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

https://sfist.com/2022/06/02/honey-mahogany-officially-declares-shes-running-for-district-6-supervisor/

Imagine if she gets elected and RPDR drags her back to reset her show timer.

her platform is caftans for all

As I'm District 9 I can only cheer her on from over here.

I just have one thing to say about today's episode

@rupaul looks like he's from Middle Earth and should be called Lord Of the Blings. #dragrace #allstars7 pic.twitter.com/vJw93SiJSK

— Domino's Pizza ROI (@Dominos_ROI) June 3, 2022

ru’s look was the funniest (possibly the only funny) thing in the ep

Jesus, that was painful.

Runway looks were good though.

I didn't like Yvie's or Shea's. I didn't get spikes from Shea's really. She had some on her cape, but they had fallen over by the time she got to the runway, and I didn't know what she was supposed to be, really. But yes, the others looked magnificent.

shea’s was weird & the waist/hip part of it kinda looked like a diaper?

loved The Vivienne this week - improv, runway & lipsync, all of it - she was stunnin’
so glad she’s on the board

also raja’s runway was dope

i felt picky but bob on pitstop said the same so: Trinity’s was a STAKE. that aint no spike.

also on pitstop this week bob did an amazing pisstake of ross’s “you know that thing” speeches on judging panel

fkn hilarious

i like ross but omg it drives me crazy sometimes

Hahah I must watch that later.

Really wretched news from Alaska — her father passed in an accident this past weekend

https://m.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=558947988933012&id=100044534465199&set=a.236199881207826&source=48

yeah i just saw that this evening. poor alaska. so fucking sad.

So on a happier note that was a fun enough episode today. But the Untucked was even better for half the queens' high school photos. Raja's 1992 shot was VERY 1992.

great ep, everyone really showed their allstar quality in the challenge.

so in love with Viv, she’s so fucking funny. the character she did was so fully formed, and all the little details were so right

raja saying she graduated in 1992 and i am like…wait she’s only a year older than me … and they clown her for being methuselah!?!💀💀💀

Yeah that was a bit of a gut check moment. Dear oh dear.

A little delayed but Drag Race España ended about where I figured it would -- Sharonne was an awesome competitor, but Estrella Xtravaganza was a hell of a season narrator (you always need a really good one) and I wouldn't be surprised if she's the real breakout star.

Why aren’t any of the judges allowed to give any actual critique this season??

It’s funny that at this point the only people with two stars are the clear front runner and the clear bottom two

i think the lack of critique is theoretically bc its the winners season - like they all already won so this is gravy? i guess?
i dont mind it tbh

also this is embarrassing but i had only seen tove lo’s name in print & didnt know that was how it’s pronounced lol

lmao girl I don’t think anyone did

that Dolly lipsync made my day for real

one of my most fave Dolly songs!

Yeah that was good fun.

I appreciate Ross going for it with the soul patch

No let up meantime -- Drag Race Philippines in August as earlier noted, meantime Canada Season 3 arrives mid-July.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTfF1-_3DRQ

And Drag Race France with Nicky Doll as the main host incoming:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IhAeUJ0AU

omg Ross’s Carson Daly was so funny

I honestly wondered who they brought in top play Carson, that soul patch really threw me off.

Shea robbed this week.

Loved Two Vay's helmet.

It’s funny that at this point the only people with two stars are the clear front runner and the clear bottom two

I had sort of the same thought.

It was strange that Trinity and Raja seemed to get by far the strongest praise from the judges, but in the end the producers just really wanted Vivienne to revenge block Jinkx.

yeah they love that drama

i loved Viv’s wig in the girl group challenge!

Shea robbed this week.

Her runway probably destroyed any chance she had. I mean, what happened ? She is usually so polished and perfect, but that wig and that outfit were not even close.

The outfit I was willing to give her when they put the side-by-side up ... but that wig wasn't within a (ahem) country mile of a Dolly coif.

Bob said on Pit Stop - you have to play the hits for this kind of runway. I agree sort of but I kinda liked that Shea went to that look. I just think it was understyled/under-padded maybe & definitely she needed more hair

the fit in the pants was not great

The relentlessly positive judging really annoyed me this week. In a normal episode, they would have dragged Jinkx for a corset with a bit of net stuck on it, which didn't reference the original outfit one bit. And they would've remarked that both Trinity and Viv did the exact same silhouette they always do. And that Shea obviously ran out of time and just wore leggings and a bit of a ruffle and a headscarf. I mean, I liked the outfit, but that was not her original intention at all.

Jesus, that was painful.

the overly positive judging was okay when everybody was doing great but not so much anymore

yes but THE RUNWAY OMG

Runway ruled. Whatever else is happening, that’s produced some stunners.

Drag Race France off to an engaging start, I thought. Nicky’s a pretty good host!

Runway was amazing. The first time ever I have taken screenshots to study further later on. I could knit some of those things.

now THAT was a fuckin lipsync

Haven't done anything quite like that since the Untucked lipsync competition in season 5 I think.

Maybe it's just the heat, but some of those workroom outfits just look so fab and comfortable. The outfit Raja had on just after they de-dragged at the start of the episode just looked like the coolest, most easy gar-mahnt I've ever seen.

Well deserved, that relaxation. Fun episode.

New Canada season seems promising!

forgot to post my thoughts on the roast ep:

- wintergreen!! it was great to have her back
- a roast is not the same as the library, and a lot of the jokes were more like library reads
- the lighting for the runway was weird and didn't do justice to most of the outfits

the new canada season seems underwhelming so far, the hosting is just as horrible as the first 2 seasons (it's like double the pretentiousness of the original but without any of the charm) and i'm disappointed with whom they sent home first.

loved what we could see of the runway, unbelievable outfits & creativity my god

challenge was v good, love a good roast & i kinda thought viv wouldve won outright or at least got second place

on the lipsync i am aligned with willam on the race chaser pod, it was bad, i wouldnt tip i would send an invoice and that jinx looked like “a teenage bette davis in the crucible”

Yeah, the lipsync was awful. But as soon as one queen started getting into another's airspace, it was obvious who was going to win.

the “twist” was one of the most rigor morrs things in the history of drag race. why couldn’t they at least make it slightly more interesting? like giving 2 stars and having a lipsync and the winner gets another star and breaks the tie? it pretty much erased the work from the previous episodes.

although not a big deal really as i learned to treat this season as a showcase and not a competition, and it’s been a really joyful season at that.

I called the three stars before Ru said it. What I thought was really unfair to everyone involved was having Monét choose the last finalist on the spot. It really feels like a game rather than a competition at this point and even though the prize money is higher than it's ever been, the stakes don't feel that important.

the new canada season seems underwhelming so far, the hosting is just as horrible as the first 2 seasons (it's like double the pretentiousness of the original but without any of the charm)

Brooke Lynn never seems like she's actually *talking* -- just reciting.

as adore would say, very that!

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some fun math..

if they gave just 1 star in the last ep with the same winners the final four would be:
jinx, trinity, monet and jaida

if there was no blocking and no handing out extra stars (so just actual wins) the final four would be:
jinx, trinity, monet and the vivienne

(which explains the vivienne not looking very happy there at the end)

and on the official insta, #teamjinx has more likes than the rest combined!

BTW the chaos energy Vanjie brought to the Pit Stop was next level.