‘So You Think You Can Dance’: America Votes for Someone Competent, Makes HistoryThe couch potatoes of America continually eat the wrong foods, buy the wrong cars, and elect the wrong politicians. Which makes it really nothing short of a miracle that after 16 million votes, they picked the right winner for So You Think You Can Dance.
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: No MercyWe’re fixated on Nigel’s teeth, Mary’s upper lip, and the crotch shots in the opening credits. Oh, wait. We’re supposed to be watching the dancers!
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Karma PoliceGranted none of the dancers inspire religious devotion this season, but last night’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance illustrated timeless proverbs of karmic retribution nevertheless.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’: All Apologies“Art should be allowed to make statements,” Nigel proclaimed. But in America we also expect our artists to apologize for doing so shortly thereafter.
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: What We’ve LearnedThe final ten have been chosen which seems a good time to review the ten things we’ve learned so far about the contestants, the show, and life in general.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’: No UgliesAfter listening yet again to producer Nigel Lythgoe’s incessant talk of personal growth and the journey, we’ve begun to suspect that Oprah is a silent backer of this series.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Overdosing on ‘Hairspray’Even if Cedric had slapped on tap shoes and hoofed it up à la Savion Glover, he couldn’t have danced himself out of the hole he’d dug over the last few weeks. That elimination was inevitable.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Down With Tyce D’Orio!As the producers prodded the dancers to reveal the complex psyches behind their personas, we learned such scintillating facts as Lauren likes to pretend she’s Asian and Dominic thinks every foreign accent is French. Maybe this is the show’s way of reminding us that you can dislike the artist but still like the art.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Jessi Should Have Stayed In the ICUAfter that dreadful Lion King ripoff at the beginning of last night’s So You Think You Can Dance, we Googled choreographer Tyce D’Orio to see what relevant credits, if any, he has to qualify him for creating “Broadway-style” routines. We found Tyce had a single credit on the Great White Way: He was an associate choreographer on the flop Beach Boys musical Good Vibrations. Enough said.
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: The Puerto Rican EditionAs axed contestant (good-bye, Faina) after axed contestant (so long, Jimmy) proclaims how memorable, how life-changing, how important his short time on So You Think You Can Dance has been, you start to wonder how much of the canned responses are scripted in advance.
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‘So You Think You Can Dance’: So Emotional, BabyFrom the looks of it, there’s been an internal shift on So You Think You Can Dance: Ballroom routines are now judged on showmanship; hip-hop ones get critiqued for technique.
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: You Call Those Choreographers?Finally. The top twenty dancers have been announced, and tween girls and middle-aged gay men citywide breathe an excited sigh of relief. This season, which contestants end up on the chopping block tonight (and which must dance to survive) will have more to do with who got saddled with bad choreography than who’s got that extra something.
