Dancing with the Stars - Almost Outta Here
Just to prolong the medicinal feel of things, we are being treated up-front to dances from the past…and then a meaningless chat with each couple. Brooke’s partner just did everything in his power to be so obnoxious that she loses the competition. Good for you, Kendoll.
I did like seeing Lance and Lacey’s Tango again…it made me So I Thought They Could Dance. And seeing their “Mambo” again reminded me that Lance isn’t anywhere near a complete dancer. But they have done some good dances…better than this show deserves. But Brooke is a better dancer.
Before we get to (yawn) Warren, there’s a commercial for Meryl Streep in Doubt. Woo-hoo!
I love how Warren and Kym led in to their Waltz by talking about how amazing he was. Yeah…that was the most graceful moose Sarah Palin has yet to shoot. Warren said it gave him a taste in him mouth. Yeah. Me too. And then they did their Matrix Doble. Warren needs to leave. Now.
Now the junior finalists — whatever that is — are doing their winning Jive. All I can say is, I’m glad that Ugly Betty is on the air, so that boy has a role model in Betty’s nephew. Except maybe I don’t need to worry about this kid, since the interview with Tom Bergeron has revealed that he is apparently a cyborg.
Now we’re having the Samba Smackdown — whatever that is. In college, I once choreographed a Samba dance-off. Maybe I should just close my eyes and remember that; I’m afraid I’m about to taste something in my mouth again.
I don’t understand…they just started the show again, half an hour into it. What…did I just suffer through a half hour of promotional material?! Ooh, I’m pissed.
Actually, I think I’m gonna like the concept of this Samba thing. They’re all doing the same dance, one after the other. If this doesn’t show how under-able the Warren edifice is, I don’t know what will. –Okay, that wasn’t what I thought it was gonna be. I thought they were all going to do the same steps, not just all do a similar genre. And I just have to ask: How can you call it a Samba when it’s being done to a funk beat? Brooke managed to have a bit of Samba content (and Lance a bit less), but those weren’t freakin’ Sambas! Oh well. Par for this course. Brooke seemed a little stiff, Lance did surprisingly well, and Warren was pathetic.
Brooke and Kendoll just did their “Freestyle.” It was a cross between a Swing and a Quick Step, I guess, and at first it seemed like a tactical mistake, since Brooke can be so elegant in the Latin numbers. But the dance was so full of content that it really showed them well. It’s such a shock seeing lifts all of a sudden (which are apparently allowed at this stage)…it almost makes it seem like a real dance show! Those were some honkin’ hard lifts.
Lance and Lacey just did something they called Hip Hop. I think Lance just handed the trophy to Brooke. Sure, he has this “new-found confidence” (holy crap, if I have to hear them say that one more time!), and he danced with a lot of energy. But that was the most vanilla, least down-to-the-ground Hip Hop this child has ever seen. Unless we’re including Cloris and Erica from that group fiasco a few weeks ago. Just a badly styled dance, albeit a crowd-pleaser. And they don’t deserve to win with it. (But they do, please deserve to keep dancing instead of the large person bringing up the rear.)
Well, y’know…Warren was quite amusing. And I enjoyed that number. He was only mildly spastic, and he’s such a freakin’ strong fellow that the way he was throwing Kym around was pretty impressive. Sure, technique is a four-letter word in his dances, but he definitely gave us everything he had to offer in that dance. I’m feeling a little less impatient with him right now. There’s no question Brooke should win, but second place is a little more up for grabs than it was 2 minutes ago.
I’ll see you tomorrow night for Dancing with the Stars - The National Nightmare Is Over. I’ll be live blogging starting just affter 9pm Pacific time, so log on and refresh often, dudes.