I´m sure, you´ve already heard of the new tv show “Make it or break it” which premiers June 22nd on ABC Family in the US (perhaps on GymnasticsCoaching ?).
Well, I just watched the 10 minute online exclusive preview and now I don´t know where to start. It would be so easy to make this show more realistic in order to show how the world of gymnastics really works – and it´s not only, that the actresses do not look like gymnasts.
A few points, I have to complain about:
1. Why do the gymnasts stand directly next to the apparatus during the competition watching the other girls competing? Nobody prepares the bars or does others things normal gymnasts would do. Plus there is no chalk – neither on the mats nor on the leotards.
2. Heidi Moneymaker, the stunt double for the character Emily (the girl with the “old” dark red leotard), has some more muscles on her body than the skinny actress. When you see her on floor exercise, the “skinny” Emily is suddenly very “muscular”.
3. The “mean” girl in the orange leotard falls on beam in such a ridicules way. Nearly every elite gymnast would have safed it instead of shaking the hip & falling on the knees. Come on, why can´t she do a realistic fall?
4. Do these gymnasts want to freeze or why aren´t they wearing their tracksuits? Oh yes, I know, the producers surely thought it´s nicer to see them in leotards.
5. Finally: Why is the competition arena so underexposed? It reminds me of the movie “Little girls in pretty boxes” where a spotlight is thrown on the performing gymnast.
June 21, 2009 at 2:46 pm |
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June 22, 2009 at 7:42 pm |
Does it air in Canada???
June 22, 2009 at 9:45 pm |
Holly Sorensen, the creator of “Make it or break it” answers your question on The Chalk Bucket:
“i will find out what the canadian story is. i assume some channels in canada will have the show, others have to buy the show. i actually met a canadian buyer at our foreign “up fronts” , he seemed like a great guy and said he was buying the show for canada, so fingers crossed!”
June 27, 2009 at 5:57 pm |
What a turkey…
Hope they keep this one in the states. I kept flinching and rolling my eyes throughout most of it. If they did this as a Flintstones or Jetsons episode they may have been able to pull it off.
I won’t waste my bandwidth downloading any more.
August 11, 2009 at 1:15 am |
You wrote that they don’t have chalk in the show but they do. And Have you ever seen Emily’s leotard? It is always covered in chalk.
December 21, 2009 at 4:03 pm |
When is MAKE IT OR BREAK IT coming out in dvd(for CANADA)???
January 22, 2010 at 12:55 am |
Make it Or break It! I love this show…. its so fun to watch full of drama and creativity!
love it
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