Monday, November 3, 2008

The Dance Killer

If you hear the words "team dance" you'd better hope Susan Lucci isn't around. Susan is the "Dancing with the Stars" equivalent of me on the playground. I know why I was last picked last for basketball, softball and flag football. I would have done the same thing to our gym class volleyball team that Susan did to the cha-cha team. Make us lose... big time.

It finally hit me last night why Susan is so stiff. Our expectations are too high! Thanks to the miracles of plastic surgery, make-up and hair dye it is easy to forget that she's just six years younger than my 68 year old mother. When you see her big brown hair, bounce-less boobs and wrinkle-less forehead you assume that this firey young babe is gonna bring it! Sadly, she just can't. Despite playing one of TV's most unforgettable bee-otches, she appears lost, timid and frail on the dance floor. At least Cloris could act her way through the choreography. Susan gets so flustered she just falls apart.

Cody needed the group dance to offset the low scores he earned with his temporary partner, Edyta. I hope Julianne recovers quickly. Edyta is just way too sexy for the awkward Disney boy. He's been dealt a pretty tough hand. First his cutie-pie partner needs surgery. Then he gets stuck with Susan on his team for the group dance. I hope all those Hannah Montana fans voted A LOT!

Maurice had a good night. I don't know what his partner, Cheryl, would have done to him if he hadn't brought his "A" game. Cheryl appears to be breaking him down! This guy won Olympic gold, but emotionally and physically, it looks like this dancing stuff is gonna tear him apart.

Warren was lackluster. Lance's partner is new to the show and the risks she's taking aren't impressing all of the judges. He deserved a much higher score than 25. For some reason they don't want the retired boy band star to soar in this competition.

Brooke's partner plays to her strength... her grace. The fluidity of her hands when she dances helped to give her the first triple 10 of the season. With her perfect score and great team dance (Susan wasn't a part of her squad) she's sure to be at the top. The team dance is likely to save Brooke's other teammates, Warren and Maurice.

Let's hope that this was Susan's last dance. There's something quite annoying about her whining... but what's even more annoying is the way she murders good choreography.

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