Oh, it's mostly the format of the show. Generally the dancers get what, 45 seconds to perform... and so the choreography gets packed with tricks at the expense of musicality and less "impressive" looking technique that is far more important than the big tricks. Dance is art, the visual expression of music, and thus…

Totally with you ;) Just having a little fun imagining her in any kind of competition with highly trained dancers! It really could have been lovely. Le sigh.

Pshaw, she would have been laughed off the stage in the opening audition for SYTYCD. And I'm saying that as a dancer who has a lot of disdain for that show. Heh. Anyway, yes, it really is insulting, regardless of how minor an impact the ad really has.

I agree it went on for a long, long time. Like many of Louis' uncomfortable dating scenes, moments that make him uncomfortable tend to go on for a long time, I assume to make the viewer squirm as much as he does in that moment. I was watching it just thinking "god, just DO something, ANYthing, this is so goddamned…

Wouldn't it have made a lot more sense to say they were from Virginia?? That just seems like he didn't think that through at all.

HAHAHA wow, that is a fanastic story, with a very happy ending. And I'm glad my mom wasn't the only one to say this!

My family and I were all watching Hocus Pocus together in the playroom when I was young, about 8 or 9 years old. They kept making that huge deal over the "virgin candle," so I asked everyone "well what's a virgin?"

Mountainside in the Great Smoky Mountains (with a great view of sunrise!). We misjudged how early our other friends would get up, and we were right next to where all the fireworks were stored. Got fireworks shot at us while redressing. Whoops.

Oddly enough, I remember reading the linked GW Hatchet piece. I was ambivalent about both the Hatchet and the basketball team, but I resided in the same dorm with the basketball teams that year and heard all about when there were writeups I should read.

A friend of mine's dog goes by Eerie, and is registered as "Irresistible You." When being shown, she has gotten numerous mis-read versions of her official name, like "Inscrutable You," "Irrational You," and somehow, "Irascible You."

Jimmy Carter looks remarkably well-suited to be a stand-in, if a little lacking in smug self-satisfaction.

Aw man, I forgot all about the baaabies! They'll be fun too, though. It's all fun, and though I worry a little about money, they're great friends who will have my back in a pinch. Thanks for keeping it positive!

Those ARE my only 3 friends! :P I guess I can expect clear sailing after this year, then.

I'm in three weddings this year, two as maid of honor. Two of them are less than a week apart in different parts of the country. I might not have a job for part of the year. I'M GOING TO DIE.