Friday, July 25, 2008

"Are You Serious America?"

Drama in the Dance World must be contagious. If you thought So You Think You Can Dance was dramatic, America's Best Dance Crew didn't disappoint either. This week was very "Stomp" inspired. All the crews had to make their own beats as the added challenge. Fanny Pak had the curse of going first as a PE class. It was cute they all had personalities-- Matt was even in a fat suit. I give them points for having yester-decade's, pull-out posters of Mario Lopez and JC on the lockers! Their routine seemed to start of the night well but it gets lost in the drama of the night. JC got boo-ed for pointing out that the girls' jump ropes were not in sync (not a pun!). SoReal Cru played as the school band, and pulled off some true detail. Ailyn's (/EYE-LEEN/) parents flew in to see her perform. Good thing they were not there for last week. I believe JC got boo-ed again for something. The audience was being a little tacky. The kicker came when Boogie Bots were announced as safe over Super Cr3w. One the members of Super Cr3w was looking toward the screen yelling "WHAT! WHAT! WHAT!" I was doing the same thing. Boogie Bots were actually pretty good though. They had rough moments, but so did Fanny and SoReal. They had a Flashdance ending-pose which was cute, but I don't think it would have saved them from elimination if they were in the bottom. Again JC was boo-ed for making sense followed with his now trademark response, "oh, here we go."

Down to the main event--
Supreme Soul vs. Super Cr3w! Never thought they would have to battle. I mean maybe at some event in the future-- I'd pay to see that. Both crews were just crazy. They both did some crazy, brilliant shit. I had to watch the immediate rerun because I was just so confused with them being in the bottom I couldn't focus on their routines. The comments were the best part. Shane was practically speechless. Lil Mama stayed too real for TV! She looks at the camera, "ARE YOU SERIOUS AMERICA? ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Hi-larious. I couldn't stop laughing, but it was intensely tense! Do-Knock was tearing up. Hell everybody was welling up, catching emotions in their own way. All of this happens just an hour after watching Twitch and Will getting emotional on SYTYCD. What is going on with voting technology in LA? We need to fix this before November! Good dancers getting punished left and right last night.

Finally, Supreme Soul was sent home. They really caught some bad luck in the competition. They were our pick to win it. Looks like Super Cr3w has to rep more than just the B-boys from now on. The Youtube That Shit award goes to Supreme Soul vs. Super Cr3w with the critique! You just can't get the full effect for how epic it was without it. Next week is a Missy Elliott challenge, I hope they find better songs than Get Cha Freak On!