A "Dance" Controversy

Published: August 1, 2007, 4:42 pm

Tags: television, so you think you can dance

This summer, Wednesday night is reality TV night for my digital video recorder, committing to memory both "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Top Chef" for my later consumption. Usually "Top Chef" serves up the drama with the delicious dishes its participants create, but last week's "Dance" produced far more drama than even the "Marcel Head Shaving" incident on last season's "Top Chef." Away from most media last week, I was sitting down to watch last week's "Dance" episodes with my neighbor, who asked if I had heard about the big controversy. No, I hadn't, I told her. Not only had judge Mia Michaels offended numbers of viewers by wearing the Marine dress blue blouse with improperly placed and upside down chevrons, but choreographer Wade Robson had created an "anti-war" routine for the contestants to dance as their first solo routines, which aggravated more viewers. Apologizing to the crowd on elimination night, Michaels said that she wasn't aware of the blouses' provenance, and

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