The Next Step (2013– )
6/10
Boring gymnastic routines posing as dance, boring music sand horrible outfits
4 July 2022
OK this is a show for kids. American kids who have grown up with Dance Moms, and whose own moms have obviously grown up with So You Think You Can Dance. So, since when has the floor routine of competitive gymnastics invaded dance and dance become a competitive sport? Repetitive and horrible to watch, away from the mat and the glitz and glitter of another Eastern European Olympic team win. The music? Congrats to the runners up of The Voice. And those outfits the kids turn up in? Tommy Hilfiger for Nerds Gone Wild. But apart from that seasick-making scenario, obviously presented in America between ads for junk food, the kids are GREAT! Their acting is straight, fhey are natural and the show would not be able to move along without them. I feel sorry for them though, having to wear those terrible outfits and pose with all those tooth rotting sugary cordials in "the juice bar" every time they are allowed to sit down. Let's hope they chose their own outfits for a joke. Or is this what American kids like to wear these days? A poor preview of all those adults seen waddling in and out of news videos. It is just disappointing that what should be pure and beautiful art forms are being forced through a sausage machine and Americanised for the consumption of totally undiscerning audiences. People will grow up being unable to recognise wood from plastic, and the real art forms will lose what remains of their funding and disappear. Or be outsourced to you know where.
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