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Jay's Paso was mostly just posing while walking |
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I thought it was terrific and preferred it to Kellie's actually.
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If he'd been acting the part of a matador in a film, rather than dancing, it might have been great. But he wasn't.
Genuine question. For me a bit more shaping would have worked but a rock song probably doesn't cut it for inspiration. |
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If he'd been acting the part of a matador in a film, rather than dancing, it might have been great. But he wasn't.
But hey, you stick to your guns. |
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But that's the beauty of Strictly because I thought Helen was very much overmarked
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He is a bit robotic for me. Almost like dancing by numbers. I don't get a sense of his feeling the dance and his face just doesn't engage with the dance. Darcey mentioned something about that and she is spot on. He is an excellent technician but that's not all that dance is about.
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I genuinely can't think of a male celeb who's done a better one.
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I thought her timing with her footwork was a bit off, she seemed slightly behind Aljaz to me.
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I thought Paso Doble's all about posing. One thing, though, IMO Jay's was way too straight -- not sticking his hips out to create that little slant position.
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He is a bit robotic for me. Almost like dancing by numbers. I don't get a sense of his feeling the dance and his face just doesn't engage with the dance. Darcey mentioned something about that and she is spot on. He is an excellent technician but that's not all that dance is about.
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He is a bit robotic for me. Almost like dancing by numbers. I don't get a sense of his feeling the dance and his face just doesn't engage with the dance. Darcey mentioned something about that and she is spot on. He is an excellent technician but that's not all that dance is about.
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Jay understands how make to make beautiful shapes with his body. That's why Darcy loves his hands so much. Jay didn't have all the technique for the Paso but he could perform some parts exceedingly well.
Some people look for the good things in a dance and there was a lot of high quality dancing in there. Some people look for the bad things and they will have spotted that his walking steps were a bit ordinary compared to the rest of the routine. |
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I genuinely can't think of a male celeb who's done a better one.
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It wasn't just walking but I did think it was a little over rated.
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I thought he was fairly marked. Kellie and Helen were both over-marked imo which makes Jay's marks look unfair. It was a good Paso.
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I don't agree, I thought his waltz in week 2 was very tender and romantic
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No way was he overmarked...it was not a great night all round but Jay was the best of a not so great bunch.
Two 7s and two 8s would have been reasonable marks for Jay and would have put him at the right place on the leaderboard. |
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He is a bit robotic for me. Almost like dancing by numbers. I don't get a sense of his feeling the dance and his face just doesn't engage with the dance. Darcey mentioned something about that and she is spot on. He is an excellent technician but that's not all that dance is about.
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It's your opinion but it seems nobody agrees, including the professional judges,
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But hey, you stick to your guns.
So long as you keep being patronising.
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But that's the beauty of Strictly because I thought Helen was very much overmarked
SO did I, her terrified face is uncomfortable to watch. And Kellie was heavy & stompy. I thought that jive was going to be amazing & I was totally underwhelmed |
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Perhaps I've forgotten too many of the others, but I can't remember any from a good dancer that seemed so much like posing while walking.
I thought some of the dances were marked more by what the judges believed about the celeb, rather than the dance. So Katie and Anton got very low marks, because they believed she struggled with Latin; Jay got high marks because they believe he's a good dancer. It's clear you don't like Jay, but you have a very strange definition of the words 'posing' and 'walking' if that's what you really think.
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He is a bit robotic for me. Almost like dancing by numbers. I don't get a sense of his feeling the dance and his face just doesn't engage with the dance. Darcey mentioned something about that and she is spot on. He is an excellent technician but that's not all that dance is about.
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it was much more than that, but darcy picked up on something i've felt about him from the start, its all a bit clinical, a bit self aware.
like watching an excellent waiter in action. knows your every need before you do and meets it efficiently, but completely without you noticing them. |
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Best dance if the night for me. I thought it was quite a bit better than almost anyone else's dance tonight.
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Oh my word 'this'! You have absolutely hit the nail on the head as far as I'm concerned. There is not an ounce of passion. He is a lot better than most of the others, but apart from the jive, there is no connection. I don't feel his dances at all, as you say it's dancing by numbers. Good but not gut punching brilliant, and he really could be if he dropped the scared little boy persona. Drop the act, be the competitive git you are and knock my socks off Jay
I think his jive was a bit 'dance by numbers' too, just with better numbers. |
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Oh my word 'this'! You have absolutely hit the nail on the head as far as I'm concerned. There is not an ounce of passion. He is a lot better than most of the others, but apart from the jive, there is no connection. I don't feel his dances at all, as you say it's dancing by numbers. Good but not gut punching brilliant, and he really could be if he dropped the scared little boy persona. Drop the act, be the competitive git you are and knock my socks off Jay
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It's clear you don't like Jay, but you have a very strange definition of the words 'posing' and 'walking' if that's what you really think.
