Uberfluff

I have not, as of yet, committed to regularly watching and reviewing So You Think You Can Dance, even though I do enjoy it a lot.  For one thing, I'm still suffering from American Idol fatigue.  I'm not sure I'm ready to commit yet to another reality show, even though it doesn't have as many annoying factors.  (I do think it's generally a fair competition, and I have yet to see much egregious bias on the part of the judges.  And the crazy, substance-abusing chick judge is actually hard on people sometimes.)  Another not inconsiderable factor is the possibility that it will conflict with the new season of Burn Notice, which starts June 4th and which I am definitely not going to be missing.  So we'll see if SYTYCD starts to rate an "Issues With" column as the the season goes on, but at least for the auditions phase, I think we'll stick to the occasional blog mention.

That said, I find the auditions process on SYTYCD even more perplexing that on AI.  In the end, I can understand how people become so delusional about their singing ability.  It's not an easy thing to tell your friend that when she sings it sounds like two cats in a sack.  Often, it's not even very funny to listen to, so the lie comes that much easier.  But I don't understand how you can be a horrible dancer and still find the support and necessary self-delusion to make a total fool of yourself on camera.  I mean, I think of myself as a nice person and a decent friend, but if I knew someone who showed me this routine that they were going to use in an audition, I don't think I would ever stop mocking them.  She could tell me that she had just been diagnosed with cancer and it was her dying wish to do this routine on SYTYCD, and I still think I would have a hard time keeping a straight face: