Yea, I know... I'm the education blogger. What the heck am I doing writing about MTV's America's Best Dance Crew? Because honestly I think there's no better phenonomen out there to talk about the Asian American vote, and to learn about the power of the Asian American vote. Plus, the show is mad dope... and really should just be renamed Asian America's Best Dance Crew!
Tomorrow night is the live finale, when either Beat Freaks or Quest Crew will be crowned champions, and FINALLY America's voters got it right. The two hands down best crews are in the finale.
If you watched season 1, you know that Jabbawockeez deserved and won that year. But, you also know that Kaba Modern should have been in the finale, but voters didn't get them into the finale. Instead, Status Quo out of Boston was voted into the finals. HUH? I mean, I got love for the crew from Boston, but they really didn't deserve to be in the finals. And so, Kaba was kicked out. For me, season 1 represented a year when Asian Americans
did not vote, and the wrong crew was sent to the finals.
Now, in season 2 both crews in the finals were mostly made up of Asian American members too. Again the crew that deserved the title won - Super Cr3w. However, Fanny Pak didn't make it to the finals. Instead, Soul Real Crew was in the finals - an all Asian crew out of Houston. While I got love for Soul Real, they just were no where as creative and tight as Fanny Pak, which did have an Asian member. For me, season 2 represented a year when Asian Americans perhaps got a lil zealous and voted en masse for the crew that didn't belong in the finals. Maybe they were making up for the year before?
Anyway... I'm really interested in seeing how the vote goes tomorrow night in season 3. Beat Freaks, which has one Asian American member, has repped all season long bringing some AMAZINGLY mind-blowing routines to the stage. Did you see the floating ball thing? The bats? OMG! I was so proud they represented for us ladies! But in the last episode... ehhh, not sure if they brought it all out like they did all season long.
As for Quest Crew, they are an all-Asian American crew and all men. They were consistently great all season, but they didn't blow my mind all season long. But they totally killed it in the last episode. Hot diggity!
I'm wondering if it will come down to the women's vote vs. the Asian American vote. Who will Asian American women vote for? I'm cool with either crew winning. Both of them deserve the title. Who are you voting for?
**Note: I have no data on the demographics of the vote. All this is just based on hunches.
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