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RuPaul Review Round-up ep. 7 Dragazines
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heathergalaxy.livejournal.comHere's this week review Round-up! What would the name of your magazine be? Maybe mine should be Hot Taco. This week's girls did not do terribly well. I vote for Sharon's Gray Gardens realness myself. I've never farted on stage, but thankfully the music is so loud no one would notice anyway.
AV Club: "Was there any doubt Latrice, Sharon, Chad, and Willam would dominate a shade-throwing challenge? Dida’s sweetness—which is getting a little boring—practically disqualifies her from the moment she dons her reading glasses, though she gets in a well-aimed shot at Latrice’s prison sandals, while Jiggly obviously came in with her insults prepared. Granted, all of the queens probably did—and if they didn’t, they’re idiots—but making the insults seem off-the-cuff is a big part of the reading challenge’s charm." As always, comment with anything that I missed!
Blackout Blog: "Willam’s Sugar Walls:
This cover looked a goddamn mess (as an interior design cover)! Very porny and low budget with that awful background and those horrid fonts. When Willam said that she wouldn’t have hired herself as a designer and would have had a capable staff, Ru responded, “I had to do every singe part of show business… that’s what we’re really looking for.” But I’m sure there were some design choices she would NOT want on TV, too. "
BYT: Review plus video interview with Willam!
Crass Talk:
"Charisma: Latrice Royale, for her entertaining reading during the mini challenge.
Uniqueness: Sharon Needles, because who else would you call unique in this competition?
Nerve: Willam, for flashing her junk all over the damn place. Crazy betch!
Talent: …I’m leaving this category empty this week.
C U Next Tuesday: Phi Phi O’Hara. Two-faced liar. Chola Tammy Faye hooker. Bitter, angry, ugly, nasty, vapid, self-absorbed oozing sore of a human being. If this cunt wins, we all lose."
Drag you Later with Jon and John: VIDEO "As always, our kings of all things queens John & Jon are here to give their recap of the episode and even introduce the beautiful new ad they made for Latrice Royale’s new furniture collection."
Fierce Black Queen : "But before we get to her (and to give me a moment to suppress my own bile), the Queen thought that Pam Tillis and Regina King were SUPERB judges! Both their insight and their humor was such a welcome addition to the panel. One of my favorite lines of the night (which I think all of these queens should have tattooed on their chests) was Pam’s astute comment, “I never equate fabulous Drag Queens and ‘cute.’ I wanna be devastated.”"
Hedda Lettuce: The world's bitchiest drag queen columnist gives her opinions: "In the end Jiggly found herself in the bottom two along with Wilam, of the five o’clock shadow. Wilam’s magazine, an interior design concept, was titled "Sugar Walls" and had her on the cover, naked, with a throw pillow hiding her candy. It looked more like home wrecker, than home decorating to me. The girls did not have an easy task lip-synching for their lives to a horrible Pam Tillis number. I would rather be fed to a pit of alligators than try to feign any interest to this country dud. Sharon Kneedles open your mouth! Jiggly expressed she would have preferred a song from Lil Kim, as would the rest of us; she did her best to point and pose, but it was of no use. Wilam did what she did best: not wearing panties and spinning around in circles, exposing her butt hole to the judges. According to my sources Pam Tillis still has not fully recovered her sight. "
Houston Chronicle: "Please, someone, anyone read Phi Phi to filth in the Interior Illusions Lounge. Ask her to fix that wonky eye. And Phi Phi AGAIN makes Texas out to be the epicenter of homophobia and ignorance. Honey, you don’t live here anymore. Texas has come a long way. Worry about where you’re at now."
OUT Magazine:"Phi Phi’s Sashay Away ‘zine, however, was a fun, summery look that nailed the Cosmo coverlines with desperate single lady accuracy. “Bath houses,” “orgasmic” and “virginity” all came in to play. And Jiggly. Poor Jiggly. Even the editors know all about her, because when DiDa said this challenge would separate the brains from the… rest, the editors immediately cut to a shot of Jiggly, chomping her way through a bag of snacks and staring down. Backed into a corner by her refusal to take weight loss lightly, Jiggly looked wan and sleepy in boxing gloves, attacking one of the Pit Crew. Willam was definitely perkier—and totally naked—for the cover of her decorating dragazine, indulging in a pillow fight with the Pit Crew. Remember how for most of this season Willam has just seemed super deadpan? She may actually be a charming sociopath. When she said the lampshades she put over the Pit Crew’s heads wouldn’t stay put and they wouldn’t let her nail them in place, it seems more than likely that she actually asked for a hammer and nails before they stopped her."
Queerty: "Oh, Willam. How the cocky have fallen. But the icing on this slice of humble pie? (I know. Sorry. I’m mixing food idioms for no apparent reason.) Regina King describes Willam as robotic for never changing her expression, and then they cut back and forth to a frozen-faced Willam three times. Thanks mister/miss editor for being especially thorough tonight."
Throwinshade: Video review by two drag queens!
Tom and Lorenzo: Plus their second post on the ep."The judging on this show is defiantly not transparent and no one ever really bothers justifying the decisions because they all come down to Ru. This makes it easier to accept even when we don’t agree (unlike Project Runway where the judging is presented as if it’s far less biased than it actually is). Even so, we had to roll our eyes just a little at the amount of praise Phi Phi was getting for this cover, which was only marginally better than some of the other ones. We still don’t get how she manages to add 20 years to her age every time she puts on makeup."
What's the T: Video review.
MORE!
Queerty post about photographer Jonathan Clay Harris: It's mostly photos and a small bio.
AV Club: "Was there any doubt Latrice, Sharon, Chad, and Willam would dominate a shade-throwing challenge? Dida’s sweetness—which is getting a little boring—practically disqualifies her from the moment she dons her reading glasses, though she gets in a well-aimed shot at Latrice’s prison sandals, while Jiggly obviously came in with her insults prepared. Granted, all of the queens probably did—and if they didn’t, they’re idiots—but making the insults seem off-the-cuff is a big part of the reading challenge’s charm." As always, comment with anything that I missed!
Blackout Blog: "Willam’s Sugar Walls:
This cover looked a goddamn mess (as an interior design cover)! Very porny and low budget with that awful background and those horrid fonts. When Willam said that she wouldn’t have hired herself as a designer and would have had a capable staff, Ru responded, “I had to do every singe part of show business… that’s what we’re really looking for.” But I’m sure there were some design choices she would NOT want on TV, too. "
BYT: Review plus video interview with Willam!
Crass Talk:
"Charisma: Latrice Royale, for her entertaining reading during the mini challenge.
Uniqueness: Sharon Needles, because who else would you call unique in this competition?
Nerve: Willam, for flashing her junk all over the damn place. Crazy betch!
Talent: …I’m leaving this category empty this week.
C U Next Tuesday: Phi Phi O’Hara. Two-faced liar. Chola Tammy Faye hooker. Bitter, angry, ugly, nasty, vapid, self-absorbed oozing sore of a human being. If this cunt wins, we all lose."
Drag you Later with Jon and John: VIDEO "As always, our kings of all things queens John & Jon are here to give their recap of the episode and even introduce the beautiful new ad they made for Latrice Royale’s new furniture collection."
Fierce Black Queen : "But before we get to her (and to give me a moment to suppress my own bile), the Queen thought that Pam Tillis and Regina King were SUPERB judges! Both their insight and their humor was such a welcome addition to the panel. One of my favorite lines of the night (which I think all of these queens should have tattooed on their chests) was Pam’s astute comment, “I never equate fabulous Drag Queens and ‘cute.’ I wanna be devastated.”"
Hedda Lettuce: The world's bitchiest drag queen columnist gives her opinions: "In the end Jiggly found herself in the bottom two along with Wilam, of the five o’clock shadow. Wilam’s magazine, an interior design concept, was titled "Sugar Walls" and had her on the cover, naked, with a throw pillow hiding her candy. It looked more like home wrecker, than home decorating to me. The girls did not have an easy task lip-synching for their lives to a horrible Pam Tillis number. I would rather be fed to a pit of alligators than try to feign any interest to this country dud. Sharon Kneedles open your mouth! Jiggly expressed she would have preferred a song from Lil Kim, as would the rest of us; she did her best to point and pose, but it was of no use. Wilam did what she did best: not wearing panties and spinning around in circles, exposing her butt hole to the judges. According to my sources Pam Tillis still has not fully recovered her sight. "
Houston Chronicle: "Please, someone, anyone read Phi Phi to filth in the Interior Illusions Lounge. Ask her to fix that wonky eye. And Phi Phi AGAIN makes Texas out to be the epicenter of homophobia and ignorance. Honey, you don’t live here anymore. Texas has come a long way. Worry about where you’re at now."
OUT Magazine:"Phi Phi’s Sashay Away ‘zine, however, was a fun, summery look that nailed the Cosmo coverlines with desperate single lady accuracy. “Bath houses,” “orgasmic” and “virginity” all came in to play. And Jiggly. Poor Jiggly. Even the editors know all about her, because when DiDa said this challenge would separate the brains from the… rest, the editors immediately cut to a shot of Jiggly, chomping her way through a bag of snacks and staring down. Backed into a corner by her refusal to take weight loss lightly, Jiggly looked wan and sleepy in boxing gloves, attacking one of the Pit Crew. Willam was definitely perkier—and totally naked—for the cover of her decorating dragazine, indulging in a pillow fight with the Pit Crew. Remember how for most of this season Willam has just seemed super deadpan? She may actually be a charming sociopath. When she said the lampshades she put over the Pit Crew’s heads wouldn’t stay put and they wouldn’t let her nail them in place, it seems more than likely that she actually asked for a hammer and nails before they stopped her."
Queerty: "Oh, Willam. How the cocky have fallen. But the icing on this slice of humble pie? (I know. Sorry. I’m mixing food idioms for no apparent reason.) Regina King describes Willam as robotic for never changing her expression, and then they cut back and forth to a frozen-faced Willam three times. Thanks mister/miss editor for being especially thorough tonight."
Throwinshade: Video review by two drag queens!
Tom and Lorenzo: Plus their second post on the ep."The judging on this show is defiantly not transparent and no one ever really bothers justifying the decisions because they all come down to Ru. This makes it easier to accept even when we don’t agree (unlike Project Runway where the judging is presented as if it’s far less biased than it actually is). Even so, we had to roll our eyes just a little at the amount of praise Phi Phi was getting for this cover, which was only marginally better than some of the other ones. We still don’t get how she manages to add 20 years to her age every time she puts on makeup."
What's the T: Video review.
MORE!
Queerty post about photographer Jonathan Clay Harris: It's mostly photos and a small bio.
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