Comments on: Kaba Modern from America’s Next Dance Crew Eliminated: Racial Card Played?

By: asile

asile — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:20:23 +0000

I watched this at the gym tonight, and I thought that Kaba Modern were 300% better than everyone else. But, maybe that’s just my taste. I was very surprised that they didn’t win since I thought it was obvious they were the best.

By: DarkSouJah

DarkSouJah — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:43:01 +0000

1. Regarding :Final Update: Kaba Modern was eliminated this week. Was the race card played?
Yes.
“In this case, I honestly don’t think ethnicity was EVER an issue, only statistics.”
“If there was a card played, it was the “COAST” card and not the Race card. I don’t think you could make a case that they didn’t want Asians in the finale because JABBA is made up of mostly Asians. It makes sense to have Status Quo (East Coast) vs Jabba (West Coast) for the finale because that’s where the Votes were coming from.”
Are you saying racism does not exist in America – or you can say it in a ‘more positive’ way, people have excessive pride in their own race/culture/demographics? In terms of dancing ability, Jabbawockeez and Kaba Modern should have made it to the finals.
Note: This is a changing culture – asians are sparsely populated in North Central and South U.S. – If Status Quo was eliminated, there’d b an uproar amongst the African Americas. If Kaba was eliminated, there’d b an uproar amongst the Asians (which did happen). If Jabbawockeez was eliminated, hell would break loose for MTV/Viacom. They had to settle down on Jabbawockeez because they are a bit more well known – through Step It Up 2 and also for the fact that they have MIXED ethnicities – as in there’s various cultures – not only Asian (1 African American + R.I.P Gary). So yeah. – it’s been planned out…

2. Look at the mtv website: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/crews.jhtml
since day 1, the crews were placed in the order from winner-> loser – I won my bets =] – sadly though I wondered what they’d knock Kaba Modern for and what excuse they gave status quo to remain on stage. -> eventually the page will get shifted.
“Mario Lopez said that Status Quo had a very slim lead, so the vote could have been SQ 35%, Jabba 33%, KM 32%.” ——-> sorry dude, it was already set up.

3. MK Modern and Mobility =]. Go Ags! (Davis student also)
feel free to argue against me – email : dhmai2@yahoo.com

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By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:32:56 +0000

I don’t know how SQ got the most fan votes. Their last performance was …”average” comparing to Kaba or J…

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:22:54 +0000

It’s been clear for a while that Jabba is the best dance crew and Kaba is the second best on the show. Status Quo just got the most fan votes, even though they get out of sync pretty often and rely way to much on gymnastic tricks. That’s just the way it goes. Hopefully, things will work out properly and Jabba will win next week.

By: CaliStunna

CaliStunna — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:24:17 +0000

If there was a card played, it was the “COAST” card and not the Race card. I don’t think you could make a case that they didn’t want Asians in the finale because JABBA is made up of mostly Asians. It makes sense to have Status Quo (East Coast) vs Jabba (West Coast) for the finale because that’s where the Votes were coming from.

A lot of people also still go crazy over the tricks Status Quo does, even when it’s not even dancing. Kabba Modern was great in terms of working as a team, but I think people got bored of their routines. This is MTV, where every little thing is blown up so I can understand why Status Quo made it to the Top because they were simply more entertaining to some people. I also think it’s the same reason as to why Jabba got far, a lot of their routines were entertaining as well.

Oh ya, and Filipinos are Asian…not Pacific Islanders. Please stop with that bullshit because I can break down every reason as to why Filipinos are Asian. You are only enforcing stereotypes if you do not think so.

If you want to continue on this whole “ASIAN” vote, well check out Ramiele Malubay who also wants to be the first Asian American Idol. She is Filipino and has every right to claim “Asian” as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGOVAMWFjwE

By: jun

jun — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:55:53 +0000

i think kaba was too pure and too true to just “dance”.
Jaba and Status had the ability to make the crowd go wild, for example see when that dude in status qou got hurt and the next episode they did that crazy backflip off the stage. And in last weeks epidsode jaba went into the crowd and got them hype. Kaba prob danced as good or better than the other two teams but they lacked a little in showmanship. Sad to see them go though…

By: Xxxtine

Xxxtine — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:58:35 +0000

^^ I agree with bucky. When I watched the first episode I could already see who would make it to the finals and actually had a discussion with Ernie that the other group that would knock them out of the competition would most likely be Status Quo.

In this case, I honestly don’t think ethnicity was EVER an issue, only statistics.

By: bucky

bucky — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:29:17 +0000

I’m a big fan of Angry Asian Man’s website, but give me a break, let’s not play the race card for every little situation, especially when it’s just a reality show that really doesn’t matter compared to the important things in life. You start to lose credibility pretty quickly when you do that.

I’ve been a huge fan of ABDC, watching all the episodes. The judges have heavily favored Jabbawockeez and Kaba Modern in their comments. If it really were a conspiracy, they would’ve at least had the judges give the third team Status Quo some compliments. The judges basically totally dissed Status Quo last week.

As with any fan voting contest (all-star games, American Idol, etc), the results are very inconsistent and definitely do not have to correlate to performance. KM and Jabba are both from SoCal and mostly Asian American. Status Quo is from east coast and African American. It’s pretty likely that KM and Jabba had a very similar fan base, and split their votes. Mario Lopez said that Status Quo had a very slim lead, so the vote could have been SQ 35%, Jabba 33%, KM 32%. I predict that almost all of KM’s votes will go to Jabba, and they will annihilate SQ next week.

By: Efren

Efren — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:00:18 +0000

Dude, rivalry between Davis and Irvine??? Cows and anteaters?!

At least MY school has a badass mascot, the Highlanders (but he was known before as Scotty the Bear, in a f***in’ kilt, no less).