But I’m wondering why she did take Austin’s advice. I guess that perhaps she could have argued that she was reserving her energy to train later on, when she had more time and wouldn’t have to overdo it. But to not even show him the other three apparatuses? That was ballsy. She was taking advantage of Sasha once again because she probably knew he’d be in a tough spot unless he had a gymnast to excel at the vault. I never thought I’d feel badly for Kelly on this show, but I did this week, from the first time Sheila called her “dumb-dumb” to Sheila threatening Kelly that she had better sabotage Kaylie’s chances of competing in the Olympics or else she’ll drop her as her “client.” I’m glad that some time was spent revealing the verbal and emotional abuse Kelly harbors, because it made me detest her just a little bit less.Īs far as Kaylie is concerned, I thought her tactical move, which I suppose was technically Austin’s strategy, was kind of foolish. We’ll see how Kelly handles finding Kaylie’s diary - the contents of which would out her eating disorder to the NGO - in Make It Or Break It’s two-hour season finale.Īs Kelly Parker’s manager and head of “KPE” - Kelly Parker Enterprises - Sheila is merely annoying and pushy. No longer would I put myself through that torture.Oh, come on, Kelly Parker! Don’t you know that it’s better to have friends than to be number one? Especially if being number one means betraying a teammate because your bullying mom told you to? I barely made it half way through the season before I was too disgusted to continue. Excuse me, what? That was the last straw for me. They even had a gymnast make herself puke up her breakfast because it was "too fattening". Episode after episode, they had parents allowed on the competitive floor, gymnasts conspiring against each other, girls scaring away an urban gang with cartwheels, scratched routines being performed, and a whole lot of other craziness. That's the kind of dismount I want to see. Imagine Olympic All Around gold medalist Nastia Liukin, concentrating on her dismount, taking a long, deep breath, pounding down the beam, propelling herself into the air, pulling off a 2.5 twisting back layout, sticking the landing, and making the whole thing look easy. The second I saw the "best beam routine in the country" end with a cartwheel back tuck dismount, I lost any remaining respect I had for the whole show. The pilot episode of the show, a crucial time for the viewer to judge a show on it's believability, features nationally ranked, elite gymnasts competing compulsory level skills. One huge problem I had with the show right off the bat was the content of the gymnast's competitive routines. It was immediately clear that the producers don't have a clue what real gymnastics is like.
It was impossible to just sit back and enjoy the show without being constantly distracted by all the inaccuracies around the sport of gymnastics. ABC Family and the creators of Make It or Break It accomplished exactly the opposite of that.
You'd think that with the show centering on the lives of four Olympic hopefuls, the producers would aim to create a program that real gymnasts could get behind and appreciate. And I haven't even gotten to the gymnastics part of the review yet. The comedic scenes are ruined by the actor's lack of timing, the joyful scenes seem fake with their plastered on smiles and school girl giggling, and the dramatic scenes are just about as believable as the surprised look on a kids face when he unwraps a brand new pair of socks for Christmas. Their actors and actresses have about the same amount of acting knowhow as I do-none. I've been forced to sit through episodes of Secret Life of the American Teenager and Pretty Little Liars, so I know ABC Family accepts nothing but the "highest" quality actors. If you're going to watch this show, expect horrendous acting. It is silly, it is inaccurate and it is above all offensive to gymnasts. Make It or Break It is just about as bad as they come.
KELLY PARKER MAKE IT OR BREAK IT FULL
I will never understand how even non-gymnasts could tolerate one full episode of this show, let alone get invested in the characters and the story lines as some of my friends did. I couldn't get through the first five minutes of it without feeling offended by the mockery it makes of the sport of gymnastics.
I have never been so wrong-and if you knew me you'd know just how horrible this show is if I'm admitting I was wrong about something.
KELLY PARKER MAKE IT OR BREAK IT TV
What could be better than a TV show that I could actually relate to? I knew this show would become an instant favorite of mine. So, when I saw the commercials for this show, I was pretty pumped. When you spend 20+ hours per week in a smelly gym, you don't have time to waste on angsty teen dramas.
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