Where else on TV do you regularly see an attractive, shirtless, African-American man engaged in a passionately sexual dance with a lithe, beautiful blonde wearing almost no clothes, without controversy or comment? Or an Hispanic B-Boy with jerry curls performing a hip hop dance with a young Asian woman? Where else on network TV do you see such overt eroticism, rather than the fake, snarky kind that passes for sexual innuendo on many shows. On what other reality contest show do you see an obviously gay judge calling an obviously gay contestant "honey"? Where else but on "So You Think You Can Dance", now in its 6th season on, of all places, Rupert Murdoch's Fox Network?
Here, the culture wars of the past 30 years appear over, at least for an hour or two, and the progressive side--which has stood for racial equality, gender equality, and gay rights--is the undisputed winner, without the need even to overtly comment about it. I'm not sure what Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, or the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal would have to say if they were watching. But then, Rupert Murdoch has never been known to let his conservative political views get in the way of making a buck.
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