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

From my spot on the couch, it looked like Monet was trying to pull one of those "let the face sell the song" bits, like what Latrice did with Aretha's "You Make Me Feel." It didn't feel anywhere near as deliberate a throw as Trinity's old suit from last week.

lol I loved Trinity's performance last week!

like what Latrice did with Aretha's "You Make Me Feel."

This sounds 100% plausible! But IMO that tactic totally doesn't fit the song.

like what Latrice did with Aretha's "You Make Me Feel."

Exactly how I saw it too. Which I thought could've worked on it's own, but not next to Naomi's slayage.

Book of the year already.

Darlings, it brings us JOY LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE to announce that our book:

"LEGENDARY CHILDREN: The First Decade of @RuPaulsDragRace and the Last Century of Queer Life”

will be published by Penguin Books in April ‘20!!!!!!!!

WE'RE GAGGING, BITCHES! pic.twitter.com/kYfQsS6haf

— Tom & Lorenzo (@tomandlorenzo) February 5, 2019

(Next year, I should say.)

Man, live your life and get paid.

Sooo @iamcardib and I are besties now...bahahaha #iwish 😂😂🙃 pic.twitter.com/URyFHhLtBZ

— Monét X Change (@monetxchange) February 7, 2019

Jesus, that Sex and the City challenge was hard work.

But I have a serious case of winter lips at the moment, so I am just obsessed with watching Naomi's mouth move.

Hard to watch? That was a dud of a script. Aside from Monique, I couldn't tell who would be in the top/bottom.

Latrice needs to avoid flinging baked pastries at the other girls, it never works out well for her.

ugh after last week’s rollercoaster thrillride this was about as exciting kayaking in a shallow pond

that challenge was bad, the script was SO bad ugh

and Monet looked like a CARE BEAR sex toy 😂

Yeah I admit I watched last night on mute as I was catching up with some listening, as I kinda felt this was going to be a slog. From what I could tell, I was right!

I am at least glad we're getting a week's break before season 11. New Drag Race episodes run for half the year now!

Cheeses, really? I wonder if they feel that the moment won't last for drag/Drag Race and are trying to squeeze as much out of it as possible.

I mean as an above-ground cultural phenomenon that the entertainment industry can make a quick buck off, of course.

I think the demand cycle is there, and we're seeing a general mainstreaming more and more. There's always a need for fresh faces...

yeah, last week was a bit of a let down after the previous
was trying to remember, did Naomi ever lip-sync on her season (aside from finale when top 3 did songs, and group challenges like when the did teams on Adrenaline etc)
she def impressed me on both this time and on her Judy piece, was anyone else getting serious Carol Burnett vibes from her performance?
but still bummed a la Alaska, what she has done to her lips

y'all, did any of you watch the Pit Stop episode w Vanjie? I... do not think she is going to last long.

yeah i have some misgivings, lol

Naomi lipsynced against Acid Betty. Yeah, I didn't remember that either.

...that was bogus.

Yup.

I love Naomi so much and she's a Virgo, so

whut

(whut re the results not fgti)

that result felt super lazy imo

Based off the whole season, I would have given the prize to Trinity. But based off the final challenge, runway, and lipsync, it should have been Monet on her own. Trinity's final dress was really amazing, but you put that dress on any queen and she will look fabulous. Monet wore something that was about her, and she looked like an absolute queen in it. Also I just love Monet.

Based off the whole season I would've easily given the prize to Manila.

Trinity was so unlikeable. Her entire vector seemed less about "I want to contribute to drag culture" and more about "I want to win this competition". Every speech she gave about trying to be fair with her elimination choices felt emotionally manipulative. Her dresses and wigs were exquisite but looked like money spent... basically I felt the same way toward Trinity as I did toward Aquaria: money will hack this competition.

Naomi in her lip-syncs revealed herself to be not just an assassin but, like, uh, one of the best performers I've ever had the privilege of watching? I watched her Judy Garland performance three times and will watch it again

And I love Monique so so much I wish we were friends

Based off the whole season I would've easily given the prize to Manila.

Oh yes. I was only going on the four who were in the final. Definitely Manila.

xpost I have been having a hard time watching all of this all stars because I dislike Trinity so much.

I liked Aquaria fine tho. The queen where I thought “the money is being put to excellent use” was by far Miz Cracker, who has my favourite collection of runway looks over any other queen I’ve seen, whoever her designer is they should win an award

oh god i HATED Aquaria!! She was the most boring

She made me like The Vixen more, at least

yeah I feel like the producers knew they had an issue with all the all star winners being white. at least they didn't split the prize money in half.

Based off the whole season I would've easily given the prize to Manila.

Echoing that!

Lotta good points here:

https://www.dailyxtra.com/how-can-rupauls-drag-race-become-great-and-gay-again-144820#.XG77vEeokK4.twitter

Also it was interesting to hear Race Chaser grapple more directly with race in the wake of last week's ending. And Jinkx, who was on the line, was particularly pointed on that! As was Willam, who's close with Latrice.

Now this is great.

Shangela performed at the fucking #SpiritAwards. I loved it almost as much as Barry Jenkins does <3 pic.twitter.com/rIZstgrqEA

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) February 23, 2019

fuck she is the best

There we go.

Drag queens are at the #Oscars because a movie they’re in is nominated for Best Picture. That is so fucking epic. So proud of Shangela and Willam 💕 pic.twitter.com/8oiwKn6UdM

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) February 24, 2019

Must admit I haven’t had a chance to catch up on @RuPaulsDragRace, but wishing Ben all the best in raising money for a great cause @SandsUK. https://t.co/9WtToSrsFb

— Theresa May (@theresa_may) February 28, 2019

I appreciate how the first response is Aquaria trashing her.

Anyway, not a bad first episode all in all -- an actual sewing challenge from scratch, more or less! -- but both it and Untucked sure felt like "The Miley Reclamation Project" at times.

I got diagnosed with tendonitis

i have literally now heard everything

i’ve been a Miley stan from the Disney channel days, i love her so much & i thought she was awesome <3
(just quietly tho she should maybe get a restraining order against silky nutmeg bc jesus)
the hannah montana lipsync was hilar, such a weird shitshow

i love all the davenport girls but esp Honey, i love nina west, i’m into Canadian Detox Brooklyn whatever
i am here for them

i already hate Scarlet Envy she looks like the nightmare child of Tammie Brown & Violet Chachki.
and she’s Pearl’s drag daughter so it’ll be negligeès all the way down i guess

I’d have put Ms 3rd Last in the bottom two because her photoshoot was such a disaster and what a booooring outfit she made. But she probably would have stayed because it would be hard to do worse than that dire lipsynch.

I really, really, really wanted to love Silky but she makes it v hard
I did not hate Ariel nearly as much as I thought I would based on the 15 min preview
I really loved the *idea* of Soju and wanted her to stay for a minute but it was clear she is just not that good, also lmao at those overdrawn lips???

yeah, Soju seemed cool but was really just not ~together~ or ready enough for the show.

I enjoy Vanjie & her look but lord she needs a body glitter intervention. girl looks like she’s doing Goldfinger cosplay - she could use half as much & still look good

i was getting a good Nicole Byers vibe off Silky when she walked in. i def want to like her! i just hope she doesnt get booted before she eases up on the gas pedal

I have a feeling La Visage will say something about the Vanjie body glitter if it continues.

The conspicuous desperation is so off-putting, though, like if you're gonna play the game try to maybe be a bit more clever about it? It feels so artificial

wait so.....

it was very clear that soju was not ready to be on the show. the other queens were calling it out on air etc. they tried to edit into a storyline -- soju attempts to prove that she's an actual drag queen! -- but she's prob the least prepared queen in the show's history. i found it embarrassing and i feel bad for her... i see she's trying to make a meme out of going on national tv and talking about how a cyst on her taint exploded while she was on an airplane, and like yeah you can certainly make that kinda thing your brand but i don't think that's how she saw this going. anyway i find it hard to believe the producers didn't realize all of this beforehand and though i don't *think* they cast her with the intention of making a fool out of her, i wonder what they really thought was going to happen

also i find it extremely lame that they cast a fuckin RECAPPER to be on the show. drag race has this myopia about its own mythology that i find to be kinda suffocating at this point & between soju and vanjie and the summoning or invocation of like two dozen old queens this episode really started to push the limit for me