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Bliggers-
Dec 1, 2006
Back in business

The Berzerker posted:

I disagree with this so hard, Shangela was trying to be a good improv partner the whole way through. Kept setting Chi Chi up for a moment to come up with something (the guy asked how they met, Shangela is like "Oh I'd say it was fate, wouldn't you?" and leaves it wide open for Chi Chi) - she just didn't have the comedy instinct to come up with anything.

I get what you're saying. Shangela did try to set up Chi Chi and she kept missing them. But my point was that they both know Chi Chi doesn't have much for comedy chops and lacks improv confidence especially. In that case, Shangela should do everything she can to elevate Chi Chi (even if by landing her jokes instead of trying to set up Chi Chi) because it makes them both look that much better. I don't think Shangela's character was that funny and that was not Chi Chi's fault.

Ironically, Chi Chi got the only big laugh from their act without Shangela's help.

Also I only watched this once so views might change on repeated viewing.

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alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012


i long for the day when shangela shows up primed for a runway look without an elaborate prop

Giga Pet giveaway
Jun 28, 2008

You're Not Welcome?

alf_pogs posted:

the FB link seemed to be taken down, so here's the VH1 link if anyone wants it

http://www.vh1.com/news/348687/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-snatch-game/

WOW thorgy still coming across as a bitter sourpuss two episodes on. looking forward to the shangela / trixie showdown.

Thank you for the link (and seconding love for your cat greeting).

This though - Wtf Shangela. :confused: Thorgy's note was really petty but that drama about it felt VERY out of proportion on her part.

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




Shangie playin' the game.

alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012


for those who doubt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjRcecdGwQ8

it gets better and better as it goes along.

"in the fire challenge, you fanned the flames of your destiny. but on the runway, you were a five-alarm piece of poo poo."

Gelf
Oct 1, 2005

Wake up and smell the psychosis!\

I tend to be more of a lurker, and for most of the shows I watch their respective TVIV threads are pretty toxic. This thread however is just great, I love the direction the discussions go and appreciate the perspectives some of you US fabgoons give with your easier access to certain Queen's careers through their performing in US cities in a way that doesn't happen to the same degree in Sydney. I did finally see Bianca a few months ago, but unfortunately missed out on Trixie and Katya.

This season is so much better than AS2! I wanted to dislike DeLa based on her season, but gently caress me if she isn't slaying it! Trixie, Shangela and Dela would be my current top 3. However I'm really quite liking Kennedy, who I wasn't previously familiar with, mostly because of the range of emotions she makes me feel! From "UGH gently caress off" to having a genuine smile on my face when she aces it (particularly when it comes to her freestyle dancing). Plus the extent to which she soured on Milk was just delicious.

Disappointed that ChiChi is devolving into a broken record of the same old excuses and insecurities. Girl, your act is dime a dozen and you've had years to get some help and be your best self. Repeat patterns of behaviour are an issue in my own social circle at the moment though, so perhaps I'm transferring my frustrations!

gandlethorpe
Aug 16, 2008

:gowron::m10:
I have no doubt Trixie will be able to deliver jokes with pun-point accuracy. The real question is how she'll manage to pull off Ru's look. Skin color can of worms aside, she can't really do her signature look. Has she ever appeared in drag without it?

All I could find was the bearded runway, which most of her face is covered for anyway. Also, I completely forgot about MAX when looking up the season 7 runways. RIP

Gelf posted:

However I'm really quite liking Kennedy, who I wasn't previously familiar with, mostly because of the range of emotions she makes me feel! From "UGH gently caress off" to having a genuine smile on my face when she aces it (particularly when it comes to her freestyle dancing). Plus the extent to which she soured on Milk was just delicious.

I feel the same about Kennedy. She's hit or miss with me, but when she hits, she hits hard. Her crystallized speech may be my top favorite quote in all of herstory.

gandlethorpe fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Feb 13, 2018

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




I love Kennedy b/c I love me some Bitter Old Lady Brigade, ngl, but she's pretty hit or miss performance wise.

When she's on she's loving ON though.

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




Also this is not really related, but I feel like this is the one thread that will mostly get it:

I've been catching up to Dragon Ball Super and fuckin LOL when a Supreme Kai wants to teleport immediately to the God of All he says 'kai kai' and

it's killin me!!!

gandlethorpe
Aug 16, 2008

:gowron::m10:

esperterra posted:

Also this is not really related, but I feel like this is the one thread that will mostly get it:

I've been catching up to Dragon Ball Super and fuckin LOL when a Supreme Kai wants to teleport immediately to the God of All he says 'kai kai' and

it's killin me!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/7wkefb/rpdr_z/
https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/7vjnia/after_a_long_night_of_hooking_trade_didnt_like/

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




art

I've been avoiding the subreddit til this season ends. I didn't care bout Nancy Drews spoiling season 9 but I'll be chaffed if I mouse over something related to AS3.

And I WILL mouse over it!!

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

gandlethorpe posted:

Also, I completely forgot about MAX when looking up the season 7 runways. RIP

Wait, when did Max die?!?!


e: or did you mean "Runway Is Perfect" because THAT is the fact. :colbert:

ALFbrot
Apr 17, 2002
As far as I remember, Max died, very very slowly, on camera, for the duration of his stay on RPDR

Deus Ex Macklemore
Jul 2, 2004


Zelensky's Zealots
Bit of an update from my Midwest Conservative Elderly Mom (I can't come up with a good acronym for this):

Someone told her that The Detour on TBS was funny so she gave it a shot. She told me that the episode she watched (later found out it was S3E3) had "Too much sex talk, and I don't understand Binary stuff." The night before she was at her Stitch and Bitch club and they also had a discussion about Binary Gender stuff. I explained to her, the best I could, what binary and non-binary meant and what that all entails. She still seemed confused. I watched that episode in question and sure enough, it was almost entirely about sex (ED, gender identity, traditional home role reversal, the teenage girl coming to sexual maturity and using the snowmobile for relief). I had another talk with my mom after watching that and she said that she just didn't understand all of the "new" phrases.

"It's not that I get mad at the people, or think that it is wrong, it's just that these are all new words and concepts to me and my generation and we don't understand is all." So we had more discussions about it, including the evolution of the word "queer." I initially thought she was getting defensive about it all because she didn't agree with it but it turns out she was just embarassed of her lack of knowledge and understanding. It was a nice reminder to me not to go on the offensive if someone shows ignorance - they aren't always an rear end in a top hat.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is hope for the older generation.

Stroop There It Is
Mar 11, 2012

:gengar::gengar::gengar::gengar::gengar:
:stroop: :gaysper: :stroop:
:gengar::gengar::gengar::gengar::gengar:

just gonna leave this here

https://twitter.com/trixiemattel/status/963278315682328576

twistedbutterfly
Jan 20, 2007

Whoa. Am I the only one seeing some Sharon Needles and Charlie Hides here?

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
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twistedbutterfly posted:

Whoa. Am I the only one seeing some Sharon Needles and Charlie Hides here?

I was getting Dee Snider

gandlethorpe
Aug 16, 2008

:gowron::m10:
https://twitter.com/Adaripp/status/963402728704638976

ALFbrot
Apr 17, 2002

This guy just keeps getting better

Bliggers-
Dec 1, 2006
Back in business
Prepare your body for Tea Time with Thorgy Thor

https://www.facebook.com/VICE/videos/1754808861242412/

angerbot
Mar 23, 2004

plob
Hmm, no.

Jay O
Oct 9, 2012

being a zombie's not so bad
once you get used to it

It's a really good video actually.

Here's the chaser, footage of the performance she's talking about :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F36XVCgagT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU6Rjgw1jiE

Dear Prudence
Sep 3, 2012

I am also worried about how Trixie will do Ru without doing blackface. She does a great impression, but in snatch game it's also about how much you look like your character.

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




lmao

alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012


Dear Prudence posted:

I am also worried about how Trixie will do Ru without doing blackface. She does a great impression, but in snatch game it's also about how much you look like your character.

i mean, sort of, but not really? nobody remembers a great snatch game character because they got a spot-on look. the look just needs to be 'passable' as the character. the zingers and back-and-forth are what really need to be on point.

also, there is no world that exists where ru is going to look at trixie and go, "great impression, but why no blackface?" skin tone is not a factor, just like it wasn't for bob the drag queen as carol channing.

angerbot
Mar 23, 2004

plob
Bob's black?!

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Apparently Katya, Manila, and Valentina were on ANTM last night, they were used in the photo shoots.

Jolo
Jun 4, 2007

ive been playing with magnuts tying to change the wold as we know it

Been rewatching some of the older seasons with a friend. We just watched All Stars s1 ep 2, where the queens did a Laugh In style joke writing competition called Ru Paul's Gaff In. It's one of the roughest shows I can remember seeing. There are a few queens on that cast that are funny characters but not particularly good joke writers and the whole segment is cringe-city. It was hard to watch. The quality jump going between the current cast of All Stars in s3 and the competition in Season 1 is huge. That's not to say the queens in s1 are bad, obviously Chad is incredible, and I like several of the others, but drat, the season 3 lineup is so so strong.

edit: I think having to write jokes is a much more difficult task than playing a funny character. I think it's easier for most to make a situation funny in the moment than to construct a solid setup/punchline that lands. I'd consider myself generally funny, but I can't tell a joke to save my life.

Jolo fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Feb 14, 2018

^burtle
Jul 17, 2001

God of Boomin'



Agreed 100%, the Stand Up challenge is usually one of the most cringe inducing train wrecks.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

Pinwiz11 posted:

Apparently Katya, Manila, and Valentina were on ANTM last night, they were used in the photo shoots.

Raven was on ANTM season 8, in a challenge where the "models" had to be dudes. I think someone else was, too. Friends of Raja, maybe? I think he may have still been the makeup guy on that show at that point.

Fleta Mcgurn
Oct 5, 2003

Porpoise noise continues.

^burtle posted:

Agreed 100%, the Stand Up challenge is usually one of the most cringe inducing train wrecks.

Laganja caused me to physically cringe away from the TV during hers. ooof.

^burtle
Jul 17, 2001

God of Boomin'



Fleta Mcgurn posted:

Laganja caused me to physically cringe away from the TV during hers. ooof.

Roxxy as the MC in AS2 was the perfect time to go get a snack.

Sarcopenia
May 14, 2014

Pinwiz11 posted:

Apparently Katya, Manila, and Valentina were on ANTM last night, they were used in the photo shoots.
I grew up with ANTM so I will watch every episode no matter what. Their not there a lot. When they are Katya and Manila are amazing. Valentina is super lackluster though.

There was a MAGA girl who gets eliminated in the LGBT challenge and i am convinced that was what they intended.

caligulamprey
Jan 23, 2007

It never stops.

I will howl through every single bad stand up act, but if you sat me down and played the Joslyn Fox/Georgia Holt/Chaz Bono interview, I would find the nearest window and jump the gently caress out of it.

Nihonniboku
Aug 11, 2004

YOU CAN FLY!!!

Jolo posted:

The quality jump going between the current cast of All Stars in s3 and the competition in Season 1 is huge. That's not to say the queens in s1 are bad, obviously Chad is incredible, and I like several of the others, but drat, the season 3 lineup is so so strong.

The talent in All Stars 1 was pretty great, other than Mimi Imfurst and maybe Miss Tammy Brown. But the team format was just such a bad idea, it practically ruined Pandora's career. Wasn't she fan favorite in season 2? She became so self-defeatist when she was paired up with Mimi that I think the fans just lost all love for her.

Chad is amazing in general, but Raven should have won.

QuickbreathFinisher
Sep 28, 2008

by reading this post you have agreed to form a gay socialist micronation.
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Yeah that season is irredeemable for many reasons including squandering so many great queens. Jujubee, Latrice, yara, Nina, ugh. They should have a do-over without the teams. Maybe replace Mimi with Ongina.

angerbot
Mar 23, 2004

plob

Nihonniboku posted:

The talent in All Stars 1 was pretty great, other than ... Miss Tammy Brown.

You shut your whore mouth :mad:

Nihonniboku
Aug 11, 2004

YOU CAN FLY!!!

QuickbreathFinisher posted:

Yeah that season is irredeemable for many reasons including squandering so many great queens. Jujubee, Latrice, yara, Nina, ugh. They should have a do-over without the teams. Maybe replace Mimi with Ongina.

I guess Ongina turned it down. Sharon also turned it down, having just won the crown. Willam was scheduled to appear, but one of the producers hates her and refused to work with her, so was told last second that she wouldn't be coming back. Mimi replaced her last second replacement.

Nihonniboku
Aug 11, 2004

YOU CAN FLY!!!


angerbeet posted:

You shut your whore mouth :mad:

I love Tammy. She just wasn't interested in competing. At least we got some great lines out of her.

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somnambulist
Mar 27, 2006

quack quack



“Come on Teletubby, teleport us to mars” is iconic and the best thing from the whole season.

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