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

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+)

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!

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.

xpost Hurrah for that!

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.

<3 at how sad Nina's crew guy was backstage.Such a sweetheart, he really tried.

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!!

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.

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

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?

yeah that just occurred to me this week. maybe bc her face makeup was so good it kinda disguised that somehow idk

WAS IT THO???

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.)

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*

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.

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.

I heard something about that. Curious.

Her hair and face look great as usual, it's her padding that seems oddly off this season.

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.

sarge was hot that is all lol

agree! rizzo & duncan can get it also

Oh dear god has anyone seen this? It is baaaaaad

https://youtu.be/r0o0PK7AXFE

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

an embed btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0o0PK7AXFE

let me investigate Read U Wrote U

oh right this!

My boyfriend and I met Shea Coulée, Bianca Del Rio, Kim Chi, Shangela and Detox on the street in Montréal last night!!! They were all completely drunk but super sweet and having a good time. Shea even tried to speak french with us :-)

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT

They were coming out of a strip club where they went after their show. Shangela was singing and dancing around with Detox and Bianca was laughing and talking very loud. We got hugs and kisses from everyone. Kim is very tall and has soft lips.

Okay, you win.

omg awesome

Oh and Bianca and Detox were wearing Valentina t-shirts and Shangela had her own portable selfie light that she pulled out just before we took a picture with her!

Pics!

^^^

I hope this works. I'm the one on the left. Sadly, we don't have Shea and Bianca because their crew came to get them before we had time to ask for a picture.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u23ikhjnzqils2k/Detox.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r16wvyhhsijuah2/Shangela.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tz0hv8vshnxjt5x/KimChi.jpg?dl=0

Ok let me try that again...

https://photos-5.dropbox.com/t/2/AACfqiGXO5SzcEyzp0_-N4PLSuxG3xx_ikYVzpG0NP04-w/12/363100339/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/Detox.jpg/EMjGiO4CGJwhIAIoAg/WG3D21X91QG9gdFFSCnntXIgpmLJToclsEi9lmHxq8M?size=32x32&size_mode=5

https://photos-3.dropbox.com/t/2/AAAj1MWxs8jhwT044l34BpNgl0yy7KYtrkQKUSIb2EjwEw/12/363100339/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/Shangela.jpg/EMjGiO4CGKAhIAIoAg/pwwFkfdz4dqnH5a9gU5cXpxk-2kv8iEv2odkGVzB8-E?size=1280x960&size_mode=3

https://photos-5.dropbox.com/t/2/AAA0uUzQEl-K_oL3Yvawy8wRivRnIILAyHwXl-y7964INg/12/363100339/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/KimChi.jpg/EMjGiO4CGJ4hIAIoAg/GB2itWdjWLQu___PRxvLycaYPgF42x47Lb6KjYXmMck?size=1280x960&size_mode=3

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Can you guys see them now?

https://image.ibb.co/nG0RLv/Detox.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/kODrna/Shangela.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/eoYkDF/KimChi.jpg

Yup!

omg those are great!!!!

So cool. What an excellent night out.

Awesome!

cute!!!

Amazing!

obviously it was a losing performance but i was honestly very into nina's morose bunny rendition of "cool for the summer." in a different context it would have been a really interesting spin on that song? like maybe she's playing the other half of the bi tryst and isn't ready for it to end. she was really serving like that sad gaze w/ the batting eyelashes.

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD

(Okay maybe too harsh but *finally*.)

Also, surely that was the first time ever it was a male-sung song in the lip sync.

Native American outfit predictably on the nose & fucking terrible BYE BITCH

Peppermint lip-syncing - it's like she becomes a human ray of sunshine! I love watching her

I lolled so hard at Sasha's "Sexy Unicorn", it was so her = completely covered, not sexy, complete with medieval tapestry referent ❤️

I thought Peppermint's personality carried her through this week, because the silhouettes she wore for Village People and rainbow flag were identical. Her lipsync was so good, though. Neither of them really knew the words, but she knew the song. I liked her gawky walk bit.

Untucked this time was definitely a good portrait of someone trying to front, getting an emotional boost and then it allllll goes south.

(Also, 8 years trying for the show and that was your A-game?)

Alexis's VO in Untucked, walking miserably back to the workroom after her elimination: "I'm my own toughest critic."

Girl, wha?

In packing, she seemed somewhere between not too angry, not too crushed, and not too both feet on the ground.