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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:22 PM Original message |
Poll question: Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly: Who was the better dancer? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Major style difference. I have always loved Gene. but I still appreciate Fred |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gene Kelly did it backwards and in high heels nt |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Just like Ginger! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He did? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ooops! |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You must mean J. Edgar Hoover. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Would you believe Edgar Allan Poe? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. We're not talking about what he did at home |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. I don't seem to recall |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. He dragged his left foot |
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nickyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. anyone ever notice Gene's butt?! Perfection!! |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. true he had a butt, Fred didn't. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. And his thighs are pretty damned gorgeous, too. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Oh, hell, yeah! |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. AMEN.....HALLELUJA!!!!!!!!!! |
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Punkingal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Funny you should ask that.. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's like having me decide which among my beloved doggies-- |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Watched Top Hat |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. More Like Equally GREAT |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fred Astaire Was the Better PERSON |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Actually Gene Kelly was a long time liberal activist...if that matters. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. anyone who can dance with a hat tree ; |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Try dancing with a cartoon mouse! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. After a certain point in skill level, there's not really any point to the question. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gene Kelly was much more athletic |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Different styles, Kelly was more athletic, Astaire more artistic. n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fred Astaire was indeed great, but I just prefer Gene Kelly's dancing. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. I guess it depends on what style you prefer. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Maybe the Clothes Made the Man |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I like this one even better |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. TRy This |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. all of these great clips caused me to flashback to last night |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Astaire. The dance seemed to flow FROM him -- |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Astaire, but Kelly is co-director of one of the top ten films in the 2002 Sight and Sound Poll |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Astaire had someting Kelly didn't |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. But they both had Cyd Charisse! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. She Had Them |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Astaire was more elegant, Kelly more athletic. No way to claim one a better dancer. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. JEEZ....... James Cagney of course! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. yeah, cagney. i love his bouncy style, it looks so light. |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kelly was cuter :) ...n/t |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well, I'm Watching SitR Right Now, And It Strikes Me |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. pffft |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-17-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
42. Gene Kelly . . . woof! n/t |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
45. I know nothing about dancing, but... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
46. Fred was smoov. Gene was athletic. |
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