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SYTYCD Season 7′s Top 4: With Great Power Comes Blatant Posturing
Season 7′s Top 4: With Great Power Comes Blatant Posturing August 4th, 2010 Well, America, the power is finally in your hands. I’ve written briefly in the past about how So You Think You Can Dance represents a strange sort … Continue reading
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When SYTYCD Art Meets SYTYCD Structure: Stacey Tookey’s Carefully Designed “Mad World”
When Art Meets Structure: Stacey Tookey’s Carefully Designed “Mad World” July 29th, 2010 I’ve spent a lot of time during So You Think You Can Dance’s seventh season discussing the non-dancing parts of the show, primarily in terms of the … Continue reading
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Invasion of the Fan Perspective: So You Think You Can Dance’s Top 8
Invasion of the Fan Perspective: SYTYCD’s Top 8 July 7th, 2010 You could argue that tonight’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance is, in itself, fan service: after some have complained that the series’ switch to an All-Star … Continue reading
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SYTYCD (For the Cameras) & SYTYCD (with Another Dude)
SYTYCD (For the Cameras) & SYTYCD (with Another Dude) June 30th, 2010 I was going to discuss some of the ways in which the All-Stars format continues to wreak havoc with some of the important qualities of So You Think … Continue reading
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All-Stars, No Story: Confusion reigns over So You Think You Can Dance Season 7
All-Stars, No Story: SYTYCD Season 7 June 16th, 2010 When it was announced that So You Think You Can Dance would be changing its structure for its seventh season, in theory there shouldn’t be any complaints: after all, many of … Continue reading
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David vs. Goliath vs. Laziness: Potential-filled 2010 Oscars Lack Suspense, Muddle Triumph
David vs. Goliath vs. Laziness March 8th, 2010 If you were going to watch a television show where two characters reach for the ultimate goal in their chosen field, one as the popular frontrunner and one as the almost-forgotten underdog, … Continue reading
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Snubpocrisy: The 2010 Oscar Nominations as Disappointing and Not Disappointing Enough
Snubpocrisy: The 2010 Oscar Nominations February 2nd, 2010 There are times in this life when I realize that I can be quite cynical, which I know flies in the face of everything that Conan O’Brien instructed me to do during … Continue reading
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Diagnosis Disinterest: The Troubles of SYTYCD Season 6
“The Troubles of SYTYCD Season 6″ December 15th, 2009 When FOX announced that So You Think You Can Dance would be returning mere weeks after its fifth season concluded for a fall season, designed to help bridge the programming gap … Continue reading
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So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 – “Top 20″
A review of the injury-filled, judge-dominated Top 20 Performance Show from the FOX reality hit’s sixth season, its first airing in the fall. Continue reading
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