At the start of this season, I didn’t know Donald Driver,
this season’s winner. To be fair, I
only knew two of the contestants—Urkel, Gladys Knight, Martina, and Melissa
Gilbert. Perhaps that’s why I was
somewhat ambivalent about this year’s winner.
Donald seems like a really nice man, but I could generate any enthusiasm
for his personality and I certainly wasn’t wowed by his footwork. If I were willing to pick up the phone, I
wouldn’t have voted for him, but then, I wouldn’t have dialed the numbers for
the blonde Brit either. I admit, she
certainly danced the best, but why travel to America to be on reality show if
you’re England’s number one singer?
Likely, I would have voted William Levy. Not sure that would have been appropriate, but hey, the show is
truly a popularity contest and he’s downright sexy.
It occurred to me that writing is a bit like DWTS. One person’s literary champion is another
person’s honorable mention. Sometimes
there’s a clear winner where most people can agree—like season ten’s winner
Nicole Scherzinger, or in popular fiction, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter . Other times, there’s a winner who’s just
popular, but not technically the most talented. For instance, DTWS Champion Donnie Osmond. In the fiction world, we’ve all bought books
by popular authors—even when the reviews are bad and the books just don’t
measure up to previous blockbusters.
And other times, you just scratch your head until you
realize—maybe it’s me? Maybe I just
have different taste. From everyone
else.
And you are absolutely correct. Competitive arts are, after all, subjective.
What about you?
Did this years DWTS champion wow you?
4 comments:
I don't often watch and I really don't care who wins, but when I do watch, it is for the dancing alone. But then, I will watch ballroom dancing competitions, or Fred Astaire movies for the same reason, or football slow motion shots for the same reason. I like to see the human body in motion. I also go to art galleries and museums to look at what's presented and form my own opinion. Sometimes it's fun to read others opinions and agree, disagree, or hoot in derisive laughter. Reading is the same.
You are right, we all can have are own opinions and favorites, which is what makes the arts so rich in content. Thanks for the post!
I would not have chosen Donald, but since I didn't vote, it doesn't matter. As you said, it is a popularity contest more than a dance contest and I do have my favorites, even among the pros. And I have my favorite authors, not necessarily the block busters, I'm so easy to please! Isn't that what life is really about though, diversity, how boring if every book were a block buster and every dancer a winner! And how complacent we would become if it were all that easy!
I love dancing, took tap in highschool. Love to watch well done performances. I haven't kept up with these shows lately though.
Nice analogy, Robin.
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