you've been missing out, girl. though i actually think the first season of SYTYCD Canada has had the best dancers i've seen.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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]
tiggy - May 21, 2009 5:53:09 pm PDT #9098 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Amy - May 21, 2009 5:55:35 pm PDT #9099 of 23273
Because books.
Top Chef: Masters starts in two weeks on June 10!
But is Tom judging?
Kristen - May 21, 2009 6:35:25 pm PDT #9100 of 23273
Sadly, no. But the list of contestants is pretty cool.
Amy - May 21, 2009 6:38:23 pm PDT #9101 of 23273
Because books.
Yeah, I'm sure I'll watch it. But ... Tom!
That's what missing for me on Fashion Show. The lack of Tim Gunn is just ... a big hole.
meara - May 21, 2009 7:37:07 pm PDT #9102 of 23273
Am watching SYTYCD right now, and adoring as usual. Amy, be one of us! ONE OF US!!! :)
megan walker - May 21, 2009 7:42:15 pm PDT #9103 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I missed the first hour cause of a work thing. Anyone I should look for on YouTube tomorrow?
Liese S. - May 21, 2009 7:47:49 pm PDT #9104 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay, SYTYCD. I forgot about it and of course my last season's pass didn't pick it up, so thanks, thread! I caught everything but the first half hour.
It's funny how the little clips of last season made me all yearny. I just can't wait for this season. And I might need to go back and watch some of last, since I still have the discs from meara who saved me at camp all last summer. Hee.
Anyway, I'm very excited about this season. I had to rewind the umbrella dance. And I kinda loved the same sex ballroom guys and thought that the response from the judges was disappointing. But I've never watched the audition rounds before so I'm not too sure what I should have been expecting.
I just love watching dancers' bodies. I love how they move and shape space and emote and communicate.
And it cracks me up how physical they are with their "I won" reactions. AI contestants scream...they're vocal. But SYTYCD contestants leap up and down staircases. They think with their bodies.
meara - May 21, 2009 7:58:41 pm PDT #9105 of 23273
Yeah, the same-sex guys weren't great, but I wasn't all that surprised, sadly, by how homophobic Nigel continues to be...
Vortex - May 21, 2009 8:13:49 pm PDT #9106 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't know if it's homophobic so much as unwilling to break with tradition. He and Mary have a very particular idea of what dance should be and are unwilling to change their minds. They will accept a new genre, just not changes to old ones.
As for Fashion Show, I find that I m really disliking the contestants. At first, I thought that Rico was fun and snarky, but now he's just an asshole. Talented apparently, but an asshole. Daniella's just a spoiled brat, as evidence by her need to call out Adam. Many of the designers have this whole "I'm a designer, not a sewer" bullshit going on.
flea - May 22, 2009 2:16:34 am PDT #9107 of 23273
information libertarian
I watched the SYTYCD auditions intermittently, and maybe the gender issues raised my the same-sex ballroom guys were pinging me, but I was depressed by how all the good female dancers we saw highlighted were fairly similar contemporary dancers (I get so tired of those little black shorts and flingy hair) and all the male dancers were *individuals* where character was as important as technique (many of them being street dancers). Women can be quirky and express something other than Sara McLachlan, too, you know!