What’s historic is that this is supposedly the first time there are THREE tappers in the top 20.
Reminder that there’s a one-hour show tonight – “Meet the Top Twenty,” apparently, so I’ll go ahead and watch DWTS instead.
Two-hour show tomorrow in which the top 20 perform – with an elimination by the end of the show, per the Fox website. (I guess because the World Series starts Weds. – go Phills!).
Yay!
zagloba, are you sure? It seemed like when Bianca got through, she was making a big deal of being the *first *tapper to make the top 20.
I didn’t watch season 1, to my eternal regret.
Huh – they’re going to a third permanent judge, and that person is
Adam Shenkman! Yay!
So, what’s the difference between crumping (krumping?) and hip-hop? I’m so not down with all this new stuff!
I wasn’t absolutely certain. In fact, on tonight’s meet the top 20 I thought they said this was the first top 20 to include any tappers.
Much the way Joshua didn’t have *any *formal training, I’m sure.
If there was indeed a tapper in the season 1, I wouldn’t count out the possibility that the producers would try to act like it never happened.
I think they’re purposely playing up the “young, immature, childish Mollee” angle because they see some real potential in her. That will allow them to pat themselves on the back in six weeks when she does something really mature, sexy and/or technically astounding, and say “look how far you’ve come! You’re dancing like a woman now!!”
I agree about Ashleigh/wife’s face. A few weeks ago I commented to my wife that her face looks unnatural somehow, like the skin at the sides of her mouth is showing weird stretch lines, as if it’s being pulled too taught or something. Aside from that, her facial expressions look too forced, like she’s in an old timey silent movie.
Ugh. I hate that they’re using this theater for the whole show – it’s way less camera-friendly.
The tap last night was incredibly disappointing – very uninteresting stuff. Anyone who watched that and wondered “why the hell does twicks love tap so much?,” well, that wouldn’t be any kind of answer to the question. Plus, the best way to film – er, tape? digitize? – tap is full-length at all times. Appreciated the close-ups of the feet, but, ugh, blah, boring routine.
The best, I thought, was that two-on-one samba at the end – very sexy. Wonderful choreography! I’ve already forgotten who did it, but he or she did a fabulous job of combining traditional moves with the unconventional trio. The end pose – wonderful.
Looking forward to competition tonight!
I thought the opening number and the tri-Samba were the only really interesting choreographies.
So, Beat box, hip-hop, and Krump are the same things?
Since it has been asked twice, here is my humble take:
Hip-hop is making your arms appear to have improperly constructed joints or no bones at all. Lately, it is also a lot of stunts and tricks, like spinning on your back and head or doing windmills. Also, the more athletic dancers try for somersault flips with karate kicks thrown in for extra flash. Ironically, there is not that much hopping or hip movement.
Krump is supposed to be “animalistic” and “raw”, but oftentimes ends up looking like a caveman hopping around with swarm of fire ants in the pants.
Beat box is a contest to see how much saliva you can rain on people around you while making noises that sound good in your own head.
I think people are confusing “B Boy” with beat boxing. B in B Boy stands for break dancer, which is more like how you described Hip Hop. All those spins and stuff goes back a long way back before hip hop.
Show & Tell:
Breakdancing (as done by b-boys and b-girls).
Blech. All the hip hop videos are terrible (and there’s thousands of them). Here is a link to a sample of the type of hip hop typically done on SYTYCD: link.
If you’re inventing the memory, I invented the same one. My wife had no similar recollection and thought I was crazy.
I was finishing a phone call when the show started and missed the details of a couple of announcements. Seems silly to spoiler it but I will:
Okay, Billy Bell is out for illness, for the season, I gather. Did someone replace him? Who?
And, yay, looks like Travis has a regular gig as choreographer – yay yay yay.
Ah. Brandon. Who I don’t recall having seen before.
Mrs. Plant watches this program.
I wish that woman who screams would die.
I wish the dumped contestants could carry firearms.
When this is finally over tonight, I’m listening to the Blues.
For a long, long time. Little Milton. Houston Stackhouse. Muddy Waters. Howlin’ Wolf. 
Welcome to this season’s thread, already in process.
twickster, Cafe Society moderator and rabid SYTYCD fan
Jesus, Twicks, I’m just bitchin’ about my Better Half.
These folks are gonna kill me!
Damn, that’s your plan, isn’t it? I’m a dead man.
Ok, OK, this is because I didn’t contribute to the Moderator retirement fund this month, right?
Or is this a case of the Twickster Educational Fund?
Paypal. Lady, Paypal!