DWTS Season 22, Week 05
REVIEW: Von & Lindsay
Dancing a, “Country Jive” (to quote Lindsay in the pre-Dance Rehearsal Package) to “Hips” by Beans and Fatback, Super Bowl MVP, Von Miller, and his Switch Up partner, Lindsay Arnold, presented their Week 05 Routine.
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Von & Lindsay
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… Sloppy to say the least!
I’m sorry, and while I’m likely one of the first ones to want to see Von continue his Disney Night Success (SUCH a beautiful Job, Von & Witney, and truly one of my favorite Viennese Waltzes EVER!!); suffice it to say, Midnight has evidently long pass and Von’s Dancing has once again seemingly collapsed back down into its original Country Bumpkin, er, PUMPKIN Status!
Now, the Choreography of this Routine, it should be said, was STELLAR, combining a wonderfully gratifying Balance of Terrific, Texas Fun and all the Crazed Content one could ask for (Great Job, Lindsay!); but, it still wasn’t enough to bring this Number beyond any sort of Half-way Decent Standard!
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Heavy Footwork (I’m sorry, Tex, uh, Miller, but are we slopping Hogs through the mud here, or are we Jiving???), Lazy Lines, and an overall feeling of “Dragging” reigned Supreme in this not-so-Hep-to-the-Jive for Von, resulting in what I believe to be one his worst Dances to Date!
Still, this Performance wasn’t all bad … saving this
Routine from the depths of Dismal Dancing Despair, Von’s Endearing and uniquely Very Good Showmanship ...
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Von & Lindsay
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... AND general Affability did bring this Number up from the Status of “Total Ruins!!” to “That
was a whole ‘lotta Fun!” (and, of course, that Over-the-Head-Leap was no less
than INCREDIBLE!);
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Von & Lindsay
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but in the end, it would only serve to make his Technical
Execution for this Jive, “Bearable” at best.
“You’re a very clever, little one,” Judge Carrie Ann Inaba gushed following the Performance, addressing Lindsay directly, “because, you went with his [Von’s] style! … I thought that was very clever, and THAT’s what this [Competition] is about, there’s ‘Strategy’ involved; and I think that you worked to his Strengths! …”
Oookay, well first off, Carrie Ann, I resent the (in my opinion) CLEAR implication that Lindsay was somehow able to bring something out of Von during this Switch Up Week that Witney hasn’t yet been able to … That is 100%, steaming fresh (for all you Texans out there) bull crap; and, you know it!
… “worked to his strengths”?! Von’s NEVER looked worst, with the exception
of his Week 02 Cha-Cha; and, if anything, Lindsay’s “clever” Choreography made
him look like some sort of Sweet but Lumbering, Country Hick, instead of an “Holding his own” Competitor!
In conclusion, I’d call Lindsay’s Choreography “Great”; but, not at all “Clever”.
“… It’s tough,” added Guest Judge, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, concerning the Dance, addressing Von directly, “it’s tough! You look like you have so much to give … I just … I personally want a little bit more! Thank God, I’m not judging the Finale, this is just mid-way through the Season, [so] you guys come back, get back with your [original] partners and kick it up a notch! …”
Thank you, Maksim!, some perspective, some honesty, some fair judging!
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Von & Lindsay
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See video (below) to watch Von & Lindsay's Jive on Week 05 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
