TV Cocktail makes some observations as it recaps:
As soon as Kameron’s name was announced, girls in the front yelled, “NO!” with tears in their voices. After Mia’s teardown last night, it must have been an image-punch to America’s ego, which seemed to vote for personality over hotness.
Personality over hotness??? What kinda cockamamie culture are we?
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Well, if you listen to Lauren Gottlieb in an LA Times Blog article, personality does come first:
She did acknowledge that the hams on the show do have an advantage: "Shauna [Noland, eliminated July 12] was herself. She's so laid-back and down to earth and real and normal, and she didn't want to throw anything fake out there." Unfortunately, the judges thus felt that her personality was lacking. But the contestants have no illusions that personality doesn't factor into the show: "They always tell us, 'It's a dance show second, and it's a personality show first,' " Lauren said.
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I was wondering how the folks at Theory My Culture would sort out this week's rush of events. John mostly ignored the controversy, and talked about dance:
Jaime was done in by choreography, bearing out my point in last week’s post. The costuming and whole motif, as noted by all the judges, didn’t match the idea of the waltz. If nothing else, Austria is not Spain, so that was strange. Unfortunately, too, she was paired with Dominic. Dominic’s “thing” is unbelievable. He showed that in his solo on the results show. But he can’t help save poor choreography. Jaime needed help and just got buried in the whole mess of Spain and Austria, and, in the end, I guess folks just didn’t find her likable. Alas. I liked her. It takes two good dancers to elevate mediocre or bad choreography; Jaime couldn’t do it alone...
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Drew Pisarra at NY Mag:
There’s something terribly gripping about watching four twentysomethings being told they’re unpopular then forcing them to perform alone in the face of a final rejection. But screw-the-verdict virtuosity made Dominic’s break dancing absolutely terrific. Talk about an indifference to Newton’s laws. Our heads spun as much as his did.
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