{"id":238,"date":"2009-12-11T13:34:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T17:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=238"},"modified":"2009-12-11T13:34:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T17:34:03","slug":"television-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/television-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TELEVISION: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE<\/em><\/h1>\n

Mr. X and I agree on few things in life (except for the fact that Clarence, the Singing Dog, is the most special being in the world), so when we do, I always think that means that we\u2019re super<\/em>-correct. And, since the first show of Season 2, we\u2019ve watched every second of the Fox series So<\/em> You Think You Can Dance<\/em>. And usually love it.<\/p>\n

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But right about now, except for this season\u2019s Russell and Jacob, we\u2019re pretty p-oed. I\u2019m writing this on the night they announced the Top 6, which alone is upsetting me because the finale has always been the Top 4. They\u2019re probably just trying to make it end before Christmas week. I feel like they\u2019ve bum-rushed us through this whole truncated season!<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, the reason for our dissatisfaction is that they let the audience vote for a girl who didn\u2019t even dance this week!!! And the show is called So You Think You Can DANCE<\/em>! Guess what? We KNOW Ashleigh didn\u2019t DANCE!!! So how did they keep her in the running??? Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

So, next season, here\u2019s an idea for the dancers who don\u2019t think they\u2019ll have a good week–just say that you\u2019re injured, but the public should vote for you anyway. It\u2019s insane!<\/p>\n

Hey, I love Hugh Jackman. We all know he can sing, dance, and act. So, let\u2019s vote him an Oscar this year. Oh, he didn\u2019t have a film out–we all just know he was good in the past, so what the heck. Hat seems to be an argument that would make sense to the producers of SYTYCD<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On top of it, it\u2019s not even like this girl is a superior dancer! She\u2019s okay, but that\u2019s about it. In all the pre-Top 20 auditions, they let her slide, telling her all along she wasn\u2019t very good. But they loved her handsome, yet jerky, husband, Ryan, so they kind-of let her hang-on. Then he made the Top 20, which is where the voting starts, and she didn\u2019t. But when a much better dancer dropped-out for a movie gig, they put Ashleigh through.<\/p>\n

Then, for some unknown reason, they paired her with one of the best guy dancers we\u2019ve ever seen!!! Jacob continuously leaves our mouths hanging open. And the viewers vote for couples<\/em> the first five weeks, rather than individuals<\/em>. (In more weirdness, for their first Fall, as opposed to Summer, season, the judges picked the eliminated duos for the first two weeks, also because of scheduling conflicts. The whole thing is maddening.)<\/p>\n

So, this is how it went: they let the viewers vote for Ashleigh, just on her begging and her husband\u2019s teary pleas, telling us how much she deserved it. Never mind that the other three girls danced their hearts out on the actual competition show, not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES each!!! And then one of them got eliminated!!! You\u2019ve got to be kidding me! Mr. X is even more upset than I am.<\/p>\n

So, I think I\u2019ll try out next year, because, I promise, I really did used to be an excellent dancer. And because Mr. X thinks I should be on it!<\/p>\n

(I actually think the producers were truing their best to keep both husband and wife on, thinking that more people would come to their show for the \u201caahhhh\u201d factor of seeing a real-life couple connect physically.)<\/p>\n

And while I\u2019m all worked-up over this show, here are some more things that are wrong with it:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that host Cat Deeley is a lovely person, but she conducts herself in that phony British \u201cpresenter\u201d way that is soooo annoying! Her whole bit may work in the mother land, but it\u2019s just downright creepy here, with her always picking at her nails and saying stupid phony nonsense.<\/p>\n

Her latest affectation this season is calling people \u201creprobates\u201d–it seems that she\u2019s learned a new word, but unfortunately, not the definition! Dictionary.com has the nicest<\/em> definition as \u201ca depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person.\u201d This is what she\u2019s called Nigel Lythgoe, the executive producer, several times, (maybe he is–she should know better than I!) AND some of the dancers families and friends!!! She thinks she\u2019s being cute. What an idiot. [I finally called someone an idiot in print! I guess the honeymoon phase is over with you guys. Yay! So, welcome to me<\/em>, because I call everyone idiots in person.]<\/p>\n

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And I hate the new bigger, farther-away stage this season–it\u2019s so non-inclusive. If we wanted to see people dance from that far-away perspective, we can just go to the theatre. The fun of the show was that the dancers were always so up-close and personal that we felt that we were part of it.<\/p>\n

Last complaint, but certainly not least, is that the judges are wind-bags. Shut up already! One sentence is enough! If they have too much time to kill, make the shows shorter and don\u2019t torture us!<\/p>\n

But, I love talented dancers so much, that even with all this, Mr. X and I will keep watching. And I\u2019ll keep ranting about the things that should be done so much better than they currently are. Maybe I\u2019ll start my own show called So You think You Can Do It Better<\/em>! {This is copy written, so don\u2019t get any ideas.}<\/p>\n

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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Mr. X and I agree on few things in life (except for the fact that Clarence, the Singing Dog, is the most special being in the world), so when we do, I always think that means that we\u2019re super-correct. And, since the first show of Season 2, we\u2019ve watched<\/p>\n

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