RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5- Page 2

[Tom1071]

Posted: 1/30/13 at 11:41am

I remember Alyssa from the documentary, Pageant. I guess she later won Miss Gay America and was dethroned.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/30/13 at 5:43pm

So, the two that are having some sort of secret feud, the older ish one without his hair and makeup looks like he had more than just a little work done. But once he's in drag, I think he looks great. One of the best.

The other feudee - I can't go any further than those fake turquoise eyes. It just doesn't work, toots. He looks like a cartoon who can't blink.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:46pm

That lip synch was one scary piece of tellie. That two foot nothing queen, wow what a mouth

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 2:16pm

Justice served.

If you watch Untucked, I have NEVER seen a whole season's cast turn on one person before. That child needed a clue.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 6:55pm

And do you feel about them allowing a transgendered woman to compete? Will it cause a lot of backlash? Is it fair?

I am torn. I am interested to see if she presents as a girl in the work room now.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 6:58pm

When she made that announcement I looked at my roommate and said "OOOOH, she's disqualified!" and was kind of shocked when she wasn't. And she's getting nothing but support from Ru and all the other queens. But I guess she's not technically a "drag queen" now, is she?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 7:03pm

I have seen a lot of debate about it today. I don't know. 15 years or so ago when I used to frequent drag shows and pageants, there were usually the all-boy and surgically altered all competing together, but I think part of the draw of the art is the illusion. When I first started going to my favorite club in Nashville, the performers would often come out at the end of the show, clean faced in their boy clothes. I loved that. Then, over the years, new performers came in and many lived as women, so it changed. I don't think it's fair to those who haven't been considered for the show because they are surgically altered if Monica gets to stay and compete.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 7:04pm

No, she's not. She's a tranny.

If you live as a woman, then you are NOT a drag queen, you are a woman. Doesn't matter if she still has boy junk.


This show sucks ass and this is just another reason why.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 7:14pm

I think Ru from his experiences with past contestants (Carmen, Sonique- who was taking hormones before appearing on drag race, Stacey Lane, and Pork Chop) was aware of the implications in dq'ing somebody on that basis especially with the branding the show does where inclusiveness is a big deal. I think for Ru it is just to judge on the basis of Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent. 'Passing' via implants and/or hormones has not really come to mind when judging the queens but I definitely think this is a gray area in drag culture, and whether or not it is drag or just performance, that is not really talked about. Good for Ru and especially good for Monica to put that out there.

Kristen Johnson needs to become a judge all the damn time.

[artscallion]

Posted: 2/5/13 at 7:47pm

"ooooh! No she better don't!"

I'm leaning towards Ivy and Detox. But It's too early to tell. I mean last week I hated Alyssa and Coco. This week I thought they Both did really well. Still can't stand Jade. I don't see that changing.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 9:45am

Havent watched this week's eppie. I did hear that Jade has a porn past, not that that should mean anything for the competition.

I'm loving Detox and think she's great in the vids with Willem and Vicky.

A few weeks ago, we were visiting our very straight friends and they streamed "Ticked Off Trannies with Knives" starring Willem. It was terrible but fun, but in the middle of the movie, the wife said "She needs to do something about her beard!" LOL!

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 11:25am

Not only does Jade have a porn past, but Detox as well!

And with regards to the ganging-up on Serena during Untucked: I have a friend who is a part of the Drag Community in NYC and said he had to turn it off because he was upset by the behavior. He (she?) believes that it should be a community of support (isn't that what RuPaul is always harking on?) and that the way they all bullied the new girl was terrible.

Now I'm on the fence with this. Yes, this is a competition. With $100,000 on the line, these girls are going to do everything and anything to win. Did Serena ChaCha need a herstory lesson? Yes. Indeed. Did the girls need to be as viscous as they were? Who knows. What are your thoughts?

[artscallion]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 11:34am

I agree. I was a little put off by the way they all ganged up on her. But at the same time, it also felt a little staged, particularly the part when someone said they were all at the same level except for her and everyone laughed for a good 3 minutes, including the transgendered woman who had just finished crying about her own lack of acceptance. Didn't feel real. So It didn't bother me too much.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 3:02pm

I don't feel like the kid had ONE redeeming quality from the time she walked in the work room. I don't think she deserved that sort of ganging up, but she did insult every single person in the room. And for every person I know that loves this stupid show, some of the drag-isms have become part of the language, at least when describing the show. Has this kid never seen the show? I don't remember the order of the attacking, but you can tell by looking at Detox that she's not one to cross. I think it was all a perfect storm of trying to one-up the other queens.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 4:45pm

"particularly the part when someone said they were all at the same level except for her and everyone laughed for a good 3 minutes, including the transgendered woman who had just finished crying about her own lack of acceptance."

See, it felt to me like that was very genuine, the joke about everyone being on the same level except for Serena felt like it was a joke made to get people laughing after the tears, and I think the bloodbath that followed would have been averted if Serena had just gone along with the joke at her own expense and laughed it off. There could have been some bonding going on there, but she blew it by taking offense and making a speech.

Updated On: 2/6/13 at 04:45 PM

[artscallion]

Posted: 2/14/13 at 10:29am

This season should be renamed RuPaul's Giant Clown Lips Race. Seriously.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/24/13 at 2:57pm

Well, Monica went home, so we won't get to see much of her work room behavior. It turns out, she's hardly the first. Jiggly lives as a woman and Carmen had started transitioning long before the show, but stopped hormones when she got word that she was in.

So, pulling the drama from last season:

On the reunion show, they asked Willam (I am a little obsessed with the fool) what he did to get kicked off. He said that his husband was paying him visits. Well, now I have read an interview where he said that the visits were just one of many many rules he broke. He wouldn't admit to more because he said he didn't want to make anyone look bad, but he alluded to the fact that the producers knew full well of every rule he broke. He said some things he did just because he could, others he did so that all the queens would get better treatment.

He said that two days after he was dismissed from the show, he was in rehearsals for an Off-Broadway show. The timing was rather perfect, no? "Almost like it was planned." (His words.) He made it sound as if producers, though not necessarily RuPaul, knew his plans were to leave before the end of the show for this previously planned gig. It sounded as though the plan was for him to go home when he had to lip-sync against Jiggly, but somehow he won. Then, the next week, he had to push the subject to get off the show in time.

I just found it interesting.

Updated On: 2/24/13 at 02:57 PM

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 9:24pm

for those Willam fans out there, you may or may not have heard he is featured in the independently produced film version of SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES by Del SORDID LIVES Shores. i am hoping that just as the long-running and multiply-revived Los Angeles stage version did, the film will feature Leslie Jordan and Beth Grant.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 9:29pm

Oh man, Little Edie was a riot!!!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 6:19am

Was that maybe the weakest Snatch Game yet?

What drag queen doesn't know who Little Edie is?! Jinx KILLED her. It was absolutely perfect.

I was not happy with Detox being in the bottom two. Her Ke$ha wasn't that bad. Alyssa's Katie Perry was worse and Jade's Taylor Swift was forgettable. Ke$ha is gross and drunk and probably smells. That was the humor of the character. I was glad she stayed, but I do worry now, having seen her unique lip-sync style, about when she goes up against a more traditional performer.

I wish they would stop giving the Alyssa/Koko thing so much damn screen time.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 8:10am

I love Jinkx Monsoon! God, she nailed that!

I actually though Jade captured Taylor Swift's fake sincerity and self-promotion pretty well.

Was amazed at how little some knew of their subjects, even when prompted by Ru.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 10:32am

'What drag queen doesn't know who Little Edie is?!'

THIS. Even in my Nyquil-induced haze, I was full of rage. Stupid queens. Stupid, stupid, stupid queens.

How do you not prepare one larger-than-life celebrity impression before you show up??? HOW?????

Updated On: 2/26/13 at 10:32 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 11:28am

It's time for Coco to send Alyssa's ass home. Did you see that BS on Untucked?

[artscallion]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 11:39am

Alyssa's like a horsey Joan Collins. I think Detox needs to dress up as Linda Evans and beat the crap outta her.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 11:42am

How DARE you take the name of Miss Collins in vain!

She looks like the Incredible Mr. Limpet.