Thursday, July 10, 2008

YOU'RE MY KIND OF GIRL, CAT: There are three dichotomies arising out of last night's SYTYCD:
  1. Female bootee*: Comfort or Jessica? I'd keep Jessica. Comfort has danced with a couple of different partners with no discernible improvement over the weeks. What's more, she's taken heavy criticism on two hip hop routines -- if she can't nail those, she's got no business being here. (Unlike Twitch's krump, which was so awesome, or, dare I say without getting glared at by the you-are-way-too-white-to-even-think-the-word police, buck, that I felt embarrassed for everyone else who's ever tried to krump on the show.) Jessica, on the other hand, has been laboring under Will's shadow for a full five weeks and that no-clothes-no-music Tyce Diorio routine was gorgeous. I'd give her one more week to see what she can do with a new partner.
  2. Male bootee*: Thayne or Mark? I'm a little surprised at myself for even throwing Mark into the mix instead of simply pronouncing that Thayne should go. But the comments last night concerning Thayne's technique versus Mark's lack of technique make me wonder whether the judges might keep the guy who arguably dances well enough to make it to the final four rather than the guy with the higher performance level but lesser technique. I am not actually expecting Mark to be in the bottom three, given how well his dances with Chelsie went over last night; but unless Mark falls into the danger zone, Thayne is toast.
  3. Nigel's drug of choice: Viagara or Cialis? Seriously, the guy is getting loopy. I can't do better than one of my colleagues (give you one guess who that was) at translating the not-so-veiled subtext of his remarks: "I am so heterosexual that I am a threat to do any woman who comes within 10 yards of me -- Asian, Mormon, or Cat in the kitchen. Did I mention that I flew to Las Vegas for the specific purpose of seeing Bette Midler?"

My favorite routines of the night: the previously mentioned Will/Jessica contemporary routine, Twitchington's krump (or pied piper's assistant), Gev and Courtney's Mapquest of the Lost Ark, and Mark and Chelsie's salsa. I appreciate the fact that we now have Bollywood on the show, but the dance itself didn't really click with me to the same degree as the others did. I'd much rather see a big Bollywood group number (perhaps tonight!).

And, in keeping with our customary praise of Cat Deeley, I must flag her bemused head scratch at the camera after the "not to cook" remark.

* bootee is not pronounced booty, but rather boo-TAY

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