This could be an entirely non-PC question, but is anyone else finding it weird that not one of the male dancers in Breaking Pointe is gay?

Hah! Yes, Amy. But then again, if you WERE a gay ballet dancer, would Salt Lake City be your troupe of choice? (I mean, sure, if you get in, that's awesome and amazing and better than a lot of people will do, and better than some places like maybe Boise, but...). Also, it's possible they're just not the people the show is focusing on?

That's what I was thinking, too, meara -- both the Salt Lake City thing, and that they're not the dancers being focused on, but then I have to wonder if they're not focusing on any gay dancers *because* they're in SLC, you know?

Just seemed odd to me.

I really did not like how the soloist who wants to be a principal dancer had his whole "I'm not gay"-ness all out on front street in the first episode. It felt very much like overcompensating. The other boys just seem much more low key about it, so I'm not mad at them. That said, I'm sure there must be gay dancers in that company so I can only assume that either they didn't want to be featured on the show because SLC doesn't seem like the gay friendliest place or the show just chose not to feature them. And I mean, clearly the artistic director is gay, right? They haven't explicitly said so, but it doesn't seem like it's a secret.

I was thinking that a combination of the dancers not wanting it to be widely known/advertised and the show wanted to emphasize the straight boys. (i.e., it does seem odd.)

I love the family where ALL of the kids are dancers.

So, I'm watching "Friday" (love that movie, although it does lose a little something in the dubbing) and saw a commercial for All the Right Moves, starring our own Travis Wall!

No, I totally noticed that and was disappointed, because even in my dance experience, it was one of the few places where young gay boys were welcome and encouraged. So I've been disappointed with so much of the the homophobia, hyper masculine focus in some of the other reality dance shows, especially sytycd. I was thinking with a "real world" dance show, there would be a more realistic presentation.

They've started a new season of "Master Chef" - just got through winnowing the entrants down to 18. Some interesting people; I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes. One of the things I like is that the competitors aren't all cut-throat and bad-mouthing each other. At leat not yet.

Was there no Food Network Star this week? We missed it because DH was blogging the Tonys for work, but the Tivo hasn't picked up any repeats either.