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

i tried to watch an episode of Drag Me To Dinner & i bailed hard. love everyone involved but yeah the tone was definitely off

like they were worried about going full camp but kept the jokes as if they were doing that? idk

Made absolutely no sense. Per Willam/Alaska on their podcast talking about their episode it does seem like the prep segments were indeed happening in the moment as opposed to scripted as such but you could have fooled me completely thanks to the ridiculous framing. Just pick a lane!

back to allstars

kandy really? way to push the narrative.
i thought this was 100% Lala’s win and i’m kinda fucked off at them dinging her on her runway “simplicity”???!

loved the lipsync tho

alexis was really good this week too i thought
jimbo’s number was bad imo, her singing voice just made it dead in the water

jayme’s baggy cameltoe grace was yeeeks
but kahanna should have gone home
of course kandy sent jaymes home bc she is not stupid but i really kinda hate kandy

The Pit Stop having ALLLL sorts of fun with that. And with things in general, good lord Peppermint and Bianca have stories

i fucking love Peppermint so much

Okay so as mentioned Drag Me To Dinner was ass. THIS, though? Sign me the FUCK up.

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

Oh and separately we got Drag Race France coming back end of June!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHCBN5IUfA

LaLa was incandescent this week, literally everything I love about her

her character was so good

Really is a new highlight for the show's history.

also this makes me love her more

my girl lala ri doesn’t know how to wear a sash lmao pic.twitter.com/WEpYnQJzBx

— its edu (@povdemie) June 15, 2023

will alexis be the top contender for regretting appearing on all stars?

- threw her team under the bus
- threw heidi under the bus
- yesterday’s ep

lol as soon as they were pushing the story of lala saving alexis it was clear what was going to happen

i hope kandy sends her home on a rail next week lol

she did a good lipsync tho

Hilariously, turned out she was posing for photos at a Pride event here in town yesterday; someone I knew went and said she was cool. I was a couple of blocks away at one point, shoulda gone over!

Conclusion of Drag Race España was pretty nice, good winner. Drag Race México got off to a solid enough start last week, Valentina and Lolita make for a fine cohost team; also given Valentina's gender identification it makes for a change-up in terms of how a host presents in the workroom (Lolita goes boy there as per most every other host). And given Nicky's surely not-coincidentally timed appearance on All-Stars here, a reminder we have France kicking in season 2 in a few days.

Valentina was great on Pit Stop!

Yeah that was absolutely spectacular.

i can’t stand valentina anymore, i skipped through most of it
purely an irrational pov

omg

i kinda don’t care about jimbo either way normally BUT jimbo’s lipsync this week was the stupidest goddamn thing i’ve seen on this show in a long time and i loved it so much

i was dying laughing

it was so fucking stupid <3

Unexpected news!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-were-here-renewed-season-4-new-hosts-1235534460/

interesting host choices

Very.

Jimbo 🇨🇦 what a ridiculous perfect creature

Truly! A good way to end the season even if fairly well telegraphed. But pretty great Lala got the Fame Games cash!

Read the oral history of the show the other week -- essential stuff for all the further stories and memories, honestly. It is of course done with the participation of all the production crew and there's obviously quite a bit they won't or don't say, but we get more of a peek behind the curtain. Still, notable who does NOT turn up in the interviews, though they are often mentioned -- Delta, Sharon, Phi Phi, Willam, the Vixen, Naomi too I think, among others. Willam allegedly will be starting a 'book report' on it on Hot Goss this week so I'm sure we're going to get more thoughts, as it were.

Both Mexico and France have been solid watches so far and we have Down Under and Philippines back in the next couple of weeks, and supposedly the first Spanish All Stars en route too.

anybody still watching this?
enjoying this season much more than the last, it’s a much better and more entertaining group (which is why the snatch game was all the more disappointing)

Ha, yes, very much been dedicated to it and kept meaning to revive it. Solid cast, yeah, and I have zero idea who will win. Most curious about whether Plain Jane goes the distance or completely fucks up.

Revive it = revive the thread. Also this is one of the most on-brand things I've ever seen but I admire the commitment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJf6AUz1n9s

(In case you're wondering how Plasma has the money for that: descendant of a Texas political dynasty on the GOP side, but her lobbyist dad apparently flooded the zone against the Texas anti-drag regulation and helped in the lawsuit getting it stopped, so even if it's Senator Rob Portman on gay marriage energy I'll take something over nothing.)

I’m still watching US, UK, Canada, France, All Stars, and Vs. The World. I enjoy most of it, but am not as excited as I used to be when it would be on once a year. I’ve been watching since the first season, and everything after Season 9 has become somewhat of a big blur.
The current season is pretty good, but I wish they would get rid of Snatch Game.

xp i wondered how that was funded (and whether it’s a major spoiler for who wins). that makes the “where were you on january the 6th?” read even funnier lol

i thought plain jane was almost timid in snatch game?
like she wasn’t sure if her jokes were landing? she could’ve killed it.

i realized i liked this season’s queens more as a group than individuals, the banter, the teasing, they all seem to love each other
either of the three will be an ok winner but i donno, certain star quality is missing

the lipsync lollapalooza ep was such a sudden reminder why this show used to be great, absolutely loved it.

Yeah that was a treat! Plane still bugs but I have a feeling either Sapphira or Nymphia has this so I’m content.

nymphia is getting an arc, so a likely candidate, but we haven’t seen her lipsync yet..

Well that answered that question! She put on a SHOW. Sapphira was great but really, no contest. (And gloriously, no Plane in the top two.)

Also, great interview:

https://ew.com/rupauls-drag-race-winner-nymphia-wind-exclusive-interview-8636500

Well oops. Hadn't seen the finale yet. Spoiled! At least I am stoked with the results.

Sorry about that!

It's my bad for opening! Thought the finals were next week for some reason and this was commentary on the Lollaparooza

looks like an interesting group for the new all stars..

anyone watching this season?

I am. I'm really impressed by how much Plastique has grown personally and has come back to show she's more than a pretty face. I still love Angeria and Gottmik.
The judging is bad, as has been the case for the last 5 years or so.

Ha, trudat. But yeah it’s been a treat to see this whole crew back, and Plastique has been amazing.

Separately: France and Mexico both treats as ever, can’t wait for Philippines S3, Canada v World S2 shortly and this looks awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhQGoNHE71o

Wow you really watch it all ! I've only seen parts of France this time, and what I saw was very good. Nicky has really turned into a great host.

I'm debating which "world series" I'll watch, but it will probably end up being both.

I’m watching All Stars - Plastique is amazing, really enjoying Shannel slowly coming into her own again, and this last round of Roxxy lipsyncs were v enjoyable.

I like the IDEA of Nina West but her tastes costume-wise are really not for me.

i will watch the World Allstars - everything else is on WowPlus which I don’t have, but i’m ok missing out bc it’s honestly TOO MANY SHOWS lol

Haha. Hey some people have your regular sports leagues, I have this.

For someone I never liked before, Roxxy has really grown on me this season. It's fun to see both her and Shannel learn to just not take it all so seriously.

I feel like they tried their hardest to get Shannel to break like she did on season one to get good tv by not giving her any badges until the very end. Good for her for not going there and taking it with a grain of salt.