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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Lee - Jun 24, 2010 8:01:35 pm PDT #14231 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That so should not have been a part of their deliberations.

Seriously, especially since there was never any chance Robert was getting cut.


meara - Jun 24, 2010 8:02:01 pm PDT #14232 of 23273

Eh, I can see them bringing it up as long as they don't actually DO it...

But gawd, I hate Melinda. And her ugly fugly pants.

I'm not really feeling Robert, but I was pretty surprised Cristina was in the bottom 3 and Billy's asstastic krumping or Adechike's lack of charisma wasn't. Sad. (And I didn't like Robert's solo). That said, I felt like Cristina's solo last week was better.


Liese S. - Jun 24, 2010 8:12:42 pm PDT #14233 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

One of the problems for Cristina is the ballroom solo curse. It`s just so hard to pull off a strong solo in those styles that are so typically partnered. I realize it couldn`t work this way, but especially with the all stars hanging around, they should almost let them choose to use a non-competing partner like they do in audition rounds.


bon bon - Jun 24, 2010 8:20:11 pm PDT #14234 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

But even in her solo, Christina's legs looked heavy. Ooof. I just don't understand why Christina and Melinda look so comparatively untalented compared to any of the guys. Did they forgo a lot of female talent at Vegas?


Lee - Jun 24, 2010 8:26:14 pm PDT #14235 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Was there ever anything said about where Mary Murphy went?


Lee - Jun 24, 2010 8:35:23 pm PDT #14236 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Also, I don't get the judging this week. Both Mia and Adam loved Christina's dance yesterday, but not Melinda, and the solos didn't seem that different in quality levels.


Vortex - Jun 24, 2010 9:04:12 pm PDT #14237 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I thought that Mary was supposed to be choreographing this season?


kat perez - Jun 24, 2010 10:47:36 pm PDT #14238 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Who is voting for Adechike and how can we make them stop? I absolutely think the judges would've sent him packing, in the name of gender parity and all, if he'd hit B3. That said, I can't quibble too much with any of tonight's B3. I figured Melinda would be there again because the Earth mother dance was not good (even though the judges praised it last night. They lie like rugs quite often) the mugging is going to kill Robert, mark my words. He comes off like a total cheeseball. And Cristina went first in a ballroom piece that was solid but not spectacular where she got overshadowed by her all star partner and she seems to lack a deep fanbase in what is already shaping up to be a guy's year.

All 3 had terrible solos. Cristina was much stronger last week. Melinda . . . I couldn't even with the pants. Atrocity. Abomination. Plus, she's stank and it ain't even a secret. Robert was way too frantic. If he had longer hair, that solo would've been your typical contemporary hair flinging nightmare.

It's inexplicable why the judges kept Melinda over Cristina. She comes off as an unlikeable bitch pretty much all the time. I don't know the girl from Eve. She might be sweet as pecan pie, but she will never make people pick up the phone and vote for her. I expect she'll be B3 every week until they send her home. And I stand by my contention that we're highly likely to wind up with 6 Men and a TBC before it's all said and done.

I knew the group dance was Sonya's when the first note of the song hit. Kind of a one trick pony, that one, but props to the kids because they turned it out, especially your top 6 guys. Damn! And Robert was featured at center again. Clearly the choreographers love him. And he delivers. What can I say. He was serving it. I peeped Alex featured a couple times, too, and he was handling his business. I thought the piece was OK, much better than last week, but it was far from a standout routine.

I don't know the musical guest at all but good googly moogly, Mark! Work, dammit! He is so, so serious, y'all. I would drink that man's bathwater.

Being physically challenged doesn't mean you and your crew get to bite off Jabba and get praised for it, right down to the masks. I'm just saying. At least switch up the masks. It was a decent knock off of a Jabbawookeez routine. That's all.


Liese S. - Jun 25, 2010 5:52:44 pm PDT #14239 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I didn`t love the masks. I like the skill, but nobody does Jabba like Jabba.
 
We don`t know anything about Melinda `cause she won`t let us in. She took us to her mentor`s house instead of home to friends and family. She told us career advancing things for both her profile piece and her what America doesn`t know (I dance, sing and act) and not personal things. She uses her dance to reinterpret and overlay rhythms instead of to communicate or express.
 
I hate that these shows are so based on the personal story. If I had a bad family situation I would maybe not want to tell that story on national television. But the fact is that they are that way. And all the other contestants have to talk it up, too. So I think she needs to play the game or exit. We love or hate you based on what you give us. And if you give us nothing, that`s how we respond.


Liese S. - Jun 25, 2010 5:54:05 pm PDT #14240 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

The atrocity of all the girls going out right off the bat is that we won`t get to see Mark partner! If they vote all the women off, I demand exhibition dances from the guys.