Step It Up and Dance - Bravo TV feat Jerry Mitchell

Um, bump?

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Do we REALLY need another dance reality show? This sounds dreadful.

We have a Cody love fest going on in the thread on the Off Topic Board

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To have one of them even mention the word "faggot" was especially demeaning and mean spirited.

That was Miguel's word.
From Jerry Mitchell's interview on AfterElton.com

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AE: And he asks her “Did I look like a fag?” And she says, “Yeah.” [Mitchell laughs loudly.] I wasn’t offended by that, coming from her as a part of the dance community, but I do wonder, is that fair? How big a deal is it if someone is perceived as effeminate when they’re dancing?
JM: Look, he asked the question, right? And she answered it. So she was being honest. What is important for a dancer is to know the image that they’re projecting, especially when they walk into an audition. In this particular show, they’re being themselves, so they’re projecting a self image, but if I were walking into an audition for, say, South Pacific, which is running on Broadway right now, I’d probably want to tone down my gay quotient and up my straight butch military quotient. To have that knowledge of what I’m projecting as myself and be able to work with it, is going to allow me, in the real arena, to be more profitable as a dancer and book more jobs.
So if Nancy’s giving that critique to someone and they want to hear it, then they should hear it. And if you don’t care, then you’re limiting yourself, because dancers are actors. You have to act the part. It doesn’t matter what you do personally, you have to act the role that you’re playing. We all hear about straight guys who play gay parts, why can’t a gay guy play a straight part? He certainly can, if he’s able to act it on stage.

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Regardless of him, the show is terrible and does nothing to elevate or educate on the "reality" of auditions.

CODY GREEN IS AMAZING!!! I HOPE HE WINS!

Trish2 -- go play with your Carol Channing doll and leave the geniuses at BRAVO to their reality show gems.

You not tuning in isn't going to affect their ratings one inch.

And yes... Cody is the ONLY reason to watch.

I thought he looked familiar, but I had only heard about Movin' Out in London, then when I watched the tv show did I get the Grease connection...if there was anyone memorable about Grease, it was him...

I agree, he's pretty much the only reason to watch this show.

Though I did find this quote from PAPERMAG amusing:

WS: Would you ever do a reality show?
CG: No, I don’t think so.
Curtain Cutie: Cody Green

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The thing that shocked me the most was the quality of most of the dancers. They are supposed to be 12 of the best dancers in the country, yet some of them look like they can barely dance at all. And to call Elizabeth Berkley a "celebrated actor and dancer" is really using both terms loosely. Who has celebrated her talents? The only reason anyone went to see "Showgirls" was to see her naked! I did like Cody though, and a few of the others, but some of them are just a mess.

I'm so excited to see that you guys are feeling Cody. I just called him as the winner on my blog, and now I feel totally vindicated! http://stepitupanddance.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/the-ehs-have-it/