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Strictly Come Tweeting (05.12.15)

The theme for this week’s Strictly Come Dancing was ‘musicals’: a match made in Heaven or Hell, depending on (1) the marriage between the style of the show in question and the style of the dance, and (2) whether you can stomach musical theatre in the first place (something I can never quite decide myself). See below for tonight’s unnecessary 140-character ranting (with customary Jay / Homer face). 7:02pm: # Strictly opening sequence: has someone died? 7:04pm: Three years of ill-advised training in Musical Theatre are now flashing before my eyes. 7:06pm: Tess doesn't do sincerity. 7:07pm: Judges' entrances: forever awkward. 7:10pm: If Angela Lansbury doesn't sing for Georgia and Giovanni, I'm rescinding my TV Licence. 7:11pm: Actors dressed as teapots: a high-class form of streaking. 7:12pm: No Lansbury. Livid. 7:18pm: If you want to know what Tess Daly opening a Xmas present...