At the beginning of tonight’s Drag Race, Ivy’s gone and everyone has a sad. Jinkx is devastated. Alyssa feels confident about performing, but still makes snaps about coco. People think that means that Alyssa isn’t working. More after the jump. [Read more…] about RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: The Gworl from Impanema
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: So Take a Big Whiff
Last time, Roxxxy pulled off her wig to reveal another wig and shantay, everyone stayed! What’s gonna happen this week? Roxxxy talks more about her life as an abandoned child. Alaska bemoans not having won a challenge. Coco’s ready for this. Bring it! Only, after the jump.
Shemail. Can you smell me? Don’t funk it up. Ru comes in and asks if all the gworls are homesick. So she invites the pit crew in. They keep coming. ..and coming . . and coming. Lots of shirtless muscle boys. Andrew Christian comes in and I groan. Yay for body image warping underwear and a body dysmorphic culture! Anyway, they basically have to play “Memory” but with the guy’s underwear. Hot damn. There’s lots of dropped trou. Half the girls totally pause and get distracted. Anyway, we’re ALL winners, only Ivy Winters wins the phone call home, so she decides to call her mom.
The main challenge is to create and market the girls’ own fragrances. By the way, Jinkx is wearing some weird shawl. The dolls all run to the table and start grabbing as many fragrance oils as possible. Alaska decides that this is her challenge and that she wants something earthy and dirty. Jinkx is working on her perfume and Ivy comes over and they chat. Jinkx says that Ivy is the only gworl who gets her. There’s a lot of giggling and eye contact.
RuPaul joins the gworls and heads to Alaska and picks up her bottle of perfume and sniffs it like a bottle of poppers. HA! We move to Roxxxy whose fragrance is Thick and Juicy. The bottle is covered in rhinestones and fruit. Roxxxy says it smells like food and Ru says it smells like IHOP. We move to Coco who’s doing something that sounds like “Ruanimal” which doesn’t make any damn sense. Ru’s taken aback and leaves it on that. Alyssa’s doing something called “Alyssa’s Secret” but doesn’t know what her secret is. Detox is over that crap and Ru says to clarify the message. Ivy’s doing a fragrance called “Poisoned Rosebud” and after talking to RuPaul, feels that the scent and campaign isn’t really about HER, and thus goes back to the drawing board.
We move on to the filming of the commercial, done by Michelle Visage and Aubrey O’Day. The queens are really excited about Aubrey, for some reason. Anyway, Jinkx starts out and Aubrey immediately goes into him for making it too slutty. Aubrey jumps up to lay out over the pit crew in some hideously ugly pants. Ivy comes out with a NYC backdrop, thinking to do a fast paced urban setting, only to be told that that’s Tokyo. Ooops. Doesn’t she live here? Anyway, Ivy keeps stumbling on the words and Aubrey’s not impressed. Coco joins us wearing all leopard print, and while it’s not that good, do you have to be so damn judgmental, Miss O’Day? What exactly have you done besides be the most famous Danity Kane member, which is kinda like saying the most famous Dream Street member? Then Coco lies on a fainting couch with Sean Morales in a lion mask, and I think “Ok, yeah, Aubrey has a point.” Detox is doing some pun on the word “heroin/heroine” which is funny, and then she does this thing where she uses this deep man voice to say “heroin/e” and it’s jarring, but … ok, it’s funny. Aubrey looks like someone peed in her Kool-Aid (which would explain why she’s not using it to dye her hair, anymore). Alyssa does her thing where she gets nervous and finds EVERYTHING funny, but still drops the ball in a million places. Roxxxy wears a giant yellow thing and looks like a huge raccoon peep (seriously, gworl, bend around yo’ eyes!). She has this smell thing that’s got potential but wasn’t worked out too well. Alaska comes in wearing her Lady Bunny wig and we find that she’s not just Red, as she told Ru, but Red … for Filth. HA. I love this. You need to do more away from RoLaskaTox. Michelle tells her to spin like Wonder Woman, and Aubrey’s impressed that Alaska took control and knew what she wanted.
Back in the holding cell, Alaska pulls out a photo book about her drag house and starts crying. I think he’s going to win. Ivy gets to call her mom, who looks a little bit like Christi from Dance Moms. Jinkx admits that’s he’s developing feelings for Ivy and Roxxxy and Alyssa listen in and give us DRAMA GWORL faces. Ivy comes back in and Jinkx does the “not sure when to stop this hug” thing.
Mainstage! Coco comes out in a zebra dress and looks like an optical illusion. Alaska is crazed business woman, in all red and black. Ivy’s got a cute lacy flouncy dress thing on, but its way way too tame. At the very least, it needs bigger hair. Detox is doing some mermaid dress that’s see through and is kind of tame for her. Alyssa’s wearing some couch print Dynasty/Dallas power dress suit. Jinkx is doing a cute lacey flapper girl. Roxxxy comes out in a very unflattering white cat suit, and looks like she’s a fanny pack away from being Fran Dresher’s mother.
Before each critique, we see the commercial. Coco, again, has lots of leopard print. Like on her, on her face on the background. The judges aren’t down with it and the lion head was just weird. Santino says she’s wearing too many accessories and everyone thinks the perfume smells horrible. Michelle feels there’s too much ass kissing. Aubrey thinks that Coco is way too unoriginal.
Alaska’s commercial is hilarious with just enough camp. You can hear Ru cackle in the background. Aubrey says that this is the only perfume she’d wear.
Ivy’s a little boring and there’s not much going on, EVEN when she does this fun little change with her dress that you don’t really see coming. The panel thinks she’s wearing an ice skating dress and isn’t impressed.
Detox’s Heroine was out there enough that the judges, generally, liked it. However, the look she brought was rather homemade and unfinished looking.
Alyssa’s didn’t stand out for anyone, except that she’s not that good a salesperson, mainly due to the fact that she doesn’t know what she’s selling. She also has Aubrey’s weird open scary eye thing.
Jinkx keeps whispering her mantra of “water off a duck’s back” and Ru finally catches it. I think it’s a bit. . . endearing but not entirely so, which makes sense to me. Her commercial is actually pretty funny and works well with the theme of Delusion. Michelle LOVES the look and I’m glad. Aubrey says it felt vaudeville, and I really wonder if that’s supposed to be a bad thing, knowing Jinkx.
Roxxxy comes out and there’s this whole reveal about her boobs. Her cat suit’s bow placement was weird and in general, Michelle and Aubrey felt she was unprofessional and the whole thing was just incredibly tacky, which is Roxxxy in a nutshell, for better or worse.
Michelle gives Jinkx another high five for growing and Alaska wins the challenge this week. Roxxxy looks incredibly pissed, but I say it’s her own damn fault. Ivy and Alyssa are the bottom two and have to lip synch to “Ain’t Nothin’ Going’ on but the Rent.” Ivy. . . stays where she is, which is a choice, but ends up being boring. Alyssa is all over the stage giving us Working Gworl Realness. Shantay, Alyssa stays, and Ivy sashays away. Jinkx looks devastated and feels that he’s lost the only person who gets him. Ivy says they’ll be seeing more of each other later.
Dance Moms Recap: Full Metal Tutu
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap- And None For Gretchen Weiners
Last time on “Rupaul’s Drag Race”, Ivy won the singing challenge and Jade and her hair went home. Backstage, Jinkx is yammering about wanting the win, but how pretty Ivy looks. Roxxxy is already over it, and I’m a little over her already. Coco and Alaska both set up the We Haven’t Won a Challenge Club. Alaska complains about being in Sharon’s shadow. More after the jump.
Alaska says she’s taken Michelle’s advice and is really reconsidering not being a part of the whole RoLaskaToxx thing. Roxxxy starts out being miffed, but is interrupted by SheMail. It quickly becomes apparent we’re reading each other. Detoxx starts and Alyssa’s quickly the butt of most jokes, but is a good sport. Everyone reads Roxxxy, who tries to turn it around in a boring manner. Coco comes out with a swipe at Jinkx’ porkpie hat. Ivy makes a GREAT comment about Coco’s tang colored highlighting. The library is now closed, and Alaska wins the mini-challenge.
Ru comes to tell everyone that the main challenge is that they’re going to roast RuPaul. Uh-oh, it’s hard to be funny on cue. The Pit Crew serves drinks and everyone is told to let Ru have it. The gworls will be coached by Bruce Villanch, Nadia Ginsberg and Deven Green. Alaska, as the winner, gets to decide the order. She’s actually really nice about it and asks the other girls when they want to go and tries to accommodate everyone, which ends up leaving her as the opening act. Coco says that’s the hardest, but I think that the middle is where you get ignored.
Detox makes fun of Alyssa’s creative process and its damn on point since Alyssa is cracking herself up. Michelle comes in and everyone gay screams. First, Alaska, who starts out with a pretty good joke that has Michelle laughing. However, Michelle warns her that she’s being too nice. Roxxxy says that reading is something that she’s always done, but is warned to keep it funny. Ivy has nothing. Coco plans on just being herself. Alyssa is talking about reading as well and seems to be doing the same nonsense that Roxxxy’s doing.
Our guest judges are Leslie Jordan and Jeffrey Moran of Vodka fame. Oh, and it’s going to be live. We get a glimpse of Jinkx’ narcolepsy. The other queens find it hilarious.
Rehearsal time! Jinkx comes out and fucks the chicken during rehearsal. Ivy plays it very very very safe and is boring. Bruce looks weird tonight. Is he wearing a corset? Alyssa’s jokes are all out of place and way too mean. Coco’s playing it from the hood and is being another mean queen. Alyssa is the only person laughing. The judges don’t like her mean streak.
Elimination Day! Alyssa is super nervous and you can tell. Coco’s already being bitchy. Roxxxy, again, says she doesn’t believe in Jinkx.
Ru comes out looking like a giant, fabulous lime Jell-O shot. Leslie Jordan is scared; Jeffrey Moran is pretty and bland. Let the roasting begin!! Alaska is actually pretty damn funny. She opens with a joke about how Leslie’s slept with more gay men then Michelle and ends with a joke about the number of xs in Roxxxy’s name. Roxxxy comes out and attacks everyone and it’s just not funny. Coco comes out in character and has RuPaul on floor. He actually turned it around and does a damn good job. Jinkx is pretty solid. Ivy’s not bad, but certain will not be in the top. Alyssa makes everyone uncomfortable. Detoxx tries to not recycle jokes and fails and says the f-word a lot, but has some good moments.
Judges Critique!
Alaska is funny and it’s tough to go first, though her look is getting predictable. Leslie Jordan lovingly calls her knock kneed. Ivy looks good, but was unsure on stage and read her cards the whole time. Jinkx killed the judges (which we didn’t see as much of) and Michelle is genuinely impressed with the runway look. I’m happy. Detoxx was mean but had a twinkle in her eye the whole time, so it’s ok, but she screwed up too much. It should have flowed more. Alyssa was trying too hard and could have been a LOT funnier. In general, it was boring and humiliating but Leslie thinks she’s the prettiest girl in the bunch. Coco had a great concept and knocked it out. Roxxxy needed a much faster pace, bigger hair and was way too in her head.
Coco wins this one, which good for her! Roxxxy and Alyssa are in the bottom, lip synching to Whip My Hair. Roxxxy immediately takes off her pants and goes to take off her wig revealing ANOTHER WIG. Alyssa turns it out on stage. Afterwards, Roxxxy breaks down because she’s never been wanted. Ru says she’s wanted and tells them both to stay. Now we’re evened out and we’re the seven sisters! It’s like the Seven Samurai, only without the swords.
Check back here next week for another “Rupaul’s Drag Race” recap!
RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Did you all been having the incredibly bad Monday that everyone else I know have been having? Well, let’s end it with RuPaul’s Drag Race! Last time, it was the Snatch Game and everyone sucked, except for Jinkx. LIneysha ended up sashaying away. Afterwards, everyone has good things to say about Lineysha which is weird. Jinkx feels let out. Coco’s not into the RoLaskaToxx thing and I almost agree with her. Jinkx knocks out.
Alyssa walks in wearing a Zelda shirt and my roommate freaks out. You’ve Got Shemail! We’re gonna give till it hurts, and everyone looks confused for a moment. Ru comes in and talks about putting on her make up in adverse situations, and then turns off the lights. The queens have to put on their make up in the dark. Shade is thrown in the dark, and we see that Alyssa’s doing her face and Coco’s probably not blending. The dolls come out in beekeeper hats, hiding their faces. Alyssa’s all over herself and Coco didn’t bother to blend. Alaska put it all over her face. Detoxx wins and gets to choose the groups for the main challenge.
The main challenge is going to be writing and recording a song. RoLaskaToxx is together, and Alyssa and Coco are put together. This leaves Jinkx, Jade and Ivy. It’s going to be an 80’s flashback wear, like some sort of drag Band Aid. There’s more shade throwing and the verses get doled out in traditional bitchy manner.
Alyssa starts up by wanting to change the lyrics, which Coco’s not really down for. Alyssa spins around in jorts and does a bad Glee impression. Ivy, Jade and Jinkx have some good harmonies going. Over with RoLaskaToxx, Alaska is annoyed that the other dolls aren’t doing anything but goof off. Ru comes in.
Alyssa and Coco are first. Who’s a good singer? Coco’s gonna try to take it to church and Alyssa’s gonna try to take to Jack in the Box. Ru tells them to make it fun and walks away. Ivy, Jade and Jinkx are next. Who sings? Well, they all do, to some extent. Jade’s the most boring of the three and gets warned that she needs to steal the spotlight. Last, we have RoLaskaToxx. The rest of the teams don’t understand what message is in the song.
The judges for tonight will be the Pointer Sisters and Latoya Jackson, who will be on the show for the third time. Before that, the dolls have to record. Let’s save the world with drag. Coco comes in and is immediately bitchy, talking about Detoxx. This leads to her messing up, which, in turn, makes Alyssa screw up. Everything is off about these two. Jade joins them in being off key, and spends her entire time looking down. Ivy’s pretty good, and Jinkx has some good notes and some good pipes. Roxxxy’s over it, though, and thinks it’s all a gimmick. That is, right before showing that HE can’t sing and doesn’t know how to say “sequined dress.” Detoxx keeps messing up, but rolls with it, and RoLaskaToxx ends up going off and modulating in their own little worlds. The song ends on some freestyle notes where everyone is pretty much the same as they were before.
Backstage, Detoxx inserts herself into the conversation and there’s more arguing. The queens talk about what parts they’re showing off and Detoxx is showing off his whole body, which, as we find out, is made entirely of silicon, putting him in the same rank as Cher and Joan Rivers. Out of nowhere, Jade gets some sob story about coming out and I’m pretty sure I know who’s going home.
Ru has a nice look on for the main stage. I’m not saying she normally looks like garbage, but sometimes she looks classier than others. Today is somewhat understated, and I like it. There’s lots of “sequences” Coco comes out wearing a leotard that looks like it opens up to show her heart. Seems weird. Alyssa is showing legs and wearing a caftan. Jinkx, pay attention, because this is how you do Boho chic glamour. Jade’s wearing something that looks like a tie dyed version of Janice from the Muppets. Either that or Cher mated with a rainbow. Ivy wears a dress made of her headshots. Jinkx *almost* gives us glamour. Honey, you know I love you, but you really need to step up the pretty for this. It’s what got Pandora knocked off and I don’t want to see you go. Roxxxy’s all about the big tits and hair. Alaska wanted assless chaps but had to settle for a clavicle showing mermaid dress. Detoxx is wearing a super simple dress until she turns around and you can see her crack through the ribboning. HA!
Now, we get to see the video for Can I Get an Amen. Ru is not in drag and it looks weird. Coco’s off key. Alyssa is singing her little heart off and it’s horrible, but she’s diving right into it. Jade is boring. Ivy’s got some good notes and is mugging for the camera. Jinkx does a great job, but ivy’s look outshines her. Roxxxy is terribly off key and doesn’t care. Detoxx is wearing Jem’s wig. Alaska is better than she lets on.
Judges Critique!
Coco didn’t get what was going on and got lost in being bitchy. She’s also wearing too much highlighter.
Alyssa’s very pretty but her singing was awful. However, she knows that and plays it up. She also points where she’s walking to.
Jade was a big letdown and Michelle doesn’t get the look. She missed on so many levels and is totally forgettable.
The judges love Ivy’s dress and she made a good impression on everyone. She was creative and added some nice harmonies.
The judges loved Jinkx’ long note, but think she was a mess on the runway. Michelle tells her not to contour so hard.
Roxxxy was peanut butter and the outfit was super-hot. Michelle warns the group that cliques can be dangerous.
Detoxx phoned the song in but got by on her dress. She’s warned not to rely on crutches like that.
Alaska is starting to bore the judges and needs to not hold back or hide behind characters. Alaska gives us a “show you the real me” speech and cries. She’s safe.
The winner is Ivy and Coco and Jade have to lip synch. Called it. It’s to the Pointer Sisters’ “I’m So Excited.” Jade’s not bad, but Coco really pulls it out. Shantay Coco stay. Jade calls Coco her close friend and I go “what?” and the show’s over. Join us next week!
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Jerry Likes My Corn
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RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Best Damn Dancer at the American Ballet Academy
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