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

Well, maybe I should reword that.

No, you captured her perfectly well there.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5ec601cf24bfaa63fe643fc1133002e/tumblr_mjx78nJkfJ1rosb88o6_250.gif

Low hanging fruit is right. Yeah Coco's done.

Going back to watch some of the Untucked episodes from previous seasons (of which I've only watched 2 & 3, the only two available on Netflix), I'm starting to get a sense of what's sort of bugging/underwhelming me about season 5.

Chiefly, the animosity this time around seems much more capricious, which is I think symptomatic of it being more obviously and unconvincingly engineered. I don't think there's a soul left who doesn't think Coco and Alyssa have been playing up their beef for effect, but as that vehicle has been running out of gas lately, it seems Coco's been stuck in step-off mode without a focused target.

There's no dynamic here anywhere near as compelling as Heathers vs. Boogers, though admittedly pageant vs. comedy seems like it will be a forever fertile field for flamewar (and Alaska puts that into great perspective).

In that sense, Jinkx's transformation from comedy into potentially stunning runway queen is the true headline here.

yeah i wouldn't be shocked to find she had some pro makeup artistry help for this shoot but holy smokes jinkxy!

http://i.beautylish.co/CiH5FGYFg4Wt_LAoJBJhtAPUBTo/orig.jpg

damn gurl

+ photoshop and a half, but still, great effect

http://www.jinkxmonsoon.com/images/fullscreen/44.jpg

i love her

my six are:

Jinkx
Detox
Alaska
Alyssa
Coco
Roxxxy

I love Alyssa look, I love the way she carries herself and how graceful she is but she is missing a depth, not even comedy but just some kind of personality that makes her MORE than her look. I dunno, she doesn't quite feel like the complete package to me.

There is just something about Detox that I love. I like that she always just throws herself 100% into whatever's given to her, challenge wise. She doesn't always rise to the top but she seems to be in the moment. Jinkx is the same way.

Alyssa's too in her own head, I think is maybe where she falls flat? If she unclenched a little she'd be great. Same with Coco.

Roxxxy's all look and no substance. And she's getting really childish about her competition, the same way Coco is. I think they're both doomed to go in the next couple of weeks unless they stop looknig over their shoulder.

oh and Alaska's just cool. A little less finessed, but she's fun.

alaska jinkx and detox are my top 3, but i'm sorry to say that i'm a little underwhelmed by detox

Further re: Jinkx one of those interviews talks about how her drag name comes from Eddie Monsoon of Absolutely Fabulous and that the conceptual goal is someone always intentionally just out of sync/behind the times. So yeah, total star.

There's no dynamic here anywhere near as compelling as Heathers vs. Boogers, though admittedly pageant vs. comedy seems like it will be a forever fertile field for flamewar (and Alaska puts that into great perspective).

Yeah, agreed on that. Season three built up to this kinda amazing kaleidoscope towards the end; I actually think the most dramatic moment was when Alexis and Yara ended up having to face off.

The weird thing is this season could definitely have that same sort of squaring off. RoLaskaTox was fixing to be that powderkeg of mean girls, but it disbanded before any real drama could start, and all of them look the better for it.

It's weird, but this season's presumed frontrunners (Detox, Jinkx, Alaska) are all a lot more magnanimous in their dominance than, for instance, Raja or Tyra ever were. And good on them, but it's just a shade boring in comparison. I really go for Raja's unfiltered confi-dominatrix persona.

Really, I just treasure every moment RPDR gave me to spend time with Raja. *gush*

i was very happy to see alaska display a different look on the runway, i think she's got to start displaying more variety in her makeup & silhouettes in order to maintain the judges' interest because the big bouffant look was starting to get way too predictable

i think raja's punk look for the music challenge in S3 was one of the best runway moments of RPDR, i still think about it

Yes.

You KNOW I'm going to poll that during the off-season.

you better!

Oh my jesus, I forgot all about Raja's Carrie dress.

Yeah pretty much EVERY outfit Raja had:

1) confirmed why getting the crown was well deserved

2) insanely memorable

3) had SOMETHING out of left field

And yes as well to Raja sometimes coming out with those cutting/angry moments too -- I think that a lot of that came from her being older/more experienced/DGAF while following her own particular path earlier on in life. I half suspect Jinkx etc. would have that spark to them more clearly if they were in later on as well (Alaska definitely shows more flashes, especially now re:Detox/Roxxy). Where Coco, who IIRC is Raja's age at the time of season 3, seems in her career to have taken a way more conformist approach and is a little taken aback/does not get something that differs, thus the comedy slams. (See also Roxxy in the first episode being a little weirded out/confused by Jinkx and her eyepatch.)

jinkx has been in the top 3 for 6 consecutive challenges, don't think that's happened before

Yeah, there's a lot of tumblr chatter about Jinkx's fanbase playing the victim card a little too conspicuously, when in reality, she's absolutely killing it on accumulated points.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/59da0fc2674a183e927e26d9d2cd406c/tumblr_mjwbv7C6WU1qhb3e2o1_500.jpg

loool

Weird that I didn't recognize Santino and his Brad Pitt jawline.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Jessica Wild's amazing performance of "He's The Greatest Dancer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTeQ6Fom7hA

Whoa, so weird not to hear them bleep out "don't fuck it up."

New episode tonight AND Julianne Escobedo Shepard interviewing Ru for Spin, with this little bit of interest:

Drag Race's fifth-season premiere scored more viewers that evening than CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, and this season is the show's most-watched yet, marking a 33 percent increase in ratings for Logo as a network.

in fairness, everyone hates Piers Morgan

Too true...

So I was actually sad to see Miss Edwards go. She was such a character and in the end I think she had more to offer than Coco, Roxxxy, or Detox. And probably a nicer person too.

Still if you're going to go, that's how to do it, because that was one crazy lip sync.

Annnnnd go Jinkx go!

And next week making over Marines? Like Roxxy said in the ad, "God bless America."

Based on what we were shown, that lip-sync put the earlier one that gave both queens a chanté to shame. Coco had the rap down, and I understand why Alyssa had to leave this week given her ill-advised choice of words about coasting to the top on one LS4YL after another. But damn, that was not the way I wanted that rivalry to break.

I can only presume Coco's days are numbered, but the "dress up someone who doesn't normally do drag" episodes have a way of really blowing a cyclone through the presumed order of things.

After the last few Untucked episodes, I'm thinking Alaska might have Miss Congeniality wrapped up, unless Jinxx folds under pressure.

Yeah the next challenge should be interesting -- the only time Raja had to lipsync was with her equivalent episode.

Yeah, and Sharon also got sent to the bottom 2 on that challenge.

i want to see jinkx lip synch, not because i think she deserves to be in the bottom two ever, but because i'm certain she's so good at it

She kind of did in that pseudo-gloryhole mini-challenge early on (she didn't win).

haha i'm obsessed, but there's some decent stuff on jinkx's YT channel, the medea diaries are pretty lol

http://www.youtube.com/user/Rosebudxxix/videos

xpost -- she also did in that one bit on the second Untucked where the lip-sync group challenge went down. Just because I remembered the amazing looks/performance she gave on "...relying on that BODYodyodyody..."*rolls eyes*

I can only presume Coco's days are numbered, but the "dress up someone who doesn't normally do drag" episodes have a way of really blowing a cyclone through the presumed order of things.

http://www.logotv.com/video/misc/894704/preview-rupauls-drag-race-510-do-ask-do-tell.jhtml#id=1700447

Whaddya know? Looks like Jinkx is about to fall on a big ol' grenade.

(Oh, and Detox's military sister is really hot.)

with any luck that navy daddy paired with jinkx will be the most naturally campy queen of them all

Maybe, but at first blush, I think Alaska definitely picked the easy winner in that lineup.

Ha, Jinkx got the best one out of the five if you ask me! Dude had stories.

Anyway Jinkx survives, SEEYA COCO.

Promo for next week makes it seem like RuLaskaTox trying to drive Jinkx out...I have my doubts.