Patti & Artem- Review of DWTS Season 20, Week 05

DWTS Season 20, Week 05

REVIEW:  Patti & Artem

Pattti & Artem:

Patti LaBelle and Artem Chigvintsev danced the Waltz on Disney Night to "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio.

So ... there's Pinocchio, Geppetto, and I saw Figaro, the cat ...
which would make Artem, Jiminy Cricket (?), and
Patti, The Yellow Fairy ... wait ... ... what the !?!?? 

<Zzzzzzzzz ... Snort! ... > Oh, sorry!  Was I doing it again?  (Apparently I tend to react that way when watching, discussing, or just thinking about Patti's dance!)

Okay, okay, so it might not of been that bad; but, my nose would be 10 feet long right about now if I didn't say that Waltz was like a sleeping pill ... Or ...  As Carrie Ann Inaba phrased it, " ... When you dance, it's like listening to a lullaby!  ..." (BTW, where was the self-proclaimed "Lift police" during the last few seconds of the dance when both of Patti's feet left the floor !?!).

Patti, with BOTH feet off the ground, being held
by Artem during their Waltz ... <Looking around> ...
Nope, ... no "Lift Police" !?!
("Lift Police" is Judge Carrie Anne Inaba's self-proclaimed title
when taking off whole points when judging / scoring a Waltz
for even the slightest of slight "lifts" during the dance!)
Artem is great; and, I like Patti; but,
why the blatant  double-standards this Season?!
It is quite tiresome!

To be completely fair, there was an overall tone of grace and softness to the performance that was befitting a Waltz and that was in good keeping with this Disney song classic; (except for that one part of the dance where Patti's hands seemed to have gotten away from her ... was there a fly in the ballroom, or what?) but, in the end, I found this routine to be dull and (dare I say) unimpressive!

A moment of elegance in Patti & Artem's Waltz.

See Patti & Artem's dance (below) on Week 05, Disney Night, on Dancing With The Stars courtesy of ABC's great DWTS YouTube channel.