The Age of Experts

[serendipity28]

I had so much anxiety over the possibility of Travis going home this week on "So You Think You Can Dance?" that I dreamt about him last night. Yes, I really did, and I woke up wondering if I should have called from Wing Factory to vote for him. I apologize to everyone who likes Ivan, but I have wanted him to go home since the first week. He's good

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[serendipity28]

Thanks, Chris. I can't take too much credit for this because I've been reading this article in The Economist about the current changes in media and building from that, but I appreciate it. You make a good point by talking about the Academy and those sexual assault cases in particular. If things continue to progress as such, I'm hopeful that there could be such a thing as true equal time: the presentation of "both sides" of a story. My co-worker Kacey alluded to this recently when he told me about watching film clips from Iraqi soldiers; we forget that there is another side so often because we want things to be black-and-white. Ambiguity, especially in cases that verge on moral, just doesn't seem to be something we handle well

[4realiknowright]

Okay, since I'm not smart enough to understand the whole media thing, I just wanted to comment on what you said about how Mia was totally harsh on Donyelle, and that judge was a total bitch to almost everyone of the final six. I mean, I was sitting there last night counting the numerous backhanded compliments she was giving and lost count. Things like, "I mean, you were just horrible to look at when you started, but you've improved so much. It's just unfortunate that you have this wall and you have so many physical limitations... and you know that, you know how many restrictions you have." I seriously wanted to crawl into the TV and slap her across the face, haha. Oh, and what she said to Benji? When she had this huge smile and was acting like she was gonna give him a really nice compliment and then goes, "You know, when I was working with you I never realized before just how many limitations you have." Like, what the hell? She was being so snobby, acting like she felt sorry for these amazing dancers for not being "perfect" and for

[serendipity28]

I know, Mia was really harsh on the contestants, but I was impressed at how gracefully each of them took it. I think maybe she felt they were being too easy on them and wanted to remind them that they're still not perfect, although she definitely didn't handle it well in my opinion. Oh well, she's still my favorite choreographer. lol and I agree, it's hard to pick a favorite, but maybe that'll be a good thing in the end. Plus, they're all going to gain careers out of this, so it almost doesn't matter who wins.

I love you, too, and I miss you like crazy! We need to work something out very soon.