Still... You know. Boogie Shoes! Joyous and fantastic. And reminds me of a fave Sports Night ep.
Kent definitely outshone Neil.
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Still... You know. Boogie Shoes! Joyous and fantastic. And reminds me of a fave Sports Night ep.
Kent definitely outshone Neil.
Boogie Shoes was 2 contestants, not a contestant and an all-star.
Yes. That was commenting on two separate routines, which I totally did not make clear.
Oh. Nevermind ::channels Emily Latella::
And I'm finally on the results show. Opening number not bad, as Tasty Broadway numbers go.
Dear lord, Cat looks like Blair Waldorf.
Could be worse, she could look like Jenny Humphreys. Yes, I'm just going to riff on my own Gossip Girl references.
Now now, it's not very nice of Mary to send 11 yos to show how jive is done.
Did I miss Mary? I did step away for awhile.
Ha ha ha! Stupidest Big Brother twist ever.
SERIOUSLY
I think Cat looks divine in that dress and I love it.
I resent the inclusion of All Stars in the opening group numbers, especially when that results in Dom's cheesy mug all up in my grill. Figures Tasty would let him hold center while giving me only a few seconds of Mark.
I think that the choreographers are pushing the kids way too hard this season, but I don't know if that's because of the All Star partners or because the quality of the contestants was so high from the jump this season that they figured they could go hog wild. Normally, there is a lot of dead weight early in the season and you see a lot of watered down versions of the dance styles (the Cedric treatment) and inevitably some of that dead weight makes it pretty deep into the season. But this year, some of the contestants have been on par with the all stars in terms of dance ability at least if not performance quality. So you've given your choreographers a stable of dancers who can flat out go. And they're used to starting at maybe 60 and getting to 100 by seasons end. But with these kids, you can start at 90 and try to find their upper limit. Whatever the reason, all the injuries are not good.
Did I miss Mary? I did step away for awhile.
Pretty sure the wee jivers were from Mary's ballroom school. But no, we didn't see Mary.
Kat, I think your point about starting at 90% and trying to find the limit is a good one. The compressed and intense schedule and unfamiliarity with a given movement vocabulary makes it hard and dangerous enough. Ratcheting the skill level to eleven is going to take its toll.