There is just nothing better than the Shank-daddy and how much he absolutely loves this show. And watching him dance with the Lindy Hopper was fantastic. Diva! I would so love to replace our current judges' panel with Adam, Lil C and Ms. Debbie Allen.
Things I also love about SYTYCD: Cat Deeley is willing to let lanky dancers sweat on her Prada and Gucci AND she can get down with the booty dancing. They do not drag out the early audition rounds for seven million weeks. And only good people make it through to Vegas. Even the hair flipping competition dancers have some grounding in solid training and better technique than your average bum off the street.
Thing I love about this season: You could practically make a Top 20 just out of kids who got cut during the audition rounds last season: Philip Chbeeb and his spaghetti arms, Evan "Mini-Gene Kelly" Kasprzak; that crazy good tapper girl that got cut on the last day; Brandon Bryant, what? Not to mention Natalie, who was always better than Katee of the egregious double "ee", Asuka and Ricky (who really is much, much better than last year), that man faced Asian girl who totally botched her music cue last season. And the new ones aren't chopped liver either. I love Kellen, the umbrella boy, although I really did want to beat him about the head with the prop and tell him to dry his tears. It's way too early for all that drama. I love the girl with Rheumatoid arthritis. I also loved the girl whose dad has multiple sclerosis and I totally had her pegged as this season's Kherington. Silky, and Sammy Ramirez, and Alexie, and Mariko the police officer, so many good new ones.
Things I have not loved so far: Seattle. Why can no one who lives there really dance? I will exempt that pretty boy from Hawaii and Kelsea, the weird girl who Mia fell in love with. Everybody else? Yeah, Seattle was working with a lot. Nigel and his pervy, homophobic ass. NappyTab are still here for some reason. Why, exactly? I could take them as choreographers as they are bound to turn out a decent routine every fourth or fifth dance, but why do they have to judge? Tasty Oreo and his bitchy ways. Just no. He does not have it like that, not with his tired, Fosse copying, "Cabaret is the only Broadway musical ever produced" believing ass. And I can't even speak on Sex. Just let it go. It wasn't all that funny the first time. And just all kinds of word about his poor, poor partner in the choreo round. And she was turning it out, too. It did look like she made it through, though, so there's that. I bet the producers pulled her aside and promised her that she'd make it through if she'd just agree to dance with that fool.
All in all, an excellent start to the season.