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#126

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 2:22pm

I was delighted to see Shangela get voted off. She's got one schtick and one schtick only, see her once you've seen her a thousand times, she's never once done anything but the most obvious and easy thing -- she's never surprised the way Ben did with her Goth performance. I remember Shangela on her second run on Drag Race nattering on and on about "strategy" and taking a good deal of pleasure in messing with other contestants's heads and there she was, doing the same thing all damn season, with the new delusion that she's on GAME OF THRONES.

Good riddance. I'd rather have had RuPaul declare that since the Ultimate Decision was Hers and Hers Alone, she was going to award the prize to Ben De La Creme for having set a standard that none of the others came near.

Whatever. I hope that they dump the whole thing about having the contestants vote each other off -- enough with the backstage drama already.

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

Updated On: 3/16/18 at 02:22 PM

#127

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 3:25pm

newintown said: "And Bebe... I've met so many passive-aggressive, defensive fakes just like her over the years, she just makes my skin crawl whenever she talks."

THIS about Bebe. A thousand times THIS.

#128

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:16pm

Couldn't disagree with you more. This narrative that Ben was in a league of her own ahead of the others girls is bull. Shangela was right there with her from episode one. But, that narrative fits right in with the fandom of this show always preferring the white queens who don't have to work nearly as hard as the queens of color.

Shangela gave me everything this season. She and Ben were the front-runners, and when Ben left, she was the only viable option. Instead, we get Trixie who is probably the most undeserving winner ever. Never won a challenge, never won a lipsync. Her stats this season placed her in FOURTH behind the other three in the finale. Her most iconic/memorable moment this season was how terrible her snatch game was.

I'm sure Trixie is a wonderful person, and I love what she does outside of the show, but she's terrible at Drag Race.. and at the end of the day, isn't this a competition? "May the best woman win" or the one with the biggest fan following?

#129

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:20pm

Looks like the other queens disagree, too -- they're the ones who put a stop to Shangela's hopes for the crown.

I wonder if some of it had to do with Shangela's second run at the crown a few years back. She was going on and on about "strategy" and she pulled some ugly head games on one of the lesser contestants and was rather unpleasantly pleased with herself for having done so. I was noticing that this year that the queens seemed by and large to be keeping their distance, with only poor old Trixie falling for Shangela's Jedi Mind Sh*t over that stupid note of Thorgy's.

Yeah, we disagree about Shangela. She's gorgeous in drag, there's no doubt, and she's got a degree of energy, but there's no versatility there at all. She's never once been surprising or different, as Ben was with that remarkable Goth girl. The best Shangela could manage was that silly fat suit.

Updated On: 3/16/18 at 04:20 PM

#130

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:20pm

RuPaul personally chose Trixie over Kennedy, so perhaps you should write her, and be sure to include your accusation that "the white queens don't have to work nearly as hard as the queens of color." And please post her response, 'cause that I would love to see.

Updated On: 3/16/18 at 04:20 PM

#131

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:27pm

Y'all can defend it all you want. And I'll continue to point out how uninspired Trixie was both seasons, and how undeserving she is of the crown.

Updated On: 3/16/18 at 04:27 PM

#132

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:33pm

JP2 said: "Y'all can defend it all you want. And I'll continue to point out how uninspired Trixie was both seasons, and how undeserving she is of the crown."

Y'all can defend Shangela all you want. And I'll continue to point out how uninspired Shangela has always been in all three of her seasons, and how undeserving she has been, is now, and always will be of the crown.

Mileage. It varies.

Updated On: 3/16/18 at 04:33 PM

#133

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:41pm

Roscoe said: "JP2 said: "Y'all can defend it all you want. And I'll continue to point out how uninspired Trixie was both seasons, and how undeserving she is of the crown."

Y'all can defend Shangela all you want. And I'll continue to point out how uninspired Shangela has always been in all three of her seasons, and how undeserving she has been, is now, and always will be of the crown.

Mileage. It varies."

You sound like Milk.

#134

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:49pm

Hell hath no fury like a Shangela fan scorned. Let's all back away before JP2 gets all Daenerys on us.

Updated On: 3/16/18 at 04:49 PM

#135

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 5:05pm

It just amazes me how some don't understand where these sort of opinions stem from deep within them. You really do sound like Milk when she was coming for Kennedy's style of drag.

Shangela was consistently on top the entire season, but you say she's "one note". If a white queen performed like Shangela she'd be the second coming. She'd be praised for "elevating" her particular style of drag.

There is no excuse for someone who was ranked 4th to take the crown. It's like RoXy Andrews winning AS2.

But go ahead. Tell me how amazing TriXie was.

#136

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 5:25pm

JP2, I am also a fan of Shangela and was hoping she would take the crown. I really don't see any appeal about Trixie. However, there were two persons of color, Chi Chi and Aja, on the jury, who could have voted for Shangela and at least get her into the finals. But they chose not to. So I'm not sure what your point is. And I love to hear Bebe speak. She reminds me of so many fake queens I've known over the years. She really thinks she is a "grand girl".

#137

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 5:29pm

ArtMan said: ". However, there were two persons of color, Chi Chi and Aja, on the jury, who could have voted for Shangela and at least get her into the finals. But they chose not to. ."

But why was that random gimmick put in place in the first place? Seems like they just needed to make sure another WOW girl won.

#138

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 5:37pm

That was RuPaul's decision. There is nothing that goes on in that show that she doesn't make the final decision on. She can't pull a Jenny Jones and blame everything on her producers. She has the last word on everything.

#139

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 6:46pm

I was wondering if there's been any reaction from the contestants about Shangela's rather shocking bottom of the fourth finish -- the revelation of that single vote must have been crushing. Any tweets or anything?

#140

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 7:11pm

Also, just to be clear - Trixie was “brought back” into the competition the same number of times Shangela was. That’s a ridiculous argument that has never made any sense.

#141

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 8:59pm

Shangela is going to be just fine, JP2. You’re probably more upset about her losing than she is. She was my pick to win, with Trixie second. But I’m happy for Trixie. Neither needed the win really. And with Ben quitting, any winner was going to be questioned really.

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

#142

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/16/18 at 9:37pm

I can see why they didn't give it to Shangela, she's got a show in Vegas, etc, she's doing great. I love Kennedy, and I'd def. see her show, but I'm not sure she really screams winner, but she does give some great performances, but I thought Trixie did have the better lip-synch. She brought emotion, which a lot of queens forget. They just bring tricks - like Kennedy. You need to connect to the song.

So is there no reunion?

#143

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 12:17am

Apparently one was filmed. Maybe it will show up on VH1.com. They’ve been posting a lot of cut and exclusive content there.

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

#144

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 12:40am

I think the finale was just another disappointment in a season of disappointments. AV Club’s review makes the point that Trixie mostly delivered when she was out of drag and while Trixie’s obviously great, I don’t think the work she did in the challenges was at the level of an All Star like Alaska (and even Katya). But really only BenDela was operating at that level. I am not a huge Shangela fan but out of those four in the context of this particular season, she delivered the most. Leaving the decision up to the eliminated queens was such a bad idea.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

#145

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 5:47am

I'm curious if the #AllStarsWinnersSoWhite hashtag hasn't popped up on social media yet. As a white guy myself, I find it especially surprising to give Trixxie the win when 3 of the final 4 were girls of color, but once again we end up with the white one. Ok, admittedly Kennedy and Bebe were less than top-drawer allstars in the eyes of many (myself included), but I thought Shangela was a dazzling performer from whom the crown was stolen simply because she wasn't well enough liked by the queens she kicked off. (And honestly I was an even bigger fan of Aja who should have made it to the finals hands down.)

So we'll wait one more season for a big girl to take a crown, and one more season for a black girl to join Bob in the winner's circle.

#146

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 8:37am

Done with it.

#147

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 10:10am

You're voting each other off,

I'm voting the worst off.

I'm voting the best off.

I'm voting the one I personally don't like off.

I'm voting myself off.

The ones voted off are voting the ones left on off.

result: mediocre contestant WINS!!!

What a mess this season was, with such an unsatisfying win

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.

#148

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 1:01pm

Roscoe said: "I was wondering if there's been any reaction from the contestants about Shangela's rather shocking bottom of the fourth finish -- the revelation of that single vote must have been crushing. Any tweets or anything?"

Aja has been vocal on twitter and instagram about regretting not voting for Shangela. But makes a point that at the time, the Queens were in hiding with no phones, etc. while the entire season was filmed. So, it's not like any of them saw what we saw from Shangela's performance.

Shangela is going to be just fine, JP2. You’re probably more upset about her losing than she is. She was my pick to win, with Trixie second. But I’m happy for Trixie. Neither needed the win really. And with Ben quitting, any winner was going to be questioned really.

I think I'm coming off as a diehard Shangie fan, and I'm not. I thought she was tremendous this season, but I'm more upset that the white Queen with the worst track record beat three Queens of Color who performed better than she did.

I was a massive Katya fan during AS2 and wanted her to win, but I *understood* why Alaska won. She was great and deserved it. Trixie simply did not, and it's hard for me to understand the reasoning behind her crown other than her massive fan base outside of the show, and the fact that she's another WOW girl...

#149

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 2:44pm

Someone in a Tree2 said: "I'm curious if the #AllStarsWinnersSoWhite hashtag hasn't popped up on social media yet. As a white guy myself, I find it especially surprising to give Trixxie the win when 3 of the final 4 were girls of color, but once again we end up with the white one. Ok, admittedly Kennedy and Bebe were less than top-drawer allstars in the eyes of many (myself included), but I thought Shangela was a dazzling performer from whom the crown was stolen simplybecause she wasn't well enough liked by the queens she kicked off. (And honestly I was an even bigger fan of Aja who should have made it to the finals hands down.)

So we'll wait one more season for a big girl to take a crown, and one more season for a black girl to join Bob in the winner's circle."

Agree with everything you say but Bob is already joined by Bebe and Tyra. Raja, Bianca, and Violet are also winners of color. Was really hoping to see Shangela join the Hall of Fame.

#150

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

Posted: 3/17/18 at 5:50pm

"Raja, Bianca, and Violet are also winners of color."

Honestly this is news to me. I've only watched Raja in the pitstop-- no idea she isn't white. I knew Bianca was Puerto Rican, but it slipped my mind when her name actually means "white" in Italian. I've seen several of her live shows and her stage persona evokes Diva New Yorker Bitch without much particular Latina flavor. Violet Chatchki is a girl of color? Really? Which one? Had no clue watching her entire season.

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