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You see this sometimes - I'm not sure whether people mean to praise the celeb or sometimes dismiss them as being 'too good'. However, I always find it (a) insulting to the pro and (b) demonstrating the viewer's lack of observation/knowledge. You can't tell which one of the two has been dancing for about 15-20 years? Really? When the judges say it, it's really meant as hyperbole but when viewers say it, I worry...
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I keep thinking about that awful outfit Joanne was given to wear.
Awful skirt that looked like dirty net curtains that have been trough a shredder. Pin stripe top with a blouse like that of an Edwardian lady. The only thing missing was a Cameo brooch. So maybe the story was she had lost her brooch and looked under the table for it. Louise was also helping her look for it because she couldn't take her eyes off the floor. Yes, that must be it. |
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You see this sometimes - I'm not sure whether people mean to praise the celeb or sometimes dismiss them as being 'too good'. However, I always find it (a) insulting to the pro and (b) demonstrating the viewer's lack of observation/knowledge. You can't tell which one of the two has been dancing for about 15-20 years? Really? When the judges say it, it's really meant as hyperbole but when viewers say it, I worry...
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I think it's just one of those things people say when they don't know what to say. Like when you tell someone their new hairdo looks amazing and takes years off them, when you really want to say 'bloody hell, I haven't seen a hairdo like that since the Bay City Rollers broke up'.
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I'd just say 'it captures the Zeitgeist of now'
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You've been dying for an opportunity to use that haven't you Aggs
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This weeks offering from jo7 over on the BBC site, enjoy ![]() Quote:
Strictly boardroom Week 10
Mister Beeb - Right people, debrief of Saturdays show..and Sundays of course haw haw. Producer - Very funny MB haven't heard that one (rolls eyes) MB - well done everyone for the MMM. P - what's that MB? MB - magnificent marking manipulation.so let's start off with the soap poppet. Magnificent chest P - Whose? Danny MB - who's Danny P - the soap poppet MB - No man no. The gal, hubba hubba. But I like your thinking, a chest for the men and a chest for the ladies. Thats equality for you. P - Did you go to the Equality and diversity seminar MB? MB - don't be ridiculous. I don't have time for that nonsense. I sent my PA to take notes. Moving on to Ore and Clifton P - Joanne Clifton? MB - Of course. What other Cliftons are there on strictly. Nicely MMM'd. I did think they'd be dancing to 'a spoonful of sugar' looking at her outfit. What was that all about? P - She was a businesswoman MB - When did Mary Poppins work in an office? Right. We've got to talk about Kevin. Well done people still on track for the final. Close call tonight. Had to slip len a pension top-up so he wouldn't mention the lift. Must ask though what was wrong with her shoes? P - What do you mean MB MB - well she kept looking at them. When she did look up she had a slightly pained expression. P - She was looking at Kevin romantically MB - Ah enough said. Explains a lot. Nice touch getting the footballer in for the VT P - Yes polls show that footballers watch strictly after coming back from a game. MB - really? P - ....no. But in case they do every vote counts MB - OK Rinder. Got to get him out soon P - whys that? MB - I need him to represent me at my sexual harassment hearing. Shame because that Oksanas a bit of a sort. So Ed balls, bit more pickle with that cheese. What was that? P - we have our best people analysing it as we speak MB- Get back to me on that. Right Claudia. Give the judges a bonus for the marking. Can't have the gymnast in the final P - Why's that MB MB - Our finalists don't need the competition.Can you imagine her in a show dance, shudder to think of what it'd do to Kevins chances. And she's......short P - is that fair MB - it's not about fairness. This is strictly it's about ratings. Next the cha cha challenge. Did the judges see it? P - Not really. We forgot to put a calculator on the desk and maths isn't their strong point. They were too busy counting on their fingers. But they got there in the end. Our 3 back on top. But good news MB. Balls out. MB - Oops sorry. Didn't realise I was flying low. Ah Ed balls. So who's going to take over Lens job now................. |
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I think it's just one of those things people say when they don't know what to say. Like when you tell someone their new hairdo looks amazing and takes years off them, when you really want to say 'bloody hell, I haven't seen a hairdo like that since the Bay City Rollers broke up'.
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I keep thinking about that awful outfit Joanne was given to wear.
Awful skirt that looked like dirty net curtains that have been trough a shredder. Pin stripe top with a blouse like that of an Edwardian lady. The only thing missing was a Cameo brooch. So maybe the story was she had lost her brooch and looked under the table for it. Louise was also helping her look for it because she couldn't take her eyes off the floor. Yes, that must be it. version of Mary Poppins complete with a play suit. But I have no idea why Mary Poppins would wear a play suit, dance a paso, or need to prop up a billiard table at the end of the dance. I think it's one of those things it's just better to explain as , it is, rather than find a logical reason for it. We never did find out about the bicycle, fire mans hose, stuffed trousers with sweeties. Oddly enough all these things were choreographed by Jo. When you add them up with the Rose tiara and glitter wellies from ITT and the lobster suit somewhere along the line there appears to be a disconnect with normality that is beyond most people's comprehension. They just are. Acceptance is the only way or you may enter a well of unknowing that may completely frazzle your brain. Like Jo's
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To be honest it really did look like a zeitgeist
version of Mary Poppins complete with a play suit. But I have no idea why Mary Poppins would wear a play suit, dance a paso, or need to prop up a billiard table at the end of the dance. I think it's one of those things it's just better to explain as , it is, rather than find a logical reason for it. We never did find out about the bicycle, fire mans hose, stuffed trousers with sweeties. Oddly enough all these things were choreographed by Jo. When you add them up with the Rose tiara and glitter wellies from ITT and the lobster suit somewhere along the line there appears to be a disconnect with normality that is beyond most people's comprehension. They just are. Acceptance is the only way or you may enter a well of unknowing that may completely frazzle your brain. Like Jo's ![]() |
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And now, PoorOre has to be Willy Wonka. I hope in his head he's not seeing himself as the Johnny Depp version ... because between Joanne (Violet Beauregard*? Verucca Salt? Mrs Bucket?) and Ward Robe no chance. They got a full pack of those carpet tiles - it's a wig, at least.
I wonder, if at the end of the series he ever hears Robbie Williams 'Candy' he will hide behind the couch, curled in a ball and have to be calmed with a Hobnob? (* that would be worth it just for the challenge to makeup and props, and to see what Bruno could come up with. Would make Gavin turning Katya bad by messing her hair and changing her frock look very small fry) |
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And now, PoorOre has to be Willy Wonka. I hope in his head he's not seeing himself as the Johnny Depp version ... because between Joanne (Violet Beauregard*? Verucca Salt? Mrs Bucket?) and Ward Robe no chance. They got a full pack of those carpet tiles - it's a wig, at least.
I wonder, if at the end of the series he ever hears Robbie Williams 'Candy' he will hide behind the couch, curled in a ball and have to be calmed with a Hobnob? (* that would be worth it just for the challenge to makeup and props, and to see what Bruno could come up with. Would make Gavin turning Katya bad by messing her hair and changing her frock look very small fry) |
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Your thoughts on Danny and Oti's samba screams, "and the less said about him the better"
. I thought Danny acquitted himself rather well considering he was dancing with a samba goddess. I cringed reading comments inexplicably unable to distinguish who the pro was. Black pro dancers in this format are a rarity but really?! ![]() |
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Unfortunately there is not a lot in here that I can disagree with. Only one problem, I didn't have the Jamesons to hand.
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I'm with you there found it a bit ungainly. Loved the clip, thank you, you always put up such great dances.
Little question for you all out there. I was very put off by the whiteness of Claudia's legs, should she have been in sheer black tights like the lady in the video? Would that have made it "better" for me? Quote:
Actually, it was lovely - a very gracious exit and he really does seem to have been genuinuely liked by the rest of the cast.
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To be honest it really did look like a zeitgeist
version of Mary Poppins complete with a play suit. But I have no idea why Mary Poppins would wear a play suit, dance a paso, or need to prop up a billiard table at the end of the dance. I think it's one of those things it's just better to explain as , it is, rather than find a logical reason for it. We never did find out about the bicycle, fire mans hose, stuffed trousers with sweeties. Oddly enough all these things were choreographed by Jo. When you add them up with the Rose tiara and glitter wellies from ITT and the lobster suit somewhere along the line there appears to be a disconnect with normality that is beyond most people's comprehension. They just are. Acceptance is the only way or you may enter a well of unknowing that may completely frazzle your brain. Like Jo's ![]() |
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Considering that the Producer seems happy to throw Joanne and Ore under the bus, possibly to deflect from their Pro Kevin Agenda, I'm fully expecting Joanne to be dressed as an Oompah Loompa
![]() Daft, isn't it - for all that Ore can make me eye rolly on Strictly when he pops up on Breakfast like yesterday, he reminds me why I do actually like him. Man has charisma in his day job. I think TPTB might have backed the wrong Clifton. |
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I think TPTB might have backed the wrong Clifton. |
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No, I am not a Clifton fan, but if Jwann won over her silly brother I'd find it very amusing. Just to see TTF's appalled fake smile would make my day.
More entertaining for me would be for the 2 Cliftons and Oti and Danny in the final. Doti lifts the glitter ball and Kevin and Joanne end up in a full blown punching and screaming brawl on the floor over who came second |
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Then Brucie makes a surprise return brandishing The McFly Memorial Broom.
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Considering that the Producer seems happy to throw Joanne and Ore under the bus, possibly to deflect from their Pro Kevin Agenda, I'm fully expecting Joanne to be dressed as an Oompah Loompa
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fully expect the producers to copy Laura and Vals set etc for Ore and Jo - looked ok but was a very odd waltz think FT will fit better - though don't like it when they copy DWTS
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More entertaining for me would be for the 2 Cliftons and Oti and Danny in the final. Doti lifts the glitter ball and Kevin and Joanne end up in a full blown punching and screaming brawl on the floor over who came second
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No, I am not a Clifton fan, but if Jwann won over her silly brother I'd find it very amusing. Just to see TTF's appalled fake smile would make my day.
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More entertaining for me would be for the 2 Cliftons and Oti and Danny in the final. Doti lifts the glitter ball and Kevin and Joanne end up in a full blown punching and screaming brawl on the floor over who came second
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Then Brucie makes a surprise return brandishing The McFly Memorial Broom.
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I find the treatment of Ore & Joanne utterly baffling (for the record I really like them). Some weeks they have been hyped to the hills and given very generous scores, others they get lumped with some absolutely dire music/theming/costumes and treated like an afterthought by the judges. It's bizarre. That Charleston was a complete mess by any stretch of the imagination - hideous concept!
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More entertaining for me would be for the 2 Cliftons and Oti and Danny in the final. Doti lifts the glitter ball and Kevin and Joanne end up in a full blown punching and screaming brawl on the floor over who came second
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I find the treatment of Ore & Joanne utterly baffling (for the record I really like them). Some weeks they have been hyped to the hills and given very generous scores, others they get lumped with some absolutely dire music/theming/costumes and treated like an afterthought by the judges. It's bizarre. That Charleston was a complete mess by any stretch of the imagination - hideous concept!
![]() ![]() They get a genuine NDB momentum going with the AS, jive and ... Waltz? ... and then derail it completely with the Charleston. I don't think they'll ever pull it back now, to be honest. Everything about it was wrong. It was like it was a dance ear marked for another celeb shuffled across to them last minute. I have wondered, if in the storyboard of the mind of TPTB they wanted a Mr&Mrs battle -not having learnt anything from the one they tried to engineer for the Jordan/Logan year - and were aiming to pit Kevin and Louise against Will and Karen? The storylining this year has been odd - nothing seems to last longer than 2 weeks ![]() Louise wears frumpier clothes than Mrs Overall then tah-dah leotard and leg warmers. Nope, still no breakthrough let's try a Charleston. Or an AT. Rob Rinder is Komedy. No, he's a NDB. No, he's Komedy. Ed is a NDB No, he's Komedy ... no, that's Rob ... let's make Rob a NDB then No, that's Greg - he's a NDB sportsman. What about Ore? He's a NDB ... oh heck. What about the other woman? Don't worry about them, they're all injured and dropping like flies. |
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somewhere along the line there appears to be a disconnect with normality that is beyond most people's comprehension.
. I thought Danny acquitted himself rather well considering he was dancing with a samba goddess. I cringed reading comments inexplicably unable to distinguish who the pro was. Black pro dancers in this format are a rarity but really?! 