So, Football's Famed Flutie received the rather negative context of the familiar
words "Kick Off" on Monday, when he was Eliminated Week 06 following
a regrettably low-scoring Bollywood Number as part of Season 22's Famous Dances
Night event.
Doug & Karina - Eliminated DWTS Season 22, Week 06
Still, it seems that the beloved Sports Star bore no ill will regarding the evening's turn out, remarking upon his exit - amid the emphatic chanting of his Last Name from members of the show's Live Audience - "… It's been an unbelievable experience!… Thank you, guys, so much!"
“Guys, all
those ‘Hits’ are on the ‘Jai - Ho!’s!” Flutie instructed during his pre-Dance Rehearsal Package, when seemingly
correcting his Week 06 Back-up, Troupe Dancers.
… Too bad that while “Teaching” his too-nice group of
Professional Dancers how to move he didn’t pick up on a few of those tips
himself!
Dancing a Bollywood Dance to “Jai Ho!” from
Slumdog Millionaire, Football Legend, Doug Flutie, and his Professional
partner, Karina Smirnoff,
presented their Famous Dances Routine.
Well, folks, and while I may prefer and enjoy a
Happy Ending as much as the next DWTS Fan, it seems that poor (and might I just add) slightlyDeluded Doug was destined for a more harsh and realistic
conclusion to his Dancing Season, going home on his absolute WORST Performance
to date!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 06
- Famous Dances Night
I really don’t think that Doug’s lack
of ability to fully grasp the concept of Dancing vs. Going Through/Stomping Out
the Motions was ever MORE apparent within this Season then it was on Monday
night!
Heavy Footwork, some Stiff Movement and Lines, and a
Depressingly Dragging Sense of Musicality brought what might have been a purely
Fun and Athletic Number to an Uncomfortable-to-watch-Status, effectively making this already-Famous (hence the evening’s theme), Bollywood Exhibition into a
positively Painful, Boring, and (Dare I say it?) more-than-a-little-Ugly
Display!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 06
- Famous Dances Night
“Uh, [I’m] disappointed,” Doug expressed - following
his own Performance - upon receiving a Judges’ Scoring of all “7”s for his
Dance, “because I didn’t think we were missing steps; or I didn’t think I was
missing steps, I thought it was clean!”
Well, I guess that we should all be grateful then, that Doug's version of "Clean" isn’t what actually flies within
the world of Dance or else, honestly, why would anyone ever bother???
Dancing the Cha-Cha to “Son of a Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield, NFL Wide Receiver, Antonio Brown, and his Switch Up Professional partner, Karina
Smirnoff, presented their Week 05 Routine.
Antonio & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
Ah, Antonio
is “BOOMING” once more!!
That’s right, folks, Booming Brown was BACK on last Monday evening, tearing up
the Ballroom’s Dance Floor with one FABULOUS Cha-Cha Performance!
Antonio & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“Fabulous” but unfortunately not “Flawless”; however, as this amazing Routine did also serve to once again Showcase
Antonio’s Heavy Footwork and Dragging Musicality, along with a
Just-not-quite-there!-Cha-Cha Walk.
Antonio & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
(Although, to be fair to that last pointer, which
Celebrities really do truly excel
when Exhibiting this Dancing, Latin Gait, except for the very few
exceptions???)
Still, Brown’s
stereotypical and always enjoyable panache for General Showmanship and Pizzazz
remained delightfully intact; and, what’s more, SUPREME within this Routine,
having been so effectually aided and shown off by Karina’s immaculate, fun, and stupendous Choreography!… Another STELLAR Job, Smirnoff, I loved it!!
Antonio & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
In the end I felt as though the 6’s given by Judges, Len and Maks, to this Performance were more than a little harsh and unjustified; and, I wouldn’t even have minded if one or two 8’s had been tossed around in this Dance’s overall Score either!
Antonio & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
A TERRIFIC
Job, Antonio & Karina; and, I can wait to see what the two of
you have in store within your respective, original Dancing Partnerships for
next Week!
See video (below) to watch Antonio & Karina's Cha-cha on Week 05 of DWTS, Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Dancing a terrifically fun Jazz to “A Spoonful of
Sugar” from Mary Poppins, Football
Legend, Doug Flutie, and his
Professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, presented their Disney Night Routine!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 04 Disney Night
Well, apparently, it seems that just a spoonful of
sugar will help the medicine go down,
as whatever this fun and fresh Jazz Number may have lacked in Technical
Execution, it MORE than made up for
with a sweet amount of Playful, Performing Pizzazz and, of course, that all important
Disney-like Quality!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 04 Disney Night
I mean to say, I positively adored this Routine!!
But then again, honestly, who wouldn’t have adored it?It
was just so purely … Oh, what is that word? … “Happy”!!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 04 Disney Night
(You know, Guest Judge, Zendaya Coleman, that warm and pleasant feeling that just
seems to immediately evaporate out the Ballroom’s atmosphere whenever you speak
…)
True, this delightful Dance did see more than its fair share of mounting errors throughout the course of the performance, including but not limited to: some sloppy footwork, some lifts gone slightly awry (Although major kudos, Doug, for pulling through both times, and finishing the Lifts anyway!), and what seemed like some kind of physical aversion to that other Mary Poppins’ timeless classic, “Step in Time”!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 04 Disney Night
However, it must also
it be said that, by Routine’s end, while Flutie’s
Dancing had certainly displayed all
of the above, it equally reigned as some of the fun-est of the evening, having been so scrumptiously preserved with an endearing amount of Proper Character
Portrayal and Showmanship by Doug, and some seriously
fantastic Choreography, courtesy of the ever-talented Karina, whose inclusion of Terrific Table-Top Tricks, both
at the beginning and at the end of the Dance, one or two elements of too-cute
Comedy, and those always-crowd-pleasing Judges’ Desk Kicks was in absolute PERFECT keeping with the Night’s Theme!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 04 Disney Night
“I saw the makings of a good Routine,” voiced Panel
Judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, when
the Dance was over, “but I don’t think you actually delivered on it … and I
feel terrible … I saw the intention, I could tell you put in the work, it just
did not come together tonight.”
(A fair enough critique, Carrie Ann, although I can’t say that I appreciate the
implication that this Routine just up and fell flat on its face either,
instead of being recognized for the enjoyable showing that it was overall!)
“There were mistakes, you know, and that happens,”
offered the 19-year-old, Zendaya
(… Ah, good!Here we go with a more sane
perspective …), “… I think the number one thing is, always remembering that, when
you’re on the stage, [to] like, [always be] ‘Channeling’ all that aggression,
all that anger, all that ‘Upset’, and just, into ‘Disney Magic’!”
<Record Scratch!> Wait, WHAT?!Am I crazy, or isn’t
that JUST
what Doug had already accomplished, only minutes ago???
“You know
this is Disney,” the presumptuous TEEN continued, “this is Disney Night, [so] enjoy it!”
<Drumming Fingers> … That’s exactly what Doug
did, you twit! … Still waiting, by the way, on an actual critique, or did you
even have any accurate thoughts to offer on the current topic at all?!
“Take it from a ‘Disney Girl’ myself, sometimes, you
know, there [are] times I’m mad, I’m angry, but I just, I channel that into
positivity! …”
Oh!Oh, now I
see, you weren’t critiquing this Dance at all, were you, Zendaya?(Or, if you were, you 100% FAILED
miserably!)But no! … It would appear to
me that all that Channeling Crap and seemingly Genuine Gusto were all mere
verbal ploys to afford your own, “Perfect” self the ultimate gratification of a
Side-ways Compliment!
Good grief, girl (and while I feel pretty sure
that, on Disney Night at least, the show would have set up one or two Evil “Mirror, Mirror”s on the wall, in the back of the building somewhere for vain individuals, such as yourself), would it be quite alright with you if the REST of us were to proceed with the critiquing and subsequent
scoring of the ACTUAL PERFORMANCE AT HAND?!!
... Honestly, what a Self-serving, Self-aggrandizing ... !
“Well, what I liked,” began Head Judge, Len Goodman, with some sincerely voiced opinions on Doug & Karina’s Jazz, “You
got right into the ‘Character’ of the Dance!You made it fun, you made it entertaining, it was enjoyable to watch, it
just got out of Sync a couple of times during the Routine, but, Doug, I dig it!”
Well, thank YOU, Len, and there we have it, folks … <Casting an arched
glance in Zendaya’s general, misguided direction> … Len “dig”s it, so
THERE!!
See video (below) to watch Doug & Karina's Jazz on Week 04 of DWTS, Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Dancing a Waltz to “Rainbow Connection” as sung by Andra Day, Quarterback Legend, Doug Flutie, and his
Professional partner, Karina Smirnoff,
presented their most Memorable Year Routine. (If you weren’t just 100% sobered by this next Week 03 Dedication, I’m pretty sure that there is definitely something wrong with you.)
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 03
In a wonderfully executed, emoting Performance, Doug’s Waltz (being so perfectly Choreographed by Karina) beautifully told the bittersweet
story of Doug’s two Parents, Dick
and Joan, and their life-long
love for one another in an all-consuming, Fairy tale-like Romance that is
rarely seen or heard of, outside of a storybook, within this modern era.
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 03
“… 2015 is a year I’ll never forget” recounted Flutie, in his pre-Dance
Rehearsal Package, “Dad had been ill, and he was in rough shape.After a week in the hospital, my father
passed away.Dad had passed. Mom got up,
walked over, gave him a kiss on the forehead, and then, fell forward and was
gone.… I had the opportunity to let my
father know how I felt about him, [but] I didn’t have that opportunity with my
mother. The doctor said the only
explanation is, what they call, ‘Dying of a Broken Heart’.It’s a Family Tragedy, but it’s also an
amazing Love Story.”
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 03
… An enchanting Performance overall, this Waltz also
served to supremely showcase Doug’s Fine Lines, his Graceful Footwork, and his
nicely-intact, Firm Frame that was held throughout the Dance.
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 03
Of course, there was that one, tiny little Misstep and subsequent Slip-up towards
the close of the Routine; but, let’s face it, no one even cares.
A remarkable and moving job in the end, Doug, and
one that was very well done.
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 03
See video (below) to watch Doug & Karina's Waltz on Week 03 of DWTS, Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Dancing the Paso Doble to “Buster Voodoo” by Rodrigo y Gabriela, former NFL
Quarterback legend, Doug Flutie, and his Professional partner, Karina
Smirnoff, presented their Latin Night Routine.
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 02
… And it’s yet another Touchdown for one of Season
22’s dancing Football Players!!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 02
I mean to say, WOW!! What a comeback!
Seriously
now, folks, c’mon and give it up! The
improvement of Doug’s dancing
from last Week to this Week was no less than INCREDIBLE!!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 02
Terrific Lines, Formidable Frame, and an extremely
gratifying, Masculine form of Attitude and “Attack” erupted on Monday night’s Ballroom Dance Floor, as Flutieshockingly submitted one
of the better Pasos this show has ever seen (among it’s Celebrity Male
Competitors); AND, most certainly, one
of the better Dances of the night!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 02
And what of the Choreography?Brilliantly crafted by one Karina, this Powerful Piece
merely once again showcased this Pro’s undeniable genius when creating a Routine!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 02
Two “7” ’s and a “6”?!!!(REALLY,
Len, a “6”???)That’s insane,
people!!
Doug & Karina
DWTS Season 22, Week 02
See video (below) to watch Doug & Karina's Paso Doble on Week 02 of DWTS, Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
