How much of a little girl must I be to cry at an MTV show?
I watched an episode of MADE which was about a choir girl (Ally) who wanted to make the school's dance team. The problem is not that she's a singer who wanted to be a dancer, but she the dance team (The 'Cuda Dancers) was made of of fierce little black girls and she was a 6' tall white girl with glasses.
The girl was given a coach/dance teacher (a flawless girl named TK) who whipped Ally into shape for her audition by way of teaching her how to dance, giving her diva attitude, and changing her style. There are major ups and downs the two go through and Ally finally makes it to the auditon. She does well and walks out with a smile -- smiling for a job well done.
The next afternoon, Ally and TK check the 'Cuda list to see if Ally has made the cut for the team. She hasn't. Ally cries(naturally). TK does as well - not because Ally didn't make it, but because she wants Ally to know what an amazing girl she is and that she should be proud of herself for becoming a more confident person and for having incredible drive and passion.
Cut to a few weeks later where we see Ally watching the new squad at the school's first pep rally. After cheering them on she is called to the floor for,what she has been told is, the singing of the alma matter. Instead the squad praises her effort, music gets pumped up, and they all started dancing w/ her. Ally is all smiles. And booty bumps.
I was all tears.
Maybe it's because I love happy endings. But it's probably because of my wanting to be a fierce black girl.
Hey I'm sure these postings were from awhile back but i jus wanted to say that Cuda Flava isn't all black girls. We are pretty diverse to be honest. We have a wide range of ethnic backgrounds within the group.Fierce?!,yes, but not all black.AND...we are not " a booty shaking team" yes we do booty...a lot(lol), but thats not ALL we do. We have a range of styles and because we do have such a wide variety of personalities and backgrounds, it shows through out our dances.
Posted by: kristin | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 08:06 PM
Cuda Flava has flava. Their dances are hot.
Posted by: Jonathan Heath | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 01:24 PM
it's kinda odd how i googled cuda flava and i see my team in this site. yeh if u wanna know wat happened exactly, ally didn't make the team because she was too lanky. she didn't stick her moves. because we are a booty shaking team, they needed to get low, but ally didn't. i told her at the sidelines for her to get lower, but she didn't listen to me. if she had more determination, say she started getting into shape before mtv came to our school, she probably wouldve made the team.
Posted by: terri | Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 10:51 PM
the team is actually cuda flava, but we all know what you mean ..
if you saw these girls perform you would appreciate ally's determination incredibly !
that's soo cute how you cried <3 she tried sooo hard
Posted by: Brittany | Friday, October 08, 2004 at 04:55 PM
dude....
I live in the bay area in California and somehow someone sent me the funny piece on Diana Ross (My FAVORITE mood picker-upper!!!)
Just want you to know that I love your website and I give you kudos on being emotional about Ally. You know what??? You ARE an honorary FIERCE Black girl.
From your new Black west coast fan:
Anthony
Posted by: Anthony | Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 04:14 PM
Now I'M going to cry....
Posted by: Kia | Friday, August 27, 2004 at 09:57 PM
I routinely cry at Made.
Shut up.
Posted by: chrisafer | Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 12:44 PM
I've wanted to be a fierce little black girl since "sashay shontay".
And OMG, your post almost made ME cry. It's like in Pretty Woman (by way of Romy and Michelle). "I just really like it when they let her shop."
Posted by: Jason | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 08:32 AM