Drag Race Recap: The Alyssa Edwards Show

Recaps

By vallegirl | Friday, February 22, 2013 | 11:00 am | 9 Comments
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Then, having not kicked up enough dust with these queens, Ru decides to ask who should go home. Unlike other seasons, no one’s hesitating and it’s pretty much split down the middle between Honey and Vivi…zzzz until they get to Alyssa. Who SHE wants to send home isn’t in the line-up. *gong*

While Michelle is slack-jawed at the audacity Ru just wants to know who she’d choose. Alyssa can’t not be melodramatic so she says, and I quote, “Charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, um, I don’t see Jade at the same level. He’s kind of a little hokey pokey…this is a drag queen competition.”

Oh, bitch. Oh, bitch.

With that, Ru sends the queens off “to untuck in the Interior Illusions Lounge” (and I love how that phrase rolls off Ru’s tongue like it’s perfectly natural) so the judges can deliberate. They like Jinkx and think she could be a contender if she’d just do a little glamour. Ivy really got Bunny’s nuances then Travis sets Ru up to make a cheap sex joke (the best kind). Michelle’s still WTF-ing over Roxxxy’s leotard and Chaz says she had none of Ru’s “It” factor. Honey was all “whatever.” They can’t heap enough praise on Alyssa’s dancing and interpretation. Finally, they can’t heap any praise on Vivi…zzzz as Michelle calls her “just a regular girl putting a crown on at the mall.” Ouch. Ru’s made her decision. Bring back the girls.

Ru doesn’t even pretend Alyssa didn’t win and announces her right away. She’s won immunity and a custom made feathered “piece” from Mother Plucker. Alyssa’s “at a loss for words” but still jabbering. Ivy and Jinkx are both called safe leaving the bottom three. Both Roxxxy and Detox drop their heads in relief when she’s called safe and Roxxxy actually apologizes for sucking then leaves the stage.

There she is…(Not) Miss Gay America.

That leaves Honey and Vivi…zzzz, which is no surprise because this one had an Acme neon arrow sign pointing at them and saying “Bottom Two” all episode. Vivi…zzzz hilariously says that the anger she’s feeling is preventing her from being nervous, so fuck it. She’s going to do it to the best of her ability because she owes it to herself. HAHAHAHAHAHA. I’ll go polish up her petard so she can foist herself when she’s finished.

So “Oops, I Did It Again,” starts up and, well, it’s not good. They’re both being Pointer Sisters (TM Jiggly) and Ru is not amused. Honey tries a couple of things in fits and spurts but Vivi….zzzz? Awful. But not even in an entertaining way. Just…blah. They finish and the panel’s dead silent except for some tepid applause from Travis because he’s used to working with children.

The moment you knew something was up.

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Vallegirl has never actually lived in a valley, has a lot of time on her hands and likes to yell at kids about how things were in her day.  Currently in LA, she's also spent a lot of time in the great states of  New York and Florida so she's not crazy, it's just a cultural thing.

9 Comments

  1. 1
    April
    Posted February 22, 2013 at 3:53 pm

    Great recap!

    My favs are Jinxx, Roxxxy, Alaska, Detox, and Alyssa. Team Alyssa all the way. She really is just too much with her bitch faces and her shade throwing. You gotta love her because Miss Thing is entertaining. Plus as a former dancer I gotta support her for being a dancer. I always got annoyed a bit in the past when the Queens that can’t dance a flip won. I think dancing should be a basic skill for a Drag Queen honestly. It makes the performance more interesting. Just don’t let the dancing overshadow the performance but more like add to it. Alyssa seems to have that down. She still works the face while dancing. Love it.

    I predict Alyssa might make it to top 3. At least to top 5.

  2. 2
    Lee
    Posted February 22, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    I kinda liked Honey. She wasn’t top 3 material like I pegged her when the pictures and videos first came out, but she a least had some high points in the competiton like her lip sync video, and her Hollywood Coture outfit, where as Vivene is probally the most BORING queen in the history of the show, Nicole Paige Brooks can now rest easy as she is the 2nd most boring queen.

  3. 3
    Miss Molly
    Posted February 23, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Alaska did the best job as Ru’s momma AND Alaska had the best comment – “Chaz Bono came out of Cher’s vagina”.

  4. 4
    blueberrypancake
    Posted February 23, 2013 at 10:19 am

    @Lee You are soo right about Nichole Paige Brooks and Vivi being so pretty yet sooo boring! lol

    I actually kinda like Honeys video- she is a glamazon for real. too bad she couldn’t bring a bit more personality!

    Alaska was great as Ru’s mom! I am getting kinda bored withJade’s attitude- blah!

  5. 5
    patbsaid
    Posted February 23, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    If Honey had portrayed herself on the show the way she portrayed herself in her video she would’ve have stuck around much longer

  6. 6
    Jessi
    Posted February 23, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    The Princess said that they ask them who should go home every single week, just to make sure that the drama is extra heated for Untucked. That explains some things. She was furious at how bad the lip synch was, too.

  7. 7
    Cosmo
    Posted February 25, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    Most awesome: “I’ll go polish up her petard so she can foist herself when she’s finished.”

  8. 8
    badgerfreak
    Posted February 26, 2013 at 6:48 am

    I was so happy that Ru sent them both home. It was pretty telling when there was zero applause after the lip sync was over. Good on Ru for having the balls to not stick to formatting and keep one of them.

    I was sort of anti-Alaska, but she’s growing on me each week. And as much as I hated Viv…..zzzz I think Roxxxy is being a little overly bitchy.

    I also have to say, and some may call it rasict, but Ms Viv….zzzz was a let down for the Asian drag queens from seasons past. Jujubee and Manilla were superstars, and I had hope that Viv….zzzz would maintain the standard. Ah well. It just makes me love Juju and Manilla more.

    CAN’T WAIT FOR EDITH IN SNATCH GAME!!! Give me a winner Jinxy cat!

  9. 9
    c8h10n4o2
    Posted February 26, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    Thanks for the Stuart Smalley references! I just watched Stuart Saves His Family during our snow days and still adore that movie!

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