#talent shows

[a-timely-problem]

what I really love about talent shows, is that you have people who are really talented and then you have people where you're constantly wondering if they've killed someone before

[zippocreed501]

FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

The Jonson Sisters (1971)

Opportunity Knocks was a tv talent show that ran from 1949 to 1990. It spawned many successful comedians, musicians and variety acts. (We'll go into the show and the reputation of its original host Hughie Greene in the future).

I don't like talent shows, (well except for The Gong Show or Novelty Island!) To me, the acts are not as much produced, more vacuum-packed. Oh they have talent, but why sell it cheap? Something is lost when a performer is given a song that a committee hopes the punters will like and then a sob story to tug at the nation's collective heartstrings. I'd rather listen to a band in some lowlife boozer, where the only tears shed are your own when it's your round.

[wanderingmind867]

A half memory I have is my dad describing a one season show he saw years ago (a year before I was born) where a show tried to find the worst singer. I think I found the shows wikipedia page. It sounds funny, kind of mean-spirited, but also kind of refreshing in this world of nonstop talent shows. Mind you, my opinion is based only on the show's synopsis and not on footage itself. I doubt it should be made again, but it's interesting to look back on in this of world of american idols and voices. I'll link the wikipedia page. Maybe they should never do this type of thing again, but I do thing some more variety in these types of talent shows would be refreshing. Hell, I'd take a return to the old variety shows of the 60s and 70s! Now I'm going on too many tangents, so let's end it here. Here's that link I promised:

[trooperst-3v3]

I kind of miss when I recorded “Jazzma,” and I miss our talent shows. Let’s revive those, shall we?

Sounds good to me.

I think Mitaka usually organizes those, but I'm happy to help.

Teaching my engineering students to build and program some lighting and sound boards could be a fun project and make the shows really pop.

[sarahmackattack]

One last talent show to save the rec center

Ok everybody here's the deal.

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You should get one for every kid in your life, then get one for all the adults who still let themselves access joy in critters.

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[travsd]

Showville

One glaring omission you may notice on this blog (which concentrates so heavily on the variety arts) is an absence of coverage of contemporary television talent shows, though they are the closest thing we have nowadays to televised variety shows (talk shows and sketch comedy shows are quite different beasts entirely). This is because I HATE them, at least the existing ones. I’ve always…

[goryfluff]

Nautilus expedition live streams (+ their commentary) 2020 / 2021 / 2022

[sirgavvainet]

I just needed to draw him baby 🥺🤲

[dclovesdanny]

DcxDp prompts

Dan/Danny/Dani additions 1/5

Danny is adoption bait to the Gotham rogues.

Danny only went to Gotham university because it had a lot of ambient ectoplasm and he could fast track to the arrow space department in Wayne enterprises if he worked hard enough. He didn’t need adopting, he was already 19 years old and had a (strained, very distant) relationship with his parents. When he moved to Gotham, he expected to have to deal with people wanting to make him a new Wayne, not with all of the Gotham rogues immediately trying to adopt him.

So what if he defended Killer Croc from some asshole cops, accidentally exposing his fangs and had a conversation about being dehumanized with him that led to them having dinner on Wednesdays?

So what if he got into a serious conversation about the green gas effect and pollution (Sam had taught him well) with Poison Ivy that result in him coming over for dinner and Harley Quinn declaring him a ‘sweetheart’?

So what if he directed Frostbitw to help Mr. Freeze and now Nora invited him over for brunch on Sundays?

So what if he had a wonderful conversation with the Riddler in which they traded space themed riddles which lead to Riddler seeking him out sometimes for a game?

So what if he helped Mr. cobble pot by making him intangible when some people were driving by in about splash mud on him and he now had a part time job there as a bouncer?

So what if Grundy played tag with him every other Thursday and called him Little Death and offered to eat his chemical engineering teacher who gave him a low grade because he didn’t follow safety precautions?

This didn’t mean he was adoption bait. Shut up Sam.

[epifaniatododia]

the little hip thrust to push the hand even deeper..

[morganbritton132]

Eddie performs at the school talent show and anybody who can parse out the lyrics from the screamy vocals and the shitty sound system is just like, “Is this about Steve Harrington?”

Steve, who cannot do that, is just like, “This sounds really bad.”

[moonlit-typewriter]

“So do we have a deal or am I killing all 3 of you so I. Can eat. In peace?!”

Walker is the absolute king of micro-expressions.

This is how Percy reacts to Ares’ threat. Up to this point, he’d actually been giving the god some pushback (in typical Percy fashion). But the second Ares’ tone changed, the second that he gets angry, leaning forward, forceful and red-faced, Percy’s demeanor changes. His eyes widen, eyebrows draw together, his mouth falls open before he intentionally presses it closed, and he looks away.

He’s completely avoiding eye contact.

When he does look back at Ares, he has this slightly disdainful look in his face. The way that one side of his face is kind of scrunched up.

You wanna know what Percy still doesn’t do? He doesn’t hold eye contact. He looks at Ares, sure, but for less than a second at a time. When he finally says they’ll do it, he’s looking away and his eyes very quickly move to Ares’ face before looking away so quickly that it’s easily missed, almost like he’s trying to see how Ares reacts to his “surrender.”

And what does Ares do? He backs off. Sits back in his chair and smiles like he didn’t just coerce a kid. And while he’s talking, after that, we see Percy briefly again and he’s the only one of the 3 not looking at Ares.

The sudden fear in Percy’s eyes at Ares’ tone and inflection? Lowering his gaze? Giving in despite clearly not wanting to and the moment of processing after the interaction is over?

Just because we didn’t see Gabe being overtly abusive onscreen, doesn’t mean the abuse isn’t still there in subtle ways.

[connabeth]

can we talk about walker’s ability to act with his eyes…they’re so expressive in every scene and perfectly capture the anger, fear, and despair percy feels throughout tlt, but most importantly they exude love and longing in a way that’s practically tangible when looking at sally, grover, and especially annabeth in some of the finale scenes…rent was DUE

[egophiliac]

just thinking about hair and faces