Tuesday Night's Show 11/17 -GUEST COMMENTARY!

I was unable to watch the show last night. In lieu of my normal commentary, I will post an email I got from a friend this morning:

i hate legacy more than ever. he was too busy trying to show off his six pack that his posture was terrible throughout the dance. not to mention how he is so obsessed with himself that he plays with his own shadow. and who is paying the judges to rave about jakob (he is soooo forgettable)? his toes were pointed during a hip hop routine!!!!!!

thoughts?

Wednesday Result Show

I full on loved the opening piece. It was complicated, dynamic, compelling and I enjoyed every second of it. Perhaps Dave Scott can be the one who replaces Tabitha and Napoleon!

Dominic from Season 3? Flock of Seagulls haircut? Kmart commercial? Scooter? I'm not even going to comment. But I want to put it out there. 

Did you catch that the song Kevin did his solo to was written by Wade Robson...

I liked Karen's solo and I am not sure that she deserved to be scolded along with the other girls for having weak solos. I'm not sure that Ellenore's was even that bad (though I can see what they meant by her trying to be too quirky). Pauline's was not so good.  She was the obvious choice to go home. 

Looks like the show is not headed for a blackout but a tapout. I don't know if I totally agree with the choice. I think Peter might have been able to grow more with time.  But Kevin did have the better performance this week, so I guess he does indeed deserve to stay.

More Tuesday Night

Karen/Kevin and Ashleigh/Jakob were both great dances. I was pleasantly surprised. And I think both of them are good couples as well as individuals. Kevin really needs to not wear his hair like that ever again, as he looks way to much like the car thief in "Adventures in Babysitting."

I have to say that I am not often moved by the dancer's personal stories, but I was totally moved by Peter talking about his work with people with special needs. That just speaks volumes about his character and I am really impressed. And then I loved his dance with Pauline. The costumes were adorable, they looked great together, and I thought that they really pulled off a good quick step. Interestingly enough, Nigel pointed out how it was not a technically well performed quick step, but he acknowledged that the overall performance was a success. 

I was thinking this morning about why I like Legacy when it seems like a lot of other people don't. And I was wondering if it's because I never like the person who wins, I never pick the winner, and Legacy feels like a good person to back if I want to have at least one season where my favorite dancer wins. On the other hand, he is getting a lot attention right now, and is running the risk of peaking too early.

As far as Legacy's routine, clearly I loved it. I mean really loved it. And I thought Kathryn was very good. I don't know if she deserved all the criticism she got. Oh! I just had a thought. At around this point last season, Phillip and Jeanine did a very similar Broadway at a time when Phillip was all people talked about and Jeanine was completely under the radar. Conclusion: Kathryn is going to win.

All I can say about Ryan and Ellenore is that it should have been a train wreck and it was not. Not even close. But it was not awesome. But we have definitely seen people fall harder when out of their element. 

Eeek. What happened to Mollee and Nathan? I hope they don't go home over this bc I see a lot of potential in both of them.  It almost seemed like nerves rather than that they could not handle the dance. They just looked a bit uncomfortable out there.

I can't believe Russell and Noelle did the African Anteater Ritual. But man did they rock it. Not as well as Patrick Dempsey did, but they rocked it. 

Tuesday Night's Show

When I saw that there were two married couples on the show, the first thing I thought was, "Oh, this is going to totally break up both their marriages." I was partially kidding, and definitely did not want it to actually happen. Hence, I was really upset when Karen announced that she and her husband were splitting up.

Another side note, I was watching a CSI:NY episode yesterday about rival hip hop dancers (who obviously end up murdering each other) and they were playing the song that Legacy danced to last week. And then I notice that it was Legacy dancing to the song. It was hard to miss the person walking backwards on their hands. So I did a little IMDB investigating and found out that Jonathan "Legacy" Perez has been a background dancer on a couple shows and movies. There were also some head shots of him, which I found odd, because that seemed a little too "professional." I always think these people are no-names that just walk off the street, and then it always turns out that they already have a few dance accomplishments under their belt.

Was it me, or was one of the routines last night a combination of Tyce's addiction piece and Travis Wall's piece with Jeannine and the heart locket? I think Victor and Channing danced to it, and perhaps Stacey Tucci choreographed it. But you know how I am with names...

In truth, I was not able to watch most of last night's episode, so I am going to watch it now and post more thoughts later.

Deleted Comment #3

In response to my recollection that Joshua had once lied about his dance training:

"At least he can dance, unlike you"

DELETED COMMENT #2

wow, your blog posts are so superficial and tasteless.

calling jeanine cocky and saying you're not impressed by routines in your old posts. do you think you can dance?  

DELETED COMMENT #1

The amount of errors in your 'summary' show that you really have no idea what you're talking about.

First of all, Mollee and Jason. Who is Jason? LOL. It's Nathan.

Noelle didn't do well in her hip hop performance. Not only that, she got a free ride last week and should have nailed her routine this week.

Ashleigh was never 'carried' by Ryan. She was simply in the background in contrast to him. To imply that she was 'carried', is to say that she fumbled through all the rounds in Vegas and had to dance for her life several times with her husband, which did not happen.

Your lack of knowledge of tap is clear. I am not a tap expert, but to talk shit about tap dancers whilst praising legacy is such a double standard. Legacy has poor technique, probably can't do a leg extension, jette or hold a pioruette, yet is praised for his 'control'. I think it's funny how he got Hip Hop the first week, and contemporary routine that did not show any technique by Legacy at all. Nothing against Kathryn, but Legacy is overrated.

"The bottom four is bull shit". Okay, great commentary.

Do you like any genres of dance at all? Maybe you should learn to appreciate other styles of dance more, instead of lamenting and labelling things as 'boring', 'slow' and 'shit'. I personally think it's disgusting that you have SYTYCD in your blog title at all. 

A Note To My Readers

The reason I write this blog is because I love the show "So You Think You Can Dance," and I wanted to create a forum where other people could share their thoughts on the show. 

I am not a dancer. I have never taken a dance class. I have never claimed to have any expertise about dance. But, I love dancing. Everything I write here is just one person's opinion. A non-expert opinion. I don't think you have to be an expert to have an opinion. I write about how the dances make me feel, not from a place of learned knowledge, but rather my gut reaction.  

This morning I deleted about four comments from this blog because of their incredibly mean spirited nature. I want debate and conversation and different opinions about dance, but there is absolutely no place for personal attacks on me, or anyone else who leaves comments. 

I hesitated before deleting the comments, because everyone is entitled to voice their thoughts, but then I removed them after deciding that I did not want that level of negativity and hate attached to my blog. However, I am going to re-post all the comments except for the one where an anonymous person calls me a "fat bitch." There is no place for that level of reckless hostility on my blog or anywhere else in the world.

I sincerely apologize if I have offended anyone with the things I have written. My intention has always been to share my love of the show, not make people angry. In the future I will make an attempt to be more sensitive about the things that I say. As far as typos and calling people the wrong name, that will never stop. I am a really bad proofreader, and I have a lot of trouble remembering people's names :)

Death to Nappy Tabs (insert skull and cross bones symbol here)

Noelle & Russell: Wow, I really expected Noelle's dancing to be as stupid as her personality, but it was not at all! I was so impressed with her (besides her really bad "Matrix" move and aerial cartwheel). But I could not take my eyes off her.  I watched Noelle way more than Russell. As far as Shankman's comments; I am not sure he had a cohesive thought in there. I'm pretty sure it was the coke and/or acid talking. Not one thing he said made sense. Love you, Shanky, keep it coming.

Ashleigh &  Jakob: Perhaps the first ballroom I have enjoyed watching. Okay, I am sure that is not true. But I usually see Tony and Meredith and then get ready to not like the next dance. But this time they rocked it. And by they, I am mean Ashleigh and Jakob, because those kids have talent. I love that originally Ashleigh's husband was carrying her, because she has completely come into her own. 

Bianca & Victor: Ummm, I did not like it. It felt slow. Was that the choreography, or them? I think that I am really prejudiced against Bianca because I don't think she can reach beyond tap, though I would not mind being proved wrong. I think Victor might have danced okay, but I was mostly watching Bianca and thinking about how being good in one genre of dance does not make you more capable in others.

Mollee & Jason: Of all the weird things that have been pointed out about people's behavior on this show, nothing quite stands out like Mollee's need to go to the bathroom a lot. There is just something so wrong with the sight of her raising her hand to be dismissed to go to the restroom while someone is trying to teach her choreography.

Bollywood? More like Bollyboring. That was uninteresting and not even in the right style. If they had no been dressed as they were with beads and scarves, I might not have even guessed the genre. Not good. YET, the judges did not have enough good things to say. Which is either bc 1) They are trying to promote Bollywood as an acceptable style of dance on this show, or 2)They are trying to promote Mollee and Jason. Because that routine was mediocre at best.

Channing & Phillip: Do you hear it? Do you hear it coming? I think it is...I think it might be...yes, it's a TRAIN WRECK! Nice try guys, loved the enthusiasm, love you guys as a pair, but how could we not notice all the hiccups? As the judges said, it was a real struggle. They were cautious and slow and then still messed up. And I think Phillip might look like he is in his 50's. Note: When Nigel says that the color of your costume "really suits you," he is struggling... struggling for a compliment.

Karen & Kevin: Death to Nappy Tabs. I'm just going to say it. I am tired of this sh*t. I am sick and tired of this boring hip hop. At first I thought I was just anti-Nappy Tabs because they look like they should both be teaching Middle School Earth Science and not choreographing hip hop, but I am over that. Too many of their routines suck. Bring back Lil C, bring back Shane Sparks, do anything, just stop relying on this played out, watered down, over hyped, need to be "has been," choreography team. And they wear hats too often. 

I have no comment on the dancers. 

Kathryn & Legacy (the criers): Legacy has such control over his body, I don't know if there is anything he can't do. Never has someone transformed from a break dancer to a contemporary dancer so quickly (and Shanky is saying this exact same thing right now, but let the record show that I was already writing it). And Kathryn was pretty damn good too. I guess there is a correlation between dance ability and number of tears shed per day. But again, Legacy, I love you, you are amazing. 

Pauline & Peter: "Imagine there was an earlier draft of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' and in that earlier draft he painted people. This number is about those discarded people coming back to torment Van Gogh." Wade Robson, I would expect nothing less from you. Nothing.

And yet the dance sucked. And so I blame the dancers. I think Peter blows. If this had been Brandon and Jeanette, it would have been off the chain. But I don't think these two could handle it. AGAIN, I don't think the tappers are going to do well on this show.  

Ellenore & Ryan: I'm torn between thinking it was awesome and thinking Ellenore was too slow (before her dress got caught in her shoe). But like Shanky said, maybe it was not slowness, but a controlled stillness. Again, I am torn. Ryan is money. Ryan shined in this piece. But I have a feeling that the "Ryan is God" mentality is going to fade quickly once he gets something out of his comfort zone. Like, say, hip hop....

BOTTOM FOUR:

The bottom four is bull sh*t. Noelle did so much better than Channing. How far do our memories go back? Channing was the one who struggled through her entire routine while the rest of America had second hand embarrassment. 

Noelle's solo was solid and Bianca's felt desperate. Victor is forgettable, and Phillip is memorable, but mostly because his face has become annoying. 

If there is any justice in the world, Bianca will go home. As far as the boys, um, I don't really care.

FINAL ELIMINATIONS:

It was Bianca's time. Especially since Nigel started pronouncing her name in the most ridiculous way possible.

So long Phillip. I loved you briefly before I realized your attitude sucked. 

Oh God, Phillip is talking about his father's funeral right now. This has not been his week.