Originally Posted by jiroos:
“Reworded - apologies for any confusion.
What I am trying to see is could an unpopular character win you over with a jive (or any dance) of that standard?”
But it's like asking do you like your living room the colour it is now or would you prefer it in a different colour. I don't know, I've never seen it in the other colour.
You're trying to get at, I presume, that people don't like Peter and do like Jay, so they love his dance because it's Jay dancing it, not Peter and they wouldn't love it the same if Peter did it.
There are some people who like Peter, like his dancing, there are some people who don't like Peter but do like his dancing (not many I'd warrant), there are some people that do like Peter and don't like his dancing and there's some that don't like either. The same goes for Jay.
That jive was the perfect storm of a lot of people liking the person, liking the couple, liking the dance and the quality of the dance coming out of nowhere. It wouldn't have the same effect if Peter did it because, like it or not, he's not as popular away from the dancefloor.
There's also the elephant in the room that Peter just doesn't have the talent to have done that dance that well. He may, further down the line, do a spectacular VW or salsa but currently Peter is not anywhere near that level of gifted.
Phew, sorry I went on