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amelia_lee
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My God, how many dancers had the song of what they did or what their name was or their tv persona or in Judy's case, her nationality!
It just seems too much and the prop overkill, it's lost it's spark from years ago when it was just about the dancing.
It just seems too much and the prop overkill, it's lost it's spark from years ago when it was just about the dancing.
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Each week the pros are told by the producers what is expected of them.
I don't mind the props and messing about at the start so much but constructing the whole dance/music around their TV persona's is a bit much. Hopefully this was for the first week only.
I would hope so, although the last few years it seems to be getting worse.
Look at Abbey with that big old bucket, I mean what use was it to the dance.
It's sad because some of the best dances that SCD has produced has been ones like Jill's jive, Mark's Argentine tango, Racheal's rumba and they didn't need a big operating room to produce magic!
what is wrong with just dancing
(Confession time: I'm one those viewers who has trouble remembering the names of contestants and always just thinks of them as "the Scottish one," "the one from EastEnders," etc. anyway!)
That is why first week they have done this. It is about planting in audience mind who each dancer is. Most folks will not know all the celebs. I thought it was fine. The props are just about moving up the production level as it is fundamentally an entertainment show. To go back to the basics of early series would visually be poor for many of audience.
"Moving up the production level" What in heaven's name does this mean ?
Are you saying good dancing isn't entertaining ?
I very much doubt we've seen the last of the props .
Of course we haven't seen the last of the props. They are part of the show. Production have decided that having couple after couple just dancing would be dull after 10 series. SCD isn't a dance competition. It is an entertainment show with celebs dancing and the public voting for their favourite.
The sad thing is, it was more entertaining when it was just the dances.
I don't know if anyone saw DWTS when they stripped everything away and danced on a nicely lit stage and they were better then everything!
A show can be an entertainment show with just dance and it was before, so putting a motorcycle or an operation bed is just stupid and I think they are underestimating their audience if they think they have to waste so much of the dancers time using the props and the money on these things which make the show poorer in quality.
I just wish the show would strip down to it's bear essentials and go back to what the show was about originally, celebs learning to dance from pros.
A agree with you 100%.
I might get stick for this but I quite liked Kevin and Frankie's umbrella as, to me, it added something to the mood. And I think it was probably KFG's decision but, of course, I may be wrong.
But all the other nonsense just distracted from the dancing. Bagpipes? Words fail me...
Thank you very much!
I agree.
I don't see anything wrong with something like and umbrella, they are often used in the dance world and if you can dance with one, they can add something pretty to a dance.
Yeah I liked that too. Reminded me of a fifties musical and thought it looked really romantic and elegant when they were both holding it together, then Kevin dipped Frankie as she put it down.
Didn't like the song though. Bit awkward in 3/4... at least they changed the time signature though!
I'm not a fan of them changing the timing, I think the song gets lost and sounds strange!
There's enough 3/4 timed songs to be able to come up with some. They could always use a song for a foxtrot if they love it so much.
I'm betting Pixie will do her viennese waltz to cry me out, the song begs for it and now they have her on there!
That was 5? years ago. I really don't think things have changed that much.