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'Dance Moms' gets the 'Flashdance' treatment

Lifetime teases its hit show's third season with a parody

By Mekeisha Madden Toby Nov 30, 2012 12:13PM

 'Dance Moms' '/' Lifetime

Countless parodies of "Flashdance" have been done since the iconic film first thrilled fans nearly 30 years ago.

 

But the "Dance Moms" version, which hit the web this week to tease the show's Season 3 return in January, makes sense. For starters, like the flick, the addictive Lifetime reality show is set in Pittsburgh. Don't underestimate those steel-town girls.

 

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And then of course there's the hilariously maniacal Abby Lee Miller. So Michael Sembello's "Maniac" could not be more perfect. Hopefully for fans, Season 3 is just as rewarding. At least we know, thanks to the video, Kelly Hyland and most of the other moms are returning, allaying fans' fears that they wouldn't. Here's the video:

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More than anything, it's about the girls, who give it their all as they channel their inner and outer Alexes (Jennifer Beals) with leg warmers and curly black wigs. Hanna would be so proud.

 

Season 3 of "Dance Moms" debuts Tuesday, Jan. 1, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.

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RiverRat2007
Dec 3, 2012 5:55PM
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Abby Lee is mean and cruel.  You don't have to be a turd to teach successfully, and I rarely see her doing the dance moves so that has to impair the children and their performance.
ctheslayer
Dec 3, 2012 3:23PM
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Frankly, I don't know how on earth those girls pick up what she is teaching.  The one and only time I watched the show she snapped at a child for not turning and pointing her foot "this way". She was screaming and calling her an idiot, and all I could think of was that her leg was so big and covered up with so much loose fabric, how on earth could the child tell? 

 

I'm a former big girl who now knows a little something about nutrition and exercise (just enough to be dangerous :-D)  . I  don't understand how she can move as much as one should  to teach dance and  choreograph numbers and still be that big. She must seriously binge at night if she's not burning off anything, or she's a really lazy teacher.

Democrats Rule
Dec 3, 2012 3:02PM
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They only thing better, is Abby's Ultimate Dance Contest!
xylophhone
Dec 3, 2012 3:01PM
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DANCE MOMs?    i guess so - dance all the way to the all u can eat golden corral.   another worthless tv show.  
Democrats Rule
Dec 3, 2012 3:00PM
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flirtygirl:  I don't understand??  Please use English, I would like to read your post.
Democrats Rule
Dec 3, 2012 2:56PM
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I love this show!  I love Abby, she is very pretty.  Much prettier than the moms!  I love watching the girls dance, it is pure art!  I hope the moms don't turn their roles into " housewives/ jersey shore" types.  They are not the most important characters on the show!
Schatzi22911
Dec 1, 2012 6:00AM
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Abby Lee is a pshyco and the mothers are brainless.  It would be a cold day in hell before I'd allow someone to treat my child or me like that.  They should all be arrested for child abuse.  Some stranger in a store can call the cops on you for looking cross-eyed at your kid, but they put this crap on TV and call it entertainment. 
Bette Belle
Nov 30, 2012 10:05PM
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She IS a maniac! Great teacher, though!
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