So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Sugar and Spice, and Everyone’s (Too) Nice
So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Sugar and Spice, and Everyone’s (Too) Nice Any good judging panel is kind of like the Seven Dwarves (stick with me here). The people on the panel all play their...
View ArticleDiagnosis Disinterest: The Troubles of SYTYCD Season 6
“The Troubles of SYTYCD Season 6″ December 15th, 2009 When FOX announced that So You Think You Can Dance would be returning mere weeks after its fifth season concluded for a fall season, designed to...
View ArticleAll-Stars, No Story: Confusion reigns over So You Think You Can Dance Season 7
All-Stars, No Story: SYTYCD Season 7 June 16th, 2010 When it was announced that So You Think You Can Dance would be changing its structure for its seventh season, in theory there shouldn’t be any...
View ArticleSYTYCD Squabble: Lythgoe v. Wall reveals Fallibility of the “Family”
SYTYCD Squabble: Lythgoe v. Wall June 24th, 2010 I don’t really have much to add to my previous opinions about So You Think You Can Dance’s seventh season, but I do think it’s important to note that...
View ArticleSYTYCD (For the Cameras) & SYTYCD (with Another Dude)
SYTYCD (For the Cameras) & SYTYCD (with Another Dude) June 30th, 2010 I was going to discuss some of the ways in which the All-Stars format continues to wreak havoc with some of the important...
View ArticleInvasion of the Fan Perspective: So You Think You Can Dance’s Top 8
Invasion of the Fan Perspective: SYTYCD’s Top 8 July 7th, 2010 You could argue that tonight’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance is, in itself, fan service: after some have complained that the...
View ArticleTurning Over the Keys: Musical Guests in Reality Competition Programming
Turning Over the Keys: Musical Guests in Reality Competition Programming July 9th, 2010 LeBron James’ decision to join the Miami Heat in the fall isn’t half as interesting as his choice (nay, demand)...
View ArticleInjury Time: Contestants turned Survivors on So You Think You Can Dance
Injury Time: Contestants turned Survivors July 15, 2010 Earlier this season, So You Think You Can Dance was creating its own problems: the new format got off to a rocky start, and early efforts to...
View ArticleThe Irony of Monotony: Why SYTYCD’s Season of Reinvention Still Feels Stale
The Irony of Monotony: Why SYTYCD’s Season of Reinvention Still Feels Stale July 22nd, 2010 Earlier in the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance, I commented at length on how the All-Star...
View ArticleWhen SYTYCD Art Meets SYTYCD Structure: Stacey Tookey’s Carefully Designed...
When Art Meets Structure: Stacey Tookey’s Carefully Designed “Mad World” July 29th, 2010 I’ve spent a lot of time during So You Think You Can Dance’s seventh season discussing the non-dancing parts of...
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