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Feb. 26th, 2012 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsSo, how does one actually get served? No, seriously, from the snippets of those dance movies like Step-Up that I've seen, I just don't get how the competition works. As far as I can tell, one crew does a routine, and the other follows up and so forth. And then at some point, an announcer is all, "Dayum, they ain't gonna recover from that!" Recover from what?! Is it simply when one group doesn't do something cooler than the other? But that seems so subjective!
Also, I've mentioned how creepy that once dance style is where a person pretends to be some sort of automaton. I mean, hey, that's pretty slick that you can do a pretty good imitation of being a robot in human skin, but is it really dance? Another "style" of dance I find weird is the one where a bunch of dancers pretend to be vicious attack dogs barely restrained by chains held by some handler. Sometimes there are actual chains, sometimes they're imaginary. Which I will admit, takes talent to make it look like you are being barely restrained by some invisible chain. But again, is some person holding back 4 or 5 other people pretending to be rabid pit-bulls really dance? And what exactly is the style of dance called? Attack doggin'? Pitbullin'? I'd try to look it up, but so far, I've been unsuccessful. I mean, what do you google for? "Dancing like a restrained attack dog?" Amusingly enough, googling for that term, one of the hits I get are tips on how to fight a pit bull with your bare hands.
Also, I've mentioned how creepy that once dance style is where a person pretends to be some sort of automaton. I mean, hey, that's pretty slick that you can do a pretty good imitation of being a robot in human skin, but is it really dance? Another "style" of dance I find weird is the one where a bunch of dancers pretend to be vicious attack dogs barely restrained by chains held by some handler. Sometimes there are actual chains, sometimes they're imaginary. Which I will admit, takes talent to make it look like you are being barely restrained by some invisible chain. But again, is some person holding back 4 or 5 other people pretending to be rabid pit-bulls really dance? And what exactly is the style of dance called? Attack doggin'? Pitbullin'? I'd try to look it up, but so far, I've been unsuccessful. I mean, what do you google for? "Dancing like a restrained attack dog?" Amusingly enough, googling for that term, one of the hits I get are tips on how to fight a pit bull with your bare hands.
