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

https://youtu.be/f1yWooQIVD8

She really is the Gilbert Gottfried of drag.

https://youtu.be/gQTLaqvCjXs
@ 4:21 Monet ours herself as an Avatar: the Last Airbender fan!

How did I completely miss that Valentina was Angel in Rent???

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...

Maybe the most baskstabby elimination since shangela sent thorgy home?

GOOPED, YOU GUYS

https://media.giphy.com/media/iBaYzmz4mnPPSaJz7F/giphy.gif

1) how the fuck did Monet get a top vote
2) how did Trinity not get a top vote
3) monique & latrice’s workroom chats w Ru = 😭
4) G O O P E D

Book me on CNN because I am Sanjay GOOPEDTA.

lol

Hahaha. Yeah that was a scene.

1) how the fuck did Monet get a top vote
2) 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.

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

Maybe they wanted a sacrificial lamb on the altar of Naomi's lipsync?

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.)

I think she was super-duper nervous

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 life
I 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)

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.

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.

like what Latrice did with Aretha's "You Make Me Feel."

Exactly how I saw it too. Which I thought could've worked on it's own, but not next to Naomi's slayage.

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

(Next year, I should say.)

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

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.

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.

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 ugh

and Monet looked like a CARE BEAR sex toy 😂

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!

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.

I mean as an above-ground cultural phenomenon that the entertainment industry can make a quick buck off, of course.

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...

yeah, last week was a bit of a let down after the previous
was 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

y'all, did any of you watch the Pit Stop episode w Vanjie? I... do not think she is going to last long.

yeah i have some misgivings, lol

Naomi lipsynced against Acid Betty. Yeah, I didn't remember that either.

...that was bogus.

Yup.

I love Naomi so much and she's a Virgo, so

whut

(whut re the results not fgti)

that result felt super lazy imo

Based off the whole season, I would have given the prize to Trinity. But based off the final challenge, runway, and lipsync, it should have been Monet on her own. Trinity's final dress was really amazing, but you put that dress on any queen and she will look fabulous. Monet wore something that was about her, and she looked like an absolute queen in it. Also I just love Monet.

Based off the whole season I would've easily given the prize to Manila.

Trinity was so unlikeable. Her entire vector seemed less about "I want to contribute to drag culture" and more about "I want to win this competition". Every speech she gave about trying to be fair with her elimination choices felt emotionally manipulative. Her dresses and wigs were exquisite but looked like money spent... basically I felt the same way toward Trinity as I did toward Aquaria: money will hack this competition.

Naomi in her lip-syncs revealed herself to be not just an assassin but, like, uh, one of the best performers I've ever had the privilege of watching? I watched her Judy Garland performance three times and will watch it again

And I love Monique so so much I wish we were friends

Based off the whole season I would've easily given the prize to Manila.

Oh yes. I was only going on the four who were in the final. Definitely Manila.

xpost I have been having a hard time watching all of this all stars because I dislike Trinity so much.

I liked Aquaria fine tho. The queen where I thought “the money is being put to excellent use” was by far Miz Cracker, who has my favourite collection of runway looks over any other queen I’ve seen, whoever her designer is they should win an award

oh god i HATED Aquaria!! She was the most boring

She made me like The Vixen more, at least

yeah I feel like the producers knew they had an issue with all the all star winners being white. at least they didn't split the prize money in half.

Based off the whole season I would've easily given the prize to Manila.

Echoing that!

Lotta good points here:

https://www.dailyxtra.com/how-can-rupauls-drag-race-become-great-and-gay-again-144820#.XG77vEeokK4.twitter

Also it was interesting to hear Race Chaser grapple more directly with race in the wake of last week's ending. And Jinkx, who was on the line, was particularly pointed on that! As was Willam, who's close with Latrice.

Now this is great.

Shangela performed at the fucking #SpiritAwards. I loved it almost as much as Barry Jenkins does <3 pic.twitter.com/rIZstgrqEA

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) February 23, 2019