Something Just Like This, a 3 minute series

[elisheva_m]

off-topic but posting because everyone currently here watches BL, we need more light in the world, and it's something we can share without adding to PTW lists

Last October, the BBC opened their most mainstream family orientated beloved by all ages from grans to bairns prime time Sunday evening flagship programme with this

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Please keep in mind this was the regular opening group dance from the professionals on Strictly Come Dancing. These dances sometimes highlight two of the pros and include a bit of a story, with the other pro dancers integrated throughout and taking up a lot of the visual space. This one is unique in giving 3 minutes to the featured dancers on their own and telling its story with such clarity. That's why the other pros feel extraneous to it.

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[profiterole_reads]

Absolutely lovely! <3

(The m/f support dancers were unnecessary, though.)

[elisheva_m]

In this case, they were. And I really don't like the way the women were thrown about by the men in it. That's a part of BL the choreography didn't need to repeat :( Their skirts were meant to echo the hanging fabric but meh and it prevented any additional same-sex pairings.

But usually the other pro dancers are more integrated into the group dance throughout and often the story of it can get lost. This was unique in giving so much time to two alone to dance the story with such clarity.

[sunshine304]

What a lovely dance! They told the story very well! I could've done without the supporting dancers, but I guess production felt that they should be integrated so that we have some nice flying skirts. XD It detracted from the story being told, though. Also, the camera was really struggling to follow along with all that stage decoration. XD

I'm a huge sucker for this show or rather, the German version of it (called "Let's Dance"). And I feel that we're still quite behind representation in this way? Or rather, they'll always make such a big deal about it here, like, "Ohhhh this celebrity is gay and is dancing with a man!" or in the pro dancer challenge, where they had one f/f and one m/m couple, they were like, "Ohhh aren't we progressive, this is soo normal, look at these same sex pro dancer couples, aren't we such a progressive show?" Like... ugh shut up, just let them dance without commenting on it all the time, you're a shitty TV channel and this is your only flagship show left, so stop being so fake about it all. 🙄

But there have been some gorgeous same sex routines, like those by Layton Williams & Nikita Kuzmin, all of them were amazing! We had a gay celebrity who made it into the final show (he didn't win because he wasn't as good as the other two contestants, but he was a lot of fun) - I've got his Charleston uploaded here. There are pretty much no videos on Youtube because the TV channel only last year discovered that you can upload stuff to Youtube and it might actually be... good PR?! 🤦‍♀️

[elisheva_m]

Yes the other pros were extraneous in this one. It makes mores sense to me to focus on the fact that the show broke form to give the featured two almost the entirety of the routine on their own, even if it meant the strange interlude from the rest of the pros.
Layton and Nikita were great. Did you see John and Johannes from two years before? That year was absolute magic.
Thanks for sharing the Charleston. It's fun :)

[sunshine304]

Yes, I did see some of John and Johannes' routines! I usually gravitate towards the Argentine tango first. XD