drag u tonight + old school Ru

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

[source] --'It’s back to school time, kids!!! Yep, tonight at 9pm ET, get ready for the big premiere of RuPaul’s Drag U on Logo! On the show, Headmaster RuPaul and her team of Drag Professors (your RuPaul’s Drag Race faves including Raven, Jujubee, Ongina, Pandora Boxx, Shannel, Tammie Brown, Nina Flowers and Morgan McMichaels) educate real women on the art of drag and fabulousness. It’s madness. It’s empowering!

To get ready, watch the fun batch of red-carpet interviews that World of Wonder’s newsmaven Damiana Garcia has cooked up with RuPaul and her drag professors. Divine!'



Interviews with Profs Ongina and Tammie Brown




* RuPaul’s Drag U Stars Jujubee and Nina Flowers on Makeovers and Emmy Snubs (Looks like Nina's only on one episode :()

* An early review: A fun exercise in dragging out a girl’s inner queen.

[Ru and Mia Tyler from tonight's ep]

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Here's baby Ru in 1984!:

RuPaul and Ruth Polsky at Danceteria

Comments

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

I agree with this so much.

And the fact that they all really *needed* an esteem boost made me wish that the grading part of the judging had been left out. Because the women obviously all felt so great about themselves after the runway bit, and it sucked to see them suddenly confused and hurt when the guest judges gave them low grades on aspects of their performances.

[traipsindreamer.livejournal.com]

I felt the same way about the grading part. These women haven't done anything this girly their whole lives. And then they get graded pretty harshly. I really felt like Reya (the one in the pink) got her feelings hurt. And it seemed like the judges almost graded the women on different scales.

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it felt too early to be giving them harsh critiques. Let them enjoy it for a bit!

And I think you're right about Rayna. She did so well (that wig was bad, though. Which was Juju's fault, not hers) and was so funny (Juju: "but you do feel like a *powerful* sausage?").

I got the sense that Mia Tyler felt uncomfortable with having to give them each grades.

[ebmich.livejournal.com]

But when does Jujubee use a good wig? Especially that salt and pepper bob in the first run way. Lord, help that Gaysian. That was my biggest irk with her during drag race.. But Tati got dogged for having non-dramatic wigs. haha

[traipsindreamer.livejournal.com]

I got that exact same feeling about Mia Tyler.

I don't really think it's fair that the women get graded on their overall look when they're not the ones who completely picked out the dress, the shoes, and the hair. So maybe there is something else that's gonna happen with the queens... we just don't know yet.

And the plot thickens... dun dun dun ;]