Originally Posted by
jim aka jtigre99
I honestly think if it was judged only on ability, Mary would have lasted a few more weeks. I don't think her "mugging" and "vivaciousness" cost her votes. Both Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman were as old or older. The main thing is voting. The Supremes fans are basically in many camps-Diana, Mary, Flo, the 70's group and they are quite splintered, very few like all. Mary just didn't have that huge national following. Had she appeared earlier, perhaps Motown 25,Dreamgirl and RTL would have also worked against her. The thing is that Mary should not have gone home first when Odom and Spicer were simply horrible. Mary was quite decent. The Kardashian fans and MAGA fans voted for them so they were safe when they should have gone home. Spicer was controversial,host Bergeron even commented that he didn't feel he should have been on there. Still, the show provided Mary a national platform and she used it to sell Supreme Glamour and promote a stamp for Florence, which is still unrealized. Here is the dance that sent her home, not her best but not worth being in the bottom:
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