And now for the dancing!
• Maurice Green and Cheryl Burke
Dance: Viennese Waltz
Score: 21
Maurice shaved off his mustache for some reason and looks better without it. He had trouble learning this dance and wasn't as smooth at times as it could have been but was pretty good. Carrie Ann said that he and Cheryl don't have chemistry, which I can understand. Michael said it was unbelievable to watch the fastest man on earth do something slow, elegant, and graceful. I thought that Jamaican runner Bolt was faster - different events, I guess. Who knows what Bruno said, but it was something about surfing on land.
• Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer
Dance: Jive
Score: 27
They went to this place where 'N Sync used to rehearse, and Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick came to see them. Joey gave him some pointers when they had a "man-to-man" as Lance called it. Appropriately, they danced to "Tutti Frutti" and did a good job. Sir Dancelot (as Joey called him) took direction well and jived! Michael said something I need to remember, "Confidence comes from hard work, determination, and self-belief." He has class and consideration when talking to the dancetestants.
• Susan Lucci and Tony Dovolani
Dance: Mambo
Score: 23
Tony took Susan to a mambo club to help loosen her up. Her skin-tight leopard print slip dress made her look pretty loose. She always looks as if she has memorized the steps and keeps her face passive, which I can totally understand! She smiled once and snarled like a cat once. Bruno said her timing was off. Michael thought she was intoxicating and said several other complimentary things. Tony showed off his waxed, spray-tanned, buff chest again. I can deal with that.
• Brooke Burke and Derek Hough
Dance: Rumba
Score: 26
Brooke hurt her foot last week and had several kinds of therapy on it. They performed a sexy, passionate rumba. She must do yoga, pilates, and something else to be so limber and graceful. Michael said she took his breath away and was sensational. Carrie Ann and Bruno said it wasn't her best dance because they know what she can do and that her pain held her back some. They gave her 8's, and Michael a 10! Derek said he likes Michael Flatley! Me, too.
• Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas
Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha
Score: 15
Corky gets frustrated with Cloris because she won't listen and do what he says. I know that feeling! He was at his wit's end and called in her ex-husband George who was supportive but firm telling her to pay attention to Corky and try. She listened to him; however, this was just sort of a cha-cha. It's time for her to go. She's too much about "look at me - notice how cute am I - see me, see me" and it falls flat and gets old after a while. Michael said his father told him he'd better not say a bad word to her but that she was fortunate to have a young man work with her and get her to this place in the comeptition. Woo! Carrie Ann said we lost Toni Braxton for THIS? Big meow!!
• Cody Linley and Julianne Hough
Dance: Samba
Score: 23
Julianne has to have surgery this week (appendectomy) and has endometriosis. Edyta will work with Cody this week and will dance with him if Julianne isn't able to return next time. She needs to take care of herself. Cody seemed more focused this week learning and rehearsing the dance. His attempt to get into the character of a passionate samba dancer went too far with Bruno, who said his attitude was more like a pasa doble. I could see that. The music lent itself to intense,forceful movements, though. He keeps improving.
• Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson
Dance: Rumba
Score: 25
Since Brooke is injured, Warren feels he might have a chance to take a lead. Their rumba told a story, and the judges said he conveyed it well. They said he rises to the challenge of getting into the character of each dance. Warren said he likes that new guy (he gave him the 9).
Once again this has become Dancing with the Patients!
4 comments:
Liked your recap...very personable. Dancing with Patients and Watching with Patience. Missed last night but watched results tonight. I half expect Cloris to waltz into the endless commercials for one more camera shot.Shall we start a poo on whether she'll find a way to show up next week somehow? Her partner is a saint.
He really is a saint! I don't know how he's stood it. You could tell he was about ready to throw in the towel.
Cloris is a genuine eccentric. She's been this way for as long as I can remember. She's no different at age 82 as she was in her 30s. She used to go on talk shows back in the 70s and 80s and do the same sort of thing - taking over the interview, saying and doing outrageous stuff. Surely the producers must have known what they were getting. (Or maybe not, if they're under the age of forty.)
I thought Carrie Anne was way out of line when she made the comments about "I guess when you're old you don't have to behave" and we lost Toni for "THIS!". Totally uncalled for. I don't boo at people, but I sure felt like booing at her.
Still, I'm glad Cloris went. Next to go? Hopefully, Susan and her boobs.
I remember commenting here Ell, that i don't think she was as good as we like to remember now back in the day. Even her parts in sitcomes reflected this deep hunger for attention that seemed to make her unaware of the existence of anybody else in this world as relevant. The world exists for her alone. It is not only exhausting, but painful when one sees her disappointed. She seems genuinely in shock and unaware of what she has done to receive other than stellar plaudits.It hurt to see such people hurt and that pisses me off when I know they have asked for it.
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