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

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!

milk's number was hilarious

Trixie’s autoharp was truly magical, I could watch her all day

My top 3 this episode was Kennedy, Shange, and Ben.

I wanted to see what the fuss about Morgan was, since she was getting hyped so much by the other contestants. Ah well, we'll have to wait till the episode where she comes back.

Also I wonder what the Handmaids are setting up there.

That ending was creepy!

One of them looked like Detox.

Leee you gotta watch S2!

The thing I love about Morgan is that she’s plainspoken & genuine: as far as her personality goes, there’s no act. AND: Her drag mom is Chad Michaels! she came up in Scotland, which means she doesnt have a thick skin so much as a suit of armor. Bitch is tough with a capital T. I was looking forward to her squaring off against some of the queens in Untucked.

i hope she gets a redemption

LOL I *have* seen season 2, but it seemed like she was there for a cup of coffee and I don't have much memory of her besides the argument she had with Mystique.

:(

the cold open was really funny

yeah i liked it

Short interview with Ru on NPR

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/28/580976984/flats-are-for-quitters-rupaul-talks-drag-all-stars-and-identity-politics

Veg, thinking some more, the way you describe MM actually reminds me of Trinity Taylor, in terms of bluntness.

Yeah actually that’s not a bad parallel

I really liked the episode, although it was not as surprising as the first episode of AS2 since we know the concept of the lipsynch for your legacy and the returning queen now.

I was sad to see Morgan leave so early, but I understand Dela's reasoning. I felt like something was off with Chi Chi's energy, and not just in her performance. Maybe she was feeling intimidated by the all stars.

Morgan’s Whatcha Packin:

http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/g6quuk/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-whatcha-packin-season-3-episode-1-all-star-variety-show

There is a part of me that would ~love~ Bebe to crush it and win the whole thing. I mean, shit, I loved Violet but if that bitch could win a whole season from looking good just standing still then Bebe obviously got this on lock. But idk if she has the versatility to pull of these all stars challenges. It’ll be interesting.

But my secret dream is for Trixie to blow the doors off. She’s got secret godzilla powers.

Ben vs. Trixie seems to be what everyone expects this season to boil down to. Cool, but if Trixie takes it and Katya just missed it last season, it'll sting.

my final Morgan thing: I love listening to him talk bcz you occasionally get little bits & pieces of Scottish in his American accent & i luv it

I'll have to listen for that more closely!

In ancillary news, Ross Mathews is going on Celebrity Big Brother along with...Omarosa? Uh, have fun over there.

ughhh

thx to this I can only call her Morgan McDichaels in my head

https://i.redd.it/9mxpkgy822qz.jpg

looool

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER pic.twitter.com/NT2TYNzvN2

— Kin? 🤔 (@kintoshin) January 28, 2018

bwahaha

Well, yes

pic.twitter.com/aFg28bFflG

— Patrick Sullivan (@PatchNavillus) January 29, 2018

O_O

Anyway: last night's sashay victim was kinda telegraphed. But even so.

And WHAT was with Milk's weird breakdown there.

I loved the Divas challenge, and unlike Thorgy I thought the assignments were all pretty good on paper.
Thorgy's whole 'Stevie Nicks is not a gay icon" whine was so weird and offbase. Alaska was doing an AMAZING Stevie thing a couple of years back (I can't remember if it was a show or just a few songs) but GIRL COME ON.
And honestly Thorgy's Stevie wasn't ~bad~. It was just a little bit too normcore, like me in my bedroom being Stevie, minus the whole part where you're meant to be SELLING it to an audience/judges. ie Mugging.
And it's true that Bebe didn't have to do a whole lot to convey Diana, but the choices she made were pretty on-point.
Milk's Celine was mostly hurt by the outfit. And her big melodrama about wanting to be a top look is just her trying to grab more camera time, I honestly do not believe that was genuine. Or she's just HELLA needy all of a sudden.

I think if you were going solely off judging then either of them could have gone home this week, Thorgy's attitude with the judges really did not do her any favors and makes her look like a liability.
Real talk though: Kennedy's performance was unforgivable for someone who has made their drag name as a capital D Dancer.
Like if you are a Dancer and you can't bring Janet to the party then should you really BE at this party? And complaining about being freestyle vs choreography is fine but she has been on this show before, she knew that a challenge LIKE this would be part of the show because it always is so quit making excuses and step up. She's just so set in her ways it's really annoying that she can't embrace the challenges more sometimes.
I don't see her getting to the top 3 with so much hardcore competition this time around. And if she does, her reputation and friendships are going to be what gets her through.

But I'm not much of a Thorgy fan at all, in the context of the show. I don't think competing on these kinds of shows is a good showcase for her strengths as a drag queen, because it brings out a lot of negative qualities in her that work against her success.

This Whatcha Packin interview puts Thorgy into context, ie the show brings out all of her worst neuroses
And I can kinda relate because in situations where I know I'm being judged I spiral into INSANE self sabotage
http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/2dl344/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-whatcha-packin-season-3-episode-2-divas-lip-sync-live