I just hate watching people die on stage.
― trishyb, Saturday, 27 March 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link
I mean, I know nobody loves it, but I will fast- forward through the people who are doing badly. I just can't.
― trishyb, Saturday, 27 March 2021 09:42 (three years ago) link
I’m going to chalk this one up to the unfathomable depths of meanness Minnesotans keep bottled up their entire lives. When (IF!) uncorked, it’s a force of nature. That Utica kept a smile and a positive attitude throughout couldn’t be more on brand for us.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
Also, I’m with the gang calling Utica asking sweatpants-wearing Ru to stand up and getting the double bird instantly iconic.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
that was fucking amazing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
Truly!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
The memes, the memes.
Five minutes into MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN pic.twitter.com/4c9KUrLgvc— Jorge Molina (@colormejorge) March 27, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 March 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
lmao
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 March 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
A separate effort but there are Drag Race connections https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56537339
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 March 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
And a whole lotta Drag Race vets in this thing:
https://deadline.com/2021/03/outtv-media-group-producer-entertainment-group-outtv-usa-lgbtq-diversity-representation-inclusion-1234723463/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
kandy’s dress tonight looked like what lala ri’s bag dress would look like if she finished it
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 3 April 2021 05:29 (three years ago) link
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 April 2021 06:51 (three years ago) link
i love this final 4i am relieved by who the loser ended up beingi love cynthia erivoi love Cher
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 April 2021 07:10 (three years ago) link
I was irrationally annoyed by the way the queens all leaned forward instead of back when they were pretending to climb up the side of the table.
― trishyb, Saturday, 3 April 2021 11:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah it’s a solid and increasingly clear with time final four. So I guess my question is whether next week’s episode is it!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 3 April 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
oh no Ned, there’s still 5 episodes to go... (j/k)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 April 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
At this point I wouldn't be surprised. (I half remember some rumor that the show was trying to stretch out not merely to fill the episode order but in the hopes that by the time of the final they could actually film a final. I doubt it but even if so while the restrictions are about to be more loosened up they'll juuuuust miss it, unless there's some further delaying tactic we haven't seen yet.)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 3 April 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
i’d swap one of the final four (you can guess who) with denali, but the other 3 spots are well deserved
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 3 April 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
YES I'm not the only one who thought Denali was robbed and final 4 worthy. Goddamn. Kandy certainly has the personality, but her outfits and makeup are an embarrassment for the final 4. Miss you Denali.
― octobeard, Saturday, 3 April 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
i hated Kandy’s runway but I hated Olivia’s more for being basic & NOT the challenge! so annoyed when she just put her hands in the hip-ruching as if they were pocketsi wish they’d stopped her halfway out & sent her back to the workroom, like “Bitch, don’t even waste our time with this bullshit”i did get very teared up in the untucked reveal about her grandmother though, that was so moving. the shit some of these queens go through w their families just to get on stage & do what they love. i mean.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 April 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
The way they spoonfed Gottmik's performance in this really irritated me
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 3 April 2021 22:04 (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.
lol yes, i think i had gradually softened to it through familiarity, but hearing it for the first time in forever i was struck anew by how extremely cursed it is.
olivia seemed to lean more and more into her tropes as the season went on, strange to think how much of a frontrunner she felt at the beginning.
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 4 April 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I think it's that she has a smaller bag of tricks to pull from than the other contestants.
― Ovid-19 (Leee), Sunday, 4 April 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
i loooooled in untucked - when she was packing in the workroom she had a suitcase full of tiny purses
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 4 April 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
We got more Down Under details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ugX-KmhMk
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 02:08 (three years ago) link
Also, this almost-nothing from Spain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5JsmAzELzU
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 02:09 (three years ago) link
i mean. ok fine. but also WOULD IT KILL YA TO MAKE A DECISION the Whitney handkerchief! Crown Symone. Just crown her.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 07:06 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the handkerchief surely has to go a long way with Ru, even if Symone wasn't already clearly the winner.
I just cannot warm to Gottmik. I know it's mean of me, but I just can't. I thought Kandy's interview with Ru was one of the least sycophantic and most natural chats they've ever had in that section, and I really think Kandy has pulled herself together massively since the early days of the competition (which feel like years ago now).
― trishyb, Saturday, 10 April 2021 10:30 (three years ago) link
I mean this season started before both the Georgia Senate elections and the Capitol riot.
Yeah a nothing of an episode in terms of any progression but I figured as much and give Symone the crown plz and etc.
I did like we got Rose's baby bro (who was almost more Scottish than Rose is) and Symone's mom, who is clearly great.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 April 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
yeah the family stuff was so lovely
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
Anyway now VG can tell us more about these characters. Maybe.
Premiere date has been announced as May 1.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 April 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
i guess i am not feeling Kandy in the top 4 compared to the other 3. she has truckloads of personality & she’s great but i thought her runway outfit looked like a pool toy & i dont think her song portion or dance were that good? idk. i suppose i get why they are keeping her but she def feels a step down from the other 3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
kandy did improve a lot but yeah, she’s not on the same level as the other 3, which makes non elimination feel even more forced at this point (and just plain lazy).
i don’t remember any family stuff - was it in untucked?
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 10 April 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
yep
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Yeah it most always ends up there unless family members actually join them for challenges. Which is always cool too.
Seems like there's a big 'justice for Denali' attitude re complaints about Kandy elsewhere. Which, yes and no?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 April 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
cool, i thought maybe we got shortened episodes in canada (and the provider that has the rights to drag race doesn’t have untucked - but we now have untucked for the previous season on netflix, which is annoying)
re: denali - she kinda reminds me of rose, super professional but “bland chicken”. she certainly had better runways (and arguably lipsyncs) than kandy though..
i thought the meme making rounds is very otm:symone - charismagottmik - uniquenesskandy - nerverose - talent
i doubt rose will win at this point - you could tell the judges struggled to say something personal to her, and it’s rose’s mistake imo (who otherwise seems to be smart at playing the game) - she didn’t give the judges enough story.
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
Well that raises an interesting question: if your life has been comparatively more of a glide path then do you have more 'story'? Not saying Rose has had it easier than the rest, but still.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
ehhhI mean Kandy was definitely carried through bc she was good tv. in a way that Denali wasn’t. and kandy for sure got by with some worse performances/looks than what got denali sent homebut i also enjoyed watching kandy, knowing all of that. maybe even over the idea of seeing more of denali. idk. i just think it’s a bit too much to elevate kandy to the point where she’s final four w no hope of winning. like, ru pushed tyra through for -reasons~ but she had that incredible look. you push kandy all the way to the top bc she’s crazy & full of personality & you create a monster bc she now believes it was solely her talent that got her there & no one can tell her anything. eh.that’s entertainment lmao
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
^ otm
yeah not saying rose had it easier but her not having a “season arc” or not being presented as somebody who had to overcome something made it more difficult to root for her (or as kamorah would put it, to ROOT for HER). compare that with symone’s breakdown, for instance. or kandy’s story, for that matter. most praise for rose was “she’s... she’s a professional” which yes, she is. but saying that music theater didn’t give you enough chance to express yourself isn’t gonna be enough to make ru tear up.
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
Ramsey Clark, RIP https://t.co/rlYFi1cNXb— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) April 11, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 April 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link
Ha IGNORE that, meant to be this one:
RuPaul sucking the childhood trauma from everyone pic.twitter.com/95K7DOtKgr— ✨ (@heyjaeee) April 10, 2021
But maybe Ramsey loved Drag Race, who knows.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 April 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
Kandy Muse on her $100,000 boat #DragRace pic.twitter.com/Xyo1rin12j— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) April 10, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 April 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
Gottmik's desperation to turn "gorg" into a meme is so exhausting.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 11 April 2021 07:52 (three years ago) link
I think I finally put my finger on what keeps me at arms length from Gottmik and it took until this ep to realize it ... even more so than Violet, Gottmik is the culmination of people coming up thru drag under the influence of this game show. The entire episode, her storyline was built around her desire to literally live within the show for the rest of her life. That flavor of desperation is not my cuppa. I’d say she and Rose are tied for third for me based on what the show’s delivering to my eyeballs.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Sunday, 11 April 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
It's definitely the blessing/curse of any such vectoring up that the show has provided, thanks to its longevity and success. But this is also probably why we're seeing more drag shows in various forms, contest-based or not, just to acknowledge alternate approaches -- some of which are from veterans carving out non-WoW spaces, others of which are just their own thing.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 April 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dmav/what-does-it-cost-to-go-on-rupauls-drag-race
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 15 April 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Take whatever they say and double it for Gottmik.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
otm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
long read but well worth it, so many little eye opening details.i assumed that some designers work in exchange for exposure but doesn't sound like it's the case.
certainly puts a different light on "i can't believe she'd show up in chicken feathers" comments
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 17 April 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link