Four non-professional dancers put on quite a show last night on Dancing With the Stars. Their performances were applauded by the audience and awarded by the panel of judges--with no rudeness and/or personal comments attached to the evaluation this week.
Billy Ray Cyrus stood there and took it like a man for several weeks, never stooping to the level of the nasty little personal digs thrown on him by the three judges, including an assessment that his dance was "crap." When the comments totally crossed the line and became offensive, he finally spoke up, likening his critics to "the pot calling the kettle black." That's vitriol from a country boy!
Okay, so maybe he wasn't the most talented dancer on the floor, but his efforts to do the job should have been supported; instead, the evaluation bordered on personal harassment! And while the judges pummeled Billy Ray, they have deified Lalia's dancing, and, in my opinion, she's done the same dance to different music each week.
The female boxer moves her hips, swoops the air with her beautiful, graceful arm movements, and does the same dance over and over. She consistently earns 10's for the performance. Ono rocks the house with his dance, and he's told he's too "raunchy" by the same judge who commends Lalia for sexing it up in her Latin numbers.
Go figure.
Consistently, the men have taken it up a notch with each passing week; consistently, Lalia has remained static in her performance, replicating what worked the first time her team earned a 10. It's boring, especially when compared with the dynamic performances of the competition.
Last year, Mario should have won, but he didn't. His performances didn't count, but the public voting did, and the public votes played the race card. It's happening again this year: the three white guys don't stand a chance against the A-A daughter of the world's greatest boxer, especially when the judges are picking the winner by their slanted comments and scores for her performance.
This may be my last season of Dancing With the Stars.
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