I don't think that word means what you think it means.

[charliesmum]

Okay, I do not watch Dancing with the Stars" other than the few minutes that accidently got recorded before Castle starts, but I can't help but comment on this new line up.

First of all Florence Henderson? I can get behind that. Who wouldn't love to see Mrs Brady tripping the light fantastic?

And Jennifer Grey? It's a shame she's reduced to this, but whatever. And she's fifty? I feel old now.

But in what universe can Bristol Palin be considered a 'star'? I mean, she goes around telling kids not to have sex which, sure, admirable, but telling people that has never worked in the history of ever. And the only reason people listen to her is because of who her mother is. *shudders*

So 'star' no longer means 'someone who's accomplished something in his or her field' but rather 'someone who's name the average American might actually recognize because it's been in the tabloids.'

Comments

[wolfma.livejournal.com]

Sarah Palin's kid? Put her mom up there and you'd have to rename the show Dancing with the Devil.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Put her mom up there and you'd have to rename the show Dancing with the Devil.

This comment wins the internet. I'd metaquote it, but I'm not sure if that would result in a political wankstorm.

[placeboweek.livejournal.com]

It really grosses me out for some reason that Bristol Palin is doing the show, for some reason. I wish she and her mother and her baby daddy would go away.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Amen!!

[dorei.livejournal.com]

Dancing with the Stars is catchier than Dancing with Celebrities.

[drop-and-roll.livejournal.com]

That's the good thing about the British version. It's called Strictly Come Dancing (the Strictly part presumably because of the film Strictly Ballroom and the Come Dancing part after the old BBC show which had amateur dancers competing). No false advertising there so you can't complain too much about the very Z-list celebrities it attracts.
I still watch it because I like dancing and I like sparkly outfits and I've become attached to the professional dancers they have. Although they're systematically getting rid of the best ones so I may give up on it.

[ladyiapetus]

My plans to watch this season ended when I learned that Capt. Sig Hansen wasn't going to be part of the cast.