a mistake and regrets it, not bold-faced liars who are just trying to make a buck. Or get someone who is "controversial" in a good way like Colin Kaepernick or Megan Rapinoe.
I don't know, I think all politicians is fair. Unless they're like, SUPER retired from politics, and they're doing the show to promote their charity that finds shoes for disadvantaged children with two different sized feet or something.I can't think of a politician I would want on the show, even one I liked. (If I like them, I want them to be doing important things, not this!) I think a lot of times, the complaint "don't talk about politics here" is used to silence marginalized voices, but in this context, it's already enforced. So you end up with this person whose mere existence is polarizing, you're not allowed to talk about the real, human cost reasons why you feel so strongly about it, and it devolves into the shittiest version of no substance, red team/blue team tribal politics.
People who are famous for something else, but also have political views, I think are fair game. But when the show casts a purely political figure and then edits out all the politics to try to make them seem like your favorite problematic uncle, that's when it feels like they're just wallpapering over the elephant in the room.
There's certain other "controversial" contestants it feels like this for too, like Paula Deen, but it's almost always true for politicians. Maybe the rule of thumb is, if they are famous for being a "controversial" figure, you have to be able to talk about WHY they're controversial. If you can't, no casting. The flip side of it, in the "good controversy" category, is if they cast someone like Colin Kaepernick, and then he wasn't allowed to talk about WHY what he's doing is so important to him, I would be infinitely frustrated.
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1 hour ago, Runningwild said:They should have seen it coming by now. Especially after last season. I’d like to think it will send a message to Hollywood that not everyone agrees with them and not everyone feels the same as them
THIS IS THE PROBLEM. It’s a dance show. There shouldn’t be a “message” to “show ‘em” (WHO’S THEM?!?!? A country singer girl and a couple people who were on shows in the 90s?) besides, “this is my best attempt at a cha cha, and here are some wacky hijinks behind the scenes.”
That Spicer, taking a bold stance against...rhythm???? That’ll get them? He’s not proving anything, it’s a made up “fight” about nonsense. And literally no one “in Hollywood” cares except for people who found this show to be a fun diversion and now are bummed it’s not anymore.
No politicians should be on this thing, it makes everything too stupid.
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Honestly, I don’t mind “bad dancers” getting far in this thing. That Cubs dude? Fine, he was enjoyable. Alek Skarlatos - terrible dancer and conservative - didn’t mind him in the finals. What I mind is entitled assholes playing the victim to drum up votes.
If anyone watches The Good Place, they have a character this season who’s a blowhard asshole who thinks the world should bend to his every whim. The second he doesn’t get the “complos” (compliments) he thinks he deserves, he cries about he’s being attacked. That’s what Spicer’s sad conservative talk show tour, as seen in the Daily Show clip in his thread, reminds me of. He seems to be playing nice on the show, but crying endlessly out of the other side of his mouth. (Ahem, two faced liar.) That’s what made Bones so insufferable as well.
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3 hours ago, DietCokeJunkie said:
In what universe are these people considered “Hollywood elite”? Contestants have always been D list celebrities and athletes past their prime looking to recapture (or stir up) a few minutes of fame.
It’s making up a grievance by making up someone to be against. The political name of the game. Then, when your pretend opponent calls you out on it, you call them “sensitive” and at the same time cry endlessly about how mean they are. If someone points out that makes no sense, call them crazy.
Straight out of the playbook of He Who We Are Not Allowed To Talk About. I hate that it seems to work.
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4 hours ago, boyznkatz said:
I still for the life of me can’t understand why the president is concerned about a silly dance show?? 🤔
I find it deeply embarrassing for the country, and would no matter what party the president belonged to.
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8 hours ago, boyznkatz said:
Yeah, I think my son's friends watch it as well, along with other older shows. I'm always amazed when he recognizes more peeps from DWTS than I do. LOL!
Yeah, it got really big on Netflix with the teen crew. Billie Eilish - 17 years old with one of the best selling albums of the summer - sampled one of the episodes in one of her songs. Here she is getting quizzed by Rainn Wilson on office trivia
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18 minutes ago, ShellyD said:
And this is why Spicer is still there. I think the judges are contributing... in what world was that dance worth 7’s? He basically did his best Vanna White impression while Lindsey danced around him. 6’s at best.
I felt sorry for Sailor, obviously she wasn’t expecting it.
Kate and James are my favorites and I love Lauren’s music but don’t think much of Gleb and his choreography. My dad passed in much the same way as her stepfather (diagnosed with cancer in April, passed in October) and it has been 16 years instead of one. I still cry when I talk about him. I was impressed that LA made it through the dance.
It’s this giant ass chip on the shoulder attitude that’s sucking the joy out of it for me. Bobby Bones & his fans have it. Spicer & his cult have it. You know if he ever does get eliminated the crying about “bias” will never stop.
I’ll take a girl crying a bit too hard when she gets eliminated because she wanted it too hard over that “woah is me, own the libs/Hollywood elite/whoever you’re blaming today” whining every day.
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22 hours ago, luvthepros said:
Sean looks like he has lost weight since week one. I Googled it and found he has lost 17 pounds since beginning his training for DWTS. Sean said he has not been this weight since he was on active duty in the Navy. Good for him.
If he says 17 lbs, he’s probably lost 3, knowing how good he is at estimating the sizes of things.
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1 hour ago, bealled said:
Is anyone else just not into this season? I feel like I'm not connecting with this cast, and I'm not a fan of the new elimination format. I would prefer if the judges are deadlocked they revert to America's vote. I just think once we get two decent dancers in the bottom, people will be unhappy with the judge's choice. Plus this format does nothing to eliminate bad dancers if they don't end up in the bottom 2.
Yeah, they took the dullness of last season and made it worse. I’ve only watched since the Meryl/Amy/Charlie season, and I can’t tell if it’s just bound to get repetitive after a while or if the choreography has gotten more boring. Highlighted by Disney night, how many pirate pasos and Cinderella waltzes can you do? They all look the same. James and Kel are both nostalgia castings for me, and while I like them both I don’t care. Something about this cast isn’t gelling, and Spicer is hanging around like a fart in an elevator making everything feel Bad.
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22 hours ago, stonehaven said:
and still wondering why Sean is there...
Cults are powerful things.
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44 minutes ago, spanana said:
I doubt they read them but I hope Gleb and Jenna don't read youtube comments. Under Lauren's dances, all the comments are about how much Gleb sucks and while under Karamo's dances most are saying Jenna can't teach or choreograph and they wish he was with Lindsay or Sharna.
Jenna’s mom has been fighting with Instagram commenters on the DWTS page, so I think they read some of them. 😬
I’m not the hugest Jenna defender but I do think Karamo is... sorta bad. His dance last night was awkward and stompy. I don’t know if this is due to a lack of teaching ability on Jenna’s part, or Karamo just not being as good at this as everyone expected him to be.
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16 minutes ago, Toonces464 said:
Carrie Ann said that since Sailor wasn't lifted by her partner, it wasn't technically a lift. She commented to Val on intentionally doing it to get around the lift police.
Ah, see that’s what I get for only watching YouTube dances, I miss* that stuff!
* I don’t really miss it
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I wonder if Kel’s votes are being hurt by him playing “against type.” Most people know him from roles as this high energy goofball idiot, and besides the fact that he slid out of his face week 1, he comes across much more serious. I’m sure he doesn’t want to be typecast as his teen self forever, but, like Alphonso, he may need to give the people what they want and bop around to a Goodburger dance.
Curious where the lift police land on a squad of troupe dancers lifting up both partners (Val & Sailor). Guess that’s a loophole in the lift manual? You can’t lift your partner but others can? (I kinda enjoyed the dance, I mostly think lift policing is dumb)
Its nice to see Pasha & Kate gaining steam. They bring a bit of a refreshing energy to this mess.
Also, side note, man I really love that Selena song.
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I like how they made a huge deal about cutting the troupe this year and “going back to classic dances that aren’t such a big production,” and by week 3 they’ve immediately brought everyone back
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15 hours ago, MikaelaArsenault said:
So the first elimination is next week. Who does everyone think that it will be?
I’d be worried about Kate and Pasha, which is a shame because they’re more deserving to stay than plenty others.
But comedians don’t ever seem to do well, female comedians even worse, and she’s got the most unknown pro.
She’s not who I’d want to go home (ahem florescent human trashbag who shall not be named) but the person I want to go home first never does.
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4 minutes ago, Kira53 said:
I don't know who she is but I never that many celebs at the start of the season.
Ah, got it. She’s not a celeb, she’s a new pro dancer. Both her and Keo will be doing dances all season demonstrating proper technique, they won’t be competing to win. That’s why I said Keo doesn’t have a “celeb” partner. Some are viewing it as a demotion, as he’s effectively no longer in the competition.
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I'm gonna lock in a prediction before the season starts, so in the case I'm right I get to feel like I called it. (I haven't watched any of the dances)
I think James will win.
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Ooh, we haven’t had a good, “Val has damaged one of his partners” scandal in a while.
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10 hours ago, legaleagle53 said:
I'd say that @kitcloudkicker knew what he/she meant. Keo doesn't have a CELEBRITY partner this year. He only has a PRO that he's going to be doing demo dances with to teach the viewers what to look for (and even how to do some of the basics ourselves).
Unless @Kira53 means getting Daniella as a partner is better than getting a so-called celebrity?
I do like Daniella, she’s a pretty captivating dancer, it’ll be fun to see what they can do. Maybe it’ll be more fun for them to be able to dance full out every week with someone at the top of their game.
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10 hours ago, legaleagle53 said:
Black is a slimming color. I'd say they're dressed in black because that would be the most universally flattering color for all of them.
Hmm, given that it looks flattering on none of them, I might argue the “wisdom” in that conventional wisdom.
It looks drab and sad. Like they’re advertising a mid season replacement workplace drama about sad lawyers, that will make it through 6 episodes before inevitably getting canceled.
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Confirmation that Keo doesn’t have a celeb partner this season
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S29: Justina Machado: Six Feet Under the Mirrorball
in Dancing With The Stars
She’s my early pick to win, or at the very least make the finals. I wasn’t that familiar with her before, but she’s a good performer, has got an energy that’s just infinitely relatable, and seems to represent pretty squarely the demo that watches this show.