Indeed! And yes, it was a solid challenge all around, it almost feels like an actual start of the season/high stakes moment.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 13 March 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
yeah a great twist on the makeup challenge, with many consequences, like the loser having to say farewell while not in their own drag
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 13 March 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
Agreed, and Utica kept me on pins and needles the whole episode long after I'd written her off -- I thought after the Bob Ross afro debacle, she was for sure not going to be up to it, and I am pretty sure the producers thought the same.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
Also, I think this ep proved once and for all that Symone can basically wear the hell out of anything.
absolutely, but what made it especially exciting was her change from the initial apprehension to “i just have to go there and own it”
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
didn’t quite like how they were setting it up with the editing to make it look “omg are they going to do blackface?!”
symone and utica posted the pics of them wearing their own drag used in the swap and as expected both are gorgeous
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
Utica is so pure and I love her so much and this is giving me a boost of hope that she might go farther in this competition than I would have thought.
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 13 March 2021 23:50 (three years ago) link
Also really loving how anyone’s-game it still is!! Looking at the last couple of seasons’ contestant progress it’s all very much “hm, yes, that seems about right”, I think they all fell into a very logical order, but honesty you could give me any elimination sequence at this point and as long as Symone was in the top I’d believe it.
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 13 March 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
Symone plus Gottmik seem locked in. The other spot or spots are up in the air.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
symone, gottmik, rose would be my top 3. not sure who else would make top 4it definitely feels wrong that there is still so many of them left!
wonder what the UK top 4/3 would look like if veronica green didn’t have to drop off.
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
I assume that Raven's still doing Ru's makeup, but I wish she'd stop contouring her nose into such a sharp Michael/Latoya Jackson blade.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:12 (three years ago) link
The lie, where is it
I was aimlessly clicking around YouTube and stumbled on a video where someone describes Utica’s approach to conceptual drag as having very “Maureen from RENT vibes” and...I mean...I love her, but...they aren’t wrong.— Alexander (@purplechrain) March 14, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 14 March 2021 05:07 (three years ago) link
Yes I know the UK finale is here and I still haven't seen it so I'll be back on this thread later but in the meantime, a wonderful repurposing from the US end of things
*58 minutes into a 1-hour meeting* "Well that's all I have for today. Happy to give you guys a few minutes back of your day!" pic.twitter.com/rIH3GIqGJB— 4d hair advocate (@OfficiallyVex_) March 17, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 March 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
UK finale: okay, honestly surprised? In that the winner totally makes sense (and I love the choice for many reasons) but I thought someone else had been coming up big time over the last few episodes, so! I'll take that!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 March 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
I was not at all happy with the winner. Alan Carr handwaving the inability to follow choreography highlighted to me how arbitrary and inconsistent the judging is on this show.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 19 March 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link
Ru will have an absolute shit fit next time he visits Glasgow and discovers that there's basically an entire city of people who talk just like that, and it's really not so special or hilarious.
― trishyb, Friday, 19 March 2021 09:52 (three years ago) link
I watch a lot of Drag Race via my wife without getting too involved in who wins, but the winner was a clear 3rd in my mind, and the runner up who won just seemed to be the complete package.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 19 March 2021 10:12 (three years ago) link
* the runner up who won
Someone upthread pointed out that Bimini clearly had a load of extra money invested in them by someone else during the break, while the others didn't and I wonder if that influenced the final decision.
― trishyb, Friday, 19 March 2021 10:18 (three years ago) link
except of course they're not actually from Glasgow, they're from Helensburgh which is far more posh and middle-class than their persona would have you believe. I can guarantee you that nobody from Glasgow Proper was having a tweed cape hand-sewed for them as child.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 19 March 2021 10:20 (three years ago) link
Ha ha, I didn't even know that. I just assumed they were from somewhere nice in the West End.
― trishyb, Friday, 19 March 2021 10:25 (three years ago) link
Tayce won the group challenge, the runway and the final lipsync imo and would have been a worthy winner. I wanted a Tayce win by the end. I really didn't like Bimini's final runway look and her lipsyncing in the group challenge was dreadful but I was expecting a win from BBB. Lawrence was quite clearly third.
― Cocteau Twinks (jed_), Friday, 19 March 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
i lol’d at sister sister’s trolling. did a’whora say anything about it at all or was she too busy serving sour grapes?wish they spent more time on the reunion
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 20 March 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
As for US this week, well that’s a color scheme I don’t have to think about again.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 March 2021 04:30 (three years ago) link
I am really finding Gottmik very samey.
― trishyb, Saturday, 20 March 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
I haven’t paid extremely close attention to the RPDR fan base’s toxic contingent this season but after this week’s results I figured what the hell. Yup, not surprised by what I found.Kandy Muse is the devil. Utica’s commercial was somehow better than Kandy’s. Olivia should’ve been sent home last week if not weeks before. And Utica’s runway was better than Symone’s.Just crystal clear in its unabashed racism.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 March 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
Good grief. (But not surprising, of course.)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
Now that we're down to six I think three out of the four will be Symone, Gottmik and Rose. And I'm not sure about the fourth? I probably won't be until it happens.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
yeah the diehard fan groups for RPDR have such awful toxic energy, its kinda grossi am counting down to olivia going homegod i am so over her she’s like Tony Curtis’s character in “The Great Race” at this point, minus the DING when she smiles
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
i wonder if Kandy could squeak into the 4?the judges looooove her
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
Kinda hoping that!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 March 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
that would be kinda cooli go back and forth on her but she’s such a vibe
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 March 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
I don't necessarily have Rose pegged as a for-sure top 4 yet, but I'm hard pressed at this point to imagine what Utica or Olivia could do to take her spot. Kandy is, to me, kind of a slam dunk.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 March 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
Meantime at least Drag Race Down Under will start off without anything causing controversy like Sherry Pie did or anything uh er wait hold on
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/18/rupauls-drag-race-down-under-contestant-apologises-for-past-performances-in-blackface
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 March 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
yeeeeeep. Australia gonna Australia :(
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 March 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
i don't find kandy's drag to be all that strong, especially what she had last night - i thought she'd get read for it looking like a halloween costume. i don't see her being in the top 4, but then ru'll do what ru wants to do.
i thought rose did great last night - her look was stunning and her ad was the funniest of the bunch.
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 20 March 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
yeah I loved her runway look esp that makeup! i also gotta say Tina kinda grew on me as we got to know her. Not so much her drag but her talent & personality. and it makes me wonder what she could have done if she had not been so in her head. Good candidate for an All Stars in future imo. also I liked how Rose tried to talk to Tina about her critiques, not coming for her but trying to get her to see the bigger picture in a kind yet direct way.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 March 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
alsois there a worse song in this world than “My Humps”? I havent heard it in so long & it still makes my skeleton want to leave my body.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 March 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
"I'm not doing... that" is my new catchphrase.
― trishyb, Saturday, 20 March 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
also I liked how Rose tried to talk to Tina about her critiques
Slipping in an impromptu jingle in the process!
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 March 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
I do agree that Kandy's runway look was the worst of the night and, really, maybe among the worst of the season.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 March 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
there is no way anybody will ever top lala ri’s bag dress
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 20 March 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
xp re: my lumps - exactly my reaction also, but i had to admit it made for a pretty good lipsync song
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 20 March 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
xp oh that's true
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 March 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link
Olivia is like community theater level compared to the rest of the queens.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:00 (three years ago) link
is there a worse song in this world than “My Humps”? I havent heard it in so long & it still makes my skeleton want to leave my body.
I actually don't thank you for reminding me of this. I literally had forgotten it was the lip sync song and now you have reminded me and I hate you.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
:Dhappy to oblige
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 March 2021 00:29 (three years ago) link
Woof. The loser LOST tonight.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 March 2021 04:34 (three years ago) link
well deserved bottom 2 and well deserved loser tonight. disappointed she ended up being more delusional than valentina!
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 27 March 2021 05:29 (three years ago) link
yeah god she was really feeling herself in the interview chair
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 March 2021 07:33 (three years ago) link