My New Favorite Word (aka The Dance Moms Thread)

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 3:19pm

Out of curiosity and sheer boredom, I decided to watch the bizarre jacked-up series, Dance Moms. When the seriously deluded dance studio owner decided to put these pre-puescent girls in skimpy two-pieces with stockings and garters, then choreograph them like they were rehearsing as bait for a two-hour Nightline special, a couple (not all, mind you) of the mothers voiced their disapproval with one saying:

"They look like...PROSTI-TOTS."

I absolutely fell on the floor laughing. Funny thing was, all the moms let the girls go on and perform in competition that way and didn't raise a fuss until they learned the girls didn't even place and were probably disqualified for "inappropriateness". And given the reponse, I'd be really surprised if this dance studio is still open. That owner is one hot brotinky mess.

Updated On: 9/1/11 at 03:19 PM

[StockardFan]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 3:35pm

I think one of the moms boyfriend bailed her out financially a while back - she was going under. Which doesn't surprise me, she is nuts. The little girls are pretty good dancers though!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 6:47pm

These kids are gonna be a mess when they grow up.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 6:56pm

I don't really know who is worse: Abby (the "teacher") or the moms or Lifetime for actually glorifying the horrid behavior.

Disgusting human beings the lot of them.

(But somehow, the kids seem kinda sweet.)

[danmag]

Posted: 9/1/11 at 7:29am

This show is like crack...everytime they show back to back episodes I end up sitting there for hours.

My husband described the Dance Moms as being "Pittsburgh hot". Which cracked me up.

I hope that sweet little Chloe kicks Maddie's ass in one of these damn competitions.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/1/11 at 10:23am

Ok, so I just watched the episode with the "Broadway Agent" and these people are all brotinky. Cathy should not be allowed near anyone. Ever. She was obviously turned down for Real Housewives of BFE and trying to make up for it on this show. Her daughter can't dance and doesn't want to dance. I'm not even convinced the daughter is hers. And if she has her own dance studio, what is her bored daughter doing at Abby's studio? Oh yeah, Cathy's studio isn't a reality show. After the stunt she pulled with the mothers' dance, they really should have met her out in the parking lot and beat the crap out of her.

Abby is the worst stereotype for any of these people who work with children and performance. She's nothing but a bully with zero redeeming qualities. I would LOVE to know how many of her students have gone on to be "Broadway stars" as she refers to them. Everything that flies out of her mouth is either a lie or abusive. No "professional" studio asks the mothers to shop for costumes, sew, bedazzle or make props. The mothers are only in it for the TV show.

And apparently, Chloe already has a national title, which she "loses" if she leaves the studio (not sure how that works, but Abby is certainly using it for leverage). I like the girls (except for Vivi, but that's Cathy's fault for EATING HER SOUL) and my personal favorite is Nia. Her mother is the only one to display any semblence of rational thought.

[never_has_been]

Posted: 9/15/11 at 1:12am

Chloe is such a beautiful dancer I was glad to see that she finally won with one of her solo numbers on tonight’s show. I was just reading the bios on the shows website and it listed a number of Abby's former students. She was telling that crazy ass Cathy on tonight’s show that if her students don't work on Broadway, they're failures. From what I can tell only two of her alumni have been successful on Broadway. Mark Myars according to ibdb.com has four Broadway credits, two of which he was dance captain. The other being Asmeret Ghebremichael who has six credits and is fairly well known. This woman's behavior and attitudes towards the girls is pretty ridiculous. Last week she told some of the girls how proud she was of their performances after they went on, but after they did not place she told them she was embarrassed by them for those same performances.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 9/15/11 at 10:01am

I've been watching this a little. All these women are psycho. It makes me sad when the parents and teacher start fighting directly in front of the kids.

[once a month]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 9:38am

A guilty pleasure....THERE-I admitted it. That's the first step in acceptance.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 12:21pm

I love the Abby/Cathy confrontations because they're both so delusional. We all know Cathy is only there because her studio sucks and didn't get the TV show. So the only way Cathy can get herself on TV is by forcing her daughter(?) to attend Abby's classes. Vivi has zero interest in dancing or the TV show or life in general. And those glamour shots for the model competition were FRIGHTENING.

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 1:31pm

haha, yeah poor vivi has that glazed over look in her eyes all the time. I don't believe Cathy is really that much of a A hole. No one could be. She must be scripted'

I actually like Abby and think she's right on as an instructor!

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 2:09pm

LIVING for this show (though I missed last night's episode cause I watched Gwyneth Paltrow die. It was a fair trade).

I can't believe, however, Matthew, that you never heard the term prostitot. It's one of my favorite. In fact (pardon the shilling), I submitted a word to Urban Dictionary and it was accepted!

The word?

Scientoloprostitot.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 3:21pm

Honestly, that was the FIRST time I heard it and I was dying.

Personally, I think Abby is the WORST kind of instructor. The way she plays favorites, manipulates, and flat-out lies, just to market her studio is really gross. Yes, she has one or two good dancers, but her behavior, ethics and entitlement issues are severely whacked. That's why the show exists, of course. It's not about the Moms at all. That's clear from the opening credits, which ends in Abby's really awkward sassy head bob and by the use of her phlegmy voiceovers. Everyone knew that prostitot dance was going to be a disaster and clearly, it was. Abby's obsession to be different and edgy and "West Coast" to get attention wasn't good instruction. It was about her and her ego. And that Sugar Baby dance? Not good instruction.

Oh, and I can believe Cathy is that big of an a-hole. I grew up in the suburbs and she is 100% believable. I see women like her at the office. If you add alcoholism and borderline personality disorder, you'd have my best friend's sister. Cathy may be playing it up for the cameras, but it's because she wants to be another infamous reality "star". Either way, it's most likely her true nature. One look at Vivi and you KNOW that Cathy's a living nightmare.

Updated On: 9/16/11 at 03:21 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 3:57pm

We see this so differently Matt! from the start, I thought wow, this really is about the moms. In real life, you're not going see a gaggle of moms hovering about the teacher, the kids, the classes, etc. I feel sorry for Abby having them to put up with just for a lousy show.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/16/11 at 4:49pm

There is no way I could ever feel sorry for Abby. She's a lying delusional bully and the only real conflict she encounters is when the mothers call her out on her crap. Except Cathy, who is just as bad as Abby. I guess I'm most drawn to her level of unprofessionalism. I'm always wondering how it could possibly get any worse and it does! One of her finest moments coaching the girls for the prostitot routine: "You have to be really hot. Sexy. Make it like you're 17 years old." And when two of the mothers complained? She just kept saying, "Ask you nine year-old daughter how she likes dancing that routine and wearing those clothes! She's LOVING it!" I bet those girls would love some heroine if you shoot it in their arms, too. And driving themselves to a kegger.