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Kara underrated?

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*Wysiwyg*

26-10-2010

Originally Posted by Lorelei Lee:
“Kara for me is different from Rachel and Ali, in that I don't think she's suffering from a lack of spark in her personality. (It'd be difficult for Ali to have played Dawn, for sure )

What I think she (and FWIW, Tina) is suffering from is a sort of stage-school veneer over the top of every performance. She does what she's told with neatness, precision and a fixed smile - but without being told to let any character through, she's simply not getting the right amount of spark into the dance.”

Well said Lorelei Lee, I totally agree with you!

Tiger Rose

26-10-2010

Originally Posted by Dancing Girl:
“Kara seems a lovely girl but appears to say anything to get into the headlines. Remember her interview about her depression after being let go from her soap. How difficult it was to find word, how suicidal she was!! Now she says it was a mis-quote and did not mean it and appears on Loose Women going on about her partner and how she would go out with him if he asked her!!!!! Oh good grief, not ANOTHER romance on Strictly!!!! I too do not get the constant praise for Pamela, sometimes I think the judges are not watching the same performance!!!!! Perhaps what Kara needs is some public relations advice about how she comes across in the media. Desperate for attention is not a good luck. She obviously is talented as a dancer and works extremely hard but comments like the above do not help her profile.”

Kara said in Loose Women that she is going to edit what she says in future following the 'suicidal' quote. She also played down the Showmance thing by saying that her Mum was more into him. I think the problem is that she keeps getting asked about it in interviews. If she refused to say anything then that would just fuel the fire even more now. I think she's in a no win situation in that regard.

Veri

26-10-2010

Originally Posted by Veri:
“She doesn't do it with a fixed smile, though. The character and spark is there; it just isn't exaggerated and hammed up, imo.”

Originally Posted by Lorelei Lee:
“At the risk of agreeing with you, I think you'll find that that's more or less exactly what I said. The fact I think her smile is all part of the current overly-nice veneer of her performance is a separate issue.”

Just to be clear, though, I don't think there's an overly-nice or stage school veneer or a fixed smile. I think there's just a natural performance rather than an exaggerated, hammed up one.

Unfortunately (from my POV) the SCD judges and much of the audience respond better to a more 'theatrical' performance. So it would help if she 'projected' more, so to speak.

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