So You Think You Can Dance

[ehiker]

You gotta admit, it sounds a bit suspicious.

At least, that's how I sound when my wife is talking about the show to someone and I don't catch myself in time when I chime in with my two cents. I always have to try and come up with some lame excuse, like, "Oh, I happened to be in the room when it was on because Dana was pulling a splinter out of my finger that I got from doing something really manly."

[Rex_Tremende]

Regardless of whether it was backwards, too short, too long, too much leg, those were costumes for a dance show and I would bet, to most (millions) who watched the show, they are something called kilts. Most wouldn't care whether they were backwards. I cared some and immediately noticed, only because I know a thing or two about kilts BUT I was HAPPY to have seen kilts on national US television being used by these truly talented, TERRIFIC dancers on a show that personally I consider the ONE of the BEST talent/reality shows out there.
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The effect on the guys here in the forum is one of amusement, criticism, indeed ridicule. [...]

Mein, yes, of course they were costumes, and there is much precedent for male dancers in skirts - nothing unusual about that - they make a pretty dramatic statement.

For all we know, the costumers may have looked at the kilt and said, "Gee, we really like the movement of these pleats, but they're in the back and won't be seen by the camera much - hey, let's turn this thing around!"

A dancer's costume serves one or more purposes: to create a character or evoke a mood; to enhance the dance by adding movement; to emphasize the dancer's physical strength or technical capabilities; to serve as a prop. Had they stuck with either oversized dishrags like Josh was wearing or pleated skirts, it wouldn't have even gotten noticed here, but instead they misappropriated the kilt and it was a distraction.

That was the real transgression: It took my attention away from some really talented dancers and what could have been some interesting choreography. It turned out it wasn't, but I didn't figure that out until I watched the replay on my DVR.

Regards,
Rex.

[meinfs]

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For all we know, the costumers may have looked at the kilt and said, "Gee, we really like the movement of these pleats, but they're in the back and won't be seen by the camera much - hey, let's turn this thing around!"

I thought the same. And you can see how they took liberties over the individual looks of each of the dancers (and it's seems to me they certainly did not to try evoke the Scottishness of the costume other than the use of a tartan.

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That was the real transgression: It took my attention away from some really talented dancers and what could have been some interesting choreography. It turned out it wasn't, but I didn't figure that out until I watched the replay on my DVR.

Regards,
Rex.

Indeed, a transgression, unfortunately. I did feel a certain pain. I just hope that the millions more others did not care as much as we, but still get turned on to the idea of a kilt.


Ciao!

-mein

[IrishGodfather]

I was in my room watching a movie when my dad burst in and said the guys on that show were wearing kilts, so I rewound it to the begining on the tivo and watched it with him. He thought it was funny that I knew the one guy had his kilt on backwards, and he laughed when I said "That's just shameful..." But yeah, I wish someone woulda helped them put those things on properly, now I'm no kilt police, but at least wear it with the pleats in the back like God intended!