Oh! One more Top Chef note: Antonia basting and basting and basting that steak in butter was one more reminder of why restaurant food tastes so much better than home-cooked food.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'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]
Jesse - May 29, 2008 4:34:46 pm PDT #5122 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
kat perez - May 29, 2008 4:39:14 pm PDT #5123 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Mine,too. And normally I hate sob stories and the contestants that go along with them, but I'll be darned if the first DC girl who was there with her aunt and the hip hop guy whose mom passed away didn't completely suck me in. And they were good dancers to boot. (Although the girl needs a little bit of seasoning, to be honest. Very immature dancer)
And then Brandon(?), the formerly underage, now of age, dancer was phenomenal. Amazing, amazing. Couldn't take my eyes off of him amazing. Yeah, I think they're definitely showing more good auditions tonight than they did last Wednesday.
SailAweigh - May 29, 2008 4:50:11 pm PDT #5124 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Brandon(?), the formerly underage, now of age, dancer was phenomenal
Hell, yeah. Head and shoulders above anyone we've seen so far. I can't wait to see what he does on the show. He'll need an equally strong partner, I'd hate to seem him go early for a poor one.
kat perez - May 29, 2008 5:04:09 pm PDT #5125 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Aww. I feel so badly for Anthony, our lovely ribbon boy. He is a beautiful dancer with flawless technique, but he should go someplace where they will love him. Nigel is a dick and a huge homophobe and he could go in there and dance better than some Cortez/Thomas/Baryshnikov/Nuryev hybrid super-dancer and he still wouldn't get on the show. And it was evil to put him through to the choreo because they knew good and well that he wasn't going to Vegas.
Crappy way to end, but a great show overall.
SailAweigh - May 29, 2008 5:16:25 pm PDT #5126 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I have no gaydar to speak of, but there were a number of male dancers who pinged me besides Anthony. And Nigel let them through. I'm not saying he's not a big ole homophobe, he is. I think he either has a stricter set of criteria or a quota system and Anthony was too late in the show.
Jesse - May 29, 2008 5:21:24 pm PDT #5127 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you can "dance like a dude," you're OK.
SailAweigh - May 29, 2008 5:51:45 pm PDT #5128 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Exactly.
amyth - May 29, 2008 6:21:23 pm PDT #5129 of 23273
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
amyth - May 29, 2008 6:22:06 pm PDT #5130 of 23273
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Nigel is a dick and a huge homophobe and he could go in there and dance better than some Cortez/Thomas/Baryshnikov/Nuryev hybrid super-dancer and he still wouldn't get on the show.
I couldn't agree more. Nigel's homophobia and heteronormativity keeps getting more blatant.
brenda m - May 29, 2008 6:23:05 pm PDT #5131 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Apparently you could agree more after all.