Amy Poehler noted a TikTok trend comparing Gen X and Gen Z dancing styles, with Gen X clearing the dance floor in full-body moves while Gen Z barely moves.
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The two friends recreate the memory of their first real meeting: not words, but dancing at an Emmy Night Before party, a DJ killing it, and two people who immediately recognized each other as serious dancers. Colman grew up in a household where New Year's Eve parties in the carpeted basement were a ritual, and his mother danced in grocery store aisles right up until her death. [1] — Amy Poehler "Amy and Colman first bonded nonverbally on a dance floor at an Emmy Night Before party. Their shared Gen X approach to dancing — full-body,…" 18:43 Amy connects dance to social anxiety relief — 'I'd rather dance than talk.' They discover a mutual touchstone in Philadelphia's Dance Party USA, the suburban American Bandstand on which Kelly Ripa got her start, and agree that their shared Gen X approach to dancing — trying to hurt somebody — is now a trending TikTok comparison with Gen Z's minimal movement.
Amy and Colman first bonded nonverbally on a dance floor at an Emmy Night Before party. Their shared Gen X approach to dancing — full-body, take-no-prisoners movement — is even going viral on TikTok, where the contrast with barely-moving Gen Z is a whole trend.
Colman Domingo's sister's fondest memory of their late mother Edith is that she was dancing in the aisles of a Pathmark grocery store just one week before her death in 2006.
Will Smith was a grade above Colman Domingo at their Philadelphia high school, already performing with Jazzy Jeff at the Wynn Ballroom. Domingo, meanwhile, was a self-described nerd who never went to dances, barely knew the social scene existed, and didn't tear up a dance floor until his second year of college.
Colman Domingo attended the same Philadelphia high school as Will Smith, who was one grade above him and performed with Jazzy Jeff at the Wynn Ballroom.
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