Doesn't anyone here watch DANCE MOMS

I think there was another thread because I know a few of us watch and have commented on the show. Abby Lee Miller is such a gross hypocritical buffoon, but Cathy is a flat-out opportunistic attention-whore psycho. The moms bitch and complain and moan, but have about as much initiative as Chekhov's Three Sisters.

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I'd rather chew broken glass.

Just the commercials alone make me want to punch that cooze in the throat.

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Maddie is a good dancer, but she just annoys me. Her solo choreography is the most cliched crap out there. And why does EVERY SOLO have to end with sitting on the floor? Chloe's raven solo was the best work that's been performed since the beginning of the show. I really like Holly and Nia and Holly is often the voice of reason, but she has no backbone whatsoever. All the moms let Abby walk all over them, bully the girls, emotionally manipulate everyone, humiliate everyone, and they are literally PAYING her to do so.

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Definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. I haven't seen season 1, but I'm enjoying season 2. She's crazy, but Cathy/Candy Apple is part of what makes the show so entertaining.

Jill, anyone?

I got sick and watched it all in a five day marathon. I like it, but it's WAY too scripted for me. Cathy never wanted Vivi to dance at Abby Lee. They just needed to introduce a nemesis. In season one, when Vivi has her first solo (and ends up doing one her mom choreographed) she's sitting on the bed telling her mom she's afraid she'll forget the dance. You can hear a man feeding her lines off camera. And come on, Vivi is awful.

Season 2, Jill was introduced as the ass kissing villain. I don't believe for a second that Abby would accept all those bribes and not call her out on them. Then on the episode that aired two weeks ago, I think, Kendall was at the bottom of the pyramid and put back on probation. Kendall was devastated. Her mom took her and stormed out. THEN Nia was at the top of the pyramid, for "working hard this week." BULL. Some of the girls have won first place and not gotten to the top. She would never put Nia up there for no reason. Then Kendall's mom drives 2 hours to Candy Apples? There are no dance studios in Pittsburg? THEN there was obviously fake scene where Kendall's mom called Cathy. Then they took her in, brought out the sparkling cider and candy apples for all the moms. Bologna. Then, she suddenly realized that Nia was at the top of the pyramid and thereby would be the only girl doing a solo from Abby Lee. Okay, since when? Top of the pyramid usually gets a solo, but since when did Abby bench both Maddie and Chloe? No, it had to be Nia and no one else, because that's the only person Kendall could beat. And she competed using Abby's costume and choreography.

Holly said something about her daughter being set up and she was right. Nia felt horrible for not winning. Kendall bawled her eyes out when she was put on probation. I have a real problem with them setting these little girls up and breaking their hearts to feed the storyline. They are too young to really get it.

Bah. I think too much about this crap. I love watching the little girls dance, though. I also like the snarky moms. lol I also love when Abby has a moment of humanity.

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Updated On: 3/16/12 at 03:57 AM

The whole pyramid thing is disgusting. It's nothing more than a form public humiliation, for a bunch of children who are doing nothing more than trying to please their mothers and an overbearing dance instructor (if you can call someone who just barks out corrections an instructor) who thinks humiliation is a way to motivate someone.

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Updated On: 3/16/12 at 11:35 AM

Abby Lee needs to get laid to take the edge off.

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Guilty pleasure, but this is the most scripted, fake reality show out there, and that's saying something.

Cathy and Abby went on Rosie and pretty much admitted they were best friends, and Cathy gave Abby back the bumblebee costume. The results are always skewed to make it look like the girls won, when she didn't -- people have checked actual results. Most competitions aren't letting them film anymore, so I think the last couple ones have been fake. Or the fact that no other youngsters are competing/putting so many hours in is what allows them to win as well.

Of course I love all the kids, love how supportive they are of each other, and love to watch them dance. But I think I'm alone in this -- I don't really mind the moms that much, minus Melissa. Maybe because I know all the screaming is staged, but I came over to this from Toddlers and Tiaras and notice that whenever the girls forget or do poorly, Holly, Christie, and Kelly all come over and hug them and tell them they're wonderful, etc. That does NOT happen on T&T--they get yelled at, forced to drink mountain dew, etc. Maybe thanks to T&T my standards are really low.

Anyway, no clue why I watch it when it's so fake, but if I have nothing better to do on a Tuesday night...

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I would actually love to see Abby teach a technique class...and not simply yell during the rehearsal for a competition routine. You don't strengthen your technique by constantly rehearsing routines. You strengthen it by taking class. I want to see HER demonstrate proper technique...not just scream about it. You can't tell me she doesn't have a half dozen teachers who actually do the teaching of these kids. They are the ones who should be getting the credit for whatever technique they actually do have.

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I think Abby is pretty honest about not doing the actual routines. She said she doesn't dance her own choreography, much less what Cathy choreographed. She also commonly refers to the other teachers and their classes. She has actual dancers working with the girls. She said she was always better at choreographing than dancing, so she started her own company at 14.

The only time I got honestly pissed was during her racial weirdness about Nia and then when she said that Asmeret didn't get a four year Martin Luther Kind scholarship because she was white. She's dropped Asmeret's name a few times on the show. Is that her only star pupil that went on to big things?

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I'd be willing to bet Abby hasn't choreographed a single routine for any of those kids. I want to see HER in action. She seems to be all talk...and not much else.

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There's something wrong with that Vivi kid.

Dead. Eyes. Don't look...DON'T LOOK...NOOOOO!!!!

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