Primetimer April 22, 2015 Share April 22, 2015 Editor's Note: Discuss The Prancing Elites Project here. You are 'a black gay male dance troupe from Mobile, Alabama'? No further questions. Read the story Link to comment
Julie Firestone April 22, 2015 Share April 22, 2015 Sold! Also, WERRRK! And, YASSSS, GAWD! Thanks for the heads-up. Totally would have missed this otherwise. Link to comment
Flame Princess April 22, 2015 Share April 22, 2015 As someone who's actually from Mobile, yes, that town has a lot of bigots. But it also has a thriving gay community, and it's where I saw my first drag show. So I won't fault them for editing things like it's a backwater, because acceptance and tolerance don't exactly make for compelling TV. 1 Link to comment
Tara Ariano April 22, 2015 Share April 22, 2015 As someone who's actually from Mobile, yes, that town has a lot of bigots. But it also has a thriving gay community, and it's where I saw my first drag show. Phew! Link to comment
bilgistic April 23, 2015 Share April 23, 2015 Well, hmm. I watched it and actually got a little misty at the appropriate moments. However and despite my being a former high school dance team member, I didn't love it. All the stuff with Suzanne seemed completely unnecessary. That parade business was clearly staged. They couldn't walk in the parade, but there was a lane in the road cleared for them (behind the parade watchers??)? Since when do people stand in the road to watch a parade? As with all "reality" shows, it was manufactured DRAHHH-MAHHH!! and I generally avoid that. It seriously exhausts me. Link to comment
Silly Angel April 23, 2015 Share April 23, 2015 Is this online anywhere for those of us without TVs? Link to comment
bilgistic April 23, 2015 Share April 23, 2015 Maybe on the Oxygen website? I watched it on a cable app (not Oxygen--I don't think they have one). It's not posted on the site yet, but it just premiered tonight. Link to comment
Tara Ariano April 23, 2015 Share April 23, 2015 The full episode is up (probably only for U.S. viewers). Link to comment
Silly Angel April 24, 2015 Share April 24, 2015 Thanks! Adrian may be dumb as dirt, but he has the biggest heart. That was both hard to watch and so uplifting. It looks as if this season will be dramatic as hayell. Make me not miss Breaking Pointe so much... Link to comment
Taylorh2 April 28, 2015 Share April 28, 2015 OMG!! Is this shit for real ? It's "reality" right ? Link to comment
April Bloodgate April 30, 2015 Share April 30, 2015 I haven't watched episode 2 yet, but from the first episode my favorite is Jerel. Which is surprising because they described him as the bitchy one, and I never like bitchy "characters". We'll see how I feel later in the season. Tim is my second favorite. Link to comment
April Bloodgate April 30, 2015 Share April 30, 2015 http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20919205,00.html The Prancing Elites are interviewed for People Now and asked about Bruce Jenner. Link to comment
April Bloodgate April 30, 2015 Share April 30, 2015 It's hard to watch the parts where they're treated like shit, and I wish they wouldn't manufacture any more of it than what would already happen to them without producer intervention. I work for an LGBT foundation that is funding heavily in the South to fight for equal treatment, so I know that there is some truth to the way they are treated (and that would absolutely happen in Midwestern small towns, where I grew up, too), but the producers are clearly manufacturing more situations in which people can treat them this way. I'm hoping we can get greater focus on getting to know they're personalities and seeing them dance in the next episode. Link to comment
Taylorh2 April 30, 2015 Share April 30, 2015 Okay, so they want to dance. So why not just dance? what's with the 'sideshow' of it all ? Link to comment
mompanga May 2, 2015 Share May 2, 2015 I've been looking forward to this show! I do hope they show some of the J-Setting competitions which pop up during Pride events. Listening to all the accents makes me homesick for the South. Link to comment
mompanga May 2, 2015 Share May 2, 2015 Tim has such a magnetic smile which radiates joy when she dances. It's wonderful to see her living her passion. Link to comment
friendperidot May 3, 2015 Share May 3, 2015 (edited) this is a show? I saw it in late night listings and I thought it was an infomercial. Edited to explain - several years ago, there was a viral video that was joked about all over the place, a woman was showing her method of exercise - prancing. So when I saw this show in the listings, I thought she had made an infomercial. Edited May 4, 2015 by friendperidot Link to comment
April Bloodgate May 15, 2015 Share May 15, 2015 So many great moments when they were looking at the new apartment! But then oh my god, poor Kentrell. How do those 3 hold down jobs if they can't keep it together in front of the client for 2 minutes?! Link to comment
Dirtybubble May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 So is this show worth watching or not? I keep forgetting it's on but I was thinking of setting my DVR to record all the episodes so far....but from the lack of discussion going on here I kinda think that maybe it's no good (?) Link to comment
April Bloodgate May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 I'm still watching. I think it's good as far as non-competition reality TV goes, but I know that's not saying much. It's maybe not great overall in terms of "plot", but there are a lot of really great, funny moments each episode. I really enjoy Tim and Jerel. Link to comment
April Bloodgate May 28, 2015 Share May 28, 2015 So this forum is pretty much dead. Sorry I requested the creation of it for nothing. :( Link to comment
discoprincess June 1, 2015 Share June 1, 2015 I watched an episode late last night. These guys are hilarious! 1 Link to comment
Dirtybubble June 9, 2015 Share June 9, 2015 This show is ok but it seems a bit....dated. I think it would have been a really good show 5 or 10 years ago but now IDK it just seems like we've been over this subject matter quite a few times and I've seen these personalities more than once. Yeah the guys are entertaining and prejudice still exists in small, southern, rural towns but it just seems like the show is trying too hard to create a storyline. *shrug* Link to comment
scruffy73 July 10, 2015 Share July 10, 2015 Lord hammercy Adrian and Tim make me tired. How they function in the real world really is one of life's greatest mysteries. Link to comment
scruffy73 July 10, 2015 Share July 10, 2015 I just got into the show and I love it. These guys and Tim make me laugh and cry. I was in here crying with Kareem when he discussed his diagnosis like he was my cousin or something. I really like Kentrell and Jerel. I actually like all of them but I would want to slap Tim and Adrian after about 20 minutes. Too much! But Adrian's makeup is on point. Link to comment
scruffy73 July 10, 2015 Share July 10, 2015 I like them all. Jerel makes me laugh so much that I look forward to seeing him. Adrian makes me laugh bc he is so dumb but so kind. Kentrell is the adult and I feel his pain. Tim is so sweet. I am wondering about her voice though. Has she taken some kind of hormones to make her voice do that or is she putting on? It took me a minute to warm to Kareem bc he doesn't talk much but I wanted to go to Mobile to love on him when he found out about his HIV. Lord that almost took me out. I cried with them. I would love to spend the day with them as a group but only Kentrell and maybe Kareem alone for a long period of time Link to comment
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