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

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xpost yeah I've always been disappointed by that, it's kind of a bargain-basement way to end it

I'm the last person to jump off the Laganja train, so don't mind me or anything! :D

I have a problem with it too, but given the entire show is very near a satire of reality TV conventions, I'm not sure a truly genuine reaction is appropriate for the moment in the first place.

true

It was either that or the old way, which was a genuine coronation in a eerily empty room.

Yeah for me the real coronation moment now is when you see the three watching the actual broadcast. Last year's was intense!

Yeah here it is:

http://www.logotv.com/video/misc/906532/rupauls-drag-race-winner-reaction.jhtml

oh god Eric otm...the old way was hella weird

I'm not sure why they couldn't do a combination of both the pre-taped special and then split-screen the last segment with something like that video, Ned -- the queens watching the pre-taped live but allowing the audience to experience both simultaneously.

Courtney is completely two faced! I LOVE ADORE

― homosexual II, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 11:06 AM

Quoting this because this reminds me that h II correctly pointed out on Facebook this important fact -- Adore quoted Phoebe Cates in Lace!

I'm not sure why they couldn't do a combination of both the pre-taped special and then split-screen the last segment with something like that video, Ned -- the queens watching the pre-taped live but allowing the audience to experience both simultaneously.

Doubtless true! But also they don't have to worry about FCC violations or whatever in the moment doing it the way they do, so.

that video was cool, ned

apropos of nothing, am I the last person to find out that Sharon & Alaska split?

I thought FCC violations didn't apply to non over-the-air channels.

Eric -- sorry, that's my point! IE, no broadcast split screen live of the thing. Also it would RUIN THE ILLUSION, MAN.

VG -- I thought you talked about that upthread already! The breakup that is.

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and that proves that my brain would make a perfect colander

I never see the satire! The show is self-aware to a degree that's exceptional for the genre, and funnier than almost all of them, but RPDR is fundamentally a part of that genre. I almost think reality tv is impossible to satirize without an actual script, a la the Onion's "Sex House."

I thought FCC violations didn't apply to non over-the-air channels.

I think that a lot of cable channels, although they aren't bound by FCC regs, self-censor for the sake of advertisers.

Ha, I see a little more clearly now, I took 'non over-the-air' to mean web clips/livestreams

PS I think Ru's got the Ozzie accent down because his longtime companion is an Ozzie cowboy.

Ha, that's right, I'd forgotten that.

is RPDR the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman of reality television programming?

I'll settle for that.

Untucked as the Fernwood Tonight?

Read all the way to the end for five-alarm Willam burn:

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And I can just hear his voice saying ALL that.

loool

Doing the Lord's work: http://dragracelipsync.tumblr.com

LIVING

And we all saw the Conchita victory in Europe, yes?

No :( But I saw your tweetfest, haha!

awesome

To think she would've been kicked off RpDR the very first week.

PS I think Ru's got the Ozzie accent down because his longtime companion is an Ozzie cowboy.

the what

Georges Lebar, originally hailing from Perth

Veg

oic

its the 'ozzie' huh. i let it slide bcz it's lovely ned

I am indeed a lovely Ned. What are we talking about?

ozzie to say out loud, aussie in written form.

Oh I agree! But I wasn't the one objecting. :-D

Bologna!

Nice New Orleans newspaper story on Bianca

http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2014/05/new_orleans_native_bianca_del.html

And that in turn links back to a 2002 story by the same writer about her

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/double-trouble/Content?oid=1240467

Which has this great bit:

One part Carol Burnett, one part Bob Mackie ("my idol!"), one part Don Rickles ("He made me pee"), but only a small sliver RuPaul ("not my cup of tea")

But which could also explain the opening of the new story too!

#TeamBianca

^^^

but I wont cry if its Adore

I love Adore too, and I think she's going to have a great career but imo it would be a bit insulting to Bianca if she won. I think Bianca really really deserves it. She just kicked ass the whole season, challenge after challenge. She wasn't even in the bottom three once. She definitely won the Race.

This finale reminds me a bit of Chad vs Sharon, the seasoned queen vs the fresh loveable new talent. Except this time around Bianca was 100 times more interesting than Chad, while Adore is not yet as polished and fully-developped as Sharon was.

Are you all aware of Sharon's fondness for throwing around the n-word?

Yes; Sharon is kind of awful it turns out

I kind of heard about that. Is she doing it to be controversial? She seems more intelligent than that. She was hilarious last night. Alaska and her were definitely the funniest.