RuPaul's Drag Race

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When the DILFs came in, I was all over Mike. Until he turned into a turbodouche. Then totally Chris FTW. All of 'em were pretty cool on Untucked!

[puretrash]

Apr 3, 2012 16:54:20 GMT -4 @dwanollah said:

When Raven (I think?) did that LSFYL to The Greatest Love of All, and took off her drag during it, it was amazing. It actually made the song more meaningful. It was one of the best performances on the show ever. Now it seems like every queen just thinks "rip off the wig!" (or throw in a death drop) and that's all you gotta do.

I believe that was Shannel in Season 1. I do know Shannel was the first one to take off her wig (I think it was her Medusa headpiece) and she got praised for showing "vulnerability", whatever that means.

I agree with you. Sometimes the taking off wigs or stripping works (like the Raja/Carmen striptease), but for the most part now, it's tired. Give us a real lip sync.

[LurkerNan]

Apr 3, 2012 14:42:01 GMT -4 puretrash said:

I was shocked at how Latrice's dude looked. I don't think she got enough props for that makeover.

He looked very much like Fantasia Barrino... I don't know who to feel sorrier for.

[kostgard]

I believe that was Shannel in Season 1. I do know Shannel was the first one to take off her wig (I think it was her Medusa headpiece) and she got praised for showing "vulnerability", whatever that means.

Yeah, it was Shannel. She was jumping and her giant Medusa headpiece fell off, but she just went with it and started stripping down. It worked because it wasn't calculated - it was Shannel saving a potential fuckup and turning it into something awesome.


Man, Sharon's DILF was the worst. I knew that once Kenya won the mini-challenge (which she only won for the sake of drama), I knew she'd give Sharon the crappiest dude. And then just like when they brought Carmen back last season, she was gone again. They should have installed a revolving door for her.

Still sick and tired of Phi Phi. Some folks over at ONTD are insisting that they've heard rumors that she wins. I just really can't see that happening. She just hasn't nailed anything the way past contestants have. I mean, Tyra sucked in general but there's no denying that she had good fashion sense and could work the runway. She'd also be the most graceless winner ever - she's been feuding with Willam over Twitter and Facebook. You'd think that if she won she'd be able to leave Willam alone, thinking "Bitch, I won." So I really don't think she did (if she does end up winning Ru is going on my shitlist). I think it will be between Sharon and Chad. At least it should be. If Ru keeps Phi Phi all the way to the end just for the drama before ultimately giving it to a deserving queen, Ru will still get on my shitlist.

[Hamatron]

Man, that lip sync for your life was an excellent example of what to do/not to do. Latrice just freakin stood there in one place feeling the music and selling the song through emotion... and LIP SYNCING. Meanwhile, Kenya was ripping off her wig and frantically dancing away like she was on So You Think You Can Dance.

I didn't like this episode as much as last year's athletes in drag challenge, but I still find it pretty sweet and refreshing to see straight guys on television -- who probably have limited knowledge of drag and most likely have had limited exposure to any gay culture at alll -- come on the show excited to learn and be open minded and have a good time. A lesser show might have tried to bring on some guys who were more fussy or upped the drama (asshole moment from that one weird dude aside).

[dwanollah]

I actually found the Weird Asshole Dude... kind of... sweet. I mean, he went about it in the wrong-est way possible (and that ended up being the point, per the discussion in the Lounge afterwards), but he was just clumsily trying to be part of the drag culture with "throwing shade" and "reading"... he just had no freakin' clue what that meant, and thought it just meant being bitchy. Instead, the DILFs got a lesson in how it's actually a very complicated, subversive, secretly-supportive system, and maybe all gays/queens aren't just angry head-flipping heel-wearing bitches who wish they were women. You could tell by some of the things he said in the Lounge that he really was attempting to be supportive and part of things... in a clueless, testosterone-laden, misguided, completely wrong way. And he seemed to get that at the end, too.

Latrice's LSFYL was sublime. Like you said, Ham, she didn't even have to MOVE! It make Kenya's flailing around look even more ridiculous and out of place. (Did you see on Untucked when her Daddy said he had goosebumps watching her? So freakin' sweet.)

[kostgard]

I rewatched it last night and I completely agree - I think he was trying to be a part of it and throw some shade, but he didn't quite understand it. The smart thing he did was choosing Chad as his target, because she has a much easier time letting that stuff roll off her back. If he had chosen Phi Phi she probably would have ruptured a blood vessel.

And Sharon is right - Latrice takes you to church when she LSFYL. I feel sorry for anyone going against her.

[Mutagen]

Credit where it's due, I was actually OK with Phi Phi winning that challenge (not to say I'm on board with her in general). She did luck out by getting the DILF who seemed the most open-minded from the start, but even so, they were very strong.

I can NOT figure out what is up Michelle Visage's ass about Chad, who I would have also been OK with winning.

Though I wasn't really jazzed to see her back, I had to feel a bit bad for Kenya. She had the worst DILF out of all of them - that guy just seemed contemptuous and checked-out of the whole process. At least Sharon's partner seemed to care about his performance, in his own "DILK" way. Then Kenya's gotta go up against Latrice... on an Aretha Franklin song. I would have probably just gone backstage and started writing on the mirror as soon as those first bars played. Because Latrice. SLAYED. That. Song.

[Hamatron]

Yeah, those are good points about Weird Asshole Dude. And I think he made some really great point on Untucked, like when the other guys were slowly coming to the conclusion that gay men come with a variety of personalities and experiences he sort of gave an exasperated "Just like straight men!" exclamation that I appreciated. Way to be, dude.

[huntergrayson]

This talented artist is drawing RPDR queens as Disney Villainesses and they look awesome. That would be a fantastic challenge.