Drag U Recap: WILLAM!

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By vallegirl | Friday, July 13, 2012 | 11:00 am | 12 Comments
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Ru arrives to show them their new Everyday Drag looks.

Julie gets to choose from a glitzy cocktail dress or a sophisticated black gown which…how many times would she wear a gown?

Continuing down the path of WTF? Qween gets to choose from a SMART (That was the key word, Qween.) turquoise A-line dress (which floats AWAY from the body and makes your hips look SLIMMER) or a hideous vibrant blue, one-shouldered mini dress. Guess which one she chooses?

Tamara gets to choose from an exotic floor-length dress because knees show age, too, or a sassy beige gold sheath dress. Then Ru points out that they both cover her neck to tweak her insecurity. Heh. Chad and her baritone get tapped to shill for this week’s sponsor then it’s time for dance class.

This week’s Dean of Dance is Jamal Sims who is cute and seems competent despite having choreographed the remake of Footloose. And despite having ruffles on his hoodie.

Is that a Suede original?

This week they’re dancing to Don’t Be Jealous of My Boogie which Ru thinks is perfect for beauty queens. Julie gets called out for being insecure and tentative and, surprise surprise, Tamara gets called out for being a pageant queen. Qween, on the other hand, was a Sooooooooouuuuulllll Traaaaiiinn dancer, so she’s got this. Willam’s getting all ‘round-the-way girl on Qween and Jamal is impressed when she drops it like it’s hot. Boop, boop.

This week’s drag tip is from Miss Sharon Needles.

Other than some mild burlesque humor, she advises us to get real hair brushes for powder make up, synthetic brushes for cream makeup and pointy brushes for liquid/cream liners. And that was your drag tip for the week.

Second day filler scene where the women are practicing the dance moves and the designated insecure one, Julie, worries about getting it right. Then the professors arrive, so Tamara can over-talk everyone and make it about herself, or in this case, her“blonde” Morgan.

Today, they look like mistresses. But, like, good mistresses. You know, for politicians or athletes.

Julie’s still nitpicking her performance while Chad avoids slapping Julie and telling her to “snap out of it,” and Morgan explains that she wore the dark wig, which she never does, to help Tamara get out of her own ass and grow up see that it’s not about what your wearing but how you wear it. Then Julie heads in to meet with Ru.

She’s sweet and they talk about how her perfectionism stresses her out and that great things can come from mistakes. And that all the confidence and self-esteem she had in high school is still there it’s just in a different form, so go forth, little Julie, and stop nitpicking things to death.

Morgan and Tamara have a staged conversation to shill for another sponsor then Qween and Willam get into it because Qween doesn’t want to wear the corset, while Willam’s wearing a dress that, I heard on good authority (Willam), she had to be greased up just to put on and now she can’t even sit. Qween’s wagging her finger saying, “No.” Willam tries to reason with her in the room, asking if Qween thinks she wanted to wear a big, blue condom, but in interview says she wants to smack Qween and she’s running Willam as ragged as Morgan’s wig. Then he tells her to go meet with Ru and congratulate the other girls because they’re going to win. Clear eyes, full hearts!

Willam smash!

Qween does just that and at first they discuss the corset and how it hurts, but Ru’s not having that and points out how plenty of queens wore corsets and what’s the real problem. She feels selfish about doing something just for herself when she’s a foster parent for special needs babies. He gets Qween to admit she’s the only thing holding herself back and, hey, if the corset doesn’t work, there are always “body shapers” and pulls a pair out of his desk drawer. Ru’s a freak.

Why, Ru. What big Spanx you have.

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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.

12 Comments

  1. 1
    Debby
    Posted July 13, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    LOVED your recap. There was ALMOST enough Willam in it for me.

  2. 2
    Timm
    Posted July 13, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    Willam for President!!!

  3. 3
    whatwhat
    Posted July 14, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    Julie deserved to win. I was hoping Qween would flaunt it, but she just kinda crumbled at the end there – she looked like she was having fun, but she wasn’t over the top. Bummer, because I was hoping she (or rather WILLAM WILLAM WILLAM) would win. But Julie showed the most dramatic change, especially after her performance in dance class. Tamara was probably one of my least favorite contestants ever because her entire demeanor seemed about as fake as fake gets from the moment she arrived till the moment she left. I don’t know what they were thinking.

  4. 4
    thatdariamom1332
    Posted July 15, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    Am I the only one that saw Julie as Meryl? Lost twins…

    I was really digging Tamara’s look, but her whole, “Nice girls don’t go to California!” thing was WAY over dramatic. And not in a “good for reality tv” way. In an old, outdated, narrow minded kind of way.

    Does anybody know if Willam will be on Drag Race All Stars?

  5. 5
    willam
    Posted July 15, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    i know if Willam will be on All-Stars or not.
    WILLAM

  6. 6
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted July 16, 2012 at 10:21 am

    OMG, WILLAM!

    Sorry, patterned response. I know you’re just teasing us with that little nugget because you won’t RuPologize for spoiling the season but still…OMG, WILLAM!

    @thatdariamom1332 – I thought Julie looked like Meryl, too. Especially in her profile photo. I considered calling her Mamie Gummer but decided not to.

  7. 7
    Chips.N.Whips
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 12:35 am

    Great recap! I too was hoping that Sashay would win but knew she wouldn’t when I saw her fade away. Couldn’t stand Tamara but loved the hell outta DeVille’s look. And she worked it til she opened her stupid mouth.

    Actually liked Morgan again. Was thrilled to see Willam and especially Chad!

  8. 8
    Chips.N.Whips
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 1:05 am

    Oh I forgot the main reason for my first post: WTF is a falculty? You are the first I’ve seen mention it but it drives me crazy. I think I understand the pronunciation issue (like the inability to say Sashay or, in my case, minimum). I hope to see it as a word of the day soon.

    Love you, Ru! And Starbooty too!

  9. 9
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    Ru explained in an interview that the mispronunciation is an homage to his mother.

    And I can say, having a mother with a heavy Slavic accent, I understand. I will still occasionally pronounce every single letter (and then some) in the word “vegetable” and jokingly mispronounce “squirrel” the Natasha way (SQUEE-del) because that’s how my mom said it.

    I don’t normally say those words that way but it’s just so deeply ingrained that you can forget in passing.

  10. 10
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted July 25, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    I love that….I’m the same way with my mom. She’s Nigerian and says “whatever” like “wahrevah”. I say it that way too alot, but usually try not to do it around people who won’t get it, or they look at me strangely.

    And I’m tired of Drag U picking the wrong people. Tamara looked great, but was so annoying and I don’t think she changed at all. I bet she’s gonna go back home and return to wearing turtleneck long johns under her bathing suits.
    And her diatribe about how “they” won’t “let” nice girls go to L.A. anymore after this show was so idiotic, Morgan should have slapped her. Number one, I’m pretty sure nobody in Arkansas remembers or cares who she is. Number two, Arkansas is not heaven…as long as you’re a U.S. Citizen, there’s not really any rules about who can come in or out.

  11. 11
    Raven
    Posted August 8, 2012 at 3:46 am

    I’m not going anywhere, darling!

  12. 12
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted August 8, 2012 at 10:21 am

    SQUEEEEE!

    (You’ve beaten me down and brought me around to liking you…you evil bitch!)

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