Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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 - Jun 04, 2013 7:16:56 pm PDT #20735 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

SYTYCD Memphis Day Two

Jenna Johnson – Cha Cha Cha. Look at those legs. Killer! Oh, she’s everything. I loved that little develope at the beginning . And look at the booty. Legs. She’s killing me with the legs. I can’t even. Fantastic and sexy. Yes. That’s what I’m talking about. Landon is a great partner. Definitely Vegas material for next year.

Nobian Yarber – Those pants are ridonk. And you do not look like a hip hopper, baby. Not at all. And, Baryshnikov showed that technical dancers can show raw masculinity long before you were even born, sweetie. Now that we’ve taken care of that, let me just say, you are the realness. I don’t even have words for the vision you put down on that stage. I’ve rewound it and watched it twice already and I will watch it many, many, many more times tonight. Give me that flexed foot, child. I am dying. Born to dance. Here’s another one for Miss Debbie Allen to drool over. Yes, yes, yes. That’s how I like it. I like it like that.

Isabel Fryberger – Salsa. Nice. They could use a good salsa girl. She’s a great little spinner. But she’s a little bit static otherwise. She’s not very rhythmical. They have great tricks. That’s for sure. But she lacks hip action for me. She’s just kind of a trick factory. Mary didn’t like it. When she’s really excited about ballroom kids, she wants to send them straight through. And I agree with that. She’s not terrible but I’m not sold.

Caleb Brauner – Ummm. He exhausted me just in the pre-dance package. He seems the type who’d be funny for a second, but that would get old real fast. I do like that he had a well-choreographed piece. Sadly, he’s not that great at contemporary dance. He lacks finesse. Lacks a little flexibility. Gets by a lot on character work. His turns are very juvenile. I don’t think he’ll get very far although I’m sure they’ll put him through now that they’ve introduced his dance dad. And he was super sweet with his dance dad. Dance dads make everything better. Oh, and he’s a much better hip hop kid than he is contempo kid. He should’ve done that from the jump.

Men-tage – SYTYCD Chicken. Ha! Shark t-shirt owns just for dancing to Poison. White t-shirt has a center on him. Nice. Wayne Brady doing Lil C is hilarious. No shirt dude is mmm mmmm good. I’ll take it.

Larry Booze – The face is … what’s going on with his face? Is he high? Oooooh, fancy feet. I like it. The glides are insane. I don’t even know how that’s possible. Clever routine. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Made me forget about the busted face. Through to choreo, Larry Booze. Well done.

Jasmine Harper – Stay up out of her business. Ewwww. Did not like that intro at all. Luckily ,she can turn it out on her own merits. Like most of these kids, she’s in desperate need of a choreographer. But it’s not So You Think You Can Choreograph. I think I may have loved the end most when she just finished a turn in a perfect fifth position. Solid technique on this one, even though she was a little bit frantic throughout. We’ll see what Vegas brings. I hope we don’t have to hear about Cyrus every time she’s on screen. Let her rise or fall on her own merits.


le nubian - Jun 04, 2013 7:48:38 pm PDT #20736 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

kat,

you have a good memory. He was in the Brooklyn auditions in 2009. He went straight through to Vegas, but had to pass because he was accepted to Juilliard.

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kat perez - Jun 04, 2013 7:51:48 pm PDT #20737 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Bless you, le Nubian! I knew we'd seen him somewhere before. I never forget a pretty dancer.

Paige Pellicano – Oh, no. The Dance dad saga takes a dark turn. Poor thing. She is so embarrassed. Oh, show. Why you do that girl like that? That is a lot of hairography at the beginning. I confess that I don’t know if this girl can actually dance, but I don’t think so. Hair flinging nightmare. Competition studio trick factory kid. What’s missing is dance ability beyond your garden variety decent studio kid. I’m so glad that they are knocking her down seventeen pegs. She’s gonna do the choreo with the same competition 101 habits she had in her solo. Either they like that or they don’t. I don’t see the point in putting her through to that round, but we’ll see.

Choreo Round – Good on ya, Larry Booze for withdrawing from the field of battle. Salsa girl is lost. Completely lost. And she doesn’t get through. Not surprised. She wasn’t all that great. Paige is not moving on either. Again, not surprised. Why did we waste our time with her? Just to see her dad do Elvis? Mmmph.

Vegas, baby!

Ummm, why do I not see Miss Debbie Allen on my Vegas judges panel? Oh, hell no! Somebody’s got some splaining to do.


le nubian - Jun 04, 2013 8:30:45 pm PDT #20738 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Kat,

I am just getting to the salsa woman. She isn't very good IMO. She needs about 1-2 more years. She wobbled on some of the spins and she isn't loose enough.


bon bon - Jun 04, 2013 8:56:43 pm PDT #20739 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Love the kat! Bob bob could not stop giggling at the discussion of Booze's busted face (which improved with some blotting, but still).


kat perez - Jun 04, 2013 9:20:57 pm PDT #20740 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Yeah, salsa girl needs to work on her fundamentals. You can tell she's been prizing tricks over the basic steps. I agree that a couple of years of seasoning would help a lot provided she doesn't spend the whole time just learning more tricks and spins.

Ha, bon bon! I agree that it looked like someone on the make up team sacrificed some of their crack powder to take the shine off of Booze's face. He was still kinda busted, though.


le nubian - Jun 04, 2013 9:37:53 pm PDT #20741 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

He looked like Eddie Griffin!


kat perez - Jun 04, 2013 10:32:23 pm PDT #20742 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

He looked like Eddie Griffin!

Yesssss. Undercover Dancin' Brother! I used to bust moves at the dance-a-thon, now I help you get your SYTYCD chicken on. That's perfect.

Now I need to see that movie again.


Jesse - Jun 06, 2013 5:54:46 pm PDT #20743 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh you guys, I started seeing ads for Big Brother this week. Can I resist?? Unclear.


Lee - Jun 07, 2013 3:41:12 am PDT #20744 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Nooooooo,, because I won't be able to.

Last Season was good