What a perfect recap for this epi, Twunty, but you didn't bash that make-up job rebecca did for the shoot enough, OMG, I am in no way qualified to be a drag queen, but I don't think I've seen worse make-up period, nevermind for a Mac challenge . . . and oh please girl, I wasn't buying the crocodile tears, perhaps at the first squeeze, but she was working it later with the girls, and I think overcompensating for her lack of chops!!! She's weak . . . and lame . . . and not very nice either . . . and how can she still be there . . . maybe coz she doesn't look down on the runway . . .

As for Baby Ong, she is quite the dear, I give her full props for being so nice and even tempered and level headed and cute to boot!!! I'm super glad she won this, tho I think BB did great too, and I have a friend of a friend who knows one of the producers, and there was not a dry eye in the house, no one knew ahead of time, or expected that to happen . . . even I was flowing in salties, and my friend who taped it warned me too! But then, I'm a hopeless case . . . sigh . . .

I liked the juggling, she was perfect with it, and kept a diva face forward, unlike Jade who was only walking and couldn't look up--her style looks kind of That Girl with longer hair, is it me!? Am I revealing my age . . . should I say my mother was one of those that thought exposing me to dated serial television in the womb would insure I'd grow to be a reality TV addict and post verbosely on TV gasm as a geezer! no . . .

I heart this show.

Ooooh, I'm going out tonight and don't have time to read Twunty's great recap.

I might have to make an early evening of it.

I like a diva with some versatility, which BeBe seems to have. I'd like to see something different from Shannel. Her look could be versatile, but she goes back to that showgirl shtick every time. Nina has the potential to be quite lovely w/o the punkiness.

I guess it's important to have a recognizable look that is "her." But I like to see different looks, too.

BTW Ongina is simply precious. I'd like to see her with hair more often, though.

JuddFann, I agree about Rebecca.

Compared with Ongina's true pain, Rebecca was SOOOOO faking it up.

I wish I had Shannel's female body. It's just not fair! I love Shannel, but I get frustrated because she sometimes doesn't get it. Yes, she's fab - but she's not Ru level fab yet.

BeBe is boring to me. The only commercial worth anything was Ongina's IMO. Though Nina's wasn't bad, but the accent made it difficult.

Ong, let me give you some hugs. YOU are a true champ, irregardless if you win this or not - just for your attitude.

It looks like we're all in agreement this week. Baby Ong is the shit, loving her so much right now.
Juddfan, thanks for the compliment, honey. And Rebecca's makeup was terrible, you are so right. If she lasts another week with someone else going in her stead, I may lose it. The only real talent she has shown is that she can sew.
Snootchy, I heart it too and I hope that they end up with a dozen cycles like Tyra and her endless ANTM franchise. Speaking of Tyra, in a recent interview Ru kinda calls her out for copying her looks. She may have a point there.
Pixielated, don't you think that Bebe needs to show more humor? She can do the outrageous glamour faces but I'd like to hear something clever come out of her mouth. She's too reserved compared to all the queens I've known.
Hutchlover, do you think Ong is the only stand-out so far? Doesn't it seem like she is the only really well rounded one?
What I do like about Drag Race is that I keep changing my mind every week. My only criticism (I almost wrote cliticism, ha!)is that they don't have them living in a house together so we are gyped out of seeing some juicy interaction.
What do you guys think?
Much love, Twunty

Oh, no Twunty. You misunderstand me. I think Nina, Ongina & Shannel are the shit! Not that each are without issues.

Ongina still looks too much like a boy - I want to see her in more wigs & fewer teeny hats.

Nina is so fabulous, but she needs English lessons and her arms are too masculine.

Shannel needs to get over her "I'm the best in Vegas, therefore I'm the best" attitude. But she's my favorite so far.

Bebe is definitely talented, but she's kinda boring to me.

Also, I forgot to mention last time - it's KI KI, not Hi Hi. It's a term that lesbians used and then it fell out of use after the 70s, so the Queens took it over & changed the meaning.

Hey, hutchlover. I noticed that Ru pronounced it Ki Ki but it said Hi Hi in the caption right after he said it. I ran with the caption because I had a stoopid joke in mind. Thanks for the clearing that term up for me.

We still agree that Glasscock should go next, though, right?

Wow, what a show this time! I have to say, making them do each other's faces was HYSTERICAL, but giving them only 30 minutes??!? Ru should have known that that was MONSTROUSLY unfair to them... the only queens who can pull that off are the ones who have shit already tattooed on their faces! Even an hour seems like too little time to put together a decent face.

I'm going to get crucified for this, but I will forge ahead anyhow: I distinctly felt an element of, shall we say, overacting and theatricality when Rebecca was having her "breakdown" over her friend's illness. Just my opinion, but the whole walking-off-the-set-thing and then her disappearing into the ladies' room stall, before coming out to dab at her eyes and then pulling a Greta Garbo "I vant to be alone now" just made my bullshit-alert twang more than a little. I am not saying that she's lying about having a friend with AIDS, that's certainly quite likely, but do I believe that it's affecting her that deeply? Somehow, in light of Ongina's later confession and tears, it seemed like a put-on. Admittedly, she may have been really upset, but the way it came off in contrast to Ongie, it just looked calculated and possibly self-serving... and truthfully, when you're an entertainer doing a professional job, you have to learn how to put your personal feelings at arm's-length sometimes and just get the job done.

Shannel, gosh, I'm liking her less and less every week. She's beautiful and talented, but the overwhelming ego and sense-of-entitlement (i.e. "I should have won the makeup challenge hands-down!") is just too much to bear. Not to mention her insistence on showing her ass all the time. Yes, it's nice, but there comes a time when I'd like to see something a tad less glitzy and a little more beautiful out of her.

Bebe's hair-pile was un-fucking-REAL! OMG, I giggled like crazy. I loved her classiness in the PSA, but I agree with you guys, I think she needs to show a little more personality.

Great recap, Twunty (and thank you for finally clearing up for me the mystery of your nickname, I've been stupidly wondering about that for weeks but wouldn't let myself ask because I didn't want to look completely clueless... however, I'm drunk enough tonight that I really don't give a fuck if people think I'm stupid or not)

On a serious note: I had one other gay relative in my family, my mom's brother, Uncle Steve, who was a flamingly-flamboyant-queen that lived in San Francisco during the late 60's-early 70's and was part of the whole Harvey Milk candlelight vigil and marching on City Hall and the White Night Riots. I didn't get to know him until I was in my early 20's, but damn had so many awesomely good (and alternately terrifying) stories about being gay back then. He contracted HIV in the late 80's, and eventually died from AIDS complications in February of 1995... and to this day I feel robbed of all the things he could have taught me if we had only had more time together. If only he had lived until some of the drug-cocktails they have now, he might have been able to have a normal life-span. He also would have loved to have seen a show like this on a channel like LOGO... and since he was extremely attracted to black men, he would have looooooooooved the Pit Crew! I like to think he's in Gay Heaven™ now and watching OnDemand like we do...

Love, J-Mo :)

Darling Twunty,
Your recap is just what I needed to refuel me before taking on the NYC hausenfrau!!! Thank you so much for the giggles, and the words of wisdom. Like you I was living in NYC when the HIV epidemic started running rampant, and over the years I've lost several friends to the awful disease. Poor Ong, she has all of my respect for not exploiting her HIV status.

Love, love, love this show, almost as much as I love your recaps. They make me feel like I'm a youngster playing in the village again, instead of a middle-aged mom wondering what to cook for dinner!!!

Hugs,
Yenta

J-Mo, I am so sorry about your uncle. It has to suck wondering what could have been, but we've all done that in one shape or form. At least he was out and proud. R.I.P. And accept an extra big hug from me, I know how it feels.

As for my name, there are still plenty of people who don't know what it means, so don't feel bad even though most of them live in homes, can't feed themselves and only write their names with their own poo. I kid, I kid! They just learned to write in the mud with a stick.
Anyway, you are right, I went back and watched Rebecca again and I tend to agree with you, Juddfan and Hutchlover, she was overdoing it for the cameras. I hate to say that because I don't take anyone's grief lightly.

Yenta, I wish I had known you when I lived in New York. Who knows. Maybe our paths did cross, wouldn't that be funny? Can't wait for your next recap. You are a gifted writer.

twunty :
(adj.) The quality or state of being a twunt, i.e., simultaneously both a twat and a cunt.
"Gosh, Mary-Jo is being quite twunty to-day! What manner of insect crawled up her snatch, do you think?"

I can only imagine what 'Mcslore' can mean.... ;-D

Oooh! I know I know! Is that when Slutty_Whore has a big mac?