{"id":978,"date":"2009-08-28T15:26:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T22:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/08\/the_failures_of_americas_best_1\/"},"modified":"2009-08-28T15:26:58","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T22:26:58","slug":"the_failures_of_americas_best_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/08\/the_failures_of_americas_best_1.html","title":{"rendered":"The failure of America’s Best Dance Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

My capacity to appreciate arts elimination shows is ever increasing. I catch every episode of Project Runway<\/i>, So You Think You Can Dance<\/i> and American Idol<\/i>. I hadn’t seen America’s Best Dance Crew<\/i><\/a> till this season and only tuned in because Massive Monkees is on it. <\/p>\n

In
\nSeattle, MM is hard to miss. I’ve seen its members in small clubs and large
\nstadiums, during competitions and solitary star turns, but I’ve never
\nseen them so flat as they are on America’s Best Dance Crew<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I
\nblame the show. Its tight, brassy format kills what’s best in its subject. Given the freedom to set its own agenda, a great crew will reveal an ability to expand on a moment and keep uncovering different
\naspects of solitary and group moves within a circle of discerning
\nadmirers.<\/p>\n

I like Afro Borike and Vogue Evolution or at least I
\nthink I do. I’d love to see them in a different setting. Even so, I
\nhope MM takes it all but won’t be following them to the finish line, as
\nthis show too painful to watch. It proves it’s possible to ruin a great
\nthing by wrapping it in shoddy packaging and imposing  truly goofy challenges. I like the judges, especially
\nShane Sparks, but they too can’t breathe inside this show’s stale air.
\nDance crews deserve better. <\/p>\n

Check this<\/a> for a sampling of the real deal. The movie wasn’t so hot, but this trailer is thrilling.<\/p>\n

Massive Monkees’ Jerome Aparis in happier times. Photo, Josh Trujillo.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\"massivemonkeespi.jpg\"<\/span> <\/p>\n

Also, as a b-boying photo documentary, nothing beats Charles Peterson’s Cypher<\/a><\/i>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My capacity to appreciate arts elimination shows is ever increasing. I catch every episode of Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol. I hadn’t seen America’s Best Dance Crew till this season and only tuned in because Massive Monkees is on it. In Seattle, MM is hard to miss. I’ve seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}