"you can really see the machine that connects the show to the cottage industry that has sprouted up around it"
i mean tot say that you can see this machine working in real time now
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 March 2019 00:45 (five years ago) link
I thought this main challenge was one of the best turnouts all around, well-written and well-done by all participants. Brook Lynn is far and away the front-runner here imo and I'm head-over-heels in love with Vanjie and Silky. Rajah is an assassin, btw, that was amazing
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 00:53 (five years ago) link
There’s a running theme of male vocalists yielding astonishing LSFYL moments, tho this and Peppermint’s “Macho Man” are the only ones coming to mind rn
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 02:53 (five years ago) link
Brook Lynn is boring so far. In any other season she'd be mid-pack.
I just thought of a great drag name but you have to be Chinese to appreciate it: Tanya Bing (which puns on diabetes in Mandarin).
― LEOPLOD BLOOMPS (Leee), Friday, 29 March 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
That was a tepid, dull ball episode. Seriously, have NONE of these queens lived through a Halloween?
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 29 March 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
Kinda loved that by far the scariest thing in the whole episode was Silky and Nina locking lips.
god some of those looks, jesusseriously loled my head off at Scarlet. that Fire Island witch like girl wtf are you doing. and her leigh bowery gimp from the black lagoon. rofland these references they are coming with. what the fuck. “Giving you charlize theron from snow white and the huntsman” like girl no-one saw that stupidass fucking movie. cmon watch a movie more than 10 years old
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 March 2019 07:24 (five years ago) link
33 looks was far too many, this challenge definitely could have waited til there were fewer contestants
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 31 March 2019 08:04 (five years ago) link
also Vanjie is cracking me up, every time there's a bit where they cheer collectively you can hear her voice over everyone else's and I find it hilarious whenever it happens
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 31 March 2019 08:06 (five years ago) link
This episode made me miss dance. ;-;
Untucked was the nicest and sweetest its been in a while. I couldn't track what was going down with Wig-gate but the other stuff was a nice break from the amped up drama.
― I've been starving them, teasing them, singing off Leee (Leee), Monday, 8 April 2019 00:15 (five years ago) link
I enjoyed the episode a lot!Have seen fan comments on insta etc that Scarlet was robbed but anyone who knows Ru and the show knows that Raja had it in the bag. she lipsynced like she meant it, you could see it in her face. Glitter & scissors & gimmicks only go so far.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link
I need all the uncut footage of Vanjie & Brooklyn’s choreo, they were SO goodoh and how awesome was the Love Connie mini challenge?!?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah that was a treat and a half.
We seem to finally be getting past the chaff stage here. It's felt longer than it has in a while.
Also, emotional/sensitive Vanjie! Never would have predicted THAT.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 April 2019 01:48 (five years ago) link
Glitter & scissors & gimmicks only go so far.
Rose petals are pretty effective though!
― I've been starving them, teasing them, singing off Leee (Leee), Monday, 8 April 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
yes but Sasha gave emotion WITH gimmick, she was not a onetrick pony. and obv operating on a higher level than scarlet anyway
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2019 04:34 (five years ago) link
evie oddly’s whole story this week was really moving, def puts chronic pain into perspective when she just has adjusted to life going through her days at a constant 5 pain level. and the fact that she chose drag as a career, which is like varying forms of physical pain for ppl without chronic conditions! like, damn. respect. i loved the dolls talking her through her blunt/unhelpful “advice giving” in Untucked without turning it into a dramatic screaming match. also can i say i am really enjoying Akiria. her cutaways are so dry & hilarious.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2019 04:42 (five years ago) link
I love all these queens
I am tired or Michelle telling Asian queens that they lack personality, Plastique is so so so good
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 8 April 2019 05:23 (five years ago) link
yeah and there's a very defined idea of what "personality" means in the context of drag race i.e. complete over the topness. or for instance that "personality" includes a certain base level of (often sometimes kind of obscure!) pop culture knowledge which can be an inherent disadvantage for the non-american or non-american born queens.
somehow the show remains great even tho i feel like you can spot which queens have really had their idea of drag "personality" shaped by drag race ahem yvie oddly (who is very good). almost in spite of itself it feels like a lot of the time. but this season has been pretty great.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 April 2019 05:45 (five years ago) link
Yeah I agree, this is one of the strongest seasons I've seen. I wasn't at all excited by the roll-out but I was WRONG these queens are terrific.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 8 April 2019 12:00 (five years ago) link
Not in the same boat. And I blame the extra half hour. I wouldn’t have wanted that even in season 5 tbh.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Monday, 8 April 2019 12:22 (five years ago) link
Can we talk about Nina? I love that she's doing well, especially since camp queens haven't been doing well for several seasons now.
― I've been starving them, teasing them, singing off Leee (Leee), Monday, 8 April 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
will she be allowed to go where ginger minge was not ?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 8 April 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
Ginge was a pageant queen!
― I've been starving them, teasing them, singing off Leee (Leee), Monday, 8 April 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
Also, she should've won that season.
― I've been starving them, teasing them, singing off Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link
Well, Katya should've won that season.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 03:22 (five years ago) link
Well, of the top 3 that we got...
― I've been starving them, teasing them, singing off Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 06:13 (five years ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/bFs8pPb
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 14 April 2019 14:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BFhsrzH_d.jpg
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 14 April 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 14 April 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
I approve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlFN-2cmpzA
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
Awesome !
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 19 April 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
So wait, were we all just so slain by that lip sync on the latest that we didn’t have anything to say? Because goddamn.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
You could see the double save coming from a mile away, not just because the show telegraphed it by putting two ostensible fan favorites in the bottom, but because that was the blast radius, to torture a metaphor.
IMO this was the weakest top 3 for a Snatch Game. I thought Plastique would make it for the shade she and Silky were throwing at each other.
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
I was worried Plastique would choke but she was fine! Silky was so so funny.
I am frustrated for Yvie. She didn't actually call Silky "untalented", and what she did say was in anger after Silky made that weirdly ableist comment that everybody is just OK with? Anyway. Brook Lynn is a superstar and I'm blown away and I like that she sits through the Untuckeds sipping her drink with her eyebrows raised and not getting involved
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
Brooklyn is amazing. That WIG that RUNWAY those LEGS that MUG Silky was awesome at Snatch Game & her runway was gorgeous but goddamn she is a petty salty bitchSo glad they didn’t send Vanjie home. I was worried for a minute
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:22 (five years ago) link
Silky was awesome at Snatch Game & her runway was gorgeous but goddamn she is a petty salty bitch
She ought to change her name to Silky Sea Salt Ganache.
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Sunday, 21 April 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
Hahah
You could see the double save coming from a mile away
Yeah true. It's almost to the point where I'm like "I dunno...do we have to send anyone away?" (Which says something about how they finally got rid of the chaff.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 April 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
to me yvie's beefs with both vanjie and silky stem from remarks that were basically just like "im giving an unserious answer to the reality show gambit of stirring drama by asking who should go home" yet lo and behold the drama was stirred!
as far as yvie goes there's this specific thing in reality shows where the person is like "i'm sorry but i'm just telling it like it is!" which usually is just code for "i'm being a rude asshole". that of course is always one's prerogative but you can't really go thru life that way
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 21 April 2019 02:17 (five years ago) link
yeah i think i would have flipped like vanjie too if i had to go through days of yvie’s “observational advice”
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 April 2019 02:28 (five years ago) link
Also, a new concept
Bram Stokers Drag Race— Sarah Gailey (@gaileyfrey) April 21, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 April 2019 02:47 (five years ago) link
Brooke Lynn's Celine accent veered straight into Jamaica during SG.
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Monday, 22 April 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
it was weird af, especially since she’s Canadian irl
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 April 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
definite flashbacks to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOJNk7YiE7c
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 08:24 (five years ago) link
for all Brooke Lynn seems to be winning lots of challenges and doing very well I continually forget that she is even there.
If you ever needed proof that this show is beholden to its own history its the fact they persist with Snatch Game every season despite the fact it hasn't provided any genuine entertainment for a good few years now
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 08:26 (five years ago) link
Brooke Lynn quoting an overrated Simpsons line and the judges praising her for it/laughing at it was rmde.
― Perfect Leee Cromulent (Leee), Monday, 29 April 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
which line?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 01:04 (five years ago) link
Level 4 vegan.
― Perfect Leee Cromulent (Leee), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
i didnt know it was a simpsons linei loled too, sorry
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
this week's challenge seemed designed for Nina West, and that group's act showed again that the queens themselves are able to come up with scripts better than the ones provided by the production team for the acting challenges. I also thought Shuga did much better in the lipsynch and really shouldn't have been up for elimination anyway.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 4 May 2019 08:15 (five years ago) link
I didn’t even have big problems with shuga’s runway looks other than the reveals should’ve crescendoed instead of just being one B+ look after another.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 4 May 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link