I quote my favorite TV reviewer, Kim, who gave the episode a B while other viewers gave it a C, quoting Tom Bergeron saying an All Star season would be a sign the producers had run out of ideas.
"Double elimination! That means two couples! TWO! We're that much closer
to the end of this season! This has actually been a good season, but by
this point in any season, I'm just over it."
Then Kim says, "With Shawn and Derek (and Mark) doing their tribal dance, it's really
interesting that I read a blog post about cultural appropriation..." (at Smithsonian.com) "Cultural appropriation is taking aspects of another culture and using
them without permission or understanding. Cultural appreciation, on the
other hand, involves learning about another culture and the significance
it places in certain objects." I believe Derek is showing an understanding of dance culture - not so sure about Mark. Shawn is the student.
Kim goes on to say, "Can I tell you about this blister I have on the top of my tongue? I
think I got it from eating microwave popcorn, which is super lame. But
it keeps catching on my teeth and I think it's making me crankier than
normal. Anyway, that blister prevented me from enjoying Ne-Yo's
performance. As far as I can tell, he's a combination of Michael Jackson
and Usher."
Blisters are more interesting than the TV performance of a singer I never heard of.
Then they sent Kirstie home halfway through the show, and let everybody else pick a weirdo style for the Michael Jackson week, even the one who will be eliminated which turns out to be Gilles.
Kim doesn't think he deserved to win the whole thing anyway. "It makes me sad to say
that about Gilles, who I really loved on his last tour, but there it is." I'm thinking the middle America vote is not for a Frenchman, even with all his dreams.
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