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Sunday, November 19, 2006
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A 'GREAT' DANCER LOSES
TO A 'GOOD' DANCER
By: Gordon Bishop
America is obsessed by celebrity.
Look at the results of the popular Dancing With The Stars television show. Anyone who watched the show during its 10-weeks season recognized that a little-known actor named Mario Lopez set new winning records for that annual dance-off.
Even the three judges of the weekly dancing contests agreed that after four-five weeks into the competition that Mario had reached the level of professional as a dancer.
Thats about the highest praise you can bestow on someone in any TV competition.
So who won?
A name and face just about everybody in America and beyond immediately recognize: Three-time Super Bowl champion and the National Football Leagues all-time leading rusher and NFL Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys superstar Emmitt Smith.
Im not a follower of football and only watch a game if the New York Giants or New York Jets wind up in the Super Bowl playoffs. Even I know about the great one, Emmitt Smith.
Smith is definitely a good dancer, considering his size and age.
But hes not a great dancer like Mario, who was spinning circles around Emmitt during the weekly broadcasts on ABC-TV.
The three dance judges agreed that the best dance of this seasons contest was Marios free-style dance that copped a perfect score. Mario won the judges nickname Super Mario during the entire competition.
So why did Mario lose?
Celebrity!
Football is Americas favorite game, topped off by the Super Bowl. Emmitt Smith is a football legend. The overwhelming majority of Americans watch football, especially the Super Bowl, which usually has the highest Nielsen (viewers) ratings every year.
I really enjoyed Emmitt. He has a great attitude, a charming smile, and a good dancer by anyones standards. But he simply could not execute the incredible, magical footwork and gymnastics that Mario performed in his winning finale.
Its unfortunate that Mario lost because he was best dancer of the season. Period.
Even Emmitt Smith in his heart-of-hearts recognized that he could not compete with Mario in precision and dynamics. Marios choreography was much more complex and difficult than Emmitts.
AOL, Americas largest on-line Internet provider, called Emmitts stunning win an upset.
AOL posted this on its on-line service: The dance-off is over, and voters (the public) went with charm and sass over technicality and precision, picking NFL legend Emmitt Smith over actor Mario Lopez.
Frankly, I never heard of Mario until I started watching Dancing With The Stars. The younger generation of my two daughters age (in their 30s and 40s) knew who Mario was as the star of the Saved By The Bell TV show and his appearances on the Animal Planet cable show.
But the big guy walked away the glittering trophy and Mario went home with his extremely talented professional partner Karina Smirnoff.
I have a gut feeling that the Disney entertainment empire, which owns ABC-TV, Disney Parks around the world and an international movie studio will star Mario Lopez in a blockbuster feature film, where hell be able to show off all of his talents, led by dancing and his other dynamic skills.
I love to watch dancing shows because my wife Jeanne was a ballet dancer during her youthful years before she became a fifth- and third-grade teacher. Our favorite movies are all about dancing, led by Dirty Dancing and the recent movie, StepUp about a white guy growing up in a black neighborhood and winning the Hip Hop dancings highest honor at a local, high-brow ballet school.
Im sure any Disney dancing movie starring Mario Lopez will be box-office blockbuster.
"Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact."
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A 'GREAT' DANCER LOSES
TO A 'GOOD' DANCER
By: Gordon Bishop
America is obsessed by celebrity.
Look at the results of the popular Dancing With The Stars television show. Anyone who watched the show during its 10-weeks season recognized that a little-known actor named Mario Lopez set new winning records for that annual dance-off.
Even the three judges of the weekly dancing contests agreed that after four-five weeks into the competition that Mario had reached the level of professional as a dancer.
Thats about the highest praise you can bestow on someone in any TV competition.
So who won?
A name and face just about everybody in America and beyond immediately recognize: Three-time Super Bowl champion and the National Football Leagues all-time leading rusher and NFL Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys superstar Emmitt Smith.
Im not a follower of football and only watch a game if the New York Giants or New York Jets wind up in the Super Bowl playoffs. Even I know about the great one, Emmitt Smith.
Smith is definitely a good dancer, considering his size and age.
But hes not a great dancer like Mario, who was spinning circles around Emmitt during the weekly broadcasts on ABC-TV.
The three dance judges agreed that the best dance of this seasons contest was Marios free-style dance that copped a perfect score. Mario won the judges nickname Super Mario during the entire competition.
So why did Mario lose?
Celebrity!
Football is Americas favorite game, topped off by the Super Bowl. Emmitt Smith is a football legend. The overwhelming majority of Americans watch football, especially the Super Bowl, which usually has the highest Nielsen (viewers) ratings every year.
I really enjoyed Emmitt. He has a great attitude, a charming smile, and a good dancer by anyones standards. But he simply could not execute the incredible, magical footwork and gymnastics that Mario performed in his winning finale.
Its unfortunate that Mario lost because he was best dancer of the season. Period.
Even Emmitt Smith in his heart-of-hearts recognized that he could not compete with Mario in precision and dynamics. Marios choreography was much more complex and difficult than Emmitts.
AOL, Americas largest on-line Internet provider, called Emmitts stunning win an upset.
AOL posted this on its on-line service: The dance-off is over, and voters (the public) went with charm and sass over technicality and precision, picking NFL legend Emmitt Smith over actor Mario Lopez.
Frankly, I never heard of Mario until I started watching Dancing With The Stars. The younger generation of my two daughters age (in their 30s and 40s) knew who Mario was as the star of the Saved By The Bell TV show and his appearances on the Animal Planet cable show.
But the big guy walked away the glittering trophy and Mario went home with his extremely talented professional partner Karina Smirnoff.
I have a gut feeling that the Disney entertainment empire, which owns ABC-TV, Disney Parks around the world and an international movie studio will star Mario Lopez in a blockbuster feature film, where hell be able to show off all of his talents, led by dancing and his other dynamic skills.
I love to watch dancing shows because my wife Jeanne was a ballet dancer during her youthful years before she became a fifth- and third-grade teacher. Our favorite movies are all about dancing, led by Dirty Dancing and the recent movie, StepUp about a white guy growing up in a black neighborhood and winning the Hip Hop dancings highest honor at a local, high-brow ballet school.
Im sure any Disney dancing movie starring Mario Lopez will be box-office blockbuster.
"Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact."
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When looking back, if he had taken the loss like a man, people would look back and be fairly more objective in the decision in retrospect.
