So You Think You Can Dance

[ehiker]

I was taping the show for a friend who lost power...

My wife called me into the room saying that they were "dancing in kilts!"

Was doing the dishes, and the GF called me over to see.

Ahahahahahaha!!! That's hilarious! Come on, guys... admit it with me!

My name is Ethan, and I watch So You Think You Can Dance. Now it's your turn...

I'm just glad to hear I'm not the only guy who watches that show.

I'm not sure Twitch was wearing it backwards, though. The... outfit... was doing a weird bell-shaped thing at the bottom and I could have sworn I saw pleats on the front and the back. I don't know, though, they didn't show any really good views from that reverse side.

Joshua's outfit simply looked like an unbifurcated bottom in a cotton tartan material - there was no pleating or wrapping to it at all.

[mddock58]

Ahahahahahaha!!! That's hilarious! Come on, guys... admit it with me!

My name is Ethan, and I watch So You Think You Can Dance. Now it's your turn...

I'm just glad to hear I'm not the only guy who watches that show.

I'm not sure Twitch was wearing it backwards, though. The... outfit... was doing a weird bell-shaped thing at the bottom and I could have sworn I saw pleats on the front and the back. I don't know, though, they didn't show any really good views from that reverse side.

Joshua's outfit simply looked like an unbifurcated bottom in a cotton tartan material - there was no pleating or wrapping to it at all.

I was not saying that I have not watched the show, nor am I ashamed about enjoying the show - this year they had some fantastic young dancers - but I did not watch last night, (though I am watching at this moment), I WAS taping for a friend, because they lost power, and their TiVo could not record it!

SO THERE!!

[Galb]

Ahahahahahaha!!! That's hilarious! Come on, guys... admit it with me!

My name is Ethan, and I watch So You Think You Can Dance. Now it's your turn...

LOL. Trust me, if I am going to watch something, I'll admit to it. When my wife turns on those reality shows, I leave the room. I cannot stand them. For me it is off to play on the computer to maintain sanity.

[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]

Do you think this will end up on YouTube?

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glQOZEt0R1k

The quality is not so good. At about 45 and 55 seconds, Twitch turns around. On TV you could see that it was flat in the back and most certainly worn backwards. You can also see that poor Josh got stuck with a child's fly plaid, apparently.
Regards,
Rex.

[pdcorlis]

Painful.

[meinfs]

My two cents. 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.

Out of the millions, I hope a thousand or a hundred, whatever number, will have seen it and said hey I should check it out... Or thought, my husband would look good in those... Once they check it out, they will learn how to wear it, etc, etc.

The effect on the guys here in the forum is one of amusement, criticism, indeed ridicule. But because you ARE the choir; you need not be preached to. It is those that know nothing about it that need to be exposed to it and like I said, if they bite, they will soon find out the what's and how's of kilts and kilt-wearing.

To the producers of the show "So You Think You Can Dance" --- I say truly good on ya and thank you!

It's great advertisement for kilts on NATIONAL TV!

[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

[Hillwalker]

I only saw this because my wife was flipping through the channels while I was working out on the treadmill. I agree with pdcorlis, it was painful to look at. However, my rage did help me step up my work out last night.