a dance in honor is quite Dangerous. In him violent emotions, the discharge step-by-step are stored. Dance theorists refer to Jacques Lacan, who said, mutatis mutandis: The affect to come not from inside but from the outside, jump on the quasi, destabilizing the subject.

the average celebrity does, understandably, hardly. Therefore, these dilated eyes, the hug attacks and the tears, the many tears, immediately thereafter, the Jive or Charleston in the cold spotlight.

If the SRF-Show”, May I ask?” on Saturday into the final, is likely to succeed, again, Amazing: celebrities lose self-control, and one sympathizes with them, which are otherwise rather no matter. You shivers that you bring the Exercise lightly to the end and be happy, then, whether the relief, if the Turning is actually accomplished.

Emotion on command

dance shows are a Fossil of the Reality-TV Era, the Last of a dubious art. “May I ask?” is a variation on the BBC Show “Strictly Come Dancing”, which was shown 15 years ago for the first time. That can keep dance shows for so long is hardly a coincidence. Had to “Big Brother”-times you have to wait long until you joined at last on a flat between human crackling, or a tepid embarrassment. “May I ask?” Baring the celebs emotionally in a matter of seconds, on command.

Because from the first stroke Flow or Flop. A Pitter-Patter is just between Triumph and embarrassment. The professional dancers to the side can help, but not save anything. Additionally, the Show maximizes the nostalgia effect, from Elvis to DJ Bobo hats for all, a beautiful Private musical Association, which is a little harder to call. Already the Intro quotes the most famous dances and dance places of the modern West begins with the Swing and ends with the Street Dance. Demonstrated to be to ask “May I?” because even the most well-known stencils from the archives of dance history.

In the clichés of Reality TV is nestled staff: The former Miss, of some lost Ex-top athletes, the Moderator, dems more so. That the celebrities want to pursue their career in dancing ahead, is out of the question. They wanted to have just Fun, they could enjoy themselves in the Disco or in a night course. Your rabid pop culture Adaptation, and transformation don’t try to run it without external shame is a risk, is hardly surprising.

Assessment of the virtues show

But, while “Big Brother” a sad rotten-existence of the simulated and as a way station in the social descent had and “Big Brother” was is often a way station in the social descent, the Celebrities in “May I ask?” significantly more favorable terms, your social capital to increase. Sure, embarrassments, there is a slip-up here or a Hüftsteifheit there. But such a thing is not to damage an Image in the longer term, and the jurors are not a Dieter-Bohlen-in terms of destruction.

During the broadcast there are rooms Einspieler to the previous Training, in barren, and a health gap is working the celebrity and followed the instructions. Dance he learns in the actual sense, but he can be a choreography in the legs drill. The celebrity proves so, to all the world that he is a man who can combine passion with discipline. Cardinal virtues, which are asked at every Assessment.

Loop entities

Doubtful, however, whether the world interested and not exclusively for the thrill of the psychological state of emergency, in the the celebrities for dancing. On the question of whether worth the Show for you, do not respond Susanne Kunz, the SRF-presenter and winner of the last season. Fabienne Louves, winner of the first season from a friend: “The victory at music star in 2007, has helped my career, that’s why I was asking, among other things, “May I?”.” The loop existence between casting shows, exposures on small stages or in small roles on the big stages and short Interviews in celebrity media – it seems inescapable.

Reality TV, remains, Reality-TV, a factory of emotions. Or, as Sylvie Meis, the moderator of the German dance show, said once, immediately before a commercial break: “Franziska told us of their really bad knee injury. So, dear viewers: Stay tuned and celebrate with us!”

“May I ask?”, SRF 1, Saturday at 20.10

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 29.03.2019, 16:54 PM