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

So now it's a top 4 where...I'm fine with all of them? I *kinda* assume Peppermint won't make the final cut but I don't know; Trinity still irritates me a touch but she has skills. The other two, obvious slam dunks.

Yeah. It's a replay of last year where I like all of the top 4, and the least polished one with the kindest personality is the one that doesn't quite make it.

saw Shea perform & co-host a drag race viewing party last night

she said something about how she was terrified to meet Ru bc of what she had heard from season 7 queens but that Ru was really kind and friendly towards her. she said she thinks maybe Ru just hated the s7 queens lol

and obv she slayed the house down performing. she walked past me to get on stage & her perfume smelled amazing

ps Jasmine Masters also performed! she was good too though she didnt seem to care as much about the actual lipsync at times

Reminds me that I enjoyed these articles I found last night -- first, Shea and Sasha, from articles well before they were announced for season 9, so it's a nicely different perspective

http://design.newcity.com/2016/04/06/shea-coulee-her-life-in-drag/

http://forward.com/culture/art/318495/sasha-velours-talmud-of-drag/

And this one on Trinity, after the season had started, but a lot of background info

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/03/trinity_taylor_rupauls_drag_ra.html

oh and: witnessed an amazing drag queen. Chevelle Boom Boom Brooks (found out after she is Jiggly's drag mom & Kennedy Davenport's drag sister - their drag mom is Kelexis)

She looked like millie jackson in a chaka khan wig. Literally threw herself around & headbanged to a medley of live Beyonce including Formation in this incredible sequined cape. She tore the mfing place DOWN holy fuck she was good.

ugh fuckin Alexis... she wasn't even that bad compared to some of the demons we've had in previous seasons, but the sense of like indignant and deluded entitlement really made me sad and uncomf, like "no, you don't understand, I worked hard so therefore this is good" and it's like bitch👏you👏have👏no👏taste👏

also acc to http://www.alextheatre.org/event/world-of-wonder-presents-rupauls-drag-race-s9-grand-finale the finale is taping next week but acc to VH1's tv listings, next week is another regular episode, so I guess we have YET ANOTHER season of horrible pre-taped faux-reaction from the winner, ugh, this is the worst worst finale setup of any reality competition show ever

Alexis deluded entitlement otm

Sasha & Shea are her biggest competition?
The skirt is like what you would buy at Saks after the runway show?
This will be the first of many trophies?
Maybe she'll wear that dress in All-Stars????

Like I understand putting on a brave face but GURL

Also what "many trophies"? Golf?

her taste is so BASIC but she thinks she's fuckin Linda Evangelista

I could not stop loling @ Sasha cracking up in Untucked

Poor Alexis. She's so unlikable. At least Shannel was always well put together (even if she wasn't my style).

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

Last year they did Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" which was great! There was also Fred Schneider's part in "Love Shack" this season, though I wish I could forget it. And of course, they've done numerous RuPaul songs.

I haven't watched Project Runway in a while so maybe I'm out of touch with what's high fashion, but I thought that Sasha's cowboy look was very dowdy.

Alexis had skills, and I don't think she got to the top 5 just because the season needed a villain, but I really dislike the sort of rehearsed staginess that she brought to everything except the final moments of Untucked. Also, I love how fast she backtracked on her Native American look:
AM: "I was going for more of a ready-to-wear look."
S: "But the judges wanted high fashion."
AM: "Oh I mean the skirt was ready-to-wear, my bustier is totally couture."
And you kind of new the moment she said that she was drawn to those stones that she'd cook up something that bland. (Also also her makeup was terrible. And the hair, ugh.)

It's a shame that Peppermint said she wanted to avoid lipsyncing for her life, because every time she does she just slays me. She's a lipsync assassin.

I think I have more patience for Trinity than everyone else here (that posterior is a work of art), but it's obvious why people can find her aggravating.

i like Trinity. She reminds me of Kennedy Davenport, the deeeeeep pageant mindset, they compete with intensity, like it's their job to win. She listens to critique & learns from every mistake & aims a little bit higher each time... but she also doesnt take anyone down with her if she does poorly, unlike Alexis who cant fathom her own failures, however minute

I admire Trinity. That girl dont mess around.

Alexis's hair was awful. Looked like a doll wig.

yeah trinity whom i hated at first has won me over with her fierceness. she's a bit like alyssa but with less charisma and uniqueness? i guess she's an 'nt.

yeah alyssa comparison is good. category is: "hella pageant queen"

i think in the context of this season i've really enjoyed trinity's professionalism. so many amateurs in this year's crop but she knows what she's doing. i like that ru called her an old school showgirl in explaining why she did well in the crew makeover challenge.

otm

i think that's been the biggest change is the amount of super young queens who have maybe more look but less seriousness

those early seasons it was all the hungry experienced queens that made it exciting...now it's almost like we're watching to see which beautiful confident young queen is going to forget to look both ways while crossing the street

That would be Valentina.

this cracked me up

At dinner-@TrinityTheTuck: what are these burrito things y'all?
Me: that's an egg roll@TrinityTheTuck: *takes a bite and spits it out*

— Kim Chi (@KimChi_Chic) June 6, 2017

Man just cast the sitcom already.

she seriously didn't know what egg rolls were???

Well she's from Birmingham and lives in Florida and (various regional/culinary stereotypes later) and that's why we're so elevated out here in San Francisco. *eats vegan hummus/black bean 'wrap' what is this burrito you speak of*

the shitty little town in FL i grew up in had like 5 chinese takeout places, thai place and sushi bars...

Yeah, when I was on Siesta Key, I had egg rolls flying at me from every angle.

Carefully phrased.

lol

maybe she's more of a country kinda florida rather than city florida

no, the ignorant kinda florida

still, she aight

A comparison we can all get behind

http://fusion.kinja.com/bear-witness-to-katy-perrys-purposeful-flop-1795958969

If pop music was a season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Katy Perry would be the show girl in a season of couture queens. She’s the Alexis Michelle, hellbent on serving high fashion but then walking out in a loud turquoise-encrusted corset. Katy Perry doesn’t do nuanced, so don’t make her. Let the woman be loud and “Roar” or whatever, but for the love of god, just let her have some fun.

Alexis Michelle isn't a show girl, IMO? Since she doesn't really do the elaborate, literally huge over-the-top looks -- she's more Broadway than Vegas.

KNEW IT KNEW IT KNEW IT

I just had this hunch all episode.

Yeah, that was a very non-shocking shocker.

I wonder what it would mean for the show going forward, though. One-off, or new pattern?

Now I'm sensing a double win between Shea-Sasha.

Yeah, REALLY feeling it's headed that direction.

It's pretty obvious now that Valentina's crash and burn was the last real shock moment of the season, but also the one that determined the season would end on a calmer parity note instead of a fight to the finish. After her departure, it was a question of when Nina and Alexis would be out, or rather, which would be first.

I was wondering all week if this would happen. Have they done this before?

I don't think so.

I know Sasha is fab in a lot of ways, but I think her looks are very tame. In fact, I think all their looks were very tame this week. I wonder if they get a budget from the show to spend on their looks, and if that budget has been cut?

Untucked was fun. Also, food! (Seriously, isn't the story that the craft services are a little sparse for the show?)

God almighty!

https://unicornbooty.com/bjork-bushwick-dj/

ok that untucked was great.

now that Alexis isnt sucking all the air out pf the room I could finally appreciate just how rad these four queens are.

really happy with the result, cant wait to see what shakes out

sidebar: holy fuck Shea slayed the house down with her rhyme, good god that was great. and with the baseball bat? in love.

Yeah if there had been a designated winner for that round, Shea had it lock stock and barrel.

And how come Bjork can't DJ for me after I see an episode, I tell ya.

Ru - How ya like them apples?
Peppermint - I love em girl
Shea- Ooh they real sweet

<3 <3

Haha yes to that!

Also having been a Peppermint fan the moment she walked through the door to kick off the whole thing -- and she really did feel like the season narrator -- her ending up at the end is really great.

So is there a recap episode next week or do we just wait on the 23rd?

reunion next week no?

Grand finale is the 23rd per the graphic at the end of Untucked.

hmm