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

xpost two steps from magnolia is a long way, fyi

:)

Especially with those legs! :D

lol

"Do you think maybe it was in black and white because it was the '60s?"

" ... ... ... ... Noooo."

God I love those pauses. Anyway, last night! That was a farrago. (And I didn't want Vivacious to leave that early but geesh, if that was the BEST take (and it was as Untucked showed.))

Anyway I wanted more of Courtney/Bianca in their movie bit. But Gia/Adore (with a couple more takes) would have been note-perfect airheads (too perfect) and Joslyn's 'gasp!' delivery was way funnier than it should have been. No question Darienne ran away with it though.

The minichallenge was some underrated craziness. Who was Darienne paired with again, they should have won that.

Yeah, the entire episode basically confirmed my initial take -- that the second group far outpaced the first group, with only Ben shining through the general lack of seasoning. (Vivacious being the other technical exception, RIP.)

I agree. Darienne's legs with whichever twig was sitting on top of her = GENIUS!

(I think it was maybe Joslyn.)

Also,

"Age does have something to do with it."
"You were nominated for an Academy Award at age 12!"
"Yes, but I'd been working since I was 6."

Linda and Lena ruled. They should come back anytime.

Seriously wondering why there hasn't been a series of webisodes devoted to the guest judges clowning backstage.

It's the little touches that make this show an endless joy. The pitch shift on "How in the HELL you gonna love somebody else" was sick.

Haha yeah I was wondering how Ru really sounded saying that. Assuming the startled response was really in response!

An interesting and slightly frustrating part of the show for me is whenever they juuuust touch a little deeper into questions of stereotyping on several fronts but can't go too far without derailing the episode format (so that always makes me wonder what else was left out via editing). Last night had two instances at least -- Bianca telling Trinity how to act and Trinity going "Oh, so you mean like a black girl" and then critiques on how April was supposed to play 'butch.' It's always played for laughs and/or SHADE but it's obviously not just that.

yeah the second group is way, way better

bianca's easily the best IMO

xps I can only hope the show presumes some level of built-in sensitivity to these issues. Another one: Vivacious being treated as a piece of history and, consequently, a relic.

Ok it's confirmed: I'm team bianca

Yeah, Bianca is in the clear. I worry that both Ben and Milk are going to eat her dust. The latter, in particular, hasn't made anywhere near the mission statement I feel she intended to make.

I think now that the two groups are mixed up a bit it'll take a little longer for people to reemerge. And sometimes it takes a while anyway -- nobody was thinking Jinkx was anywhere near the front last year until Snatch Game kicked in.

Truth.

yeah I was thinking about that too. I mean look at Tyra.

I'm interested to see how far Milk goes. I still have my eye on Courtney but I don't know if she's as all-that as I want her to be. We'll see.

I hope Gia hangs around if only for the hilariously dumb things that come out of her mouth.

Darienne's legs with whichever twig was sitting on top of her = GENIUS!

I think it was Ben, actually!

Joslyn's 'gasp!' delivery was way funnier than it should have been.

Totally think she's playing the ditz to a tee so far, and hell HELL, it's working.

I hope Gia hangs around if only for the hilariously dumb things that come out of her mouth.

lol I still kinda hate her but can't lie she is unintentionally hilarious.

When Bianca asked Adore what her name was, I thought it'd have been hilarious if Adore replied, "Willam."

Racial approaches have been very ~iffy~ on this show for a while (S3 was difficult for me to watch in large part because of this), and I was thoroughly uncomfortable during the first Bianca/Trinity exchange where B said T should act ghetto.

Mm. It's definitely of note whenever it overtly surfaces, and you have to wonder what isn't said/shown.

On a lighter note, I think we're all underappreciating Gia's moment where she doesn't know how to pronounce DeLorean or what it is. (But then again, she was born in 1988 or 1989, why WOULD she know?)

there were some doozies aside from that

like the whole black and white vs color thing! lool.
and what was the word she said in untucked, gaahh I can't remember but it was hilarious

like the whole black and white vs color thing! lool.

Quoted upthread by Eric! :-D

and what was the word she said in untucked, gaahh I can't remember but it was hilarious

"Fish"?

Nah, she totally malapropped out some nonsense word or another.

it was something like "intellectuate" but not that

Hahaha omg that's right, one of the other queens did note it as well. I probably assumed you meant "fish" because it constitutes about 50% of what she sez.

Also, I always lol furiously at the trainwreck performances (like Yara's Winehouse or Lynesha's "French fries"), so Vi's head-in-a-box entertained me to no end.

INTREPRETATE.

INTERPRETATE, even.

yes!

thank you!

Underrated regular element -- RuPaul going arch-bitchy at the end of the Untucked opening credits with some random line before introducing the specific episode trailer.

"Walk it OUT with your CHEVROLEGS!"

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Alright I thought the Rusical was briliant ! Lucian did an amazing job and surprisingly so did all the girls. Although Ben was my favorite.
I'm sad to see April go so soon cause she's had some great looks. In past seasons, there are way worse queens that stuck around for much longer.

i still can't stand Adore but damn if she polished her shit up & stopped acting like a 13 year old she could be a showstopper

I was really moved by Laganga's moment with her parents in untucked. Really beautiful. I hate to say it though but her whole tantrum afterwards was just ugh bitch please. They didnt fuck it up, she did. She wouldnt have been happy unless they threw a telethon in her honor

I mean i get it, but that was overkill

Lucien's musical was fab, lots of fun! I thought the girls did a good job with it!

Agreed with about all the above. (Sorry, busy morning!)

Trinity definitely needs to...settle a bit. That's not slow burn, that's just not stepping up. That said, hell of a lip sync for your life, best of the season so far.

And yeah the musical was fun! Courtney and Adore sure can sing, it was kind of a tossup in the end for me. Did like the fake award ceremony camera editing touches there.

Gia Gia Gia. The bit with the photos of kabuki as a kid was really lovely! A little background and a little more depth. But then she doesn't know what the Tonys are and THEN she complains about ignorance in the Untucked? (Unless the editing intentionally left detail out.)

Oh and did we all see that next week is...

SNATCH GAME

Bianca as Judge Judy, Milk (I think) as Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey, Adore as Anna Nicole, this'll be crazy.

it's gonna be awesome!

I think Trinity has a bit of that Jiggly Caliente thing of beating herself before she's even started. Like she's so focused on the 'can't' that she can't see anything else and won't accept any help or support from anyone to get where she could easily be

And the girl needs to speak up for herself - Rupaul knew that the flippers might have been a problem for her, it probably would have helped her a little in the judges eyes if she had said it too

Girl is gorgeous, she just needs a truckload more confidence in herself.

I want Courtenay's beefcake sweatshirt real bad.

And yeah, this season seems crazy front-loaded with acting/talent challenges over runway.

I'm a touch surprised Snatch Game is a little earlier than it normally is.

Yeah. A bigger panel hopefully equals a longer time spent on the actual game.