Episode Discussion: Lip Synch Extravaganza Eleganza

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Lip Synch Extravaganza Eleganza

Welcome back, squirrel friends! It’s time for the next leg of the race! Bust out your wigs and padding because this is going to be a crazy ride.

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

[ian-exclamation.livejournal.com]

Was it just me or was the editing really bad this episode?? It seemed like stuff was rushed together so we could see what dramatic secret Monica Beverly Hillz had to reveal. That said, I loved how everyone was so supportive of her. I hope she turns it out!

The mini challenge was great! The main challenge was alright. Is the Snatch Game coming up soon?! I can't wait!

The runway looks were all pretty good (except Serena Cha Cha) and gurl! Ivy on STILTS?! I think she may have busted that trick out too early, tbh. They seemed to just brush over it.

Also, what happened with the RANDOM lip-sync contest during the Untucked?! It was like they had so much stuff to fit in this episode and it all just got kind of jumbled and spliced together. The song was cool, though. Totally downloading it haha.

And with Untucked...idk. Serena Cha Cha is lame and stupid and young, yeah...but the bullying? I don't disagree that she deserves to be put in her place but I guess I just expected more from professional drag queens. They were really tearing into her. Maybe I'm just too nice =\

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

There were moments when I felt a little sorry for Serena with everyone ganging up on her. But then I remember that she basically brought it all down on her own head. She didn't have to plow into the competition spouting her art school bullshit, thinking that she knew everything about drag and was better than everyone else because she was only 21 and had been to art school and had read books.

And then when it became clear that none of Serena's knowledge or skills were on par with any of the other queens, she tried to turn around and call them - and by extension, the black and Latino-generated drag culture - ghetto and uneducated. She basically came to the party naked, got laughed at, and tried to say "I'm not naked; it's just that none of you are talented or erudite enough to comprehend the diemnsion in which my dress exists." I don't blame the queens for ripping her to shreds; Serena came on her busted high horse trying to read, only her horse was an ass and she could barely spell.