Series · Netflix · 2020

Sing On!

33It will not make you better.Not an average of critics. Eight questions, one house.

People singing other people's songs, judged. A pastime. Not a counterfeit of a life in music.

The glance

Industry, Household, Piety, Courage, Republic, Truth, Stewardship are the thin ones.

This phone

Set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

After the credits

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

Take controlThis scores 33. If you do not want Sing On! in the house, the steps are on Netflix. Block it

The episode sitting in the row is Chart-Toppers, which is the whole instruction: sing the thing people already love, and be scored on the copy. There is nothing wicked in it. There is also nothing to come back for except the feeling of a crowd.

Let it finish if someone is in the middle of a song. Do not let a Sunday become a queue of other people's choruses.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

The eight

Industry
4/10
Performance takes practice. The show mostly shows the performance.
Household
2/10
Strangers. A host.
Piety
1/10
The idol is the note someone else made famous.
Courage
4/10
Stage fright is real, and small.
Republic
2/10
A competition, not a commons.
Temperance
6/10
No vice except the desire to be the one clapped for.
Truth
4/10
It does not pretend this is composing.
Stewardship
3/10
A catalog of hits, consumed again.

Live historicallySing something in the house with no score and no phone.

Series · Disney+ · 2005

Dancing with the Stars

33It will not make you better.Not an average of critics. Eight questions, one house.

A real discipline, used as a fame machine. The rehearsal is better than the vote.

The glance

Household, Piety, Courage, Republic, Temperance, Truth, Stewardship are the thin ones.

This phone

Set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

After the credits

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

Take controlThis scores 33. If you do not want Dancing with the Stars in the house, the steps are on Disney+. Block it

Ballroom is a craft with a hold, a count, and a partner you can injure if you are careless. The show knows this in the rehearsal hall and forgets it on the night, when the costume and the cheer and the celebrity story take the camera. The pros are the workers. The stars are the product. Once in a while a person actually learns, and you can see the difference between effort and exposure.

Adults, as light fare. If a child watches, point at the practice, not the score. A dance is a cooperation. A spotlight is not.

Where to watch

Finding the page.

The eight

Industry
6/10
Rehearsal is work. The pros carry it.
Household
2/10
Pairs for the season. No house.
Piety
2/10
None.
Courage
4/10
Performance nerves. Little else.
Republic
2/10
A voting public.
Temperance
3/10
Glitter is the point of the broadcast.
Truth
4/10
The training is true. The tearful package is optional and often not.
Stewardship
3/10
A skill flashes and leaves with the trophy.

Live historicallyTake one lesson from someone who can do the thing, and do the homework before you perform it.