Comments on: SHANKMAN, MICHAELS - PROUD OF ADECHIKE

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:09:29 +0000

I am more convinced than ever that these Reality TV shows are not worth watching at all. I rather watch an old movie, or sporting event than view prejudiced judges and phone in voters . Hopefully these type of shows will go the way of the dinosaur in a few years

By: gary

gary — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:47:37 +0000

I agree with you 100% Mia Michael’s is full of herself and is very biased. if you go back and look at all the excellent technical dancers that were African American she has always been very harsh and biased. will, Danny, the young contemporary dancer from last year and there was a hip hop dancer about 2 years ago that Debbie Allen had to say enough. she uses all types of rhetorical devices and fallacies to throw a red herring to disguise her racism. oh my god and when she says she is only critiquing i am dumbfounded at how she uses the straw man to tear them down

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:32:35 +0000

America got it right when it came down to the last four BUT Adechike was humiliated my Mia Michaels on numerous occasions which I believe affected his performance. He made the mistake of now having to prove himself as a performer and as a man, when he should just have been focused on his incredible dancing. No one cares if you are gay or straight or black or white, it is the quality of your immersion in the choreography and the use of your learned technique that will make the difference. The judges wore him down, especially Ms. Michaels and Adechike should have never let that happen. His movements, even the macho-playfulness in the intro-vignettes, indicated a defensivness and nervousness that he did not have in the early stages of the competition. Ms. Michaels is a great choreographer but I have lost absolutely all respect for her as a human being and she should be fired immediately from judging anything ever in her life. She comes across as a nasty, condescending,& prejudiced woman.