Last night's Episode 6 - (Famous Dances theme) opened up with a terrifically choreographed number "Putting It on the Ritz" in the tradition of the best of the famous movies' dancing arrangements done by legendary masters on the like of Busby Berkley, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly - from whom - the current DWTS - choreographer - could take some lessons - if they are not already doing that.
As far as the last night's dancers go - Sharna and Anthony's "Footloose" routine looked and felt like tons of fun - but the judges underscored it as compared to overly high marks bestowed on Wanya and Lindsay - InSync routine which presented only slightly higher than average dance choreography with the same grade of the musical arrangement. Also - according to the viewers' Facebook forum - the judges were overly generous with their highest marks when scoring Paige and Mark's routine. We absolutely agree - the judges should not put their favoritisms or winners' preferences - on blatant display. The viewers take notice and are not thrilled about it at all.
Doug Flutie finally went home - actually the viewers should have voted him off - way before - a graceful and talented - Marla Maples was sent home - according to our editorial staff and many viewers on the Facebook forum.
Ginger Z and Val Schmerkovski performed Janet Jackson standard which left a lot of room for improvement on every count - however - the judges still over scored them - even if the marks given were only slightly higher than average.
We consider Nyle and Peta's demonstration - of an enormously difficult Quick Step from Jim Carrey's "Mask" - as deserving much higher marks from the judges - certainly - Nyle and Peta should have garnered higher scores than Ginger Z and Val for their decent but not outstanding in any way - Janet Jackson - Jazz piece.
Don't forget to click here on Tues. May 3 - 2016 for the review of Mon. May 2 - 2016 - show.
Have a great week - the last one for April 2016!
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
A Review of the 5th (Switched up Partners) show DWtS - Season 22 - Mon. Apr. 18 - 2016.
Last night's show - the switch up night - offered a largely mixed bag to the viewers. First of all - the opening number which usually presents beautiful dance moves plus sumptuous costumes - fell flat last night on both counts.
As for the dancing pieces - the music over all - sounded less than average with a few notable exceptions. The first number featured a Tango with tons of unnecessary, exaggerated Tango moves accompanied by less than adequate music - plus no chemistry between Wanya and Whitney. When the judges - Max and Len - noted those negative factors - they got massively booed by the studio audience - only God knows - why.
Another negative comment we have concerns Lindsay and Von's Jive done in a Country Western mode which looked strange. The judges praised the whole concept in an exaggerated manner - evidently weary of another dose of potentially huge boos from the studio audience - however - their scores reflected fairly on the barely average presentation.
We also had some reservations about Salsa - splendidly choreographed by Mark Ballas dancing it - with his "switch up" partner Ginger Z who did barely an Okay job - which could be improved quite a bit. It's a good thing that the judges after endlessly extolling that number to "high heaven" since they already decided that Ginger Z will win the contest - nevertheless - scored it fairly - with slightly more than average - marks.
ABC - evidently - wanting to give an additional "plug" to DWTS - gives way too much air time to Ginger Z's life, her husband, her baby, her dance partners. She needs to concentrate on improving her - only average - dancing rather than building her "weather girl" status into some "superstar" - position with her network.
On the positive side - Tom Bergeron has a great M.C type personality which consistently - comes through. He keeps his comments brief the way the M.C. should since the M.C. is not any kind of aspiring potential star of any kind. I like his comment about Von Miller "farting a lot less with his temporary switch up partner - Lindsay - evidently - to show his liking for her - as opposed to farting a lot - with his steady partner - for the season - Whitney." All the dancers earn their high fees - one way or another.
As far as the M.C.s are concerned - Erin Edwards could take some lessons from Tom Bergeron - who doesn't "flap his trap" to no end just to be "on camera" as if the viewers are overly interested in the excessive details from the M.C's lives who neither dance nor judge.
We know that you danced with Max Schmerkovskiy a few seasons back. Erin - you repeat that every time you have the camera in your face! We register the fourth and fifth time - and some of us - register what you say even when you repeat it the second or third time - thank you!
Nyle and Sharna's - Viennese Waltz was a pure dream to watch with a lovely musical as a bonus. It was deservedly scored high by the judges while the audience went wild inside the studio.
Don't forget to click here next Tues. Apr. 27 - 16 for the review of Mon. Apr. 26 - 2016 - 6th Episode of DWTS - Season 22!
Have a great week everybody!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
As for the dancing pieces - the music over all - sounded less than average with a few notable exceptions. The first number featured a Tango with tons of unnecessary, exaggerated Tango moves accompanied by less than adequate music - plus no chemistry between Wanya and Whitney. When the judges - Max and Len - noted those negative factors - they got massively booed by the studio audience - only God knows - why.
Another negative comment we have concerns Lindsay and Von's Jive done in a Country Western mode which looked strange. The judges praised the whole concept in an exaggerated manner - evidently weary of another dose of potentially huge boos from the studio audience - however - their scores reflected fairly on the barely average presentation.
We also had some reservations about Salsa - splendidly choreographed by Mark Ballas dancing it - with his "switch up" partner Ginger Z who did barely an Okay job - which could be improved quite a bit. It's a good thing that the judges after endlessly extolling that number to "high heaven" since they already decided that Ginger Z will win the contest - nevertheless - scored it fairly - with slightly more than average - marks.
ABC - evidently - wanting to give an additional "plug" to DWTS - gives way too much air time to Ginger Z's life, her husband, her baby, her dance partners. She needs to concentrate on improving her - only average - dancing rather than building her "weather girl" status into some "superstar" - position with her network.
On the positive side - Tom Bergeron has a great M.C type personality which consistently - comes through. He keeps his comments brief the way the M.C. should since the M.C. is not any kind of aspiring potential star of any kind. I like his comment about Von Miller "farting a lot less with his temporary switch up partner - Lindsay - evidently - to show his liking for her - as opposed to farting a lot - with his steady partner - for the season - Whitney." All the dancers earn their high fees - one way or another.
As far as the M.C.s are concerned - Erin Edwards could take some lessons from Tom Bergeron - who doesn't "flap his trap" to no end just to be "on camera" as if the viewers are overly interested in the excessive details from the M.C's lives who neither dance nor judge.
We know that you danced with Max Schmerkovskiy a few seasons back. Erin - you repeat that every time you have the camera in your face! We register the fourth and fifth time - and some of us - register what you say even when you repeat it the second or third time - thank you!
Nyle and Sharna's - Viennese Waltz was a pure dream to watch with a lovely musical as a bonus. It was deservedly scored high by the judges while the audience went wild inside the studio.
Don't forget to click here next Tues. Apr. 27 - 16 for the review of Mon. Apr. 26 - 2016 - 6th Episode of DWTS - Season 22!
Have a great week everybody!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A Review of Episode 4 - DWTS (Disney theme) - Mon.Apr. 11 - 2016 - ABC 8pm.
Last night's DWTS - Disney theme - show presented sumptuous set designs, costumes and other props. As far as the dancing numbers go, we have some bad news followed as always by the positive comments.
We always get the negative comments over with so we can focus on some positive aspects. Ginger Z (ABC weather girl's) and Val Schmerkovski's number was way - overscored by the judges who already picked their winners which they absolutely should not do - to be fair to other hard-working dancers.
Val's choreography left a lot to be desired since he freely mixed Tango with Foxtrot with Quickstep steps - so all he needed was a proverbial "kitchen sink" into that mix. For some mysterious reasons - all the judges went "ga-ga-goo-goo" - screaming with delight.
On the positive side - Sharna Burgess and her partner - Anthony Brown - finally received some fair scores from the judges for their breathtaking Aladin number. It's about time.
Marla Maples and her super good professional partner - Tony Devalani were sent home - absolutely unfairly while Jodie Wootin who messed up big time thus negatively affected her professional partner - Keo - got way - overscored marks as they danced their messed up by her -cha-cha - from Disney's Zootopia. The judges shamelessly overscored their lame number big time - for some obscure reasons. They did the same thing with Mark Ballas's less than average choreography of Quickstep from Disney's Toy Story theme.
Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff's Disney's Mary Poppins routine - was a big fiasco so they should have been sent home - instead of a beautiful, graceful dancer Marla Maples with her excellent pro partner - Tony Devalani. The numerous viewers express those views on Facebook forum.
At any rate - as always - click here next Tuesday Apr. 19 - 2016 for the review of Mon. Apr. 18 - show which will feature - "switched partners". Have a great third week of April 2016 - everybody!
We always get the negative comments over with so we can focus on some positive aspects. Ginger Z (ABC weather girl's) and Val Schmerkovski's number was way - overscored by the judges who already picked their winners which they absolutely should not do - to be fair to other hard-working dancers.
Val's choreography left a lot to be desired since he freely mixed Tango with Foxtrot with Quickstep steps - so all he needed was a proverbial "kitchen sink" into that mix. For some mysterious reasons - all the judges went "ga-ga-goo-goo" - screaming with delight.
On the positive side - Sharna Burgess and her partner - Anthony Brown - finally received some fair scores from the judges for their breathtaking Aladin number. It's about time.
Marla Maples and her super good professional partner - Tony Devalani were sent home - absolutely unfairly while Jodie Wootin who messed up big time thus negatively affected her professional partner - Keo - got way - overscored marks as they danced their messed up by her -cha-cha - from Disney's Zootopia. The judges shamelessly overscored their lame number big time - for some obscure reasons. They did the same thing with Mark Ballas's less than average choreography of Quickstep from Disney's Toy Story theme.
Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff's Disney's Mary Poppins routine - was a big fiasco so they should have been sent home - instead of a beautiful, graceful dancer Marla Maples with her excellent pro partner - Tony Devalani. The numerous viewers express those views on Facebook forum.
At any rate - as always - click here next Tuesday Apr. 19 - 2016 for the review of Mon. Apr. 18 - show which will feature - "switched partners". Have a great third week of April 2016 - everybody!
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
A Review of Episode 3 - DWTS - Mon.Apr.4 - 2016 - ABC 8pm.
Last night - Dancing With the Stars show's theme - my most memorable year - allowed the participants to tell the audiences about some important episode from their lives. Some of it was "schmaltzy" and excessively melodramatic but some participants had an interesting story to share.
I - personally - prefer the uplifting and optimistic versions which most of them - presented - anyway. The sad, sobbing melodrama - I could easily do - without.
As far as the judges are concerned - Len Goodman got booed a lot by the audience present - which I didn't think he deserved at all. Bruno Tonioli has always been an extremely exuberant but knowledgeable about dance and choreography - judge. Carrie Ann Inaba - can be - at times - biased and unfair - but last night - I thought that she did a decent job of judging fairly - I hope that she continues in that mode.
Misha Barton went home since her dancing left a lot to be desired but at least - she went home after a much better dancing than last week.
Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess'es scores by the judges - were too stingy. Their foxtrot was flowing - well choreographed but the idea of Antonio's little son participating in their dance - was a big winner. Still they were underscored by the judges. That's the second week in a row that the judges were overly stingy with the scores after praising them to no end.
Don't forget to click here next Tues. Apr. 12 - 2016 for a review of Mon. Apr.11 - 16 - show.
Have a great second week of April 2016 - everybody!
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I - personally - prefer the uplifting and optimistic versions which most of them - presented - anyway. The sad, sobbing melodrama - I could easily do - without.
As far as the judges are concerned - Len Goodman got booed a lot by the audience present - which I didn't think he deserved at all. Bruno Tonioli has always been an extremely exuberant but knowledgeable about dance and choreography - judge. Carrie Ann Inaba - can be - at times - biased and unfair - but last night - I thought that she did a decent job of judging fairly - I hope that she continues in that mode.
Misha Barton went home since her dancing left a lot to be desired but at least - she went home after a much better dancing than last week.
Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess'es scores by the judges - were too stingy. Their foxtrot was flowing - well choreographed but the idea of Antonio's little son participating in their dance - was a big winner. Still they were underscored by the judges. That's the second week in a row that the judges were overly stingy with the scores after praising them to no end.
Don't forget to click here next Tues. Apr. 12 - 2016 for a review of Mon. Apr.11 - 16 - show.
Have a great second week of April 2016 - everybody!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
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