What I wanted to write about yesterday
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE premiered last night. Fun show. The thing that always sticks out to me are the street dancers who show up. They have the most amazing acrobatics, senses of balance, and tricks that would break every bone in my body, and probably yours. But they’re not well trained. Very few of them make it to the next round, most are unable to deal with choreography or other styles. They’re awesome to watch, but this show is not cut out for them.
And every time I see one of them on the show this season, I’m going to immediately think of Blake Lewis now. He was the cool kid who did a trick nobody else ever did on the show, but who could show up for the more traditional songs and do them in his own style. In the end, the show wasn’t meant for him and his style, but I’ll stop anything I’m doing if I catch him on TV now to see him perform and beatbox.