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It was “Personal Story Telling Week” this week, but I’d like to rename it “Drape Week”, as over half of the lady dancers were encumbered with various draped sheets over glitzy swimsuit costumes. AND, most of them were attractive, none of them getting too close to the Burka-look, thank goodness!

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The steps were plenty quick, and that’s no ‘jive’, for week 2 of this season’s Dancing With the Stars. There was plenty of glitz for my taste, this week, and the men’s costumes were more interesting than last week’s mostly safe offerings.

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First of all…EXCUSE ME?…What were those unfunny and mean comments about Kirstie and Wendy by that comedian? (Sorry, I won’t name him – as in ‘even bad press is good’ and my opinion of him has dropped several levels.) We really don’t need body shape/size bashing anymore. That is ‘so yesterday’. On to the show…

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I have been watching all of the Award Shows this season, but I haven’t taken the time to take notes to prepare a critique blog…until now, with THE AWARDS SHOW – The OSCARS! Not only was there a 2-hour Red Carpet Show, but I also caught the PREVIEW to the preview red carpet show.
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I tuned it for the finals, wondering what Brooke was going to wear this week, and was under-whelmed to see that she was wearing a long gown made out of silver squiggled, mini-sequins on white fabric. This fabric was a great performance fabric, but not really a refined, glamorous gown fabric (in my opinion). I finally saw a full-dress shot, and thank goodness her dress had an interesting hemline! BUT, unfortunately, 95% of her shots show her only down to her hips. And this dress was just too PLAIN-JANE for those close-ups! Read more »

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The dancing is now another one of the STARS on Dancing With the Stars. With the judges awarding 9’s and 10’s, to many of the dancers, it is really exciting right now–besides the costuming! Read more »

I just have to say that I LOVE Kenny Mayne, Len Goodman, and Jerry Rice in their ridiculous adventures at “Dance Center”! Their silly skits are so off-the-wall-I laugh every time! I love the getups that they wear, and the ‘interesting’ (referring to the ‘Minnesota-talk’ – as in – what the heck??? when I say ‘interesting’) makeup.

This week was so much fun! It’s anyone’s guess as to who will be voted off each week, now. I like ALL the couples (stars and pros), and I’m missing those that have to go home. Read more »

Rock Week on Dancing With The Stars and the Rocky Horror Show on Glee this week. What a treat for my eyes and my ears! Read more »

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I was shocked to see that Brooke was gunning for some attention on this week’s Results Show! Her too-low décolletage was accented with lots of criss-crossing bandoliers. I kept watching for her to pull out a couple of guns! Tacky, trashy and just not very attractive. Monday’s dress was not quite as low cut, and the deep green ruched gown was much more classy, even though it was a Mermaid gown-not real fashion forward, at least in the Midwest, where the Mermaid look continues to year after year, marching down many church aisles.

This week was TV Theme Week. And apparently there was not enough dancing with only 8 couples left, to fill 3 hours, with only one dance routine from each, so there was lots of filler. Next week, there will be much more dancing with 2 dances for each couple. One filler item was a judge recap on how all the stars have progressed, which I enjoyed. Read more »

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Satin Stitches is deep into our busy time, right now. And Monday night, our local television station pushed Dancing With the Stars until 1:05 in the morning, so we could enjoy our Minnesota Vikings lose miserably to the New York Jets. Hmm.

So, I stayed up late for the game, but not late enough for DWTS. I tried to fit in watching the Monday night show while also catching this week’s Glee, and watching the Results show last night. Multi-tasking is not all that it is cracked up to be. So my costume critique will be shorter this week. Read more »

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It was Story Night, this week on Dancing With The Stars. The real story was The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, last night. Thankfully mostly GOOD, some BAD, and not much UGLY.

I LOVED several costumes and I HATED some. And of course there were some that were so-so. It was a story of transformations, mostly under wraps. How many garments did you see come off? Read more »

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Brooke opened the show in either a black or dark midnight navy gown. Yes, it showed off her front-and-center attributes, but was classy, sophisticated, yet young and fun. For the elimination show, she wore another tasteful gown of a gunmetal or dusty orchid color. It is sometimes difficult to discern the exact colors, knowing that lighting and individual monitors can show differently. Her second dress was short with lots of ruching, and less cleavage. Bravo, Brooke! Read more »

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The anticipation! DWTS came up with some unusual STARS, again this season. Before the show, I didn’t know who would be my favorites. Who would I love to hate, this year?

A good looking group, this season!

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Did everyone else think that the VMA’s were boring this year?

The red carpet was white. What’s up with that? Everyone seemed to wearing black and white and nothing special, on the pre-show. Read more »