You know, I normally don't care for the makeover challenge because it's always about having the queens drag a bunch of resistant, overcompensating straight guys into drag for a day, and after seeing the same thing year after year it just makes me roll my eyes at their token anxiety and boorishness. Case in point: Joslyn's dude. Guy, we get it: pro sports is one of the last (hopefully fading) bastions of homophobia - never mind that this guy was so worried about what his teammates would think and it being all over Facebook when he's a no-name and only an alleged pro basketball player. But if you don't have the stones to do drag, don't sign up for the challenge on this show! Ugh.
That being said, Joslyn handled his objections exceptionally. Courtney's reaction is probably the way I and most gay guys would have reacted to him, but that wouldn't have been the right way to go. I commend Joslyn for 1) pointing out the truth that him coming on the show in this way would do something to help abate sports homophobia, however little, and 2) getting RuPaul to adopt the boob honk. Viva la boob honk!
I probably wouldn't have been as harsh on Courtney as the judges, but they were right in that she upstaged her bride. Although when one looks like Courtney and one's bride is a straight guy doing drag for the first time, it's kind of hard not to. Also, thanks, show, for basically announcing that Courtney will be getting the bitch edit from here on out. I do think Courtney is a little too competitive and overconfident, but it's nice to be able to just cry shenanigans once and have done with it. That being said, I think Courtney's couple had the most amazing vows, and I found my soulless self getting verklempt in spite of myself.
I think NPH needs a vacation to get properly fucked instead of taking funny selfies, because WTF was up with him and Darienne? Yes, there was very little resemblance, but she turned her bride out. And however cheesy, it was nice that Darienne's clearly superfan couple got to have their superfan wedding and say their superfan vows. RuPaul must have been tickled pink.
Adore is still busted and turned out a busted bride. Quelle surprise. Though clearly her drag mother comes from the same school as motherfucking Tyra's: I saw that move where she was on her knees and then jumped straight up onto her feet - the same one that was apparently enough old school drag queen to get Ru to give motherfucking Tyra the crown in Season 2. Adore is busted, but cagey - and that's probably about as panther-like as she gets.
BDLC did awesome, and IMO it was super close between her and Bianca. But Bianca clearly knows how to replicate her drag face on someone else, because holy crap she cloned herself. And it particularly stood out because most everyone else forgot that family resemblance is a part of the challenge. As frightening as the judges' constant retention of Adore is, I can always count on Bianca to be one step ahead of her, so I don't have to worry about Adore actually winning. Plus Bianca gets bonus points for the Gremlins 2 reference! And her bride was so sweet. Of course gay marriage is old hat in the Netherlands, but it was refreshing in a way for Bianca to seem so surprised by that kind of acceptance. "And I made a friend today! Me!"
I always kind of wonder how David Burtka handles 1) being forever known as NPH's plus one, and 2) being the poor man's Jason Bateman. I think there was a point during the show that his soul just walked out. And what really makes it suck is that I actually thought DB wound up being a better and more palatable judge than his husband. I think NPH thought he was on a Real Housewives show instead of this one, because he clearly had his ginormous bitch strapped on and was using it to destroy Tokyo.
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Date: 2014-04-24 01:07 am (UTC)That being said, Joslyn handled his objections exceptionally. Courtney's reaction is probably the way I and most gay guys would have reacted to him, but that wouldn't have been the right way to go. I commend Joslyn for 1) pointing out the truth that him coming on the show in this way would do something to help abate sports homophobia, however little, and 2) getting RuPaul to adopt the boob honk. Viva la boob honk!
I probably wouldn't have been as harsh on Courtney as the judges, but they were right in that she upstaged her bride. Although when one looks like Courtney and one's bride is a straight guy doing drag for the first time, it's kind of hard not to. Also, thanks, show, for basically announcing that Courtney will be getting the bitch edit from here on out. I do think Courtney is a little too competitive and overconfident, but it's nice to be able to just cry shenanigans once and have done with it. That being said, I think Courtney's couple had the most amazing vows, and I found my soulless self getting verklempt in spite of myself.
I think NPH needs a vacation to get properly fucked instead of taking funny selfies, because WTF was up with him and Darienne? Yes, there was very little resemblance, but she turned her bride out. And however cheesy, it was nice that Darienne's clearly superfan couple got to have their superfan wedding and say their superfan vows. RuPaul must have been tickled pink.
Adore is still busted and turned out a busted bride. Quelle surprise. Though clearly her drag mother comes from the same school as motherfucking Tyra's: I saw that move where she was on her knees and then jumped straight up onto her feet - the same one that was apparently enough old school drag queen to get Ru to give motherfucking Tyra the crown in Season 2. Adore is busted, but cagey - and that's probably about as panther-like as she gets.
BDLC did awesome, and IMO it was super close between her and Bianca. But Bianca clearly knows how to replicate her drag face on someone else, because holy crap she cloned herself. And it particularly stood out because most everyone else forgot that family resemblance is a part of the challenge. As frightening as the judges' constant retention of Adore is, I can always count on Bianca to be one step ahead of her, so I don't have to worry about Adore actually winning. Plus Bianca gets bonus points for the Gremlins 2 reference! And her bride was so sweet. Of course gay marriage is old hat in the Netherlands, but it was refreshing in a way for Bianca to seem so surprised by that kind of acceptance. "And I made a friend today! Me!"
I always kind of wonder how David Burtka handles 1) being forever known as NPH's plus one, and 2) being the poor man's Jason Bateman. I think there was a point during the show that his soul just walked out. And what really makes it suck is that I actually thought DB wound up being a better and more palatable judge than his husband. I think NPH thought he was on a Real Housewives show instead of this one, because he clearly had his ginormous bitch strapped on and was using it to destroy Tokyo.