monet's lip sync wasn't as good as her previous one but generally the queen who pulls out the tricks/gags wins. pretty consistent formula.
it felt early for mayhem to go home to me but she's not a great actress/comedian and can turn some looks but isn't killing it on the runway every week. kinda hard to keep surviving that.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 21 April 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
yeah Mayhem hasn't been at the right level of intensity, she's been a bit too in her own head & secondguessing maybe.
I didn't love Monet's lipsync and I kinda though that taking off the pads might have lost her favor with ru but I guess she kept a wig on and her shoes lol.
The mimed motorcycle made me die inside though, as much as Yuhua's air guitar. TWO things we must never speak of again.
but Mayhem did leave us with a gift:HASHTAG CHOCOLATE JUDD
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 April 2018 00:58 (six years ago) link
I am warming up to Miz Cracker. There's something about her personality I really like. And I really have been enjoying Asia & Monet & Monique & Mayhem, and the subtle push-pull they have with Vixen where it's like she's kind of on her own trip but they kind of want to take her under their wing, like how Mayhem engineered the 'sitdown' with Eureka and Vixen.
Vixen intrigues me. I love her directness but it's clear as day how much of a wall she has up; it's a fine line to walk on a show like this.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 April 2018 06:22 (six years ago) link
I love Cracker! As a boy she's kind of giving me Salty from AHS Freakshow in a good way. I pretty much love the whole cast really and I think the eliminations have been mostly fair so far (minus Vaangie). The only ones I find a bit underwhelming are each other's polar opposites. Monet is all personnality but not much in the looks department and Kameron has amazing lerks, but girl is seriously lacking the C.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 22 April 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
Yeah Cameron is the most underwhelming for me so far
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 April 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
Really, this isn't the best acting class the show's ever seen. Really wonder how they would've handled "Shakesqueer."
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 April 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
So we’re getting DragCon panels this Thursday — Snatch Game next week?
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 22 April 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
The Vixen and Asia's Craquaria thing has been the biggest missed opportunity this season, bigger even than VANGIE.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Sunday, 22 April 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
yeah i’m bummed they didnt do it
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 April 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
lol I thought they did do it, but in a colossally bad way.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Monday, 23 April 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
so veiled so as to be unrecognizable then?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 23 April 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
If Asia was missing cues like the Vixen said she was, then I can imagine that they dropped all the indicators that they were sending up Craquaria.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Monday, 23 April 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
that they didn't literally play aquaria and cracker made me wonder if they weren't allowed to for some reason, because otherwise................??????????????????????????
― J0rdan S., Monday, 23 April 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
they also said they didn't rehearse so that probably didn't help
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 23 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
"Maybe we should've rehearsed" was the biggest lol coming out of that team.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Monday, 23 April 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
yeah cmon girls
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:29 (six years ago) link
Unreasonably excited abt this week’s guest judges
We didn't even plan the coordinated head nods. THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY!!! https://t.co/LHXmbQQoVI— Emily V Gordon (@emilyvgordon) April 24, 2018
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 03:38 (six years ago) link
Kind of hoping that Eureka and Asia get paired at some point so that we can call them Eurasia O'Hara.
And speaking of Asia, dropping some CFC science here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us_fakjKn54
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
Glad to see Monet get back into her groove again. Her & Eureka were great, and even Cameron was passable. Monique making her own outfits every week seems insane to me but gahblessher for having the ingenuity to pull it off. Broke resourceful queens are my favorite. ASIA omg THAT RUNWAY LOOKincredibleincredibleincrediblei died what the fuck is going on with instument miming during lipsync this season. Air trumpet now? 👏STOP 👏 IT 👏AT 👏ONCE👏
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 27 April 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
I don't know what it was, but it sure wasn't a trombone (the instrument actually on the track).
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Friday, 27 April 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
Asia's look was amazing, especially considering it's an Ikea hack.
― trishyb, Friday, 27 April 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
My trombone player friend was sitting next to me yelling at the TV "IT'S A TROMBONE!!!" completely offended hahaha
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 28 April 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
Blair St Clair tho <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 April 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
...and a Pushing Daisies hack.
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 28 April 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
I loved Blair so much. I couldn't help but root for her, looking like she's 12 but being so polished and smart and pleasant. Her story was heartbreaking and I felt like The Vixen and wanted to find that bastard.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 29 April 2018 15:37 (six years ago) link
yeah i loved The Vixen for that
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 29 April 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
The Vixen's primary character trait -- always looking for a fight -- paid off beautifully there.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Sunday, 29 April 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
I wish we got to see more of Vixen and Blair (and Cracker!) becoming friends!
PS Laganja gave me a like on Tumblr! (Not enough to reblog me though.)
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
I AM SHAKING W FURY THAT THE BEST LIP SYNC TRACK EVER WAS WASTED ON THAT LUKEWARM MESS
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 May 2018 01:35 (six years ago) link
How! In this post Valentina era! How!!!
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Friday, 4 May 2018 02:10 (six years ago) link
I want Asia’s double take as a GIF for much future use. That was perfect.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2018 04:37 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that lipsync was terrible.
Also, I quite like The Vixen, and I bet Eureka is annoying to be around on a day-to-day basis, but the absolute neck of her, complaining about the one person who didn't try to shut anyone else down during the Snatch Game, and who actually had a progression to her character play. Drawing the pictures and finishing up by drawing on herself was excellent comedy work, and she only didn't win because her mermaid drag was the same side-panelled body suit she has worn every week, but this time with a tail on it.
― trishyb, Friday, 4 May 2018 11:25 (six years ago) link
Untucked had me all-in with The Vixen. But what works in Untucked doesn't necessarily work on the mainstage, and it's unfortunate to learn that she has no alternate strategy there other than "be even more antagonistic." Look how well that turned out for Phi Phi, The Vixen.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Friday, 4 May 2018 12:37 (six years ago) link
ya I always appreciated The Vixen's honesty and even when she's hostile she's up front and relatively fair, but this week was soooooo nagl for her, like very childish and antagonistic and very much lashing out at others because of her own shortcomings. I was extremely disappointed with her behavior.
Also I think they should do "Cut To The Feeling" again because it really deserves an #iconic performance
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 May 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link
I almost kinda wonder if they're going to have Carly Rae at the finale.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2018 13:14 (six years ago) link
Question: Eureka clapping back at The Vixen's reading her to filth. NAGL or merely defending herself?
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Friday, 4 May 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
Apparently there are two very divided groups of opinion on this.
Can I just say that the most infuriating thing about this episode was using the mermaid in a wheelchair drag as a tribute to Bette Midler. The mermaid drag thing originated from Jackie Curtis in her play "Damned". Bette stole the idea from Jackie. The mermaid was played by Candy Darling in its first version then by Holly Woodlawn later. All of this is documented in the Jackie Curtis biography "Superstar in a Housedress"
Talk about not knowing your HERstory.
This show is a disgrace, an absolute disgrace.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 5 May 2018 00:27 (six years ago) link
Here's some footage of Vain Victory. The mermaid idea originated in Damned and was developed for Vain Victory.
https://youtu.be/a-9SilkF4ZI
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 5 May 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9SilkF4ZI
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 5 May 2018 00:37 (six years ago) link
^are you telling me that the researchers who worked on drag race haven't seen this footage/ don't know the source of this shit?
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 5 May 2018 01:06 (six years ago) link
I am FURIOUS.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 5 May 2018 01:09 (six years ago) link
Ok the lipsync was pretty busted, Monique blew it & even though she said she didnt quit & I know she didnt quit ... it looked like she quit AND SHE TOOK HER DAMN WIG OFFVixen kills me. She’s got the heart of this hurt little kid!!! she genuinely believed that them saying she should go home = they dont like her. And therefore since she doesnt *like* Eureka= SHE should go home. It’s this sensitive world where logic has no traction & its infuriating & kinda heartbreaking bcz if she doesnt get a handle on it, it WILL be her undoing. She doesnt know/get/understand that Ru doesnt watch the show, doesnt know her story, (and tbh prob doesnt remember her name). So Vixen’s outbursts make her look small & petty. Eureka was dumb to clap back but I understand why she did. A) bcz she’s her & she doesnt know when to stfu; but b) all that ad hominem nonsense about her professionalism kinda deserved defending? i dunno. Vixen’s like a dying star in outer space, everyone just collapses around her & feeds her with energy but they dont even realize they’re doing itAnyway Monet’s Maya gave me liiiiiiiife & even if her stage look was weird she shoulda won bcz she did so much comedic heavy lifting. It was SO good. imho she was at a Jinx-Little Edie level awesome.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
That was a grade school orchestra level mess, from beginning to end.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Saturday, 5 May 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Vixen and Asia teaming up a second time.
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Saturday, 5 May 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iGVE9n8CR4
― Twyla Thwoorp (Leee), Friday, 11 May 2018 02:48 (six years ago) link
Kameron is going somehow make it into the final having spoken the least out of all of them.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 May 2018 04:16 (six years ago) link
This could be the red herring win, like the one Ivy Winters won right before getting kicked off.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link
That said, Kameron’s runway looks have been consistently very good to great, so it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if she did make it to the finish line.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Friday, 11 May 2018 12:09 (six years ago) link
I loved Ru's suit in this episode, and how he has bounced back from whatever illness he had at the start of the season. The slap challenge was one of my favourite mini challenges.
― trishyb, Friday, 11 May 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link