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 (six years ago) Permalink
I promise to start now.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:41 (six years ago) Permalink
Marilyn Monroe should've been in the bottom. She didn't do anything.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:48 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Deep clusterfuck, that. Also what WAS Detox thinking.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:02 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Don't forget to watch Untucked, an essential part of this show!
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:30 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Very good. Join us, join us...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:40 (six years ago) Permalink
Shanté, you stay!
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:43 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Yes for Raja and Manila. But the rest, not so interesting. Yara-Sophia maybe...
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 21:47 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Makes sense. If RuPaul had a dollar everytime she mentions iTunes...
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:13 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
I don't either. At least she's very upfront and funny about it.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:25 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Lol wow
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:58 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Yes she would've been a great Joan Rivers!
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:18 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Hottest out of drag:
S1: JadeS2: Tyra, RavenS3: Raja, Carmen, MariahS4: PhiPhi, LashauwnS5: Lineysha
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:26 (six years ago) Permalink
xp otm
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:27 (six 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 (six years ago) Permalink
Well there’s one big heartbreaker in the reunion. Except not really because I’m glad for it.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 02:19 (three weeks ago) Permalink
True, that wig shouldn’t have ended up on the floor but at least Ariel got it back as you say.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 May 2019 05:32 (three weeks ago) Permalink
LOL
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 24 May 2019 12:13 (three weeks ago) Permalink
I hope no one ever feels some type of way ever again. (Am I turning into Old Man Yelling at Cloud? I'm not even a "use your words" type of person but this turn of phrase bugs the hell out of me.)
I was kind of expecting at least a few of the flashpoints to get straightened out or at least explained, but everything remained a muddle of walkbacks and qualifications.
― Tormund Giantsbabe (Leee), Saturday, 25 May 2019 05:35 (three weeks ago) Permalink
IF I NEVER HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER FUCKING WIG AGAIN IT WILL BE TOO FUCKING SOONi dont caaaaaaaaaaaaaare about Ariels fkn wigs and i dont think anyone else does either god shut uuuup
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 May 2019 06:19 (three weeks ago) Permalink
For some reason, Netflix UK/Ireland hasn't put this episode up. I don't feel like I'm missing anything. This is almost always the worst episode of the season, and it definitely sounds like this time round it was more tedious than usual.
― trishyb, Saturday, 25 May 2019 10:23 (three weeks ago) Permalink
I will be an Old Man with you. I hate feel some sort of/type of way so much and my former coworkers would use it alllllll the time.
― tokyo rosemary, Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:12 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Now that it’s been a couple days, I’m glad that Vanjie is now free (if maybe not psychologically yet) from the apparently narcissistic Brooke.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 13:17 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Black Swan II
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 May 2019 14:51 (three weeks ago) Permalink
Thorgy and Yvie werq the world tour 2019 https://t.co/iC8fZk4c1e— mr pretzels (@mrzenitram) May 24, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 May 2019 15:07 (three weeks ago) Permalink
xpost yeah i am inclined to agree, re Vanjie/Brooke
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 May 2019 15:38 (three weeks ago) Permalink
I really enjoyed the finale this year. The video packages were way more fun than either the choreographed numbers or the onstage interviews of previous years. The final two queens had great outfits, and the right queen won on the day. I also enjoyed Vanjie's segment (missus). The only thing I didn't get was the parade of alumni during Christine and the Queens' performance. What was the unifying theme there, or was it just "previous contestants we could get"?
― trishyb, Friday, 31 May 2019 13:26 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Yes, this is the most satisfying winner since Bob the Drag Queen.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 31 May 2019 13:55 (two weeks ago) Permalink
I just learned that Nina West’s gown was a tribute to Tom Tierney! In fact, it literally says so on the back.
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:19 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Agreed on the quality of show and the right winner chosen. I also appreciate how Twitter immediately celebrated Yvie's dad to be worthy in numerous aspects of life, if you will.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:44 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Okay this is what I was needing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6NLdrTIaaA
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 21:32 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Silky seemed so nervous and defeated the entire time she was on stage didn't she?
There was a real self-congratulatory tone to this season I just could not warm to. It's great that Ru can say a show by and for queer people has had all the Emmy nods but the show seems *straighter* than it has ever been and I think it has lost a lot of the magic it ever had.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 31 May 2019 21:38 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Very RuPaul of the show to have a tribute to Stonewall without mentioning trans or Johnson/Rivera, which is pretty much 101 shit at this point? (yes, I know that what happened at Stonewall is disputed but still)
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 31 May 2019 21:49 (two weeks ago) Permalink
They showed a still of Johnson in the montage.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 22:07 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Also, more DRAMA etc.
https://www.etonline.com/rupauls-drag-race-season-11-finale-5-things-you-didnt-see-on-tv-126030
I think it has lost a lot of the magic it ever had
My gf said last night that it had long since jumped the shark and on several levels that's hard to argue. (At least they didn't jump further last night.) But mostly it's just become so all encompassing -- it's been almost six months of weekly episodes and with Drag Race UK en route there's barely going to be any break here.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 22:09 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Anyway, from that link above:
Yvie's win had to be filmed twice, because her original final words upon being condragulated were, "Um, stay odd. And does anyone have a baby I can eat?"
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 May 2019 22:12 (two weeks ago) Permalink
xxp well gee thanks Ru - next time say their names, explicitly mention trans folk, I promise you doing these things won't alienate the straight audience
anyway, I also could have done without the hour long clip package lead-in to the lip syncs - can't imagine actually being in the audience and having no choice but to watch, at least at home I could be distracted by any number of other things going on
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 31 May 2019 22:23 (two weeks ago) Permalink
I know they've always done those but it felt esp egregious this year
pretty sure their game plan is to burn the franchise into the ground vs. rationing it to avoid overexposure
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 31 May 2019 23:27 (two weeks ago) Permalink
omggggggggggggggg Yvie in that INSANE headdress and doing a fucking backflip and not revealing a single goddamn thing except that she is badassthe work that must have gone into making it stay on her head!even the three-headed mirror concept + front-back two face was just breathtaking before you even see her move in it HAIL HAIL QUEEN YVIE
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 June 2019 05:25 (two weeks ago) Permalink
her obligatory song is actually kinda great toohttps://youtu.be/KcUiEBORgh4
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 June 2019 05:32 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Veg as usual OTM about Yvie not gimmicking with reveals too hard. The flashing her panties kind of was, though, and so was the back of the mask, but they were both subtle and awesome and demonstrated the creativity she's been talking about this whole time. And put everyone else and their obnoxious stunting and tired reveals to shame.
Agreed that Silk look terrified onstage.
Stunned that Vanjie didn't win Miss C. Her video was the only remotely entertaining one. Actually Yvie's was as well. I just realized what she reminds me of: a box of syllables falling down metal stairs.
Despite my surprise, I'm quite happy with Nina getting More C.
Too bad about the baby eating being cut.
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Saturday, 1 June 2019 06:15 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Another thing about the lipsyncs: the other three were consumed with doing tricks and working flash into their routines. Yvie was the only one who PERFORMED. It wasn't even close in my book.
― In a station of the metro / My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard (Leee), Saturday, 1 June 2019 06:19 (two weeks ago) Permalink
yeah totally
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 June 2019 06:49 (two weeks ago) Permalink
The added sound effects during the stunts such as the crash noises timed to the death drops, they were so distracting and really highlighted how obviously pre-recorded the whole set-up was
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 June 2019 06:55 (two weeks ago) Permalink
sure... but the finale’s always been pre-recorded since they first started doing it “live”. this isn’t really the format to be craving that kind of authenticity.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 June 2019 07:36 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Oh yeah 100%, I still miss the days where it was the last scene of the last episode in the same set etc and I think this season has been such an obvious construction of narrative that I'm just being sensitive to the artifice of that
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 June 2019 13:35 (two weeks ago) Permalink
idk i think the in-studio finales were a bit anti-climactic. 3 judges & a few crew clapping for the winner always felt a little sad lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 June 2019 16:23 (two weeks ago) Permalink
the show seems *straighter* than it has ever been and I think it has lost a lot of the magic it ever had.
Several articles (and possibly people in this thread) have suggested that this the VH1 influence. They want things to be a bit cleaner. Which is why they don't do the puppets anymore, I read. No more glory holes.
― trishyb, Saturday, 1 June 2019 19:12 (two weeks ago) Permalink
xpost Yeah, that always made Raja's win a bit anticlimactic. And made the season 4 reveal that there WASN'T going to be a final decision on the runway that much more of an honest surprise.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 June 2019 21:05 (two weeks ago) Permalink
I think the live ones are anticlimactic as well in a different way though. You can tell they film alternative results and so everyone's energy seems off
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:04 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Also all my boyfriend has spoke about today is how nobody at all was able to give Yvies mirrors a polish before she walked out and how distracting the greasy marks on them were
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:05 (two weeks ago) Permalink
I assume we have all seen Simpsons Drag Race on Facebook btw?
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 1 June 2019 23:06 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Some blick-and-you-miss-'em cameos (Jiggly among others):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcdLl_udbew
― Shoegazi (Leee), Friday, 14 June 2019 19:47 (six days ago) Permalink
My new coworker is a Drag Race fan, so at least we have something to talk about when things are slow!
Did anyone watch the Jaymes Mansfield video with Contrapoints? It's great.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 16 June 2019 22:54 (four days ago) Permalink
Speaking of Jiggly, did you guys see the Vulture list where they rank the most powerful queens ? The whole thing is very questionable, but I wonder when or how Jiggly became more "powerful" than Sharon Needles ? They don't explain the ranking below 20 so maybe I missed her big breakthrough.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 17 June 2019 23:01 (three days ago) Permalink
They don't explain the ranking below 20 so maybe I missed her big breakthrough.
They do, it's alphabetical by first name.
― Shoegazi (Leee), Monday, 17 June 2019 23:29 (three days ago) Permalink
Ooops sorry, didn't see the extra layers!
― Shoegazi (Leee), Monday, 17 June 2019 23:40 (three days ago) Permalink
Alaska and WIllem going IN on that disgusting article on their podcast last week is crucial listening.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 02:11 (two days ago) Permalink
I just remembered Jiggly was a regular character in Pose.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 13:41 (yesterday) Permalink
xpost -- yeah that was a hell of a thing.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 14:07 (yesterday) Permalink
Any link to said episode?
― Shoegazi (Leee), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 18:11 (yesterday) Permalink
here you go dawling https://megaphone.link/HTX2514271013
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 18:24 (yesterday) Permalink
or spotify linkthe ep is Hot Goss #3 https://open.spotify.com/show/2pJvYcYBD6A4MPkWagUtb7
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 18:33 (yesterday) Permalink
WERQ QUEEN YAAASSS thankyew.
― Shoegazi (Leee), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 18:45 (yesterday) Permalink