The Happy Drunk Reviews

The problem with most DVD ( or book or CD) reviews is that most people feel the need to be intellectually superior and in their minds it means never giving five stars ( or thumbs up or zils) to anything. Not me, I review like I drink. I am a happy drunk. ( when I do drink,and that is rare) I am never the one throwing fists, you'd be more likely to see me saying," no, but I really love you" and making ," friends" with perfect strangers. I am the same way with reviewing.
    In the two places I review Food.com ( formerly recipezaar.com) and Amazon.com, I usually do five stars unless there is something glaringly wrong with the product. Even if it ain't my thang I can appreciate time and effort spent in putting together a product. I only have a few beefs ( can you pluralize that?) with bellydance DVDs. And they tend to be the same things over and over.....
    Being a DVD Whore, I buy a lot of bellydance DVD's. I don't care about angle, or production value, or backdrop or all that other stuff that reviewers like to talk on and on about in their snotty three page reviews. I care about two things:
     1. Use-ability-Is there something on this DVD that a regular ole' bellydancer can use,

    2. Is it Marketed As What it is-What level is it? Is the content what is stated on the cover?

As long as I am not buying a DVD that is marked for advanced with beginner material, or buying something that is all talk and boring me to death with stuff that most dancers already know then I am happy. Even if I take two new things away from a DVD I am pleased.Wouldn't you pay $20 if someone taught you something you could use,whether it be a combo, idea, or technique? All the details like angle etc. can be unimportant if the content is good. If Suhalia is telling me how to fly around the room on my Isis wings then I don't care if the DVD was shot in her bathroom.

     So I am gonna start doing some reviews......WHY? Because you know I am a "bellydance nazi" as my BFFF so eloquently called me this evening during our three hour phone call, and I like to throw my opinion around. ( no shit? you are saying).
   Second thing you are saying is ," why would we want to read a review if we know that it will most likely be five stars every time?" Cuz I am gonna give you the real deal, yo. If Suzy FlashyPants spends one hour describing snake arms on an intermediate DVD I am gonna tell you. If you buy a "How to Wear Your Veil Like a Turban" DVD and Mamacita tosses her golden locks around never getting to the point, well then I will let you know. This is needed, believe me. I have bought many DVD's labeled as one thing,but being quite the Jekyll and Hyde. I am poor, I am a product of this shitty economy and if I plunk down my hard earned cash for a DVD then I want it to be worthwhile. ( and I am sure you do too)........
    

Oh and if you are wondering where this rash of blogging is coming from, I can't sleep. My crush on Anthony Bourdain can only sustain me in the wee morning hours for so long until I run out of episodes to watch. So its my daughters Teddy Grahams ( the chocolate chip ones aren't half bad), and sitting at the computer until my eyes droop.

There it is, expect some Happy Drunk Reviews in the future. Ten thumbs up!