Golden Gals (episode 2 x08)

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

The episode is up, here.

And here's a little video of the final drag mother/daughter lipsyncs (via Jezebel).

Recap from Popwatch: Drag mamas, Cloris Leachman, and the season's most controversial elimination!

From Gawker: Old Man Drag Is the Most Dangerous Kind.

From Project Rungay: Our Grief is Mountainous

Personally I thought Pandora said it best: "fuck them :D"







Here's the exit interview with the eliminated Queen.



"I think that Merle said it best when she said defended me and said that I was a drag queen! We are drag queens and that’s what I want to be. I don’t want to be a real girl runway model and many times I felt that’s how I was being judged. Go Merle! I would also like to let Henry Rollins know that I would be happy to turn him on again sometime. Grrrr!
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Watching RuPaul crack up over my answers was like getting a kiss from baby Jesus.
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I’ll be at the corner of CokeWhore Ave & Main St at 3:52am later on tonight. But seriously, you can check me out in the play I wrote and will star in called The Lipstick Massacre for 13 performances at the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York starting May 27th. I also have a summer tour in the works which will be starting in Miami at Mekka."


Also: RuPaul's Drag Race is casting right now for Season 3!

Comments

[aydenclare.livejournal.com]

They clearly didn't get her style although, sometimes they got her humor. Apparently that wasn't enough. I personality was vying for her to win because I thought she was an absolute delight to watch, and her comments in front of the camera were not only hilarious but also honest without being too bitchy and mean like a certain someone else's...
Now, I just hope JuJu can pull it out. She's my only hope. (Although, I do love Tati too.)

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

I just hope JuJu can pull it out. She's my only hope.

Me too! Pandora just couldn't win, with people like Santino as judges (who IMO doesn't understand what makes a good, entertaining drag queen). Tatianna's Britney was amazing, but Pandora's Carol Channing really should have won that week's challenge. She'd never been in the bottom two before either. Unlike Raven and Jujubee. It's really bizarre. And Pandora's drag 'mother' was SO sleazy towards her, heh. I was a little worried.

[aydenclare.livejournal.com]

yeah, you pretty much said it. I don't understand where the judges are getting their calls from. I'm starting to believe it's rigged.

[anansie-s.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well based on the person who won the first season, they're looking for someone who can do sophisticated glamour the way Ru does. So there's, IMO, too much of an emphasis on looks and not enough appreciation of the more quirky queens. But looking pretty while lipsyncing =/= a perfect drag queen; there's so much more to it than that!

I don't understand why they made this decision either. I mean, Tyra's beautiful, but I don't think a lot of people would be interested in seeing her emcee an event. Especially compared to someone as funny and full of personality as Pandora. (Sorry for the rant, I'm clearly overly invested).

[aydenclare.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely agree with you on that. I believe many people would prefer to hear Pandora too. I mean Tyra might have a good sense of style, but we really haven't seen her perform well other than that.