Dancing with the Stars – We’re half way there and livin’ on a prayer

Dancing with the Stars featured TV themes this week, and that made me happy. My friends laugh at me, as I can sing almost any TV theme you can challenge me with, so I knew going in that at least the music wouldn’t be boring me.

I wish I could say as much forBristol Palin. I haven’t talked about Bristol much in my reviews so far, mostly because she has stayed in the middle of the scoring pack. But as we weed out more and more of the most obvious and horrific people, it was inevitable that I’d get to her sooner or later.

First of all, let me say that her Mother has absolutely nothing to do with what I am about to say. I’m judging Bristol strictly on her dance performance. I don’t know much about her as a person, except that she’s a teen activist. And I don’t need to know more really. I can tell you that she should send the Hoff and Michael Bolton some flowers for keeping her in the running this long, though.

Bristol actually could be a good dancer; she’s coordinated. But when it comes to expressing herself or acting a part, well … she’s lost. It may have something to do with her age. She’s seemed very embarrassed and hesitant to me. And hey! If you would’ve put me on DWTS when I was only twenty, good golly knows what we’d have seen! A lot of smoke breaks and crying probably.

Tonight’s dance featured Bristol shaking her monkey maker. Seriously. She was in a monkey suit for the first half of the performance, dancing to the theme song for The Monkees TV show. Man. I loooved Michael Nesmith, didn’t you?

Anyway. I thought the judges were really easy on her. Bristol got confused, missed lots of steps, she was offbeat, stiff … I could go on and on. But the judges gave her props for trying to improve the performance aspect of her dance. I think they would have raked her over the coals if they thought she could take it. They’ve showed no mercy to Kyle, the Hoff, the Situation, or Michael Bolton.

So, she’s Ba Bye.

In terms of who did well, there’s a new contender poking her nose up Jennifer Grey‘s skirt, and that is Brandy. She was first out of the box, and danced to the Friends theme with her partner, Maks. Most of the background footage and talk with Brooke Brooke (how annoying is she?) after the performance concerned the turbulent relationship between the two partners in the past. Apparently, Maks read my review about how cruel he was being to her, and decided to turn on the nice guy image. At least that’s my guess. But Brandy assured us that now is all hunky and dory. Whew!

On to next week! Watch out Florence….

Clacked by Tara Shrodes
on Oct 18, 2010 @ 23:02 EST5EDT