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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]


le nubian - May 28, 2013 7:05:37 pm PDT #20704 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

okay? homegirl needed at least 3 inches more fabric. at LEAST.


meara - May 28, 2013 7:12:24 pm PDT #20705 of 23273

okay? homegirl needed at least 3 inches more fabric. at LEAST.

Preferably solid fabric and not lace. OMG.


le nubian - May 28, 2013 7:13:47 pm PDT #20706 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

you do not lie. I was screaming for FELT.


askye - May 28, 2013 7:16:55 pm PDT #20707 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

My first thought was - Nigel will love her.


le nubian - May 28, 2013 7:39:55 pm PDT #20708 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I really liked the 5th Element dancer.


meara - May 28, 2013 7:45:04 pm PDT #20709 of 23273

Ooh, the boy with a ponytail before this blonde ballroom chica had great spins!


le nubian - May 28, 2013 7:54:29 pm PDT #20710 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So I'm almost positive the guy who moved to Vermont was on ABDC years ago.


le nubian - May 28, 2013 8:30:52 pm PDT #20711 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Anthony was fucking AWESOME. No wonder he is in a company. Holy shit.


Lee - May 28, 2013 8:58:00 pm PDT #20712 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

SYTYCD: the two who really caught my attention were Tommy Tibball and Alexis the tapper.

The voice: Wow. I was sure Judith would go farther.


kat perez - May 28, 2013 9:09:08 pm PDT #20713 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Oh my word, so much to say. Here goes nothing

Boston . . . and Russell on my TV screen. Oh, Boston. You DO do us right. Y’all are wicked awesome. Bring it!

Shankdaddy!! And Mary wearing pink legwarmers on her arms because . . . why?

Ashley and Phillip – Cutie pies. She kinda looks like a purple haired Amelia. She’s adorable. They are adorable together. Love that they are dancing to Christina’s Ain’t No Other Man. I enjoyed them. He’s better than she is. Really good hip action. I can see why he won the DwtS thing. She’s a little loose for a latin girl. I wanted more snap in the legs. I watched him more than I watched her, which shouldn’t be happening. Ah, well, they’re no Mischa and Maria is what I’m saying.

Natalie Vilos – Oh, no, baby. No props. This is not Energy Dance convention. Anyway, y’all know I don’t get down like this. Moving on. OK, Adam in the lamp shade was almost worth it. Not quite, but closer than other joke auditions have come.

John Tesorio – Brought his own beatboxer. That rocks. He was good. I’m not sure how much of it was just the beats that put it over the top. I mean, I’m not sure this kid is anything super special just on his own, but together with his beatboxer, it was off the hook. I’d like to see him on his own dancing to recorded music and doing something else. Off to choreo with you, young man.

Caitlin and Jeremy – The costume on this girl is fire. Body confidence like, whoa. I would like to be wearing that right now. However, as far as the dancing goes, little brother tore the house down while she was just an OK dancer. Send him back in two years. Sister is nothing special. Off to choreo with you, maybe you can make me want to watch you.

Jennifer Jones – Started ballet at 11? That’s kind of late. Also, I don’t care about your bulimia sob story. It’s already been done in Center Stage. Next. Her audition was lovely, though. Wow, that arabesque into the first turn sequence was gorgeous. Good center on this girl. I don’t know though . . . she’s not killing me. Yep, Nigel picked out the one turn that I really liked but they were all way more sold on her than I was. I didn’t think she was bad, but I also didn’t go crazy for her.

Montage #1: Hmmm, girl wearing a scarf as a skirt seemed just Ok. Black dude got serious air. Grey sweat pants has a very interesting movement quality. Liked the two guys, meh on the girl. And more dance dads. Yay!

Tommy Tibal (?) – He’s the definition of lanky. And he brought an adorable dance dad. Apparently it’s a thing now. Wow, hello plié! How you doing? The feet on this kid. Oh, heavens. Toe point of the gods. He’s a little bit of everything heavenly. Lots of great control with this one. And the slow pirouettes. Shut up. He’s crazy good. Yeah, the choreographers are gonna eat this kid up with a spoon. I want to see him in a Wade piece more than I can explain.

Jenny – Ballerina. Yay! I just love ‘em. She’s exquisite, just from the tiny clips they gave us during her pre-dance package, you could tell. My word! Look at those feet. And she’s got legs for days. Shankdaddy says she’s the real deal and I concur. Her extensions are insane and they come from a place of real turn out. It’s not just the legs that go; the hips go; the thighs go; the knees go. That’s the way you get it done, ladies and gentlemen. Worst fake out ever. As if they’d leave this creature by the side of the road in Boston.

Choreo Round: Please note that Ryan can’t replace Sasha. I do not need to see that in my choreo round. As for the contestant, John did not get put through. I agree. He gave it the old college try. Hope he comes back. Salsa sister was better than I thought she’d be. Clearly they are sending her through, although I still wouldn’t have. She’s gotta lose the salsa sexy face sometime between now and Vegas.

Jason Kidd – Not the basketball player. Just thought I’d make that clear. Oh, he’s going to get the tween girls texting and calling in. Votes are piling up as we speak. Hottie patootie. And once he started dancing, come on! Send him on through (continued...)