How Am I Supposed to Lift Without You?

S11E04

Kyle and Lacey get the encore for reasons totally unknown to anyone. Really. Unless they are going home tonight. Oh, no. They're already safe. I seriously have no clue why they got the encore. This is an episode of nonsense already.

Janelle Monae performs. I've heard the name but never seen her. I dig her retro style. She kind of looks like Otis Day from Otis Day and the Knights. I like the '60s skinny tie style of her music, but her voice isn't doing it for me. They keep cutting away from her when she's dancing, and I'm pissed because she's totally getting into the James Brown of it all. And I love a horn section. Heh. They actually had a dude come out with a cape a la JB. I remember seeing footage of James Brown doing that when I was a kid and I was like, "Why do they keep covering that guy up? And then he comes back and sings more? Why do they want him to leave? They should let him sing some more." It is a little confusing, right? Anyway, I enjoyed this performance.

Brooke the Investigative Journalist returns with footage from last night. It seems that people booed after Derek and Jennifer's scores were announced. And the EVIL PRESS reported that people were booing Sarah Palin. BUT! They have some raw, unedited footage to show us what really happened. Why is it unedited? They had time to edit it. Anyway, what we see is the three judges giving their scores, and then people start booing. The judges certainly react as if they are being booed. And you do hear a few people in the crowd yelling out, "Nine! Nine!" And the booing starts before Tom even moves across the stage to sit to Sarah. So, fine. Unless you want to get into grand level conspiracy theories about how ABC fudged the footage, I'll buy it. And who cares? I was also wondering how the audience would even know that Tom was sitting to Sarah Palin so that they COULD boo when she wasn't even on screen yet. If they can even see what's being shown on screen. Other than the few people sitting around her, no one would know who Tom was going to talk to, and thus wouldn't be able to boo or cheer. The whole thing is just dumb. Let's drop it.