What an unusual and fun challenge! Last night’s episode of “Face Off” was a good example of precisely what I like about this show. It’s creative, it focuses more on the work than interpersonal drama, and the output of the contestants was so wild and imaginative that you will absolutely not see anything else like […]
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“So You Think You Can Dance” 2012: Top 6 revealed (and how we got here)
This week’s show opened with a fairly sloppy and unconnected opening number – there were multiple instances of the dancers not being in synch – by apparently new choreographer Peter Chu. It did very little for me, and the whole thing felt poorly rehearsed. Then we got to the meat of the show, featuring Season […]
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“Face Off” Season 3, Episode 2: The pirate life for me
Following the excitement of the season premiere’s team challenge — and I’m referring more to Joe’s five-star nuttery than the “Star Wars” task — last night’s episode gave us a better sense of the S3 competitors’ individual skill levels. Seems to me that, on the whole, we have a bunch of very good technicians, but […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race”: Rating the “All Stars” cast
This fall, a historic decision will impact the future of this nation, and possibly the world. No, not the presidential election. We’re fucked no matter who takes that. I’m talking about who will ultimately be crowned the winner of “RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race,” which brings back a dozen of the baddest bitches from the […]
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“Project Runway” Season 10, Episode 3: From Cheesy to Frumpy
I feel like I may be jinxing this, but we’re three episodes in and I am still really enjoying this season of “Project Runway.” To me it feels more like the fabled seasons of yore, with some really talented designers surrounded by people who are, let’s face it, reality-TV hangers-on. At least half of the […]
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“So You Think You Can Dance” 2012: Top 16 Performances & Results
This week’s opening routine was like something out of a Charlie Chaplin nightmare. The girls and guys were indistinguishable from one another, each clad in a loose fitting suit, bowler cap, and mustache. The routine was filled with lots of nice smaller moments – the guys lifting the girls on develepe and at least one […]
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“So You Think You Can Dance” 2012: Top 20 Redux
For the first time, the performances are eliminations were rolled into one show – and it was a jam-packed box of sweets. But even the best box of chocolates has a few nut clusters you’ve got to suffer through to enjoy the goodies. The opening routine started out with a disturbing “Mirror, Mirror” moment, with […]
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“So You Think You Can Dance” 2012: Top 20 Perform
If “So You Think You Can Dance” was a kid, it’d be a full-blown fourth grader. Our little dance show is growing up fast – we’re on Season 9! — and like a kid, things are changing year by year. We have a Top 20 again, and the best 10 guys and 10 girls are […]
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Xx Files
It’s tempting to gloss over the news because, well, it’s depressing. And hard to follow. All that policy stuff. All those numbers. As a woman, I have a brain which — any Harvard president will tell you — can barely recall my own phone number, never mind conceive of all those facts and figures. The […]
