Dancing with the Stars is Sometimes Very Good

Okay, like my blog title says, I watch too much TV.  I try to record less, delete more, and fast forward a lot.  With Dancing with the Stars, I'm always hoping that there won't be a single "star" that I like, but usually there is someone I want to see, so I watch most of each season.

I tend to fast forward a lot, though Tom Bergeron can be funny (and Alfonso Ribeiro (I wish he had a new sitcom) was a great substitute host, too).  I love all of the current judges, though I do miss Julianne Hough dancing all the time.

I've always had some complaints about Dancing with the Stars - the camera angles that sometimes change too often, the cameras that sometimes spin around the dancers, the fake versions of popular songs (that often irks and distracts me so much that I can't enjoy what I'm watching), and some of the (to me) more boring dances, like the waltz, quick step, fox trot, and contemporary dances.

I often fast forward through dances that I feel are boring, but for Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough's contemporary dance, I didn't, and boy am I glad.  It was so beautifully choreographed and executed, I watched it a few times and even took some of these photos:

 

I loved the video "package" (as they call it) beforehand, where Bindi was talking about her dad, too.  When she said, "For the rest of my life, I'll kind of feel like he's gonna come home."  It just reminded me of what I was writing about on my other blog:

 

http://christinabambinasays.blogspot.com/2015/10/when-does-my-grief-turn-into-acceptance.html

 

Despite my other blog, which so far is mostly about my grief (related to various losses we've experienced), I'm not even the type of woman who likes to cry, likes sad songs, or likes to watch movies that make me cry.  I just don't want to feel any more than I already naturally do, I guess, but this dance was just beautiful:

 

Bindi & Derek's Contemporary - Dancing With The Stars

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd4pUSTsS_w

 

The quality is very good, because I think that the video was put up by ABC.

 

Anyway, I loved it.  Derek was amazing, as he usually is, but so was Bindi.  Her acting, her emotions, her movements.  Derek was lifting her as if she was as light as a feather, and it just flowed in such a lovely way.  It was beautiful, to me.

 

Mario Batali Doesn't Pronounce Sriracha Correctly

 

Today on The Chew, all of the co-hosts just assumed that since he's Mario Batali and they are not, that he was pronouncing Sriracha in the correct manner, and that all of them were wrong.  They were incorrect about that.  I've heard him say it before, pronouncing all of the letters (as I used to do), but that is not the right way.

Of course I would've just ignored this, as I have the many other times I've heard him say it, but when they all said they must all be wrong and he must be right, I had to comment.

I learned about the correct pronunciation a long time ago, when I was looking for recipes containing Sriracha.  Many, many places online basically said this:

It's not Sree-rah-chah, but instead is See-rah-chah.  You just skip pronouncing the first "R."

One example is this link:

http://www.foodbeast.com/2013/09/15/youre-probably-pronouncing-sriracha-wrong-and-7-other-things-you-didnt-know-about-rooster-sauce/

in which they say:

"1. It’s pronounced Sir-Rotch-Ah, not Sree-Rotch-Ah"

Okay, not exactly the way I wrote mine, but close enough.  Probably sounds the same.

My point is, Mario Batali is great, but he's not always perfect.  So, Chew co-hosts, don't assume that he is infallible.