Episode Discussion: Float Your Boat

[keeper-of-stars.livejournal.com]

Float Your Boat

Welcome back, squirrel friends! It’s time for the next leg of the race! Who will come out ahead this time? Will Chad continue to be amazing? And what is going on with the wet t-shirt contest?

Wigs and heels don’t go on for a few hours yet, but let’s get the T flowing now!

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Comments

[simonsebastian.livejournal.com]

Good riddance to Milan l b r

I couldn't with Dida's runway look tonight. I feel like she puts zero effort into her looks. Loved Latrice, Willam and Chad. And Phi Phi's makeup was finally passable. Didn't like her contacts though.

Can't wait for Jiggly to go home next week!

[oberstein.livejournal.com]

Every time I see Phi Phi wearing the hypersaturated blue contacts, I keep thinking that Yara Sofia did it better last season.

[simonsebastian.livejournal.com]

ia flawfree icon btw

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

Holy Cow, Kenya's post show letter is not pulling any punches!

What does everyone think of having the guest judges visiting the queens in the Gold Lounge?

[oberstein.livejournal.com]

It was a nice distraction from the typical Untucked chatter, but I think it could only work when the guest judge is really cool. Kelly was great in Untucked, but I foresee disappointment with future judges showing up in the Gold Lounge.

[ebmich.livejournal.com]

The guest judge visiting wasn't the worst idea of the show..

I like the idea of having the just departed queen write a letter, though. I know some people talk behind other people's back because that's their nature. I am starting to think no one is honest with Jiggly because Jiggly herself can't handle criticisms.

[pharna.livejournal.com]

Jiggly has a fair bit of growing up to do.

[oberstein.livejournal.com]

Latrice's laughter is straight up the best constant thing this season.

[seiyakou304.livejournal.com]

sooooo true <3

[oberstein.livejournal.com]

LET HER SOP YOU UP

[seiyakou304.livejournal.com]

FINALLY. Been waiting to see Milan go for weeks now.

[pharna.livejournal.com]

GAAAH, it's not on iTunes yet! Whyyyyyyyyyyy Oh hay, 3 hours later there it is!

Okay...

How the HECK did Latrice not win? I think Willam did well, but Latrice did better.

This week, I really loved Phi Phi's runway, but I've got a soft spot for the sci-fi but not soft enough that I think she should have beaten Latrice.

I think Dida's going home next. Jiggly seems to wiggle her way out of things, but Dida's making such craptacular mistakes that I think the hammer will fall harder on her because. Seriously Dida, learn how to buy and care for wigs. Half the time, they just look like halfway decent PARTY grade wigs you only expect to wear once. When they do look like they're of a decent quality, they look like you just pulled them out of the bottom of a suitcase. Underneath a pair of muddy boots.

Dida and Jiggly are definitely the bottom of the barrel now. If Phi Phi really WERKS it, then she could edge her way over Willam or Chad if they're having a bad day.

[myswtghst.livejournal.com]

Agreed on Dida. I think I judge her harder because she seems more knowledgeable than Jiggly about drag culture in general, so it strikes me as odd that she's got such a blind spot for her wigs. I tend to find her really likeable, especially when she gabs with Latrice, but a lot of her style decisions are just inexcusable (especially since she doesn't seem to be learning from her mistakes - still wearing ratty wigs and t-shirts, still got ashy knees...)

[pharna.livejournal.com]

Did you see Untucked?! Dida's excuse for her shirt was just....T_T
"I'm serving real fish, not show girl or [Insert what Mama Ru said you're supposed to do here!]"

Uh huh.

REAL fish does not mean "Fish at Walmart." If Dida was a real woman and made Latrice look skinny, we'd see her photo in http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ I guarantee it.

Oh wait. FOUND HER! Hi Dida!
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/51609
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/50878

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

I like Kelly Osbourne as a person, but she's trying just a little too hard to be the poor man's version of her mom. Apparently this is what a Snatch Game version of Sharon Osbourne that would score very low would be like.

Phi is lucky that she's crafty, because she sure as hell hasn't done anything else of note. I did like the depth charges she incorporated into her outfit and her boat. Also, I too came from an abusive anti-gay home in Texas. And on my worst day, I'm still less of a douchebag than she is. That wet T-shirt debacle was the least she deserves. Kenya's letter was also a sad joke and a cheap parting shot, and if Phi Phi thinks any of those observations are valid she is equally delusional. It doesn't matter if you believe X with every fiber of your being and don't get why RuPaul believes Y instead; guess whose show it is and which viewpoint is going to dominate?

It seems like the more and more I see of Jiggly, the more she winds up looking like every caricature of Snooki I've ever seen. Forget her meh boat, her runway look was just sad. Also, her lip sync sucks. Except for the Split Jump of Desperation, Jiggly lip syncs as well as I do, and I am not at all skilled at any of the things it takes to be a decent drag queen. As a contestant on this show, being on that level is a big ass problem. This girl is this season's Season 2 Shangela.

From what I can tell, Dida suffers from two major faults: a lack of imagination, and a fondness for really dated looks. if this were 1987 her look would be fabulous, but it's freaking 2012. She's kind of becoming the new Princess, and her low-key personality is being shouted down by everyone else.

Willam is such a conundrum. She grates because she's so shameless in her self-promotion, but at the same time she did earn her shit this week. That improv riff on all the amenities of her "starship" was killer. And very canny to save that tidbit about getting married and then having it invalidated by Prop 8 unitl now.

Latrice totally did remind me of Ursula the Sea Witch, and I love that Michelle Visage noticed that. She does kind of need to lay off all the facial bedazzling though; it's just too busy. I was going to defend her boots since I'm sure it must be hard to find women's footwear in Latrice's size that won't kill her to walk in, but Ru has her own version of the Project Runway accessory wall that includes shoes, doesn't she? So shoes that would fit Latrice would be in stock on the show? I also can't believe she wears pads; call me indelicate but I never imagined she needed them.

Tsk, Milan. It's one thing to snatch off your wig, but ripping off your dress and showing your boy chest is a big-ass no-no. Did you learn nothing from Phi Phi falling apart in the wet T-shirt contest? That totally killed her illusion. Willam is right; if you want to play the androgyny card properly, you have to maintain a certain balance at all times, and without women's clothes Milan cannot maintain the illusion of femininity well enough to make that succeed. Also, is her full drag name actually "London Paris Milan", or was that just one of Ru's "CAMEROOOOOOOOON" things she drills into the ground? And that sunshine boat belonged on Teletubbies, not on this show. "Overthinking" is definitely the perfect word for the problems she had that weren't a result of not being able to pull off androgyny properly.

[ebmich.livejournal.com]

Also, I too came from an abusive anti-gay home in Texas. And on my worst day, I'm still less of a douchebag than she is.

Dude, she was even more annoying on Untucked! when she kept going on about how drag queens are a family and need to help each other.

From what I can tell, Dida suffers from two major faults: a lack of imagination, and a fondness for really dated looks. if this were 1987 her look would be fabulous, but it's freaking 2012. She's kind of becoming the new Princess, and her low-key personality is being shouted down by everyone else.

I also think she is as delusional as some of the other queens if she think she is fishy or can get away with cheap wigs and wearing the amount of make up a real woman would prolly wear.

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

Dude, she was even more annoying on Untucked! when she kept going on about how drag queens are a family and need to help each other.

I was waiting and waiting for *someone* to call her out on that BS, and it never happened! That would have been the perfect place for Sharon or Willam to enumerate all her instances of saying the exact opposite of that.

[myswtghst.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter if you believe X with every fiber of your being and don't get why RuPaul believes Y instead; guess whose show it is and which viewpoint is going to dominate?

THIS. So much this. It just seems so disrespectful to me when they slam Ru's decisions - obviously Ru knows whats up, since it is RuPaul's Drag Race, yanno? And it happens every cycle, where some queens would rather rip on each other and disrespect Ru's judgements, instead of actually listening to the critique they receive and making adjustments to their own drag.

[dali-muse.livejournal.com]

Milan's drag name is Dwayne Milan. So yes, "London, Paris, Milan" is this year's "CAMEROOOOOOOON!".

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

Continued:

Chad's look was all right, but she resembled Cher more than she should have this week. And I feel like Shannel did it better. That "I'm a professional" jag is getting kind of old and condescending though. If you're always together and on time, fantastic; you'll probably win the competition. But I fail to see how shit happening to Jiggly is somehow an imposition to Chad.

Word when the judges said that Sharon's boat looked like it sank and was dredged up; that was some Pirates Of The Caribbean realness going on. But I loved her snake-arm outfit and the snakebite gag at the end of her walk. The red and yellow contacts weren't so great, though, and I wish she had stolen Phi Phi's electric ones. Sharon's contacts just made her look like she had the T-Virus or something.

I've seen Pauley Perette be much more animated and outgoing on TV before, and having her here felt like a wasted opportunity. Putting her up against Kelly Osbourne probably worked against her; she felt like the Dida Ritz of the judging panel.

And seriously, does anyone know where I can get my own Pit Crew boy? Because I want the little guy with the beard the way girls want ponies.

[ebmich.livejournal.com]

WARNING: If you hate William, skip this week's show. haha

I don't think we've seen a queen so calculated about how she presents herself more than William than maybe Rebecca Glasscock. I am not talking about her actually look. I am talking about her shtick. She knows when to turn on the character and has something about her that sells it to the judges. But unlike Rebbeca, I thought all of the attention William got on the episode was will deserved.


- I hated the mini challenge this week. Call me a prude, but I really don't like to watch overly sexual stuff. I just thought it was totally trashy.

- I really dig the concept of the main challenge this week. I also really liked how William handed out the colors.

- I was in shock with how bad Jiggly's hairline was. omg

- But I was more shocked with how the other queens just stared at her. Hopefully it is just editing, but this season's queens seem to be very unwilling to help each other. I don't remember if I've seen a clip of any of the girls helping someone else with her look. idk just off putting I guess.

- I am still waiting for a "WOW!" fashion moment. I am not feeling lot of the looks this season. =/

- I thought Chad's look was put together well, but like Billy B said, not inspiring.

- How did Dida NOT make the bottom two? There's a difference between a drag queen and a boy in a dress. But that's not fair to say because Chi Chi put more effort and was a lot more feminine than Dida. Ugh. Dida's laziness is infurating, esp when no one is calling her out on it enough.

- Jiggly was a mess. But after looking like one of the hoarders from Labyrinth in the first week, was anyone really surprised she's not creative?

- Milan wasn't as polished as the top queens, but she I don't think she should've been in the bottom two. And her ripping stuff off matched the song I think. idk Wasn't someone already sent home in previous seasons just for copying Gaga's dance moves?

- Sharon's face does not take on light make up well. I think the only time her face has looked good was in the first eps. Maybe she needs to fill in her dimple idk

- I would've really liked Latrice's look if it wasn't for her lips. Wtf was up with that?

- William deserved to win. I don't think his message was spoken with the right words, but the whole "You're a star" theme is right up Ru's alley.

- I thought Phi Phi had the best float.

[pharna.livejournal.com]

I think it was the absurdly retarded latex boobs.

Previous drag-races have made the contestants perform in strip clubs in their best hooker drag, but they didn't have the insane FFF cup sized latex knockers provided by the most random LOLtastic sponsor ever.

[ebmich.livejournal.com]

idk. I feel like their is a difference between looking sexy and acting sexual. Like if someone wants to show their confidence off, more power to them. But I don't want to see implied sex when I think that kind of stuff should be kept private. Like I said, I am a prude.

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it wasn't in part some PR crisis management after the end of Season 2/beginning of Season 3 when Ru and the judging panel seemed to come off very anti-boob plates? Perhaps enough drag queens are using boob plates now that Ru & Co. don't want to look out of touch, even if they only deign to give the boobs away as challenge prizes and for low comedy bits like the mini-challenge.

[pharna.livejournal.com]

Real sex doesn't bother me and I thought I was a pretty big prude. However, jejune and sophmoric FFF + fantasy breasts do piss me off. It breaks the all important illusion of femininity in the most vile and degrading manner. Especially since the queens were instructed to give off a super sexual vibe.

Part of me is super intolerant of shit like above having volunteered to help people with eating disorders. I take zero joy in celebrating unrealistic body images.

[momiji-neyuki.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it is just editing, but this season's queens seem to be very unwilling to help each other. I don't remember if I've seen a clip of any of the girls helping someone else with her look. idk just off putting I guess.

I remember seeing more queens helping out in other seasons too, most notably the second season . I also remember the queens from first season being more encouraging to each other. I realize this is not "Ru Pauls Best Friends Race", but still have a little heart. :(

[darthsarah.livejournal.com]

Willam grates. And that's it. She's an actor. She wants to be RuPaul. It's a noble goal, but she just comes off as a beast, not a confident woman.

And it really wasn't fair to criticize Milan for having her name on the boat when Willam was praised for having her FACE all over the boat. I don't know.

I know for sure than Willam will not be the over all winner. She may be in the next few episodes, but she's no champion. And I have a feeling that she would think that "Headlining the Drag Race Tour" would be beneath her. She's not a queen that has to "Show for a dollar."

Willam is a great actor and she's putting on quite a show. None of those emotions are real. Remember? Emotions are for ugly people.
I'm pretty sure she will fail when they have to make their dresses from scratch again. She knows how to shop, but I don't know her sewing skills yet. She pretty much just draped stuff on herself for the Zombie challenge. And it was already clothing, not fabric.

Bah....I dislike her greatly.

I am in love with Latrice and Sharon. Once again, they put on a great show. I loved Sharon's swampy boat and I LOVED Latrices sparkly look.

I would love to see Chad, Latrice, and Sharon as the top 3!

The next two to go will be Dida and Jiggly. I WANT it to be Willam and Jiggly. Dida looks like a sweet person and would be fun to hang out with, though. :)

[paradise-kissed.livejournal.com]

This was such a problematic episode for me, I didn't like the mini challenge and I felt that the runway challenge of a "float PLUS fashion forward looks" was a bit confusing. When I think of parades, I think of a shit ton of glitter, feathers and pageantry a la Chad.

I knew Milan was going home because once again her lipsynch performance was just all over the place and if she could have reeled it in some, she may not have gone home per se. Given that, I think Billy B was mighty unfair to her by calling out her name on the boat, when Willam had her face plastered all over her boat. And, I thought the outfits were supposed to be made from scratch and that D&G look a like coat was not made from scratch, so whatever, I'm not feeling Willam at all.

I really really love Latrice, Sharon and Chad they have the most personality and to me are well-representative of what the show is looking for. Phi Phi and Willam just are too bitchy to actually be accessible to audiences and I can't relate to them at all because whenever they do show vulnerability it is really transparent and calculated.

Phi Phi seems to be making a conscious effort to look better but needs to make more of an effort not to be such an ass. The colored contacts on the runway were scary, and like someone else mentioned it looked good when Yara did it seasons ago.

Jiggly and Dida are not going to win. Dida keeps making slow improvement and she has the ability to be super awesome but she's very low key and in a competition like this, you can't afford to be *unless* week after week you serve it up, flaw-free.

Jiggly is a mess, and that is all I can say about that.

[teacup-werewolf.livejournal.com]

I really hate Phi Phi, I want to back hand her so bad. She is such a shady queen, good god. I am still rooting for Sharon and Latrice. I love those girls so much omg. But omg William and Jiggy need to go. Well....William more. But I feel bad for Jiggles, she is a whiny brat, but then again I hate bullies more. But girl, it is a competition and she needs to pull it together c'mon.

BAI MILAN YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT LAST WEEK HUN. Also Dida and Chad bore me...

[bitchyonce.livejournal.com]

PREACH. But i love william and jiggly.

[barnacleboo.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm really enjoying Willam. I think she totally deserved the win and I'm continually impressed by the way she handles herself in confrontational situations. She might be grating, but I think she's got a great head on her shoulders. It feels like there's a constant edge of irony in everything she says and that she knows not to take herself too seriously, despite the ego trips, and I actually feel the same about Sharon.

I think the pack is clearly separating now in terms of skill and charm. Chad and Latrice are both extremely solid performers with experience and immense likeability. Sharon and Willam strike me as being whipsmart - and there's that level of awareness that separates them from the other younger performers. I do think some of the others (Phi Phi & Jiggly) often don't get the subtext and it's part of the reason they get so riled up. Dida is lovely but her style is too subdued, and lacking polish. If Jiggly doesn't go home next, I'm going to cry.

Phi Phi looked fantastic this episode (Thank god for whatever make-up magic Kenya departed!) but her attitude is SO ugly. Just when I begin to like her a little bit it cuts to another instance of her being just awful. It's like she's out to kill her own likeability. Did anyone else LOVE when Willam pronounced herself the bitch of the cast before Kelly Osbourne and Latrice corrected her and said it was Phi Phi?

I liked Milan a lot, but it's time she went home. She had such a gracious exit though! Good for her.

[bitchyonce.livejournal.com]

I was really happy that she won. Phi phi go home.