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

I just binge-rewatched season 3 over the weekend on Netflix and I might have to vote for that one. Then again I just like Raja a hell of a lot, so.

I'm doing this at the moment, but am reminded of how much I disliked the cliqueyness of season 3. And that it featured my two least favourite queens of all time: Mimi Imfurst and Delta Work.

yeah i was not a fan of the cliqueyness at all

i like raven's s2 with tyra drama

s5 contains multitudes - rolaskatox, roxxy/jinx, coco/alyssa, i always forget how much goes down in that season

It seemed to come from a similar place: older queen who's been in the business for a long time feels like younger queen is unprepared and shouldn't be there, but Raven didn't try to stoke the fires in the same way (or at least it wasn't edited like that).

Although I do love Raja. Her Marie Antoinette wig is one of the greatest thing I've ever seen on Drag Race.

The way season 3 used race bothered me a lot, and I also hated the cliqueyness. Funny thing is that Shangela is one of my favorite alumna, even though she stirred up a lot of the clique drama.

i love raja's runways looks so much

I still have yet to watch the first 3 seasons

They're rough around the edges. (The show really came into its own with S4 and S5.) But they've got lots of fan favorites in the mix.

Season three is the one where "drag is not a contact sport" comes from, but yes, it's got a long way to go. Still a lot of workroom stuff, and I think it might be the last season to have footage of the queens in their little hotel rooms before coming to the workroom each day. Also, no big workroom entrances (missus!) and Ru still sits in on all the video directing stuff, which he no longer does (which I think is greatly to the detriment of the show, but hey, I guess he's just too busy these days).

first two seasons look very different from the rest of the series, esp the runway - lots of soft focus and there's very little in the way of set dressing

the reunion for season 1 is must-see tv. Ru lets Tammie Brown HAVE it in a way that I don't think anyone's really seen Ru do before or since. She came close with Pearl but Ru put Tammy on face-melting blast.

but there's some great contestants in the first 2 seasons - nina flowers, bebe zahara benet, ongina, raven, jujubee, morgan mcmichaels etc etc all legendary

Nicole Paige Brooks

YES

and Tatianna of course

I genuinely think that it's interesting to watch each successive season how the quality of the show overall improves in inverse proportion to the depth of the talent bench. OK, that's maybe a bit harsh, but I do think the days of having slates like S4 and S5 had are probably in the past.

I think the point about a younger generation coming up having grown up ON the show is an unavoidable issue, though.

Season three is the one where "drag is not a contact sport" comes from, but yes, it's got a long way to go. Still a lot of workroom stuff, and I think it might be the last season to have footage of the queens in their little hotel rooms before coming to the workroom each day.

I remember that season 4 showed a very brief montage of the queens doing their morning preparation, specifically the Princess doing some yoga.

the Untuckeds for S2 and S3 are the BEST

mystique's "breakdown" omg. "i do not want this TAPED!!!!"

clouds otm

Shante, You Stay! Polling The Greatest 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Queens

Well, yes.

http://www.thefader.com/2017/08/23/taylor-swift-alaska-snake-emoji

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37206/1/bjork-new-album-interview

She’s recently taken this attitude with her to New York City, where she and her daughter Isadora live when they’re not in Iceland. Just a few days before our interview, she was spotted DJing, unannounced, at a RuPaul’s Drag Race afterparty in Bushwick. “I DJed with Robin Carolan from Tri Angle Records. I’d play one song, he’d play one song, back and forth. It’s the same energy as when I go out in Reykjavik – we’re just trying to make it really casual, so it’s not like people are staring at you and you’re on a pedestal.”

In previous interviews, Björk has been vocal about her love of Drag Race. As she explains, watching it has become something of an event with her daughter. The love goes both ways, too, with one contestant impersonating Volta-era Björk for a segment on the show. With the latest season’s finale taking place a week after our interview, I ask her who she’d like to win. “I’m going to get in trouble if I say,” she laughs, covering her mouth with her hand. “I keep forgetting people know who I am and if I say something, the internet goes upside down, so I’m gonna keep it a secret – but I’m going to Iceland next week and we’re all watching the finale in my cabin.”

Still no Willam (not surprising), but cackling at Shangela Part III:

http://www.vh1.com/news/331067/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-3-cast/

Bring Morgan McMichaels back, that's a deep cut!

I should've called it Shangela: The Return: Part II.

And meet the queens, again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30mvTi2MNf0

Chi Chi is unrecognizable!

Pretty cool cast, but where are Ongina, Valentina, Shae Coulée and Kim Chi?

there will be a massive chichi/kennedy lipsync explosion, just you wait

That will be amazing!

The hell do people think Bebe is the 10th queen?

I've heard Darien Lake and Manila Luzon too. Apparently they already know the elimination order on Reddit.

Psyched for Trixie!
omg omg Morgaaaaaaan i love her. Her & ChiChi & Kennedy man those lipsyncs better be poppin

God I cannot express how much dont care abt Thorgy. Also Shangela wtf. the dollar store queen that wont die :/

Lol I've seen Shangela at Pride and on the BOTS tour in the last couple of years and I couldn't believe how polished and entertaining she had become. She has improved so much since her time on the show, I think she totally is an All Star now.

yeah, Chi Chi looks way different

kinda doubt they would have Manila back on as was in 1st All Stars so mebbe Darienne or Ongina then?

Bebe, if Ru follows thru on musings from What's the Tee should be back on for All Stars 4 The Winner's Cage Fight

http://attitude.co.uk/rupaul-wants-a-winners-only-season-of-rupauls-drag-race-all-stars/

if that happened only thing feel comfortable predicting is that Tyra would be first eliminated

shangela strikes me as a v privileged and entitled person who plays into black stereotypes for laffs. i hate her.

God I cannot express how much dont care abt Thorgy.

wow RUDE

i liked her ok in her season but i don’t really need ~more~ yknow?

there are clear pairings with all these choices imo, mostly for drama purposes/shenanigans. thorgy and ben were brought back because they're so similar and will thus probably haaaate each other

I'm just excited for the whole thing. Although historically I've always had way more trouble getting hold of All Stars episodes, because for some reason they don't show them on Netflix here. Stupid Ireland.

Yay, All Stars!

https://youtu.be/j0fpeTperh0

Manila's been having fun

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-justice-league-gay-porn-parody-has-something-the-re-1820764663

Now here's something better on the day

https://www.gq.com/story/trixie-mattel-is-for-men-and-women-and-kids

Getting excited!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu8vqFaoqb0

Big ol' new story here

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/magazine/is-rupauls-drag-race-the-most-radical-show-on-tv.html

RuPaul came into my store last month. He was nice but he didn't buy anything.

!

I was too shy to tell him we have a mutual acquaintance.

And now

https://www.gq.com/story/make-way-for-the-queens-a-roundtable-on-the-future-of-drag

Trixie Mattel: Drag was Cheetos, and now people have discovered Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and people don’t like Cheetos as much anymore. Drag was a Squirtle. RuPaul has been the Blastoise, but the rest of us are becoming Wartortles.

Damn, the first half of this talent show!

That was a lot of fun. Also I wonder what the Handmaids are setting up there.

That was a good first ep - I was hoping Morgan would stay bcz I love her...hopefully they’ve cooked up a redemption round or something

Also Kennedy’s flip from the runway up ONTO the platform was stunning
STUNning

ChiChi shoulda gone home. But Milk couldve been in the bottom because a “concept” is not the same thing as a “talent”

Aja and Kennedy were both doing the thing they do best, which was safe and entertaining in equal measure. I'm not complaining, bitch!