About time for this, I figure! Fifth season premiered yesterday.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:10 (six years ago) Permalink
condragulations
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 20:44 (six years ago) Permalink
Quite right!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:08 (six years ago) Permalink
this show is kind of fascinating in a "gender is all performance!" way - everyone congratulating each other (incl the judges) on how well they achieve some kind of archetypal female-ness
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 21:10 (six years ago) Permalink
Okay come on, I KNOW I'm not the only person on here watching.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:38 (five years ago) Permalink
I promise to start now.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:41 (five years ago) Permalink
Marilyn Monroe should've been in the bottom. She didn't do anything.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:48 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah that was an epic flop. I like Ivy well enough but that made me go "Whuh?"
Jinkx, Alaska and Roxy were the best overall, but Jinkx just owned it period.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:51 (five years ago) Permalink
I like Ivy too and I think she was lucky she didn't have to lipsynch against Lineysha. I didn't expect her to do so well (but her Celia Cruz was unforgiveable).
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 17:24 (five years ago) Permalink
Deep clusterfuck, that. Also what WAS Detox thinking.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:02 (five years ago) Permalink
um hi I just started watching season 5 online having never watched and omg I'm hooked
I'll be caught up in no time :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:25 (five years ago) Permalink
Don't forget to watch Untucked, an essential part of this show!
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:30 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah I just figured that out...gotta love these bitchy girls. MORE drag homework? *twists arm*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:37 (five years ago) Permalink
Very good. Join us, join us...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:40 (five years ago) Permalink
Shanté, you stay!
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:43 (five years ago) Permalink
Season 2 still the best so far, I think.
I just binge-rewatched season 3 over the weekend on Netflix and I might have to vote for that one. Then again I just like Raja a hell of a lot, so.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:44 (five years ago) Permalink
Yes for Raja and Manila. But the rest, not so interesting. Yara-Sophia maybe...
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:47 (five years ago) Permalink
It actually came down to the right final four I thought, Alexis was a character in her own right. But yeah Yara (Xara?) was next level.
I still haven't seen season four! For some stupid reason it's not on Netflix -- it was for about two seconds and then went away again without explanation. (Already know who won, obv., but I'd like to see it happen.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:49 (five years ago) Permalink
Wait what!! Can't you watch it on logo online or something? We can't in Canada but I thought you could in the US.Season 4 was pretty good, although they tried to create too much unnecessary drama. But I'll let you see by yourself.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:58 (five years ago) Permalink
You can see the Untucked episodes from season 4 on the site but not the main shows. Since you can buy all the shows from iTunes maybe they want to go that route? Who knows!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:07 (five years ago) Permalink
Makes sense. If RuPaul had a dollar everytime she mentions iTunes...
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Hey, house payments are probably up there. (And I don't begrudge Ru ANY success and trappings.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:18 (five years ago) Permalink
I don't either. At least she's very upfront and funny about it.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:25 (five years ago) Permalink
Fun fact we learned during the All Stars season: Jujubee's real name is actually Airplane!
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:28 (five years ago) Permalink
Hahaha yeah I remember thinking "Wait, what?"
I also love that Manila's real name is the none-more-Minnesota Karl Westerberg.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:35 (five years ago) Permalink
Lol wow
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:58 (five years ago) Permalink
Almost caught up on S5 now yay!
Every single time Alyssa glams up for the runway all I think is JOAN COLLINS JOAN COLLINS JOAN COLLINS
I don't know why but I think I like Detox. Jinkx is great but I dunno if the unglam thing is going to hold out for her or not. I love her for it, but it could wear thin.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 22:53 (five years ago) Permalink
I will say this, have started following her on FB -- win or lose she seems to be having a blast and is booked for other live appearances and things and more this year already, so I like to think of her as winning already!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 23:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Meanwhile, it's a little surprising to see such a mostly white group at this point. Not that I think the show is biased, appears to be more luck of the draw season by season in terms of who survives.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 23:15 (five years ago) Permalink
that little edie impersonation was fuckin awesome in the last ep. too bad her fashion totally sucks.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 28 February 2013 00:57 (five years ago) Permalink
I found s2 streaming on Amazon Prime, so yaaaay
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 02:28 (five years ago) Permalink
Meantime:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/02/27/drag_race_grey_gardens_and_jinx_monsoon_why_the_queens_need_camp.html
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2013 03:17 (five years ago) Permalink
I do have to quibble with some of the assertions there -- while Sharon's success in 4 is great, in 3 Raja was more than a little disruptive herself -- as was Manila really; if anything Alexis was the one let go at the end precisely for being full pageant.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2013 03:27 (five years ago) Permalink
I haven't watched all the seasons, but I don't get the impression that they are only seeking pageant or necessarily favoring that. And while I noticed the lack of "camp history" in the S5 girls, isn't there an argument that maybe a lot of queens are trying to let go of that, like that cliche of teens not wanting to know about older music? I mean, I'm bummed that they don't know who Little Edie is but maybe when they see Jinkxs win they go find out. And it doesn't mean they're any more terrible for what they don't know of their history. If anything, it's kind of fabulous that they all came to that same place *without* it. I dunno. That article seemed a little too buttclenched.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 05:51 (five years ago) Permalink
Related but I think better expressed post, linked off the official site
http://www.newnownext.com/drag-race-jinkx-monsoon-snatch-game-little-edie/02/2013/
Oh and in checking Twitter Alyssa DID apologize to Ms. Perry.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:15 (five years ago) Permalink
Also this exchange is interesting (notice it's everyone else BUT Jinkx and Michelle who get riled up -- and as Michelle notes, in noting the obvious, there's always editing).
https://twitter.com/JinkxMonsoon/status/306550634079977473
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:20 (five years ago) Permalink
This is better than what they showed on the show:
http://www.newnownext.com/jinkx-monsoon-little-edie-rupauls-drag-race/02/2013/
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 28 February 2013 14:59 (five years ago) Permalink
My Top 5 Snatch Game contestants from all seasons:
1. Sharon Needles as Michelle Visage2. Pandora Boxx as Carole Channing3. Tatianna as Britney Spears4. Jinkx Monsoon as Little Edie5. Alexis Matteo as Alicia Keys
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 28 February 2013 15:58 (five years ago) Permalink
Only three eps in (S5; no previous exposure to the show). Anyone care to rank the hottest queens out of drag? So far from S5 I'm into Lineysha and, oddly, Ivy.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:03 (five years ago) Permalink
xpost I just watched the S2 Snatch Game, Pandora's Carol Channing was hysterical, so good.
Lineysha's gorgeous. Ivy's not a crazy answer either, that bone structure really is something else. I was thinking about her terrible Marilyn and found myself wondering why the hell she didn't do Joan Rivers. Eh. Hindsight
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:14 (five years ago) Permalink
Yes she would've been a great Joan Rivers!
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:18 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I know this is probably the exact rongest angle to take on the show, but I'm finding it very interesting navigating my impressions/levels of attraction to certain contestants when they're in drag vs. when they're not in drag.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:18 (five years ago) Permalink
Alyssa's *almost* attractive but it's like her lips are too big for her and she keeps tripping over them when she talks. Beautiful eyes though.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:20 (five years ago) Permalink
Coco's blue contacts freak me out. I keep expecting them to shoot lasers
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:21 (five years ago) Permalink
Haha Alyssa looks like Will Arnett in AND out of drag.
― fueled by satanism, violence, and sodomy (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:24 (five years ago) Permalink
Hottest out of drag:
S1: JadeS2: Tyra, RavenS3: Raja, Carmen, MariahS4: PhiPhi, LashauwnS5: Lineysha
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:26 (five years ago) Permalink
xp otm
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:27 (five years ago) Permalink
Well, actually, in drag he often reminds me of Hugo Weaving.
xpost elmo otm! Defnitely Will Arnett out of drag. In drag as mentioned upthread I just get constant Joan Collins, lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:28 (five years ago) Permalink
Apparently the original name of the runway was Padded for the Gods but they changed it last minute because of this. It explains why Valentina's look seemed a bit off for the theme.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:01 (one month ago) Permalink
ohhhhhh that makes sense now!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:31 (one month ago) Permalink
Shenanigans.
― love craptually (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 01:49 (one month ago) Permalink
Well this is unexpected: https://github.com/stympy/faker/blob/master/doc/v1.9.1/rupaul.md
(So that's a Ruby on Rails library for coming up with test data.)
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:29 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Oh and interesting thing I heard from Monet's Youtube series is that when Manila wanted to wear her period piece, Rupaul actually said she'd be eliminated if she tried.
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:31 (four weeks ago) Permalink
(FINALLY a Github project I'm qualified to submit to!)
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:37 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Naomi v Gia was a lipsync for the ages
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:01 (four weeks ago) Permalink
I honestly didn't think Naomi had it in her but it was amazingLatrice vs. Monique was REALLY the show-stopper though, my fist banged the table four times
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:47 (four weeks ago) Permalink
They were a bit messier for me, but I loved how hard they were both fighting for it! Wigs left & right lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:51 (four weeks ago) Permalink
Ru hasn't talked this much since she laid into the Vixen atthe reunion.
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Sunday, 20 January 2019 00:44 (three weeks ago) Permalink
John Polley mentioned something on his youtube show like maybe Ru drank too much coffee againIt was funny tho
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 January 2019 01:44 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Season 11 promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiDn9YXe3g
Miss Vanjie's back!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2019 22:30 (three weeks ago) Permalink
vaaaaaaanjie
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 January 2019 02:37 (three weeks ago) Permalink
It's such a gimme, but at the same time I kinda want to see her body through the entire competition, send everyone home crying, physically take the crown from somebody at the end of the day and just leave and establish an actual monarchy somewhere.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 January 2019 02:43 (three weeks ago) Permalink
https://youtu.be/f1yWooQIVD8
She really is the Gilbert Gottfried of drag.
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:28 (three weeks ago) Permalink
https://youtu.be/gQTLaqvCjXs@ 4:21 Monet ours herself as an Avatar: the Last Airbender fan!
― Oleeever St. John Yogurty (Leee), Saturday, 26 January 2019 20:36 (three weeks ago) Permalink
How did I completely miss that Valentina was Angel in Rent???
― Yerac, Monday, 28 January 2019 15:08 (two weeks ago) Permalink
GAG.
This season has definitely picked up in the last couple weeks, and it was great to see this week's winner step up, especially since I knew, based on her original season, she had more to show than we've seen. And the high camp of her lipsync!
I did not expect to Monet in the top though...
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:14 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Maybe the most baskstabby elimination since shangela sent thorgy home?
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:18 (two weeks ago) Permalink
GOOPED, YOU GUYShttps://media.giphy.com/media/iBaYzmz4mnPPSaJz7F/giphy.gif
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:33 (two weeks ago) Permalink
1) how the fuck did Monet get a top vote2) how did Trinity not get a top vote3) monique & latrice’s workroom chats w Ru = 😭4) G O O P E D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:35 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Book me on CNN because I am Sanjay GOOPEDTA.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:28 (one week ago) Permalink
lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:44 (one week ago) Permalink
Hahaha. Yeah that was a scene.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 3 February 2019 22:26 (one week ago) Permalink
1) how the fuck did Monet get a top vote2) how did Trinity not get a top vote
Or even Monique. Did not get the Money love at all. Maybe she did good at the Judy number, but we can never really tell who does well in these.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 4 February 2019 20:57 (one week ago) Permalink
and why would that figure higher in the judging than you two judy looks & runway? monet’s judy makeover of Patty was kinda horrifying imo, his face was clown- white with hardly any contour of color anything!! compared to Trinity’s judy looks for ex
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:14 (one week ago) Permalink
Maybe they wanted a sacrificial lamb on the altar of Naomi's lipsync?
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:16 (one week ago) Permalink
Frances Bean didn't bring much to the table as a judge but, you know, being the age I am and remembering her arriving in the world in real time and all that...just a little strange. (And I do remember that bunch of photos with Kurt and Ru and etc.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 February 2019 21:19 (one week ago) Permalink
I think she was super-duper nervous
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:29 (one week ago) Permalink
I don't know how anybody else feels but Naomi's lip-sync was the one of the greatest things I've ever seen in my lifeI actively wondered if Monet was deliberately sitting it out to let Naomi have her win (and to remove her from having to make that toughest of decisions)Bummer though I was hard-core rooting for the individual who was eliminated (and now I'm rooting 100% for Naomi)
― froggles! (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:47 (one week ago) Permalink
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.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:48 (one week ago) Permalink
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.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Monday, 4 February 2019 22:03 (one week ago) Permalink
Exactly how I saw it too. Which I thought could've worked on it's own, but not next to Naomi's slayage.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 4 February 2019 23:24 (one week ago) Permalink
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
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:21 (one week ago) Permalink
(Next year, I should say.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 17:22 (one week ago) Permalink
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
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 February 2019 18:05 (one week ago) Permalink
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.
― trishyb, Saturday, 9 February 2019 09:59 (one week ago) Permalink
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.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Saturday, 9 February 2019 23:10 (one week ago) Permalink
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 ughand Monet looked like a CARE BEAR sex toy 😂
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 February 2019 01:00 (six days ago) Permalink
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!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 10 February 2019 01:51 (six days ago) Permalink
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.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Sunday, 10 February 2019 02:47 (six days ago) Permalink
I mean as an above-ground cultural phenomenon that the entertainment industry can make a quick buck off, of course.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Sunday, 10 February 2019 03:10 (six days ago) Permalink
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...
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 10 February 2019 05:24 (six days ago) Permalink
yeah, last week was a bit of a let down after the previouswas 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
― H in Addis, Sunday, 10 February 2019 10:20 (six days ago) Permalink
y'all, did any of you watch the Pit Stop episode w Vanjie? I... do not think she is going to last long.
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 10 February 2019 14:58 (six days ago) Permalink
yeah i have some misgivings, lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 February 2019 15:38 (six days ago) Permalink
Naomi lipsynced against Acid Betty. Yeah, I didn't remember that either.
― Stateleee, Plump Buck Mulleeegan (Leee), Sunday, 10 February 2019 18:39 (six days ago) Permalink
...that was bogus.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 February 2019 18:34 (four hours ago) Permalink
Yup.
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 16 February 2019 19:39 (three hours ago) Permalink
I love Naomi so much and she's a Virgo, so
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 16 February 2019 20:12 (two hours ago) Permalink