Do the Maybot: we should all dance more. Even if everyone's watching
It doesn't matter if you have two left feet, life is long and the opportunities for dancing are few. So channel your inner Theresa May and just go for it, writes Kate Sidley
The old "dance like nobody's watching" is all very well on a framed print or scatter cushion, but it holds no water in our televised age. Ask Theresa May.
Video of her bopping along with pupils at ID Mkhize High School on her visit to SA has gone viral and garnered social media scorn. Look, she doesn't have mad moves. Sure, she's a little stiff (hence the term Maybot for her dance style).
She doesn't know what to do with her arms - but then, who does? But she manages to mostly keep the beat, and she's got a bit of a smile on her face, and frankly, we've all seen worse at weddings.
You can't help but feel sorry for her. It is bad enough having to run a messed-up, confused and divided country in which half the citizenry despises her, her party, and its policies. But now she has to dance. And be good at it.
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