So You Think You Like Suspense?
The Not-Quite-Final Final
No Group Dance pre-credits? Well that doesn’t bode well… That means we're up for an unedited Direct From The US type broadcast and well, they're packed with filler. Not necessary filler, like say, a pasa doble (Stupid ChTen), but crappy Fox-type filler... Bugger.
Cat's wearing a gloriously gold version of last week's Jenny Kee dress in honour of the special ocassion, becasue woohoo, This is our Final Four. Get used to hearing that peoples, it's gonna get said A Lot tonight.
Nigel’s all blah blah blah, amazing show, amazing dancers, aren’t we awesome.. how awesome are we? So awesome that we’ve just signed on for another season (woot! squee!)(For reals, I is sad) blah blah blah.
Mary's probably parroting the same thing, but, well I’m distracted by the fact that MrB has noticed that her boobs are squished out the side of her dress. And they are. They are kinda tucked uncomfoatbly under her armpits. Maybe it’s something to do with her being styled by the fabric swather from Spotlight. I am torn at this point, between being concerned for Mary's Mammaries, and worried about MrB's sudden attack of observation skills. Hmmm.
The concern is washed away however when she refers to Nigel as her English muffin. That's just too Ewww for words and I wish much breastal discomfort on her as penance for giving me that horrible horrible image.
Filler Alert! Our Top! Four! auditions montage. You've seen it all, except for the bit where Neil basically turns up completely unprepared after he saw it advertised online. Hee. Well that's dedication for you...
So, our Top! Four! group dance is going to be a Tyce DiOrio Broadway, and Tyce is very happy about it all. He loves Danny's technical excellence, describes Sabra as a master of everything, thinks that Neil is the most evolved and that Lacey is ... most consistent. Well that's damning with faint praise isn't it! Poor Lacey...
They're dancing to a Liza Minelli number from Cabaret – something very Germanic, can't remember what. It's all lace bustiers and suspenders for the girls, Gallic (which doesn't make sense, all things consdiering, but what the heck) stripes and suspenders for the guys… There's lots of high kicks and high jumps. The guys are awesome with their acrobatics and they all end up sprawled on the judges table.
But quick! We need to find out EVEN MORE about our Top 4. Apparently.
Lacey was conned into dancing by her family, because they all danced, so they bribed her with Barbies. She did lots of quitting and starting again, until she quit for good at 17 to go to hair school. Not Law School, Hair School. But when Benji won SYTYCD she was inspired to dance again…
Her low point of the season – forgetting her solo. Cue amusing footage of Lacey obviusly forgetting most of her solo...
Her high point – dancing the samba with Danny. Cue scrumptious footage of samba - ooh la la!
She appears at the back of the stage for her last solo dressed in massive leg warmers with a tin foil dress. It's a little.. distracting. I can't watch the dancing because my brow is so contorted with WTF-ness. But I do see her stages dive backwards into a crowd of by-standers. Luckily they catch her. But then they're left with brows of WTF.
Sabra & Neil are doing Hip Hop with Shane, and it's supposedly all about the sexuality. I wonder if he means sensuality. Unless they're going to sit down and discuss nature-vs-nurture and other fascinating, though not so dancey, issues. Anyway, I don't see the elusive sexuality, but it was good – the bouncey and dragging was good.
Nigel also didn’t see the sexy. Or the funky. He thinks it was fun, but not strong enough. Mary was disappointed. And Dan thought it was TOO bouncey. See? I know nothing.
Danny and Lacey are next up with a Vienese Waltz. We get hit with some more Inappropriate Avril Lavigne, but it kinda-sorta works, as the dance was pretty and quick with no gonad-abuse, thankfully (for Danny). It's floaty and swirly and you know when you daydream about being whisked around a dance-floor with the man of your dreams, this is how it's done. For me anyway...
The judges agree with me, even if no one else does, and then there is some bizarre conversation about droopy wrists and popsicle sticks-in-gloves and Danny totally calls Lacey on making up stories and it's kinda cool. I do like Lacey getting slapped down.
Neil's five minutes on the couch with Cat reveals that he thinks his profession is 'Performer'. I wonder if that's a box he can tick on the Census Form.
His fave moment was Wade's 'angel and devil' jazz piece. His least fave, the salsa.
And apparently he loves the constantly screaming girls - they get him pumped up… hmm. No double entendre there then.
His solo is a bit of same old same old, but with a dash of arrogant smirking. Is it just me or he starting to take on shades of our Beloved Treasurer.
Finally we get to the much-publicised girl-on-girl dance action. 'Cept that it's not, really. Wade has been exploring different female relationships and has choreo'd the girls as a Mother and Baby fox. . And he sensibly uses props - scarves that they have to carry around in their mouths, which instantly shuts them up. He calls them his foxy ladies… hee! He's so cute...
The girls are Japanese styled foxes in kimonos and it's really so very very good. I thoroughly enjoyed it - even loved Lacey in it. I loved the detail, the nuances, the musicality. I think Wade is amazing sometimes, creating these dances that are so intricate, so moving.
Unfortunately Nigel didn’t get it, and so he has nothing to say to critique the dancers. Mary thought it didn’t showcase their talents. Only Dan liked it and thought their attention to detail was great.
Y'know, sometimes I don't get Nigel...
It's Danny time! And we get the old story rehashed - Travis' mum is his dopted mother - blahdy blahdy blah. He discusses the accusations of arrogance and tells how they made him feel misunderstand, made him want to close up more than open up.
And then he gives us his solo which is everything that it always is, times a million. SO very good. He dances around the whole stag in an incredibly powerful display. I'm gobsmacked.
MiaM gets to choreo a contemp routine for Neil & Danny, and thankfully we're not subjected to more cheap inneundo. It's all about 2 princes battling for a throne and it's aggressive and dirty. So maybe a little smut then...
It starts with them angrily spasming in their seperate thrones, moving along to some banging of canes on the floor. Then we get some very snooty clapping from Danny - Ha! In your face Neil! Then there's leaping and fighting and throwing each other around and then Damn. That was too short…
Nigel makes a joke about Princes Wills and Harry and they so don’t get it. Mary is severely over excited. So much so that I think someone may have put something into her drink. She is utterly insane.
Finally, it's all about Sabra - she was born in Netherlands and lived in Germany because her Dad’s in the military. But she adored Wade’s peace piece, thought it was the most outsanding moment. Cue lots of shots of Dom dropping her ON HER HEAD before Dan tells her that he thought Dom was carrying through the early parts of the competition. Well, not literally, obvs...
Her solo was good, but again I get this feeling that we've seen it all before...
What we haven't seen before on the show is a Lindy Hop. Lacey and Neil give it a red hot go, but I don't know... maybe it's because they're exhausted and have run out of steam, or maybe it's because the Lindy Hoppers from the audition part of the show were just so much bouncier and enthusiastic, but I just don't like it. I'd also like to know just how a Lindy Hop is the complete opposite of the West Coast Swing? I personally would have thought the wood-chopping competetion at the Bulli Show was the complete opposite of West Coast Swing, but then I've been wrong about a lot of things dance-wise this season...
Finally Melanie whatsername gets to choreograph her own routine, rather than being referred to as her husband's 'assistant'. She's doing the Cha Cha for Sabra and Danny, and it's way cool. Again, started off a little slow, giving the impression of pure exhaustion, but then they just kicked it into overdrive. Even Cat is amazed... Mary tears strips of them technically, but liked it anyway. Y'all are supposed to have locked knees and ankles don't you know???
The Top Four are back on stage, and they're not the only ones who are tired... But only one week to go nefore we discover who is America, nay THE WORLD'S favourite dancer...
Can you wait?
No Group Dance pre-credits? Well that doesn’t bode well… That means we're up for an unedited Direct From The US type broadcast and well, they're packed with filler. Not necessary filler, like say, a pasa doble (Stupid ChTen), but crappy Fox-type filler... Bugger.
Cat's wearing a gloriously gold version of last week's Jenny Kee dress in honour of the special ocassion, becasue woohoo, This is our Final Four. Get used to hearing that peoples, it's gonna get said A Lot tonight.
Nigel’s all blah blah blah, amazing show, amazing dancers, aren’t we awesome.. how awesome are we? So awesome that we’ve just signed on for another season (woot! squee!)(For reals, I is sad) blah blah blah.
Mary's probably parroting the same thing, but, well I’m distracted by the fact that MrB has noticed that her boobs are squished out the side of her dress. And they are. They are kinda tucked uncomfoatbly under her armpits. Maybe it’s something to do with her being styled by the fabric swather from Spotlight. I am torn at this point, between being concerned for Mary's Mammaries, and worried about MrB's sudden attack of observation skills. Hmmm.
The concern is washed away however when she refers to Nigel as her English muffin. That's just too Ewww for words and I wish much breastal discomfort on her as penance for giving me that horrible horrible image.
Filler Alert! Our Top! Four! auditions montage. You've seen it all, except for the bit where Neil basically turns up completely unprepared after he saw it advertised online. Hee. Well that's dedication for you...
So, our Top! Four! group dance is going to be a Tyce DiOrio Broadway, and Tyce is very happy about it all. He loves Danny's technical excellence, describes Sabra as a master of everything, thinks that Neil is the most evolved and that Lacey is ... most consistent. Well that's damning with faint praise isn't it! Poor Lacey...
They're dancing to a Liza Minelli number from Cabaret – something very Germanic, can't remember what. It's all lace bustiers and suspenders for the girls, Gallic (which doesn't make sense, all things consdiering, but what the heck) stripes and suspenders for the guys… There's lots of high kicks and high jumps. The guys are awesome with their acrobatics and they all end up sprawled on the judges table.
But quick! We need to find out EVEN MORE about our Top 4. Apparently.
Lacey was conned into dancing by her family, because they all danced, so they bribed her with Barbies. She did lots of quitting and starting again, until she quit for good at 17 to go to hair school. Not Law School, Hair School. But when Benji won SYTYCD she was inspired to dance again…
Her low point of the season – forgetting her solo. Cue amusing footage of Lacey obviusly forgetting most of her solo...
Her high point – dancing the samba with Danny. Cue scrumptious footage of samba - ooh la la!
She appears at the back of the stage for her last solo dressed in massive leg warmers with a tin foil dress. It's a little.. distracting. I can't watch the dancing because my brow is so contorted with WTF-ness. But I do see her stages dive backwards into a crowd of by-standers. Luckily they catch her. But then they're left with brows of WTF.
Sabra & Neil are doing Hip Hop with Shane, and it's supposedly all about the sexuality. I wonder if he means sensuality. Unless they're going to sit down and discuss nature-vs-nurture and other fascinating, though not so dancey, issues. Anyway, I don't see the elusive sexuality, but it was good – the bouncey and dragging was good.
Nigel also didn’t see the sexy. Or the funky. He thinks it was fun, but not strong enough. Mary was disappointed. And Dan thought it was TOO bouncey. See? I know nothing.
Danny and Lacey are next up with a Vienese Waltz. We get hit with some more Inappropriate Avril Lavigne, but it kinda-sorta works, as the dance was pretty and quick with no gonad-abuse, thankfully (for Danny). It's floaty and swirly and you know when you daydream about being whisked around a dance-floor with the man of your dreams, this is how it's done. For me anyway...
The judges agree with me, even if no one else does, and then there is some bizarre conversation about droopy wrists and popsicle sticks-in-gloves and Danny totally calls Lacey on making up stories and it's kinda cool. I do like Lacey getting slapped down.
Neil's five minutes on the couch with Cat reveals that he thinks his profession is 'Performer'. I wonder if that's a box he can tick on the Census Form.
His fave moment was Wade's 'angel and devil' jazz piece. His least fave, the salsa.
And apparently he loves the constantly screaming girls - they get him pumped up… hmm. No double entendre there then.
His solo is a bit of same old same old, but with a dash of arrogant smirking. Is it just me or he starting to take on shades of our Beloved Treasurer.
Finally we get to the much-publicised girl-on-girl dance action. 'Cept that it's not, really. Wade has been exploring different female relationships and has choreo'd the girls as a Mother and Baby fox. . And he sensibly uses props - scarves that they have to carry around in their mouths, which instantly shuts them up. He calls them his foxy ladies… hee! He's so cute...
The girls are Japanese styled foxes in kimonos and it's really so very very good. I thoroughly enjoyed it - even loved Lacey in it. I loved the detail, the nuances, the musicality. I think Wade is amazing sometimes, creating these dances that are so intricate, so moving.
Unfortunately Nigel didn’t get it, and so he has nothing to say to critique the dancers. Mary thought it didn’t showcase their talents. Only Dan liked it and thought their attention to detail was great.
Y'know, sometimes I don't get Nigel...
It's Danny time! And we get the old story rehashed - Travis' mum is his dopted mother - blahdy blahdy blah. He discusses the accusations of arrogance and tells how they made him feel misunderstand, made him want to close up more than open up.
And then he gives us his solo which is everything that it always is, times a million. SO very good. He dances around the whole stag in an incredibly powerful display. I'm gobsmacked.
MiaM gets to choreo a contemp routine for Neil & Danny, and thankfully we're not subjected to more cheap inneundo. It's all about 2 princes battling for a throne and it's aggressive and dirty. So maybe a little smut then...
It starts with them angrily spasming in their seperate thrones, moving along to some banging of canes on the floor. Then we get some very snooty clapping from Danny - Ha! In your face Neil! Then there's leaping and fighting and throwing each other around and then Damn. That was too short…
Nigel makes a joke about Princes Wills and Harry and they so don’t get it. Mary is severely over excited. So much so that I think someone may have put something into her drink. She is utterly insane.
Finally, it's all about Sabra - she was born in Netherlands and lived in Germany because her Dad’s in the military. But she adored Wade’s peace piece, thought it was the most outsanding moment. Cue lots of shots of Dom dropping her ON HER HEAD before Dan tells her that he thought Dom was carrying through the early parts of the competition. Well, not literally, obvs...
Her solo was good, but again I get this feeling that we've seen it all before...
What we haven't seen before on the show is a Lindy Hop. Lacey and Neil give it a red hot go, but I don't know... maybe it's because they're exhausted and have run out of steam, or maybe it's because the Lindy Hoppers from the audition part of the show were just so much bouncier and enthusiastic, but I just don't like it. I'd also like to know just how a Lindy Hop is the complete opposite of the West Coast Swing? I personally would have thought the wood-chopping competetion at the Bulli Show was the complete opposite of West Coast Swing, but then I've been wrong about a lot of things dance-wise this season...
Finally Melanie whatsername gets to choreograph her own routine, rather than being referred to as her husband's 'assistant'. She's doing the Cha Cha for Sabra and Danny, and it's way cool. Again, started off a little slow, giving the impression of pure exhaustion, but then they just kicked it into overdrive. Even Cat is amazed... Mary tears strips of them technically, but liked it anyway. Y'all are supposed to have locked knees and ankles don't you know???
The Top Four are back on stage, and they're not the only ones who are tired... But only one week to go nefore we discover who is America, nay THE WORLD'S favourite dancer...
Can you wait?
Labels: SYTYCD
posted by actonb at
1:42 pm
2 Comments:
NO!!!!!
But in other observations, don't be too harsh about poor Mary's decolletage. She's not the only one with that problem.
Shmooshed indeed.
We discussed this before but I thought I'd put it out there into the interwebs: I loved the Fox dance, but I get that Nigel didn't feel he could assess their dancing because of it. Sure, they did it really well, but I didn't think it showcased their talents in any particular way. At least with the Mia boys dance the 'drama' was mixed up with actual showcasing of their dancing skills ...
Is all.
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