Drag U Recap: NERDS!

Dylan’s still tweaking about the slit so Delta shares her own sage advice that if she doesn’t toot her own horn no one will know she’s coming. With all that established it’s on to Every(night)day Drag.

Kristy gets to choose between a dreamy silky cherry set with lacy robe or a cozy pair of pink pants with v-neck to bring the girls front and center. Bink!

Shante’s options are sultry purple silk pajamas or a plush cotton nightgown with waffle robe to show off her legs. Shante says she likes them both like she’s voting in a board meeting. Ru tells her that silk against your skin is very sexy but Shante says she doesn’t want to feel sexy and be all alone. Ru and Jujubee don’t see why that’s a problem because they’re men.

Dylan gets to pick either a comfy pair of drawstring boy shorts and crewneck t-shirt or a sexy pair of black satin pajamas. Both should give her a long, lean look.

Ru anoints Delta this segments corporate shill then tells the women it’s time for dance class before “rowing” himself off.

Just say “No” to mime, Ru.

Candis is back as Dean of Dance, and she chose Burning Up by Madonna. Ru and I both really, really love that song, because for real, it’s still her best song. Madonna’s like pop music heroin. The first time was the best and we’ve spent the last 28 years (that’s not a typo) chasing that dragon and ignoring that unfortunate cowboy phase.

That is some quality special effects right there.

Unsurprisingly, Dylan would rather be chased by a swarm (I defer to her word) of zombies but they’re nerds so they take it very seriously. Despite her best efforts, though, Kristy just doesn’t quite bring the heat, bring the funk.

Candis is really sweet with all of them, flattering them and encouraging them not to be afraid of being sexy but Kristy’s cowed by her body issues, Shante’s awkward, and Dylan thinks trying to be sexy would look even more ridiculous than defaulting to silly. Oh, nerds.

Time for this week’s drag tip and what do we have here:

Boop, boop!

Basically, what you do is highlight the shit out of your eye socket until you get a reverse panda effect. Or you can use a slightly lighter touch.

Day two dance practice filler scene and it’s time for the queens to arrive. Pandora’s glam, Delta’s mod and Jujubee…

At least you can’t accuse her of false advertising.

Pandora and Kristy bond over the actor thing, but Kristy’s insecurities about it make Pandora nervous. She meets with Ru and he asks if she sees this as rehearsing a Broadway show. Kristy says yes and segues into the frustration of getting 20 callbacks for the same show but never booking it. Ru shows how magic he is by telling her that she should focus on the fact that she got all those callbacks. There’s validation in the process if not the result, because Felicity would not be frustrated by the rejection, she’d just move on to the next show.