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

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Gia's makeup game stepped up (i.e. she hired some makeup artists).

Katya, living well.

https://twitter.com/katya_zamo/status/603657238721536001

<3

omg howwwling

https://instagram.com/p/3MvokLI89E/

so great

Live RuView from Dragcon

http://youtu.be/CVeIte7OkWc

Am glad no one has updated this thread yet. I am forcing myself to stay off social media for the day until I can watch the finale this evening.

boring show and unsatisfying conclusion, though i guess this season deserved an undeserving winner

i didn't find it boring at all!

A take on it all

http://themuse.jezebel.com/what-the-hell-happened-on-rupauls-drag-race-1708447405?rev=1433259408439

I hated Violet early on but I don't have a problem at all with her winning. Couldnt really say why except that Violet is young and still has the potential to become even more than she is; her fashion vocabulary is ridiculous & i have really grown to love her confidence & posi vibes in recent episodes.

I think after Bianca everyone was sure Ginger would take it but Ginger doesnt have the kindness of spirit that Bianca has, and I dunno that she has potential for growth? she feels fully formed to me, and i dont think ru necessarily is looking for that, talented though she may be

I'm prob way off base idk

And in what fuckin universe is KENNEDY Miss Congeniality?? Congenial my ass
She is amazing and talented and fierce as fuck but congenial she ain't

there was no way we were going to get a comedy queen crowned for the 3rd consecutive year. i pretty much stopped caring after katya was eliminated but i'm not at all surprised at violet's win.

i mean, she's gorgeous, young, and confident with a strong runway game but not much else. see also: tyra sanchez

yep

I loved the finale and laughed a lot!

I too had lost interest after Katya was eliminated, but of the top 3 I was definitely team Violet. She just has so much natural talent at such a young age it's very impressive. I thought her performance last night was the best and suggests she has more to offer than runway, as did her growth througout the season. The crowd at the bar I was at was definitely on her side too.

Ginger should've had this in the bag but really burned herself in the last couple of episodes. It seems that even though she's a pageant queen, she's the one who couldn't handle this competition.

i'm not sure violet has a talent beyond "looking fierce" which is a nice talent but traditionally the winners of this show have been done a lot more than that

raja is basically fierce face face body face runway, tyra was 100% runway; even bebe is runway

i think the expectation that they are always going to be sharon/jinx/bianca is understandable, but i personally dont want every queen to be a one woman broadway show

and ginger was not the "all that" that everyone acts like she is

& even for being a pure runway queen, violet's aesthetic is so boring

irl reaction

http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls_drag_race/watch-as-the-top-three-queens-learn-who-snatched-the-crown/1206207/video/#id=1736226?xrs=synd_facebook_rpdr

also if anyine cares they just dumped a boatload of untucked bonus clips on the youtube channel

I'd say that Pearl was ahead of the game in overall personality, but every once in awhile, the ruthless overachiever has to be given the crown. This final 3 was basically a dead heat, so.

And I keep having to question how much of my love for Pearl was based, as per the Bianca read in the recap, on how fucking hot she was as a boy.

lol

violet's new single is... very bad.

the house in the video belongs to a friend of a friend of mine!

i thought it was ok. not great

Loved this season, but Violet winning is the most wtf since the Other Tyra. (BTW Logo TV you kind of spoiled me by having a thumbnail of Violet getting crowned on the video page.) Do not at all get the reaction to Ging Is Mean movement, and I know that all reality shows boil down to popularity contests, but I don't think any of the critical things Ginger said over the course of the season was beyond the pale or at all remarkable.

The solo lip syncs were a terrible idea, I just watched the backup dancers most of the time.

solo lip-sunch would have been worth it if ru had cleared the rights to songs people actually knew & enjoyed, rather than using original songs nobody will ever care about.

yeah the songs were a bit weird

SPEAKING of songs.

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/815-the-best-and-worst-music-of-rupauls-drag-divas/

And this took forever but

http://www.newnownext.com/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-2-premiere-on-logo/07/2015/

awwwww yeah

I wonder if they will only include queens from the last 4 seasons. I'm thinking Alaska, Alyssa, Adore, and Katya are a lock to be on it. Would love to see Ongina, Max, and Joslyn Fox too. And of course Willam, but I doubt she'd do it.

Willam wants to do it! - but idk if Ru wants to. We'll see I guess

Am I nuts or does this look like Alaska? http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/250594-strategist-says-dems-should-worry-about-kasich-rubio

lol

Vivienne Pinay was on Face/Off this week (out of drag as Michael)

He got a makeover with his partner & got married on stage which was cool! but omg the makeover was sooooo bad. I felt awful for him! He is so gorgeous out of drag & he looked sad & gross :( He should have kicked the artists off & done it himself!

oh and it was kinda extreme drag makeup too which made it even worse.

Okay so a series-wide slew of contestants were backing up Miley yesterday?

http://www.mtv.com/news/2256541/meet-miley-vma-dancers-drag-queens/?xrs=_s.tw_news

House of Edwards front and center!

Tis the season!

http://www.newnownext.com/rupauls-drag-race-christmas-queens/10/2015/?xrs=synd_facebook_logo

who the fuck wants to listen to this

So G1nger M1nj dumped her husband for another guy. His ex was gracious if not hurt.

Then today his ex packed his remaining things for G1nger and told him he could come get it while my roommate and him went out.

They came back and G1nger and his new boyfriend stole all of his stuff except his clothes. TV...couch...bed. everything.

Someone was warped by being on this show.

Sorry for the misuse of pronouns.. I'm tired.

Just really kinda shocked. And ex-husband has gone public w it so it's getting ugly

I just checked upthread and reconfirmed that you were the one who had posted that you knew her and her husband, to be sure -- and damn, what a mess.

yeah. I feel terrible for the hubby. His roommate also ditched out on him to move in with Ginger and a friend so now he's on the hook for the rent which he can't afford.

so sad

While we wait...

http://www.newnownext.com/rupaul-to-slay-christmas-with-first-ever-holiday-special-rpdr-im-dreaming-of-a-green-screen-christmas/12/2015/?xrs=synd_facebook_rpdr

Yes !!
While I wait I've been rewatching all the Seasons with my bf who hadn't seen any of them and it's been so much fun!! So many amazing queens, creative challenges, jaw-dropping looks, fun personnalities, hilarious quotes, and fierce lip-synchs! Needless to say he's just as hooked as I am.

Wouldn't RuPaul's Christmas Ball from 1993 actually be the "first-ever drag themed holiday special"?