'...and DON'T *bleep* IT UP!' -- the RuPaul's Drag Race thread

don't know a few of these girls as who can really keeping up with all the franchise's these days?

Doing my best!

Ned the super fan, judging by your contributions upthread, you've probably watched more Dragrace than Rupaul, lol..#aintgottimefoalldat

Hahah very likely, really.

DRUK vrs THE WORLD omigod, Jimbo ..spoilers....

I had not seen dragrace Canada but Jimbo brings some refreshing clowndrag/performance energy..and that runway was some evil Queen realness par excellance. Juju was pretty pedestrian, surprisingly, got a lucky pass. Blu was another fun watch. I never watched DRUK season 1 but caught season 2, I think I watched the better season, judging by the other UK cast here. The weird soundmixing for a lot of the queen's own songs in the talent competition did little for these mediocre catchphrase pop numbers. Does it ever sound that bad for Ru's tracks, I call shade! lol. Glad Janey survived the lipsync, don't feel she was even in the bottom two but she definitely didn't excel. Bye, bye, baga, bye, bye...asap please!

I like Baga but I would. Yeah Jimbo broke up a looooot of monotony in the talent show, that's for sure.

jimbo went all in and didn’t disappoint
sadly juju did, it’s like she’s treating it as a provincial show - the funny thing is it very much feels like a provincial show

juju is still the funniest in talking segments though

jimbo was smart to avoid the wrath of either of the 2 countries but could’ve showed at least some effort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SEuA2w409g

this Jimbo reaction vid is adorbs, absolutely worked that talent show. It's not easy to captivate with such a minimal act, but the comic timing and general sillyness was so beguiling...and then brought the evil alien queen look/performance that tore up the runway, totally feeling the fantasy and walking us all in nature.
winner, winner, chicken dinner.

based on seeing jimbo in drcanada that’s just jimbo’s natural reactions, love that

Wow, tonight's episode was unexpected right from the start! Real bummer, hope she'll come back at some point.

thought for a second you meant the bottom queen and was like, that was well deserved! :)

best mini challenge ever

That mini challenge was amazing. 14 seasons in and they can still find new ways to be merrily goofily crass.

Yeah, Kornbread should be back, at least the offer will certainly be there. Their departure has definitely weakened this competition tho. Jorgous and her family, wonderful story and a fierce af dance off. Orion's timidness might be the pressure of competing (it happens) but I suspect it's also their usual mood, you gotta have plenty of nerve to shine against a performance like that. Odd take on the mini challenge from Maddy, it's a mini acting challenge, girl, get into it, get t' grindin those boys, get!! otherwise they did pretty well, her realness outfit was identical to an outfit jinx wore in a challenge, I'm sure of it. There's a drag by numbers thing going on here and I don't think it's gonna get them into the top...will it?

the show’s willingness to not just do something silly and over the top but embrace it fully
(often to cringeworthy results) is what sets it apart from other similar shows and a big reason i love it

sooooo bummed for Kornbread. such a goddam star, what a sucky way to go out. but hey, look at Eureka. she came back & turned the party, so i expect bigger & better from Korny.

maddys look :/ it’s a concept-art version of a mother of the bride dress. not. cute. not fashion. his drag consistently ages him by at least 20 years & i find it very tiring. Dress Barn realness has 👏🏻got👏🏻 to 👏🏻go👏🏻

Willow’s runway was my favorite. But I loved bosco’s too. Glad they got the win.

and i was crying laughing at the mini challenge. so stupid. so great.

Meantime this is the greatest 23 seconds. With special cameo!

🗣 SHOTS FIRED BITCH!!!! @WillowPillQueen pic.twitter.com/lTOs8GVvvK

— Kornbread “The Ankle” Jeté (@kornbreadTMFS) January 28, 2022

a+

Frontrunners without Kornbread are Angeria, Willow and Bosco. 4th spot could go to anyone at this point.

I was so disapointed with Juju in UK vs World. She's been there for so much longer than these other queens. She must have some money. Why are her looks still basic ? I feel like it's kept her from winning time and time again.

cosign Angeria Willow & Bosco

Would like to put Lady Camden in the mix there for fourth.

Well yesterday's results...answers one question at least.

buh bye

that lipsync was hilariously both ends of the drag spectrum at the same time

Hahah trudat

The cuts to Daya, then Bosco, then Kerri putting on those eyeball glasses left me dead.

Really weird judging, thought all the safe girls had better outfits than the tops with the exception of Angeria -- god she's flawless.

angeria should have been a lock

After watching untucked for s14, for the first time in ages, I love the footage of the queen's preparing for lipsyncs in the mirror, so fierce, like a boxing promo. Ms Kerri does her best work on the show in untucked and the diary stuff, she got some memetastic reactions to other queens.
Is it wrong to love JFK, jasmine fucking Kennedy, I think she's had a strange ride in the show, having to justify herself every two minutes. I love her zestiness and confidence and don't think she is crossing as many lines as people are making out. Her inevitable exit after burning the runway down vrs jorgous will be bittersweet. Angeria for the overall win. Classy and sassy is a winning platform and I find Bosco and willow a little boring away from their killer runways.

oh .... and lady Camden deserves top placement but doubt she fits the winners mould, regardless what she does, she's one queen that seems like she'd be a hoot to hang out with, smart and sweet in equal measure.

omg Jazz <3

Like my cynicism about this show's direction the last few seasons, where everything is so packaged and ready to sell and glamor glamor glamor, did not prepare me for the realness on that Untucked.

i feel mean saying this

but i rolled my eyes a little at how ~much~ she was crying? i thought it was going to be some tragic thing but ultimately Jasmine and Bosco were kinda going through similar experiences? and instead of sharing w Bosco, Jasmine just criiiiiiiiiiiiiies & pulls focus bosco has to be like ok cool fuck my trans journey i guess? like cynical me saw it as a spotlight grab idk

not that i’m diminishing Jasmine’s experience ~itself~ which is still moving

its just, i’m already numb to jasmine & that def affected my reaction to her display of emotion

I guess I'm like Mulder, I want to believe.

bc you are sweet & kindhearted <3

some of these chaps looks though yikes
no idea what the judges saw in daya’s look (other than story) - i hated it! and deja’s was not great. Jorgeous’s look was! not! chaps!
and keri’s hairy chaps were weird, did not enjoy but she would look beautiful in possum guts so i guess it doesn’t matter

lady camden’s runway stunt/reveal was great & i loooved her tearaway mustache move in the lipsync so funny

bosco should have been top w lady camden imo, her runway look was EVERYTHING

also Willow

oh and Jasmine’s chaps look was … idk…horrifying & confusing … my brain is still reeling

speaking of crying, the end of the latest UK vs the World was.. unsettling

Yeah that was almost unlike ANYTHING I've seen on any iteration of the show. Phew.

On the brighter side, this was a goddamn delight, Adore in perfect hyperAdore mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rinU4vdtY

lady camden’s runway stunt/reveal was great & i loooved her tearaway mustache move in the lipsync so funny

Stellar. What a hero.

VERY THAT!

was missing a dose of kornbread’s realness during daya’s fake apology moment

we watched one episode of UK Vs The World and wow is Baga insufferable

insufferable is the word, **spoiler** didn't rate the snatch game misery sketch in this recent and it wasn't the opus it was set up to be. best bit of this episode: jujubee to Janey 'girl, what would you have done with that dress?' Janey 'gurl, I'd burn it'. Rootin' for Blu, Pangina's tears were edited and amplified, right?, it created the worst atmosphere for an exit. Feel for Pangina but this format is ruthless, she must have realised.

Yeah watching it I thought the sobs were added on top of the end credits in post-production, but people on line say they just left her mic on, which could be right. Whichever way, it seemed unnecessary and cruel. Like are we supposed to enjoy hearing someone be so devastated?

You have to give it to Blu. She even warned Pangina that she was thinking about doing it. But I feel the format doesn't really work if the queens play that way. We're left with the less threatening and underperforming queens, like Jujubee wearing another unforgivable look on the runway.

Last nigth's episode was fun. I always enjoy the singing challenges and I loved the theme. Didn't really understand the outcome of the lipsynch though.

Mm. Honestly I would have laughed if the gold bar turned up in this episode right after the non-elimination last week.

Also...good point!

For the first time in #dragrace herstory two women stand before me#DragRaceClubhaus pic.twitter.com/uIuqpCTDIu

— Everybody's Got One (@EverybodysGotO3) February 26, 2022

the golden bar will turn up when it will create most drama obv

We're left with the less threatening and underperforming queens, like Jujubee wearing another unforgivable look on the runway

otm. getting rid of 2 countries and 2 most interesting queens doesn’t bode well for the show which now became UK vs US +
and i love jujubee but, girl, you should’ve stopped when you almost won

was looking forward to seeing jimbo in a snatch game..

When Camden covers up her eyebrows she looks eerily like Matt Smith.

that lipsync was weird as hell

real talk: i hate that dya won
i hope her momentary high leads to a steep plumetting drop bc i am not into her at all

and that when she goes she takes jasmine with her. those two. ugh.

but i loved the bad boys song, so fucking funny - the other two songs, listening-wise were very hard to sit through. interminably repetitive. loved anjeria’s diana. lovely,

It was really weird to me that the Shangri Las song featured the "Be My Baby" beat but the Ronettes one didn't.

I'm OK with Daya but can see how she can put people off (which is how I felt about Jan).