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'80s-Cinema Dance Purist Fails To Impress 'So You Think' Judges
Posted by Seth at 4:10 AM on June 6, 2008
In a virtuosic performance that recalled Brett's Angry Dance from Flight of the Conchords for its brute strength, physical prowess, and sheer, exhilarating artistry, 25-year-old contestant James Davis of Crossville, TN rendered So You Think You Can Dance's judging panel stunned virtually speechless with a two-minute, 100% irony-free tribute to the Great Solo Movie Dance Sequences of the 1980s that lacked nothing save perhaps an overturned bucket of water and some backlighting. Stunningly, he was not moved on to the next level of competition, but his newly expanded fanbase can take heart, as Davis is still thrilling hungry, Curtain Call Dinner Theatre audiences eight times a week in an all-white production of The Last Dragon: The Musical.
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Leviticus_71
Posted 4:49 AM 6/6/08
I think a power Gay Porn Mustache would have served him well in the audition. Nothing says good dancer like Kevin Bacon mixed with a Gay Stallion.
Leviticus_71
Benny
Posted 4:28 AM 6/6/08
@kookla: Great minds Kookla.
Benny
Benny
Posted 4:26 AM 6/6/08
His first mistake was wearing jeans. I chafed just watching him.
Also, the Chip Douglas vibe probably didn't help.
Benny
kookla
Posted 4:25 AM 6/6/08
James Davis had more talent in his impossibly tight jeans than that entire panel have collectively. I wonder if he went home and did the "Maniac" performance from Flashdance?
kookla
waytogeaux
Posted 6:28 AM 6/6/08
What that dance needed: roller skates.
waytogeaux
el smrtmnky
Posted 6:08 AM 6/6/08
+ Watch video
el smrtmnky