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shallowness) wrote2014-10-19 08:55 am
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Strictly week 4
This has nothing to do with the rest of this post, but yesterday morning, I watched most of a Murder, She Wrote episode, because it featured baby!Ben Browder. He played a good guy. In a bonus, it also featured a young Frank from ER, playing a character named Harvey.
To Strictly!
Broadly didn’t disagree with the rankings on the leaderboard. I thought the pro ladies edged out the celeb ladies dress-wise – I really liked Iveta and Janette’s in particular. I’d say Caroline’s was my next favourite, and I was impressed by Judy’s outfit.
I didn’t realise Kevin came from Grimsby! Did you? (I know the sarcastic response is as tired as the joke, although seeing the family was rather sweet.) There was a lot of good stuff about Frankie’s cha-cha, although Kevin’s hair did get distracting.
Mark’s quickstep seemed like an improvement, and no wonder he fell sick with all that to do.
Was it Simon next? Anyway, the Charleston did its characterful magic and unlocked something in him. Easily his best dance and the sort of dancing we were always expecting from him. You’d think it’d save him for now.
Oh, Judy. Anton felt he needed to put in not just one illegal lift, but two, bookending some terribleness. However, she played her card, and it wasn’t a gran or a kid, it was her embarrassing her two tennis player sons next week. I do like the good-natured way she’s taking all this, but I wouldn’t say she was improving.
Alison sold it like we knew she would, and I really liked Aljiaz’s partnering, because I mainly remember her, although I’m glad the judges went on about her feet, because they are a weakness and, much as it pains me to say it, because Alison irritates me so much less than Lisa Riley, Lisa was the better dancer.
Scott...while the judges were absolutely crushing, they weren’t wrong, they just could have put it more kindly (Craig, even for Craig, was harsh). There were one or two nice moments, but mostly it was terrible and disjointed. Though I liked his outfit.
I enjoyed Steve’s salsa! (Also I was wrong last week. Ola didn’t do ‘I Want to Be Like You’ before, it was Natalie.)
Somehow Natalie’s choreography makes me want to say Tim was better than Scott and Judy. Certainly, I found it more watchable, even if all three of the weakest dancers seemed a lot weaker than everyone else.
I know I’ve got the order wrong, now, because Pixie must have come before Tim, as I was impressed with her emoting coming after Claudia’s florist!madador!Elvis. I was really curious about how Pixie and Trent’s rumba would go, and it was a shade better than I expected, lyrical with some nice moves, although I thought the critiques were fair enough. At least Len admitted he was critiquing the choreography for once.
(Signs of age from Len, beyond the usual Grumpy Old Man tendencies; he couldn’t hear Tess over the applause at one point and said as much. Hmm.)
I needed the judges’ point of view, because while it was likeable and I thought it was quite good for a celeb male doing ballroom, I wasn’t sure how good Thom was. Apparently he too did well.
Sunetra is certainly more confident in the Latin these days. I thought the first lift was not great, but the rest were, Brendan got her to use her arms well, and I didn’t spot the errors, even if I didn’t think the whole was amazing. She’s probably always going to be better at ballroom.
When they called Jake, I was so chuffed that Caroline got the final spot, although as a whole, I probably loved Jake’s jive more. I did think there were a couple of awkward moments, but mainly the energy and confidence were great.
Perhaps it was my dislike of the cutesy props that just made me not like Caroline’s quickstep. However, to my eyes, she was on it, totally confident, until the last second. She really is versatile. And she got her moment in the sun, joint top, and thus is officially in the mix.
The scores made much more sense this week. Tip of the hat to Claudia for admitting as much. I bet Darcy is trying to hint that the judges get to play musical chairs to the producers, as Tess still seems to assume she’ll be The Nice One and dispense balm after Craig’s said his piece (though he mostly seemed to be nitpicking, making a broad relevant point and being positive).
To Strictly!
Broadly didn’t disagree with the rankings on the leaderboard. I thought the pro ladies edged out the celeb ladies dress-wise – I really liked Iveta and Janette’s in particular. I’d say Caroline’s was my next favourite, and I was impressed by Judy’s outfit.
I didn’t realise Kevin came from Grimsby! Did you? (I know the sarcastic response is as tired as the joke, although seeing the family was rather sweet.) There was a lot of good stuff about Frankie’s cha-cha, although Kevin’s hair did get distracting.
Mark’s quickstep seemed like an improvement, and no wonder he fell sick with all that to do.
Was it Simon next? Anyway, the Charleston did its characterful magic and unlocked something in him. Easily his best dance and the sort of dancing we were always expecting from him. You’d think it’d save him for now.
Oh, Judy. Anton felt he needed to put in not just one illegal lift, but two, bookending some terribleness. However, she played her card, and it wasn’t a gran or a kid, it was her embarrassing her two tennis player sons next week. I do like the good-natured way she’s taking all this, but I wouldn’t say she was improving.
Alison sold it like we knew she would, and I really liked Aljiaz’s partnering, because I mainly remember her, although I’m glad the judges went on about her feet, because they are a weakness and, much as it pains me to say it, because Alison irritates me so much less than Lisa Riley, Lisa was the better dancer.
Scott...while the judges were absolutely crushing, they weren’t wrong, they just could have put it more kindly (Craig, even for Craig, was harsh). There were one or two nice moments, but mostly it was terrible and disjointed. Though I liked his outfit.
I enjoyed Steve’s salsa! (Also I was wrong last week. Ola didn’t do ‘I Want to Be Like You’ before, it was Natalie.)
Somehow Natalie’s choreography makes me want to say Tim was better than Scott and Judy. Certainly, I found it more watchable, even if all three of the weakest dancers seemed a lot weaker than everyone else.
I know I’ve got the order wrong, now, because Pixie must have come before Tim, as I was impressed with her emoting coming after Claudia’s florist!madador!Elvis. I was really curious about how Pixie and Trent’s rumba would go, and it was a shade better than I expected, lyrical with some nice moves, although I thought the critiques were fair enough. At least Len admitted he was critiquing the choreography for once.
(Signs of age from Len, beyond the usual Grumpy Old Man tendencies; he couldn’t hear Tess over the applause at one point and said as much. Hmm.)
I needed the judges’ point of view, because while it was likeable and I thought it was quite good for a celeb male doing ballroom, I wasn’t sure how good Thom was. Apparently he too did well.
Sunetra is certainly more confident in the Latin these days. I thought the first lift was not great, but the rest were, Brendan got her to use her arms well, and I didn’t spot the errors, even if I didn’t think the whole was amazing. She’s probably always going to be better at ballroom.
When they called Jake, I was so chuffed that Caroline got the final spot, although as a whole, I probably loved Jake’s jive more. I did think there were a couple of awkward moments, but mainly the energy and confidence were great.
Perhaps it was my dislike of the cutesy props that just made me not like Caroline’s quickstep. However, to my eyes, she was on it, totally confident, until the last second. She really is versatile. And she got her moment in the sun, joint top, and thus is officially in the mix.
The scores made much more sense this week. Tip of the hat to Claudia for admitting as much. I bet Darcy is trying to hint that the judges get to play musical chairs to the producers, as Tess still seems to assume she’ll be The Nice One and dispense balm after Craig’s said his piece (though he mostly seemed to be nitpicking, making a broad relevant point and being positive).