A lot of the people I talk to who religiously watch the show are tired of the “ringers” brought in each year (those with entertainment backgrounds, especially those who have had serious dance/choreography/movement training in their past). The cast this season was a bit weak anyway, with some real duds as far as staying “likeable” as the season progressed. Some of these viewers have decided to vote for Bristol because she is a complete non-dancer with little entertainment experience and she is improving and taking advice gracefully.
Still, I am sure there are plenty of people voting for Bristol because of who her mom is, but there are likely just as many NOT voting, or actively voting against her, for the same reason. That’s the way it works with audience-participation competition shows. Every year there is at least one contestant who overstays in respect to their actual dance prowess. The judges will sort it out in the final week or two, and take that person out.
I actually think it’s rather enlightening to follow the comments about Bristol at the more liberal entertainment board that I belong to, you’d think she was stomping on kittens or something, real anger and hatefulness coming from those who claim to be so open-minded and “caring”.
“I actually think it’s rather enlightening to follow the comments about Bristol at the more liberal entertainment board that I belong to, you’d think she was stomping on kittens or something, real anger and hatefulness coming from those who claim to be so open-minded and “caring”.
I think it’s why liberals always defend the Religion of Peace ... they identify heavily with saying one thing and doing the opposite. A guy who was in a pickup group of golfers I played with a while back made a pretty funny observation about liberals ... he said that if they designed golf, you would always get a mulligan if you REALLY needed one, but if you were a good player, you wouldn’t be allowed to take one. Not hilarious, but a good description of the mind set, I thought ...