Amazing

Zak and I are both fans of So You Think You Can Dance, though Zak understandably is a bit more rabid about it than I am. The premiere for the new season aired last night, and I was skipping it since the early "audition" episodes of most of these shows usually don't interest me.

I was busy wasting my time with another Cops & Crooks session on GTA IV when Zak attempted to pull me away from my screen in order to look at her screen. I decided to keep playing, but a few minutes later it occurred to me that she rarely does this. I recalled some preview clips of a particularly interesting "popper" on the new season's trailers and figured he might have been the culprit.

I bit the hook, put the controller down, and asked her what it was. She pulled up the recording for me and this is what it held:




I'm stunned...(as were the judges apparently).

Zak pointed out how "intelligent" popping is, when done expertly like this, and I must agree. It's a highly idiosyncratic, playful intelligence that is uncommon in most other forms.