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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:54 am
I think Karina's reaction to losing was one of extreme disappointment. She did wipe tears from her eyes at one point. Emmitt's fan base, I am sure, had to be much larger than Mario's. My kids had to tell me why Mario looked familiar (I had no clue who he was). Emmitt I knew immediately and I'm no great football fan. I do think Mario is the better dancer but that's just my opinion.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:03 am
I am happy Emmit won. I am not a "dance" type person so I don't know who by virtue of their technique or professional style is the better dancer so I can't comment on that. However I can say that when watching the show.. Emmit and Cheryl always made me feel good and sit and watch the entire dance. Mario and his partner were wonderful I enjoyed watching them as well, however I was not glued to the screen. So I voted who I enjoyed watching.. that was Emmit and Cheryl. Same as American Idol or other type shows... I vote for who I enjoy watching/listening to. 
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:09 am
Ok here's the Lopez quote from People.... "Apparently world-class dancing wasn't enough. That wasn't the criteria it was based on," a dejected Lopez told PEOPLE. "I don't really care about the trophy. I just wanted to win for Karina. She is honestly the best dancer in the world. No disrespect to the other girls on this show, but they don't hold a candle to her." Well I guess this is open to debate but after reading this and realizing the woman was crying it sounds like he was just being supportive of her and not putting anyone down. His comments about the criteria of how one votes also is a fair comment. I agree with those that think he was the better dancer. Should he have won because of that? I'm all about fair so the answer would be yes, but the other guy is so likeable you just want to see him win. There's where Mario should have realized the criteria was going to be slanted for an "underdog" and he should have worked an angle or something if winning this meant that much to him. Oh well I thought for a second he was getting all bitchy but it appears he really wasn't. Just feelin bad for Karina and trying to support her. What could he say while she was crying? I lost cause we sucked and all the dancers were better than us? LOL
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:09 am
Mama, I saw a bit of it this morning but I set my DVR to catch the dancing so I'll see it this evening. I'm sorry but hearing how Mario is reacting doesn't surprise me. Someone mentioned Mario's accent. We've been talking about that here at work. I was a fan of Saved By the Bell and I even watched some of the talk show he was on and never noticed an accent. However, during this show, he has really poured it on. I figured maybe he was jealous of Karina's accent and decided to play his up his own.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:11 am
When was Karina crying?
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:12 am
I'm not surprised to see MArio is trashing the outcome now. His ego got the best of him. I voted for him in the first weeks, but his attitude that he owned the competition turned me off. I rewatched the ending and I didn't see an eye roll, but neither one looked too happy. They both looked angry. My daughter, who knows nothing of dance technique or football, made her pick based on the energy and fun of the dancer. Her pick: "the guy with the green shoes". 
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:15 am
Native the interview on People says that Karina was crying after the show and couldn't hide her disappointment. This was when Mario made the above comments. I'm not sure I'd define it as trashing once it's put into perspective. As I said it's up for debate.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:18 am
Mario's hip hop dancing was horrible and not world class at all. Neither was Karina's.
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:21 am
Mocha I do agree with that. I was surprised that female judge gushed all over that. They could have done anything and seeing how athletic he was you'd think he would do something more spectacular. Course Emmits ode to MC Hammer wasn't any better so they about balanced each other out.
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:22 am
"Apparently world-class dancing wasn't enough. That wasn't the criteria it was based on," a dejected Lopez told PEOPLE. "I don't really care about the trophy. I just wanted to win for Karina. She is honestly the best dancer in the world. No disrespect to the other girls on this show, but they don't hold a candle to her." I wouldn't characterize the above comments as trashing either. Let's face it, DWTS is a popularity contest, first and foremost. Look how long Jerry Springer hung around, lol. But at the end, usually the two best couples are left, as was the case this year.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:23 am
C1 turn on Good Morning America. They are up next. We will at least see the "morning after" attitudes.
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:23 am
Doing it now Mama
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:26 am
My son loved the MC hammer routine, so go figure. I think also Emmitts win factored in how far he had come from the beginning of the show. My son had said that he thought Mario had dance training from when he first saw him in the beginning of the season and he thought Mario had an unfair advantage. I dont know who Mario is so dont know if he already had dance experience but going by one viewer, my son, he thought Emmitt should have won because he did start from knowing nothing to learning the most.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:28 am
C1, thanks. I did not see an eye-roll, but from the look on her face I was fully expecting her to cross her arms, shift (LOL, the word I tried to use was censored) her hip to the side and start tapping her foot.
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:30 am
Native now that part I did see. The shifting and arms crossed. But I thought she was fighting tears. They still aren't on yet.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:31 am
Geez people...I didn't mean she was literally rolling her eyes. I took her whole demeaner about the outcome as a mental-eyeroll and guess I didn't word it right. :D
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:33 am
Mario was a better technical dancer than Emmitt, IMO, but I enjoyed watching Emmitt much more. Since I never cast a single vote, I couldn't complain either way about the outcome. They all work hard, even Jerry, so I'm impressed with them all!
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:38 am
Nick LMAO this was all your fault Ok GMA just finished with the OJ story. Thats some twisted shit right there. Guys are up next. Emmit and Mario are in Da house up next. If Diane is lying I'll send OJ over to do her in. hahahaha
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:39 am
LOL...let's pray OJ never makes it on DWTS!
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:40 am
Lori do you know my mother hates that dude so much I got an email from her ranting about this new book of his talking about how he would have killed Nicole and Ron if he had done it. My mother despises that man.
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Lori
Member
04-18-2003
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:42 am
Your mom is right. I predicted years ago that he would pull this kind of hypothetical crap. Anything for attention. He should be totally ignored by ALL media!
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:43 am
Dianes a LIAR! They are now doing a story about the Mayans.
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Mamapors
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:44 am
This I why I never watch these morning shows!!! They have been teasing us that the DWTS spot is coming up next and now we are back in Mexico looking at the Mayan ruins. Interesting, but not what I want right now!!! LOL
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C1mag
Member
07-12-2005
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:48 am
Lori my mother is truely one of the sweetest women you'd ever meet. So someone asked me once.. "Your mother is so sweet has she ever shown an ugly side or shown any hatred towards someone?" I said, Oh God yes! She truly HATES OJ Simpson. I mean in a bad way. Like if he saw my mother on a plane he'd be wanting off that sucker well before anyone could leave because he was on it hahahaha
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:49 am
FWIW, I do think that Mario thought he was definitely going to win. Too many times the judges told him he was "perfection" or "professional" in his dancing. I'm almost positive he and Karina thought they had it, without even really trying. And for what it's worth, a friend of mine told me she knows several people who were in dance class with Mario (she's a local actress). This was a few years ago, but he WAS professionally trained. And once you learn technique, you never really lose it (remember how someone noted that Mario was spotting on turns early on in the season?). I know it's not really a dance contest, per se, but based on that bit of info I'm glad Emmitt won. I think he came the farthest from day one to the finale. And I truly think he and Cheryl had a better partnership (same as she did with Drew). I think Cheryl is a great dance instructor. She's firm, but she also seems "real" and knows how to have fun while doing it. Finally, WRT to Mario's accent. I am pretty positive he's always had an accent, but he'd learned diction so he could play roles without having to play the Latino. I don't remember when Saved By The Bell was on (mid-80's?) but weren't things a bit more "white bread" then? You didn't have the George Lopezes then. Mario is from Chula Vista, and that area in San Diego county has a large Hispanic population. I'm sure that accent is his natural accent. (And FWIW, even if you start to lose your accent, when you spend a lot of time at "home" that accent is gonna come back. I'm sure some of you relocated Texans know that... your lovely Texas drawl kinda dissipates in the North, but spend the holidays at home, and you'll sound like you're right back in Texas when you head back north! <grin>)
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