It's the little touches that make this show an endless joy. The pitch shift on "How in the HELL you gonna love somebody else" was sick.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Haha yeah I was wondering how Ru really sounded saying that. Assuming the startled response was really in response!
An interesting and slightly frustrating part of the show for me is whenever they juuuust touch a little deeper into questions of stereotyping on several fronts but can't go too far without derailing the episode format (so that always makes me wonder what else was left out via editing). Last night had two instances at least -- Bianca telling Trinity how to act and Trinity going "Oh, so you mean like a black girl" and then critiques on how April was supposed to play 'butch.' It's always played for laughs and/or SHADE but it's obviously not just that.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
yeah the second group is way, way better
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:12 (ten years ago) link
bianca's easily the best IMO
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
xps I can only hope the show presumes some level of built-in sensitivity to these issues. Another one: Vivacious being treated as a piece of history and, consequently, a relic.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Ok it's confirmed: I'm team bianca
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, Bianca is in the clear. I worry that both Ben and Milk are going to eat her dust. The latter, in particular, hasn't made anywhere near the mission statement I feel she intended to make.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
I think now that the two groups are mixed up a bit it'll take a little longer for people to reemerge. And sometimes it takes a while anyway -- nobody was thinking Jinkx was anywhere near the front last year until Snatch Game kicked in.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Truth.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 11 March 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
yeah I was thinking about that too. I mean look at Tyra.
I'm interested to see how far Milk goes. I still have my eye on Courtney but I don't know if she's as all-that as I want her to be. We'll see.
I hope Gia hangs around if only for the hilariously dumb things that come out of her mouth.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Darienne's legs with whichever twig was sitting on top of her = GENIUS!
I think it was Ben, actually!
Joslyn's 'gasp!' delivery was way funnier than it should have been.
Totally think she's playing the ditz to a tee so far, and hell HELL, it's working.
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 04:19 (ten years ago) link
lol I still kinda hate her but can't lie she is unintentionally hilarious.
When Bianca asked Adore what her name was, I thought it'd have been hilarious if Adore replied, "Willam."
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
Racial approaches have been very ~iffy~ on this show for a while (S3 was difficult for me to watch in large part because of this), and I was thoroughly uncomfortable during the first Bianca/Trinity exchange where B said T should act ghetto.
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
Mm. It's definitely of note whenever it overtly surfaces, and you have to wonder what isn't said/shown.
On a lighter note, I think we're all underappreciating Gia's moment where she doesn't know how to pronounce DeLorean or what it is. (But then again, she was born in 1988 or 1989, why WOULD she know?)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
there were some doozies aside from that
like the whole black and white vs color thing! lool.and what was the word she said in untucked, gaahh I can't remember but it was hilarious
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
like the whole black and white vs color thing! lool.
Quoted upthread by Eric! :-D
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
and what was the word she said in untucked, gaahh I can't remember but it was hilarious
"Fish"?
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Nah, she totally malapropped out some nonsense word or another.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
it was something like "intellectuate" but not that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
Hahaha omg that's right, one of the other queens did note it as well. I probably assumed you meant "fish" because it constitutes about 50% of what she sez.
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
Also, I always lol furiously at the trainwreck performances (like Yara's Winehouse or Lynesha's "French fries"), so Vi's head-in-a-box entertained me to no end.
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
INTREPRETATE.
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Thursday, 13 March 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
INTERPRETATE, even.
yes!
thank you!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
Underrated regular element -- RuPaul going arch-bitchy at the end of the Untucked opening credits with some random line before introducing the specific episode trailer.
"Walk it OUT with your CHEVROLEGS!"
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 March 2014 04:17 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GOwFuZQ.gif
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
Alright I thought the Rusical was briliant ! Lucian did an amazing job and surprisingly so did all the girls. Although Ben was my favorite. I'm sad to see April go so soon cause she's had some great looks. In past seasons, there are way worse queens that stuck around for much longer.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 04:36 (ten years ago) link
i still can't stand Adore but damn if she polished her shit up & stopped acting like a 13 year old she could be a showstopper
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
I was really moved by Laganga's moment with her parents in untucked. Really beautiful. I hate to say it though but her whole tantrum afterwards was just ugh bitch please. They didnt fuck it up, she did. She wouldnt have been happy unless they threw a telethon in her honor
I mean i get it, but that was overkill
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 05:29 (ten years ago) link
Lucien's musical was fab, lots of fun! I thought the girls did a good job with it!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 05:35 (ten years ago) link
Agreed with about all the above. (Sorry, busy morning!)
Trinity definitely needs to...settle a bit. That's not slow burn, that's just not stepping up. That said, hell of a lip sync for your life, best of the season so far.
And yeah the musical was fun! Courtney and Adore sure can sing, it was kind of a tossup in the end for me. Did like the fake award ceremony camera editing touches there.
Gia Gia Gia. The bit with the photos of kabuki as a kid was really lovely! A little background and a little more depth. But then she doesn't know what the Tonys are and THEN she complains about ignorance in the Untucked? (Unless the editing intentionally left detail out.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Oh and did we all see that next week is...
SNATCH GAME
Bianca as Judge Judy, Milk (I think) as Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey, Adore as Anna Nicole, this'll be crazy.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
it's gonna be awesome!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
I think Trinity has a bit of that Jiggly Caliente thing of beating herself before she's even started. Like she's so focused on the 'can't' that she can't see anything else and won't accept any help or support from anyone to get where she could easily be
And the girl needs to speak up for herself - Rupaul knew that the flippers might have been a problem for her, it probably would have helped her a little in the judges eyes if she had said it too
Girl is gorgeous, she just needs a truckload more confidence in herself.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
I want Courtenay's beefcake sweatshirt real bad.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 18 March 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
And yeah, this season seems crazy front-loaded with acting/talent challenges over runway.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 18 March 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
I'm a touch surprised Snatch Game is a little earlier than it normally is.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah. A bigger panel hopefully equals a longer time spent on the actual game.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 18 March 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Also, I too would find it very difficult to, er, perform with Lucian flashing grins at me from offstage.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 18 March 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
I haven't watched the Untucked episode yet, where maybe her preggo runway look gets some actual screentime/explanation, but I'm just starting to feel bad for Milk now that nothing she can do seems to be currying favor with the show editors.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 18 March 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
omg yeah lucian is cuuuuuuuuuute i love him
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
April. :( Things have gotten less fishy. :( :( Definitely think that she would've gone farther in previous seasons, when the show put more emphasis on fashion.
Agree w/ Veggggg that Laganja's spotlight grabbing was nagl (what was agl was that runway look, good god). Also agree with Nedrick about Trinity. I mean, for all of her insecurity, she's done well! Like, her acting in the previous episode turned out fine, and so was her singing this episode! Maybe that's just her process: freak out, lash out, turn out.
I do wonder how much of Gia's schtick is a put-on simply to get screentime, esp. considering her defensiveness about getting called ignert. (But then, actually being dumb could also explain said defensiveness.)
loled at Bianca: "OOoh this is getting good, and this time I didn't start it."
Doesn't everybody say that every year? And then we get Detox peeing or romper room tawdriness.
― Gibbering Hard Gibberish Soft (Leee), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 04:26 (ten years ago) link
ignert looool
yeah Gia's kabuki was really interesting, kinda warmed up to her a little bit
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
Hard: http://www.dragofficial.com/the-cher-or-chad-michaels-quiz.html
― Leeee with three E's with 3 spelled out (Leee), Monday, 24 March 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
Ha, nice.
Cannot wait for tonight.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 March 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
I only got one wrong! :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 March 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
16/20, as a straight male I now feel so oppressed.
― Leeee with three E's with 3 spelled out (Leee), Monday, 24 March 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
Half of my Mt. Rushmore inside a Volvo. Perfection!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4l5JDICmcI
― Eric H., Monday, 24 March 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
who's on the other half of yr rushmore, eric?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 March 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Sophia_and_jayne.jpg
― Eric H., Monday, 24 March 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link