http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr7zVwX4fsU
Look! A love song that’s not weirdly stalkerish.
I love Ozomatli. Here’s more on Angie Zapata, in case you aren’t familiar with her story. :-/ Looks like someone’s been editing the Q&A her friends made in a really jerktastic way.
Here’s your weekly dose of choreography.
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Interestingly, the a capella video shows real work in the choreography – but do you agree that the *very same* choreography done by women would have been recognized as sexy and not funny? Is that because they’re men? Because they’re clearly not dancers with dancer’s bodies (and costumes)?
The Other Patrick(Quote) (Reply)
I think it has to do more with them not having a dancer’s body. AFAIK there are men in Gaga’s video doing pretty similar choreagraphy and it’s sexy (at least to me
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Maria(Quote) (Reply)
Can’t… stop… watching… Newsies clip. It just works so perfectly! XD
Robin(Quote) (Reply)
I think the boys did quite well with their choreography. In fact, I don’t find it funny so much as I can tell that they’re having a lot of fun performing it.
The crowd probably responded with laughter because of the gender difference — boys don’t generally do the booty shaking — but it was appreciative laughter rather than derisive, so that’s something. Maybe some of them were prepared for such things by seeing the football team on Glee do ‘Single Ladies’?
Robin(Quote) (Reply)
I think there was a note of discomfort in the laughter (which was in part driving the humor) because I think ppl forget that certain bodies (fat bodies, male bodies, hairy bodies) can be graceful or can move in a particular way.
Maria(Quote) (Reply)