dancing with the stars

I'll admit it--I wasn't too excited about this show before. Occasionally I'd catch a dance or two on previous seasons but never made a point of watching it.

But for Season Six of DWTS, I'll be watching! Why? Because a Deaf actress--Marlee Matlin--is on it! Tonight (Tuesday, March 18th), the women performed for the first time. Marlee was the last performer and she did an absolutely fantastic job! She was in step with her partner, she had expression, she looked like she was having fun!

On this first show, they filmed footage of the dancers explaining their backgrounds, the first meeting between the star and dance partner, and their practice sessions. Marlee had an interpreter with her and while the background footage didn't show a whole lot of the interaction between Marlee, her interpreter and her dance partner, it was enough to be interesting.

Then after the dance, when they were talking to the judges and later backstage, you could tell Marlee was watching her interpreter--even though he was not shown on camera, her eyes were looking off to the side instead of to the camera. But she still looked at the hosts, her partner and the camera enough that you didn't feel she was ignoring anyone.

I went to vote at tv.com and she already had over 3,000 votes! Go Marlee!

Sorry there's no picture--I can't figure out how to load a picture from the web.