Comments on: Choreographers hit back at Meryl Tankard http://www.realityravings.com/2008/03/23/choreographers-hit-back-at-meryl-tankard/ for those who have reality tv as their guilty pleasure Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stephen http://www.realityravings.com/2008/03/23/choreographers-hit-back-at-meryl-tankard/comment-page-1/#comment-15267 Stephen Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:10:04 +0000 http://www.realityravings.com/?p=291#comment-15267 It really bothers me that people like Nat Bassingthwaighte, David Atkins and Robyn Moase are publicly critiquing Meryl's 'comments' when it is so obvious they've clearly been taken out of context. They should know better! It's extremely naive on their bahalf, not to mention childish. The criticism is unbelievably high-school like. Telling Meryl to 'F*ck off' is classy, not to mention Robyn's ridiculous remarks, claiming that Meryl's only claim to success are Olympic floating fish. Both comments ooze of ignorance. Quite farcical isn't it?! Let it be known that Meryl clearly meant that SYTYCD was a "hideous" show for herself; given that her work requires more of a slow-cooked method (to use her food analogy) as opposed to the more commercial "fast food" process. Anyone that is familiar with Tankard's work would concede this is a fair comment indeed. Meryl clearly sympathises with the dancers on the show because they are ultimately being used to make a reality show. Yes, there have been some fantastic dancers on the show - granted - but, if you don't have a good sob-story, one's chances for getting on the show are clearly limited. I believe Tankard would have made a fantastic judge on the show. Perhaps the next season. It'd be a nice change to the extremely arrogant and condescending Jason Coleman. It really bothers me that people like Nat Bassingthwaighte, David Atkins and Robyn Moase are publicly critiquing Meryl’s ‘comments’ when it is so obvious they’ve clearly been taken out of context. They should know better! It’s extremely naive on their bahalf, not to mention childish. The criticism is unbelievably high-school like. Telling Meryl to ‘F*ck off’ is classy, not to mention Robyn’s ridiculous remarks, claiming that Meryl’s only claim to success are Olympic floating fish. Both comments ooze of ignorance. Quite farcical isn’t it?!

Let it be known that Meryl clearly meant that SYTYCD was a “hideous” show for herself; given that her work requires more of a slow-cooked method (to use her food analogy) as opposed to the more commercial “fast food” process. Anyone that is familiar with Tankard’s work would concede this is a fair comment indeed.

Meryl clearly sympathises with the dancers on the show because they are ultimately being used to make a reality show. Yes, there have been some fantastic dancers on the show – granted – but, if you don’t have a good sob-story, one’s chances for getting on the show are clearly limited.

I believe Tankard would have made a fantastic judge on the show. Perhaps the next season. It’d be a nice change to the extremely arrogant and condescending Jason Coleman.

]]> By: Natalie Bassingthwaite says F**k You To Meryl Tankard. | reality ravings http://www.realityravings.com/2008/03/23/choreographers-hit-back-at-meryl-tankard/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Natalie Bassingthwaite says F**k You To Meryl Tankard. | reality ravings Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:49:26 +0000 http://www.realityravings.com/?p=291#comment-1278 [...] Tankard who is a choreographer and who considers herself a part of the arts intelligensia in Australia famously took a swipe at the popular dance show last year. She said the performances were so awful on SYTYCD that they should not be considered dance. Also she said “It’s like a fast-food version of dance.” Previous stories on the Tankard’s criticisms are here and here. [...] [...] Tankard who is a choreographer and who considers herself a part of the arts intelligensia in Australia famously took a swipe at the popular dance show last year. She said the performances were so awful on SYTYCD that they should not be considered dance. Also she said “It’s like a fast-food version of dance.” Previous stories on the Tankard’s criticisms are here and here. [...]

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