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Bernie Mac, Josh Allen, Evoking Tears For Different Reasons

By SexyChattyCatty

There was a lot of crying these past few days in the SCC den.

Bernie Mac is dead.

Only 50 years old, Bernie was a brilliant comedian and actor, and now he's gone.

I loved Bernie Mac. He was tall, dark and handsome. He’s only a couple of years younger than I and we grew up in similar situations – poor, inner-city, large families under one roof -- the roots which grew his comedy.

I liked that I recognized all the songs on his TV show. And although he looked like he could beat your ass on a whim, he was just a really nice, round-the-way brother.

Mr. Mac made his film debut in a small part in 1992’s Mo’ Money, but it was 2000’s Original Kings Of Comedy that made him a household name.

It’s said that Bernie refused to change his comedy for Hollywood and that’s why it seems he just burst on the scene around 2000 although he’s been wise-cracking since grade school.

He died from complications of pneumonia, but has suffered from sarcoidosis, a tissue inflammation disease, since 1983. If I lived in Chicago you best believe I would be at his memorial service this Saturday. I am sure the 10,000 seat House Of Hope will be filled, with standing room only, to honor a man who was taken too soon.

But, just like life, I found reason for tears of joy too. Josh Allen won the title of America’s Favorite Dancer! For me it was a foregone conclusion since I could see right from the start that he is freakin’ AWESOME.

And the judges just didn’t like his dancing; they were intrigued with him. He was supposed to be a breaker but would throw in sneaky ballet moves. Then he proved to be adept at any and every style of dance thrown at him.

I was incredulous that the final two were Twitch and Josh, two breakers. But Twitch, who almost made it last year and came back to try again, was an early favorite of the judges. Two breakers – whose personalities and abilities pushed them to the forefront.

I would have sworn it would be Katee and Josh since they were never in the bottom group and the judges couldn’t say enough good things about them both. The show did have the decency to recognize Katee by giving the top girl $50,000, something new this year. I can’t wait to see them dance again somewhere, anywhere soon. Hear that choreographers out there!


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