Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.

Spike ,'Potential'


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]


kat perez - Aug 04, 2010 9:27:11 pm PDT #14833 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

( continues...) end. It's racial, I tell you. Racial. (I miss Martin Lawrence!)

Pieces I just straight up didn't like

I never want to see African Jazz on this show again because it's not really a thing, but also because they don't have any choreographers on staff (besides, oddly enough, Tyce) who have shown that they can produce pleasing African inflected dances. This piece was all the worst kind of cliches of faux!African as fed through the Ailey blender grafted on top of some tired, 70's style jazz. And once again, AdeChike and his lack of expansiveness through the back and chest made him not all that compelling to watch.

Doriana is always a no. Kent's cheese factor was out of control. I'm glad Kent was too small for Doriana to pull out her usual trick factory. But since she couldn't just throw lift after trick after lift after trick in, she was so exposed for the sad choreographer she is. My five year old little cousin could've made that dance up.

Robert and Anya's Viennese Waltz. How I wish the judges would stop pimping this fool. This dance was not good. The arms were terrible, stiff and poorly placed throughout. There was not enough work in hold in the dance, so much side by side dancing I thought I was watching a contemporary piece. And yes, Robert managed to muscle that stag lift up, but it was hella shaky. I thought he might drop her. For a big guy, he really struggles with lifts.

As long as Cat's hair and make up go, I won't care who or what else leaves tomorrow night.


meara - Aug 04, 2010 10:02:56 pm PDT #14834 of 23273

Cat's hair was awful. So was the waltz. But I liked Robert for the first time as a clown...maybe because I couldn't see his face.

And I agree that Kent was so born to do Broadway!

I have to say, WTF is up with the disco love?? We got NO west coast swing this year (it is a sexy awesome dance!), have only had two-step once (a TRAVESTY of a two-step), and we have disco ALL THE FREAKING TIME. Seriously, WTF? Can we revamp this a bit? I just hate disco so much.

I was all distracted during the tango because now that I've been taking tango classes I was like "Ooh! I recognize those moves!" (well, the basic ones. Not so much the random fancy lifts and shit)

And I was glad to see Adam say something about Teh Ghey, and Nigel not be a big jackass homophobe either right then, or after Travis' "this really isn't gay at all nope nuh uh" dance.


Kathy A - Aug 04, 2010 10:15:03 pm PDT #14835 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

There was not enough work in hold in the dance, so much side by side dancing I thought I was watching a contemporary piece.

Exactly what I was thinking while I was watching!! If I didn't know better, I could have sworn it was contemporary, because I saw no more than five seconds total of actual waltzing. Last season's VW with Jakob and Mollee was a great example of how to blend contemporary styling into a Viennese waltz, and this was soooo not.


kat perez - Aug 04, 2010 10:44:53 pm PDT #14836 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Benji and Donyelle still have my favorite Viennese Waltz ever on the show. That was back in the day when they actually made these kids throw a little ballroom up in their ballroom. Contrast that with whatever Anya and Robert did this evening.

And it's not like Anya can't do a proper Viennese Waltz. She was lovely in this piece with Danny, and while it did have some contemporary elements, there was much more work in hold which she executed quite well.

Bleagh. I just did not enjoy that dance with Robert tonight and can't understand why the judges were creaming themselves over it.

Now that's Viennese Waltz done right on SYTYCD, dammit. Sigh. I miss Danny so, so much.


flea - Aug 05, 2010 2:36:20 am PDT #14837 of 23273
information libertarian

Kent could dance on Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth! They would be pocket-sized together!


Jesse - Aug 05, 2010 7:53:51 am PDT #14838 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The judging was totally wackadoo -- when Nigel complimented Robert's lift and they showed a replay? It looked like shit! I mean, right? I just don't care any more. I wish there were some way to vote for Alex to win anyway.

Although how that dance for two "friends" was different from any other "lovers torn apart as interpreted through the powers of dance" piece is beyond me.

Yeah, it was just in the closet.


Jesse - Aug 05, 2010 3:39:43 pm PDT #14839 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

BB: Am I crazy, or is a showmance supposed to be a mostly-fake romance for stragetic purposes, not Tru Luv?? I feel that Dr Will would be disappointed in the use of the word.


brenda m - Aug 05, 2010 4:16:07 pm PDT #14840 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Seriously. Those Bachelor type shows would sell their grandmothers to have this "success" rate.


quester - Aug 05, 2010 4:31:00 pm PDT #14841 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I'm flipping between SYTYCD & PR and saw that Lauren made it into the finale!


quester - Aug 05, 2010 5:02:35 pm PDT #14842 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Who else made it to the finale?