MiniCap: Drag Race

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By vallegirl | Tuesday, February 5, 2013 | 12:06 am | 20 Comments
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Hello, hello, hello Gasmii! This week was, shall we say, interesting. I think this season is meant to replicate the ANTM seasons 7-11 where Tyra went off the deep end but hadn’t completely given up, yet, so she picked such winners as Jaslene, McKey and Whitney and she thought “Ghost Bride” was a super awesome runway theme and that no one would notice that Saleisha looked like Tootie from Facts of Life but she’d also been kissing Tyra’s ass FOR YEARS so Tyra did her a solid and picked her in the face of bona fide modeling talent like Heather, Bianca (bitch may be a bitch but bitch takes an awesome picture) and even Chantal and her Picasso-esque symmetry.  In short, the seasons when Tyra was just full-on, batshit crazy…and Raja was her makeup artist! (Hey, girl!  HEY!)

So anyway, mini-challenge is the queens have to lip synch to three of Ru’s song – “Tranny Chaser,” Lady Boy” and a song called “Peanut Butter” which was pretty funny although I don’t actually think that was the plan. BUT WAIT! Just lip synching wouldn’t be nearly Banksian enough so the girls all have to make up their lips all glossy and shimmery and lip synch through a cardboard cutout of Ru. Of course they do. Three rounds, three winners. Two of the winners were kind of a surprise but the third one wasn’t because she has duck lips “naturally.”

Once the winners are picked Ru lets them know that they’re team leaders because the main challenge is to lip synch to spoken word, chosen from Untucked’s greatest hits including “This is not RuPaul’s Best Friend’s Race,” “Bitch I am from CHICAGO,” and a drunk Shangela throwing her drink in Mimi’s face. Team’s shake out as so:

Season 2: Honey Mahogany, Ivy Winters, Lineysha Sparx, Vivienne Pinay
Season 3: Alyssa Edwards, Jade Jolie, Jinkx Monsoon, Roxxxy Andrews, Serena ChaCha
Season 4: Alaska, Coco Montrese, Detox, Monica Beverly Hillz

Most are pretty good, some are surprisingly good, including (especially?) the winner, and some go for a surprising and funny twist…that still doesn’t win it for them. Oh, and one is tragic. One guess on who that is. Before they can break for the judges to deliberate one of the queens admits to being transgendered, which is a development for RPDR since transgender had been prohibited in earlier seasons. Then the bottom two queens lip synch to Rihanna and it isn’t even close.

But, gurr. Untucked. That was loud, obnoxious, hilarious, touching, bitchy, loud, louder, Alyssa starts waving her finger around and making more Miss Jane Hathaway faces while Coco reads someone for filth and back, then Detox loses her shit. OF-FIC-IAL-LY.

Full recap in a few days. Until then, you can catch up on the last recap here.

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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.

20 Comments

  1. 1
    April
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 5:41 am

    Have not watched Untucked yet but THANK GOD Serena is gone! Halleloo!

    She even bowed to Monica at the end because she knew she was going home. Maybe Serena is a nice person in real life. I just could not stand her.

    I was not sure about who Ru picked as the winner. I would have picked someone else. I am thinking Roxxy might take it all. Her Moriah was spot on. I kept forgetting it was not Moriah. Same for Coco and LaShawn Beyond. Also Vivienne did a pretty good Tati but she needed more like “Ew ugh” look on her face because Tati always had that going on when she got irritated. Of course, maybe Lineysha was trying to channel Tyra when she was annoying the others in practice. So I guess that is more accurate than at first glance. Alyssa also did a better Shangela than Shangela which makes sense since she is kinda like Shangela”s Drag Momma.

    I love Monica and have a real soft spot for her. You can tell Detox is a real sweetie at heart because of how she seems to treat Monica. I have no clue who is going next. I am all about Team Rolaxkatox or however you spell it. Unlike the Heathers they are welcoming and nice to others and not exactly a clique. They just get along really well and are some of the more polished Queens.

  2. 2
    April
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 6:14 am

    Ok watched Untucked.

    I will give them mad credit for not keeping Serena around longer just for drama. I think half of the Queens might have quit if she stayed because they HAD IT! She just had no clue when to shut her mouth. I actually saw Coco and Alyssa kinda getting along in the bar on Untucked.

    Maybe Raja is hard to do but Serena just looked goofy as hell.

  3. 3
    Jessi
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 6:25 am

    What a fun episode! I totally also thought of later season ANTM. Remember when she made them do photoshoots of previous fights? Granola bars come to mind. Anyway, I saw Dida and Monica Beverly Hills at the club last night, and Ms. Monica looks GORGEOUS. So happy she could come out in such a welcoming place.

  4. 4
    MellyMel
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 6:36 am

    I love Alyssa, no matter what. I am just hoping she doesn’t do something completely heinous in the future for me to regret that stance. But I just think she is so pretty and she cracks my shiz up.

    So, so, so, so glad that Serena went home. The yelling and the trying, but failing horribly, to read others was bad enough, but people who, without knowing anyones’ past, assume that they are smarter/more educated than others pisses me off. I’m sure Detox feels the same way and was so glad that SHE WENT OFF. Also, proof that Jade is not the sweet, innocent she tries to portray (besides the Nazi porn). Her laughing and cheering along when Detox was going off on Serena.

  5. 5
    April
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 6:55 am

    Who wouldn’t cheer when someone went off on Serena though? We all would!

  6. 6
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 7:02 am

    Vivienne & Honey are my two favorite this season, I won’t be interested in Alyssa & Coco’s drama until they actually state what it is.

    I actually didn’t mind Serena too much, because I tend to root for an underdog, but she was an annoying bitch. Had any of the girls liked her, we would have gone down the Heathers v. Shangela all over again. I think her lack of popularity contributed to her going home.

    And, as far as the Monica reveal, no dick no drag race.

  7. 7
    PacoSauce
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 7:33 am

    Anybody else tear up a little with Monica’s revelation on the runway? Good on you, gurl. Good luck with those hormonez (with a Z).

  8. 8
    April
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 8:15 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y27_gWwmTHI&list=PLl4T6p7km9dbx0o8J35KjWAwaiEo5tV7G&index=3

    If you have not seen Neil Patrick Harris has Puppet Dreams and in one of them Detox and Willam appear.

  9. 9
    blueberrypancake
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 12:21 pm

    Good on Monica for unloading her secret and being herself. She is technically still a drag queen unless she has had surgery or started physically transitioning, right? ( check our pics of carmen carrera and sonique- they became some hott ladies!)

    Cha Cha was time to go ! I loved how coco was like bitch ..i have been doing drag since 1992- were you even born! ( prob not!) ha!

  10. 10
    Gash
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Serena was a bowlegged runt and I was so glad that torn up thing went home! Could not STAND Serena from episode 1, especiallly when they showed her sing-screaming at the top of her lungs. That was just beyond rude and disrespectful of everybody around her.

    I hope Coco & Alyssa make up.

  11. 11
    Gash
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    Detox is my favorite. Love her in Willam’s latest video!

  12. 12
    S-Natch S-Natch
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Honey really proved herself in this epi, IMO. I thought she was terrific in the challenge and she (for the first time, I thought) really turned it out on the runway. I love Roxxxy and Lineshya, but they had better watch out because Coco has got some TALENT for reals – what a performer!

    When Monica’s mom was shown I thought it was Monica = TWINS!

  13. 13
    Miss Molly
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    ChaCha – pack your granny panties and go.
    There are some big honking noses this season.
    I love the way Ru says “Ivy Winters”.

  14. 14
    juddfan juddfan
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 4:51 pm

    Cluelessness is so hard to witness . . . so I’m very glad I wont have to anymore!!!

  15. 15
    Pat Ledoux
    Posted February 5, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    I am doing a happy dance, ding dong, the little brat is gone!!!!!

    Roxxxy was amazing as Mariah, I couldn’t tell the difference sometimes!!!

    Really enjoying this season so far, oh and j’adore Santino, always have since Project Runway- I love his voice. He’s a cutie pie. Miss Molly, I agree, so cool how Ru says Ivy Winters

    Juddfan I am glad also, cluelessness is soooooo boring.

  16. 16
    juddfan juddfan
    Posted February 6, 2013 at 11:52 am

    @Pat Ledoux, can I get an amen up in here!!!

    ; )

  17. 17
    Nelliebelle1197
    Posted February 6, 2013 at 7:42 pm

    This is such a breath of fresh air after that murderous all-stars. This was a brilliant challenge. Drag at its core is rooted deeply in gay culture as performance art, and baby, if you can’t perform take off that dress! It is not about how pretty you are or “realness”; it’s performance. Serena needs to learn that- along with proper application of make up and a fashion sense.

  18. 18
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted February 7, 2013 at 7:29 am

    Serena is also a horrible lip syncer….she just does way too much with her mouth regardless of what the song calls for. I think she’s trying to be like Jujubee, but Jujubee actually does it correctly.
    Also, her splits are sad…she can’t even go all the way to the ground.
    Reminded me of PhiPhi’s death reclines.
    She needs to stop exercising her mouth and start working on that flexibility.

    Good for Monica for getting that out in the open. I thought transitioning ladies were allowed on the show before, but they still had to be bio males? I know they couldn’t do hormones during the show either, but Carmen Carrera had to be on hormones prior to RPDR, and I feel like Kenya Michaels was as well.

  19. 19
    April
    Posted February 7, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    http://www.thesouptv.com/latest/rupauls-community-college-and-vocational-drag-institute-with-communitys-jim-rash/386195?cmpid=sn-111021-facebook-na-soup

    This is a funny video. It has Dean Pelton talking about Drag community college if you can’t get into Drag U.

  20. 20
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted February 8, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Am I the only one who thinks Roxxxy looks like Survivor Colton in drag?

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