Technician Versus Performer: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Sister Act]] 2'' has Sister Mary Clarence's [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] (perfomer) against a choir that's won the championship for 3 years running (technician). To illustrate the effect, both choirs sing "Joyful Joyful". The other choir sings it with military precision, while the misfit class puts in raps and riffs on Janet Jackson. One guess as to which choir wins.

* In ''[[Top Gun]]'' Iceman and Maverick are basically [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Of course Iceman takes the trophy at Top Gun, but when it comes down to the wire Maverick is the one who saves the day.

''(on Maverick) "You are dangerous. I don't like you because every time you fly you're unsafe." (later) "You are still dangerous. ([[Beat]]) You can be my wingman anytime."'' }}

* Deconstructed in ''[[Black Swan]]'', which asserts that the White Swan character must be a technician, while the Black Swan must be a performer. The director wants to cast the same dancer in both roles. The main character is a technician, and struggles greatly to embody the easy confidance of a performer while playing the Black Swan. Her rival is a performer, whose dancing is not flawless, but who displays natural confidence in her dancing and in life.

* Tends to show up in ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' and similar series - some of the competitors will be technically skilled, but not really able to sell a dance and perform - they tend to sail through the early stages. Others will struggle on technical skill early on, but be able to perform really well - as their technical skill increases through practice, they start to provide serious challenges to the technical dancers, whose skill has plateaued, and who still can't act. The case in point this season is Chris Hollins compared with Ali Bastian.

** John Sergeant in the 2008 series of ''Strictly'' was a Performer who eventually left the show because his popularity wasn't fair on the Technicians.

* ''[[Glee]]'' makes Vocal Adrenaline out to be the "technically-perfect team with no soul" whereas New Directions are the plucky underdogs who make up for their lack of polish with their bleeding hearts. {{spoiler|But the Regionals judges don't see it that way.}}

** {{spoiler|Neither did the Nationals judges a season later.}}