"Belly'd Up", Way to Die #146, is the second death to be featured in "Bringing in the Dead", which aired on January 6, 2010.
Plot[]
On June 18, 2001 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Natasha was a belly dancer determined to win the Belly Dancer of the Universe competition. She dances around in her house, trying to perfect her dance style. She practices every day and treated this competition as her Super Bowl. She wants to "reach for the stars." Unfortunately for Natasha, her scarf gets tangled in the ceiling fan due to her constantly throwing her scarf up in the air. As a result, the fan lifts Natasha off her feet and up into the air where she simultaneously tries desperately to breathe and get her scarf unstuck. Tragically, the belly dancing beauty's struggles prove unsuccessful as Natasha asphyxiates, which ends both her life and her dream to become the Belly Dancer of the Universe and sending her to heaven.
"Natasha had already put herself through veterinarian school, by dancing at local middle eastern restaurant in nightclub. For Natasha, the 5000-year-old dance form, was the ultimate expression of sensuality. The Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition was her Super Bowl. Dancers from all over the world would be competing. To win it, she would have to take her skills to the highest level imaginable. She implemented a rigorous training schedule, the equal of any pro athlete. Every night, she would come home for work and practice, shaking, spinning, swing and splitting, until exhausted. But sometimes, when you shoot for the stars...you wind up... lost in space."
Transcript[]
(Someone shadow-dancing)
Narrator: Some people shoot for the stars. Others never get off their fat duff.
(Natasha shows up, keeps dancing)
Narrator: Natasha, was a mover and a shaker. She had her eyes fixed on one goal: To win the Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition.
Shay Lynn: Belly dancing's, away from expression. Very erotic, very hot and it's gotta lot of culture behind it. Absolutely sexy. It's almost it's like... making love to... the air. (Laughs)
Narrator: Natasha had already put herself through veterinarian school, by dancing at local middle eastern restaurants and nightclubs. For Natasha, the 5000-year-old dance form, was the ultimate expression of sensuality.
(Vudu Dead is playing)
Narrator: The Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition was her Super Bowl. Dancers from all over the world would be competing. To win it, she would have to take her skills to the highest level imaginable.
([] is resuming)
Narrator: She implemented a rigorous training schedule, the equal of any pro athlete. Every night, she would come home from work and practice, shaking, spinning, swinging and splitting, until exhausted. But sometimes, when you shoot for the stars...
(Natasha's scarf gets tangled in the ceiling fan due to her constantly throwing her scarf up in the air. As a result, the fan lifts Natasha off her feet and up into the air where she simultaneously tries desperately to breathe and get her scarf unstuck)
Narrator: You wind up... lost in space.
Dr. Pavel Bindra: The larynx, is a very introcut well developed tissue.
(CGI human is strangled by the scarf)
Dr. Pavel Bindra: This is crushed all the sudden you've choked off, your oxygen supply to the lungs. And as a result, you can asphyxiate to death.
(Natasha is strangled, died)
Narrator: Natasha never made it to the competition.
(Recap of Natasha throwing scarf to the air)
Narrator: Instead of becoming the number one dancer,
(Natasha got caught strangled by the tangled scarf)
Narrator: ...she became one numb dangler.
Interviewees and Cast[]
- Shay Lynn - Exotic Dancer
- Dr. Pavel Bindra - Cardiac Electrophysiologist
- Anelia Dyoulgerova - Natasha (Lead: Intended victim)
Trivia[]
- Isadora Duncan, a famous ballet dancer in the early 20th century, died when the scarf she was wearing got tangled in a wheel of a car she was in, causing her neck to snap.
- Natasha's death is similar to that of Lindy's death in Paper or Spastic.
- The opening theme for this segment was used for the death card in Two Stoopid
Segment Nicknames[]
- Dance Until Dead
- Till Dance Do Us Part
Foreign Names[]
- Danza Mortal (Deadly Dance) - Latin American Spanish dub
- ¡Panza Arriba! (Belly Up!) - European Spanish dub
- Zadławienie pochodzenia gastrycznego (The Choking of Gastric Descent) - Polish voice-over
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