Alexis needs to get the heave-ho next AFAIC
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:34 (six years ago) link
is it just me (tm) or is the talent pool not very deep this season? I don't really love any of these queens that are left.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
You terrible person.
Way upthread a couple of years back or so, the big change was noted in that there's very little emphasis on creating something in the work room to wear anymore. It's the one element I would change back -- you can tell people already have their costumes and things brought to bear.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
otm
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Blame Willow.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
Er, Willam
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:24 (six years ago) link
http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/5580/49/16x9/960.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
i'm in2 Shea, Sasha, and either Peppermint or Trinity in the top 3. Alexis is terrible and I have to say I'm really fucking disappointed with Nina's shitty-ass attitude.
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
Anyone who bombs the Snatch Game is always going to be fighting an uphill battle with me, so even tho Pep has grown on me, I'm not ready to declare her top 3
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
i understand & am sympathetic to Nina but she is down *so* deep mentally that it's just translating as bad tv
i mean even Shea is giving up on her. at least Trinity K Bonet had a turning point before she went home
i still keep rooting for Nina tho. this seems like pretty much all she has & she's so good when she's performing
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
wow, that was bleak
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
It was a long time coming, regrettably.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
Also, Sarge camping it up as Peppermint's sister lifted me up.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
yeah, it was a long time coming for sure, but I'm really bummed it ended *that way*
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
but apart from the elimination this episode was SO FUN
And, damn, Ru only hires blazingly (if boringly) hot PA's on this show.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
Rizzo and Josh could both get it afaic
spoiler alert I was so #TeamSarge it hurts
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
plot twist of the season, i know
is Untucked done for the season?
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
Usually posts Saturday morning iirc
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
true but it didn't look like they sent them backstage at all??
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 01:49 (six years ago) link
wait nvm yes they did, they deliberated!
Yeah there was behind the scenes stuff, we'll get our usual Untucked tomorrow.
Alexis Michelle in the top 5...yeah, I wouldn't've predicted THAT.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 May 2017 04:02 (six years ago) link
Backtrack to last week -- this is kinda amazing: Bob the Drag Queen, Willam and Kim Chi at a club appearance watching Valentina crash and burn for the first time. Lots of chat first, skip ahead to 16:00 for the actual disaster reaction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuJW0ftshw0
In order: Bob is all acting out his amazement, Willam is FULLL 'chew gum and act bored' mode and it's amazing (in fact I think he actually cheers Valentina saying she doesn't want to take the mask off! -- also, his platform flip-flops are next level) and Kim, of course, sits motionless but gapes and acts stunned. Couldn't be more them!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
Meantime, nice Untucked but Nina was already obviously out of the competition the moment she slumped on the couch.
Can I add that based on both the main episode and the Untucked that Sarge is my new hero. (And that the sequence of her busting up Kesha with just a series of looks was A+)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
I thought it was a slightly sad indictment of the competing queens that the crew were mostly more entertaining.
In other news: Netflix Ireland has finally properly bought Drag Race and now I can watch along with other people and not have to wait a year for a legal stream. Yay!
― trishyb, Saturday, 27 May 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
I think this would have been an even better episode without Nina, any other queen in her place. I rooted for her right up until the begginning of this ep when she said she couldnt even take something from the lipsync victory, i was like BITCH, ENOUGH *flips table*
But overall, it was such a great makeover ep, the vibe was so fun & everyone was sassing each other, I would have loved to see all the workroom footage
And yeah, all the dudes were so cute & lovely. Loved how Sasha & Duncan vibed well.
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
xpost Hurrah for that!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
And to your point about entertaining queens in a block -- I kinda think that seasons 3-5/6 (depending on how I feel on the day) is the benchmark on that front, while at the same time enjoying aspects of where things have gone since (Untucked's shift from being a formal continuation of the show to being a much more casual affair, while it threw me at first back in season 7, now feels like a great twist all around, and one that they're still exploring). And of course there's always been great individual standouts.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
<3 at how sad Nina's crew guy was backstage.Such a sweetheart, he really tried.
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
oh shit, I forgot that i read gossip via Willam's FB page
are you guys all onto the fact that Matthu Andersen *left the show* early this season & now Raven is doing Ru's face & Delta Work is doing Ru's hair.
There's a biiiiiiig difference. It's getting better but the bar is HIGH
But I wanna know "wha happen"? Matthu's Ru's ride or die & I love love love him & it kinda bums me out!!
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 May 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
I thought this week was the best Ru has looked this season, definitely.
while at the same time enjoying aspects of where things have gone since
As someone who enjoys very much the low-stakes world of the Bake Off, I do like how pally everyone is being this year. I get very tense when there's too much conflict in the workroom. But I just don't think they're as good, individually, as other years. I miss the craft aspects of the show, too.
But I do still love it. These complaints come from a place of love.
― trishyb, Saturday, 27 May 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
Wow I have not noticed a diff in Ru's styling at all, I have to go back and look
I am kinda bummed how the whole sewing/crafty aspect has basically evaporated
Also "or should I finish the left cheek?" O M GGGGG
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
Also how tf did Nina make it so far w just one lqqk when season after season queens have been clocked for being too one-note?
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
yeah that just occurred to me this week. maybe bc her face makeup was so good it kinda disguised that somehow idk
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 May 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
WAS IT THO???
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 27 May 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
Untucked makes it seem like the sewing/crafty aspect is still part of the show ... just one that doesn't get included in the edit much anymore. (Alexis has talked about things she's sewn.)
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
I didn't think it was her doubt informing that reaction so much as her feeling bad for sending Valentina home. Which is still bad TV and all but a crucial difference.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
I heard something about that. Curious.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
Her hair and face look great as usual, it's her padding that seems oddly off this season.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
her hair this season is a lot smaller and much more wig-looking than matthu's work. and her hairlines have not been great if you go back and look. not compared to the airbrushed wizardry of matthu's hairlines for ru that made every 3 foot high wig look like it was naturally growing out of her scalp.
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 May 2017 00:37 (six years ago) link
sarge was hot that is all lol
― clouds, Sunday, 28 May 2017 04:41 (six years ago) link
agree! rizzo & duncan can get it also
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 28 May 2017 05:06 (six years ago) link
Oh dear god has anyone seen this? It is baaaaaad
https://youtu.be/r0o0PK7AXFE
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 28 May 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
But I mean all of these tie-in songs are terrible tho, aren't they?
all except for katya's verse in "read you wrote you"
the rest... blech
― clouds, Sunday, 28 May 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
an embed btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0o0PK7AXFE
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 28 May 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
let me investigate Read U Wrote U
oh right this!