
So, while the judges and anya janta split their sides laughing at last week's Nach Baliye 3 gender-reversal episode, I barely cracked a smile. What's there to laugh, anyway? Might as well give a guy a hammer and have him smash melons. This is not to say I didn't enjoy the show. There was plenty of drama and enough people behaving in silly ways to keep my poor taste in good humor.

Some exaggerated their movements so much as to convince us they were manly men. At least one (Karan) tried to be a little too low key and graceful and promptly got admonished by Vaibhavi Merchant. "Women don't dance like that!" she shook her head. "Hum to tagda naachte hai!"
So who did the best girlie dance? These days I like Abhishek so much that I'd have to say him. Dressed up as a Basanti who had too taken a few too many swigs of badam ka doodh in her youth, he showed up dressed colorfully and maroed thumkas with glee. All the men on the show: this is how you do dance like women.

Now I can't help but notice that although Rakhi is a decent dancer and Abhishek is an outstanding one, their choreographer rescues them time and again on the show.

So where did the drama come from? First, John and Bips came on the show and started a buzz about how they might join the contest. Here they played along gamely - regardless of the rumored state of their relationship, they retain an easy chemistry. And Bipasha's refusal to play sharmilee, giggly Bharatiya Nari is a winning personality trait with me.

Who kicked the figurative bucket? After a confusing and joyless switcheroo in announcing the results, Shweta and Alexx, fine happy triers got the shaft. There is a huge positive in this: I won't have to put up with those tired gora, phirang jokes anymore.

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4 comments:
Very funny as usual.I think its sickening to see the men dress up as girls.My 74 year old father had come down from Chennai, and I switched on the tv to watch what wa happening. When he saw what was on the screen, he was so shocked and disgusted, and even more so that i was continuing to watch the programme. I had to quickly switch it off.
aspi, absolutely love the captions as always. i'm sure i'm far more entertained by yr posts and the comments than i would be if i watched the dance shows.
aren't john-bips getting to be overkill? this seems almost worse than the saawariya couple. btw, props to the drift memsaab for her keen powers of observation :). maybe an official announcement fm the happy couple isn't far behind?
They look hugely overexposed. But I now admire them more than ever. Why? I just saw Goal (I'll do a review later) and to have to promote a movie like that endlessly - takes patience and commitment.
Regarding Jo-Bi's marital status: Using a magnifying glass those look like 2 rings, namely, an engagement ring and a wedding band.
Hmmm....
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