Kevin Garnett’s Area 21 got weird Tuesday night. A contortionist dance crew took to the set while a bemused Garnett watched and offered his commentary.
Kevin Garnett had a contortionist dance crew on ‘Area 21,’ and they broke his brain
“I gotta get this, uh, I gotta get this, uh, oh, oh, whaaat.”
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“Oh, oh, eyy, eyy, eyy, eyy, eyy, oh, whaaat, whaaat, whaaat, I gotta get this, uh, I gotta get this, uh, oh, oh, whaaat, I gotta get this, I gotta get this, uh.”
Garnett’s set, which looks like a re-purposed Tai Bo infomercial, didn’t need double-jointed dancers, but it also absolutely needed double-jointed dancers. It’s a sports programming paradox. So while the Tweet asks if we really need Area 21, the answer is complicated. Biologically we do not, but this video is important cultural air that we breathe in to feel alive. It’s like seeing the Mona Lisa in person. You don’t know why it’s such a big deal, but you’re happy it’s there — just to check in on from time to time.
Here’s my TV pitch, and it’s super easy: We create an America’s Got Talent-esque competition with just two judges, Garnett and Marshawn Lynch, and they sit there and react to it all. Free idea, and we’d all watch every week.
