Drag Race Recap: We Are the Queens, We Are the Children

Recaps

By vallegirl | Friday, March 8, 2013 | 8:44 am | 13 Comments
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Finally it’s Jinkx’s turn and as she holds a note for about 10 seconds, with no runs mind you, Detox’s self-opinion starts deflating while Roxxxy interviews that Jinkx is the weakest because she’s just a gimmick and all the girls with “gimmicks” are getting by and it’s pissing her off . Phi Phi much, Roxxxy?

Moving on to the assholes. Lucian builds them up, saying the bridge is the most inspired part of the song, and we get another death stare from Coco while Detox ignores her and says they’re ready. The brilliant and talented (in her mind at least) Roxxxy caterwauls her line then says “sequenced gown.” Heh. Even Lucian’s all “Bitch, it’s SEQUINED and I don’t even wear dresses. Or sequins.” She feebly tries to argue her point but is probably remembering how she called paillettes “paylets” and we see the moment self-awareness came to Roxxxy when she asks if it’s wrong English. Lucian smirks.

Whuh?

Detox messes up and tries to “charm” with vulgarity but Lucian just dismisses her with a “don’t swear during a recording take” and it’s on to Alaska. She’s trying to get the take but…oh look, Rotox are up their own asses and acting like clowns. The other queens are not amused so Lucian tells them they’re changing keys where there isn’t a key change. He’s met with blank stares so he tells them they’re a train wreck. Alaska admits that their behavior is unacceptable in interview but she likes being part of the In Crowd too much to tell them to knock it off.

Time for some freestyling where everyone performs to character, including Detox pulling a stupid jaw wiggle, Jade being weak and feeble-sounding, Ivy and Jinkx killing it, Roxxxy being a loud attention whore, and Coco glaring in silence. And that’s a wrap. All that’s left is to appreciate Lucian’s WTF faces:

The queens head back to the workroom and most of them are thrilled because, good or bad, they mostly had fun, except for Coco who’s still pouting and begging for attention. Alyssa tells Coco that she looked like she was about to go off and asks if she thought Detox was instigating something. While Coco continues to give herself plausible deniability by not actually saying what she thinks, Detox comes over and point blank asks her why she’s being so “dusty” and shady. (Wasn’t “dusty” good last season? I can’t keep up.)

Detox claims she wasn’t trying to sabotage anyone (eh…not EXACTLY true) and she’s sorry Coco feels that way, which normally the classic “non-apology apology” pisses me off, but Detox has nothing to apologize for, then walks off so Coco can huff to Alyssa and say that Detox was accusing her of all these (very true) things even if she didn’t say a word because 90% of communication is non-verbal, and non-verbally she’s been shady all day.

I said, “Thank you.”
I say, “Fuck you.”

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13 Comments

  1. 1
    Gilty Plezzur
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 9:57 am

    Bye, bye, Jade. On to better things, like starring in the Jodi Arias story. She’d be perfect in that role.

  2. 2
    April
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 11:09 am

    Did anyone else notice Jinxx yawning on the runway? I thought I saw her do it and Michelle made a WTF face. I waited for her to call Jinxx out on it, but it never happened. I am sure it was because of her narcolepsy so it was not something she could help. So I would just overlook it as a judge. Wondered if I hallucinated it.

  3. 3
    michkabibbles
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 11:56 am

    @april-i noticed that, too, along with michelle’s reaction. my thought was that it was on purpose, because she was playing ‘rich bitch’, and it coincided with her saying she’s just so over it-something to that affect. but i did think michelle was going to call jinx out on it.

    after jinx, alyssa is my fave. at least she’s self aware and doesn’t pout, and i love her crazy face and expressions (both facial and verbal). i think she was willing to play this whole fued with coco thing for camp and laughs (like when she was teasing coco about her make-up), but coco is so far up her own butt, she takes everything so seriously. i hope she’s next to go.

  4. 4
    juddfan
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Somehow this episode escaped my DVR, I’ll have to look for it on On Demand and come back to enjoy this on Monday!

    xoxoxo

  5. 5
    Miss Molly
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    @juddfan – my DVR didn’t tape it either. I had to watch it on LOGO online.

  6. 6
    April
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    I always watch them on logotv.com.

  7. 7
    Kylie
    Posted March 8, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    I knew Jade would get sent home soon, she just always coasted along in the middle. BUT her lipsync was one of the most surprising things I’ve seen on the show in a while. Girl was GOOD. I’m sure as a performer, she’ll do well. Plus, as much as I hated her attitude, she’s gorgeous.
    Coco is annoying the shit out of me, Alyssa (as much as she can annoy me to) was trying so hard to make things work and Coco was having none of it. Come onnnnnnn.

  8. 8
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted March 9, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    I didn’t like Jinkx’s runway at all. I get what she was going for, but her makeup was almost as bad as last week, the outfit and wig were not high-glamour, at least not the kind that Michelle is looking for, and I really didn’t like her yawning.
    I know why she did it, but still…it just wasn’t the right thing at the time.
    I wish she would make good friends with Ivy and get some makeup tips.
    Remember how tragic PhiPhi looked at the beginning of the season last year? By the end, she looked so much better all around, because she got help from Kenya Michaels with her makeup.

    My only irritation with Alaska is that I don’t see her trying enough. I think part of why she makes everything into a joke or just plain gives up is because she’s afraid to put everything into it and end up looking foolish (which is ridiculous because she’s a freaking drag queen), or failing. The only exception I can think of is the ballet challenge. And I guess she took a risk on the kid show challenge too, even though it didn’t pay off.
    But generally, she doesn’t put herself out there enough, especially in the mini-challenges. I know that they aren’t as important as elimination challenges, but they matter because they are still an opportunity to show Ru who you are and what you can do. She really should be less self-conscious and relax.

    I’m glad that Jade went home because she’s beautiful but lame. But I was also very pleasantly surprised by how good her lipsync was. Coco is an excellent lipsyncer and given her age, I think she just had a much better connection to it, so I didn’t expect Jade to actually stay, but it was far from the blowout that I expected.

  9. 9
    badgerfreak
    Posted March 11, 2013 at 6:48 am

    I would agree with Vallegirl that Rotox brings out the worst in each other. They are much better peopl when not paired off together. Or at least Detox is.

    Coco needs to go. As much as Jade had been coasting, I was honestly a little surprised she went home. This was Coco’s second time in the bottom, Jade’s first. And Coco has had some serious attitude issues, that she has been called out for on the runway, a couple of times. Unacceptable behavior. She’s gosta go soon!

    Every week, I love Jinkx more. She’s such a doll. I get the “glamor” that she’s trying to portray. She needs to understand that what Michelle is looking for, is MODERN glamor, not vintage. While I think her vintage glamor is beautiful, it’s not what the judges are asking of her.

  10. 10
    ConfusedinCanada
    Posted March 11, 2013 at 7:54 am

    I have to wonder if Alaska being on this show so soon after Sharon winning was a mistake. It seems that she is comparing herself to Sharon inside her own head. She might have done better on a later show.

    Jade is truly a beautiful queen and I hope she goes far in her career.

    Now I wasn’t a Jinx fan at the beginning but damn I love that girl.

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    April
    Posted March 11, 2013 at 11:44 am

    Can’t wait for the new episode! I already saw the first 10 minute preview and Reading is FUNDAMENTAL dahlings!

    This could be Alaska’s challenge to win because she can be pretty funny.

  12. 12
    Sunny
    Posted March 11, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    “Reading is FUNDAMENTAL dahlings!”

    :D Yesssss!

  13. 13
    Sammi
    Posted March 12, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    Omg, Alyssa Edwards and Ivy Winters <3333
    Ivy's smile… I'm gonna die!

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