Talk:Jazz hands

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No sources (could not find many), should be marked for cleaned up. This is a legit article, because there are nearly 50,000 search results on Google.

--Psycho78m 02:31, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Found on a message board: "jazz hands are when you spread your fingers with your palms out and "twinkle" your fingers, and it's a force of habit for dancers trained in jazz." Also, this is a crucial plot point in the movie "Bring It On" it was mentioned, but if you think I'm watching that, you're probably nuts.

--Psycho78m 06:33, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 'net phenom?

Other articles on things that have become internet phenomena, such as O RLY? and Badger Badger Badger, are extensive and fairly complete. I don't know if "jazz hands" is widespred enough to be a bona fide internet phenomena, but on LiveJournal I see dozens of userpics (avatars) with different pictures of people (and animals) doing the gesture, and the words "jazz hands" driving the joke home. And that's just the small sampling from users and communities that I pay attention to, so the thing could be way more widespread than I can see. I've never had anyone explain it to me as a Simpsons reference, so I have to wonder if there's another layer to this thing that isn't being covered here. Any research would be greatly appreciated. - Ugliness Man 21:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I have only recently heard the Term "Jazz Hands", when it was referred to on BBC radio 4. I got the impression that it was a cartoon, camp and over the top gesture, which hetrosexual people that are ignorant of homosexual behaviour, would wrongly expect homosexual people to be doing all the time with giddy abandon.

Originated as a stylized gesture in early tap performances - think about vaudeville numbers with glove-wearing performers, fingers spread wide. So yeah, you might have just heard of it, but it's been around a for a bit. Magichands 21:06, 16 March 2007 (UTC)