So I’ve always considered myself the no-nonsese type. Especially when it comes to weddings and that whole shebang [she-bang?]. I’ve never quite understood Bridezillas and Platinum Weddings and all those crazy bride shows. To me, a wedding isn't a day for the bride to be a bitch to everyone and look fabulous. It's a day to celebrate you as a couple. So yeah. That's my piece.
To say the least, it is very rare that some sort of elaborate engagement/wedding/wedding dance set up really gets me all emotional. In general, I find them pretty trite and cloy and just trying too hard. Most of the time it looks like the bride just wants extra attention. Example: my roomate recently was a bridesmaid at a wedding with a flash mob. Nay, a Lady Gaga flashmob. Which, btw, the bride did NOT tell the groom was happening. Needless to say, he walked out of the room embarassed.
But there is the rare exception to the rule. I can actually count these exceptions on one hand. There are two, out there on the internets, that literally make me go “I should hate this, but GOD future invisa-husband, this is the new standard.” For some reason, they aren't cheesy. They're... dare I say it?.... kind of romantic. And in the tradition of "things that make my bitter heart fuzzy," I had to share the latest this week[end].
The first is a couple of years old. Known as the "JK Wedding Entrance Dance," the bridal party, along with the bride and groom, dance down the aisle to Chris Brown's Forever. The first time I saw it, I totally burst into tears. I wish I could explain why. But there's something in the video- maybe the fact that everyone just seems so genuinely happy to be there- that just gets me every time. That, and there's an adorable old grandma in the second row, and who doesn't love an adorable little old lady. Fo sho!
Besides that, this video blew up when it was first posted. It spawned a sequel "JK Divorce Dance" and was parodied by The Office for Jim and Pam's wedding [another one that gets me every friggen time- especially the last thirty seconds!]. I mean shit. How awesome is it to have your friggen wedding parodied by a hit TV show?
The second vid just showed up on the internets a few days ago. It's a flashmob (yes, I know) in Downtown Disney set up by a guy who wants to propose to his girlfriend. He and his friends are dancers, and so they set it to Bruno Mars's "Marry You."
In this one, it's not really the flash mob that gets me. It's her reaction. The minute she sees him jump in and start dancing, and she clearly knows something is up. I just welled up at it.
So final thoughts of this absurdly random post [I'm honestly a horendous blogger]? It's not necessarily go big or go home. Go big on the sentiment [yes, those words are leaving my mouth... fingers?]. If it's not there- if it's clear your just trying to shoot to youtube fame, people will know. Genuine emotion is the winner here. At least in the case of making my bitter heart a bit more fuzzy.
He DEFINED THE RELATIONSHIP, and he used dance to do it. A+
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