the one thing that has kept Adore in the race is that Mama Ru's a total sucker for mentoring queens who need to smooth their rough edges
I think this is absolutely true - Ru loves to shape and mold queens, and seems to have a fondness for superstars "in the rough" she can teach and help develop. We've definitely seen it with queens in the past (I'd count Jinkx in that category too, for the growth she showed). That's why the Adore / Bianca dynamic in the top 3 is still interesting to me - we've seen both "types" win before, so while Bianca is the obvious front-runner, I'm not counting Adore out just yet.
Courtney's all polish and no real warmth. [...] she doesn't register as a real contender for the crown.
Completely agreed. While Bianca's final runway speech was a little cheesy / predictable, I appreciated that she showed a little humility and seemed genuine. Courtney, on the other hand, came off as though she's almost as out of touch with her performance on the show as Darienne was, given her "I'm already a superstar" speech. Courtney's been lucky enough to skate by just barely out of the bottom 2 so so many times, so while she definitely has presence and has done well off-RPDR, it just felt really disingenuous and out-of-touch to frame why she should win that way.
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Date: 2014-05-12 06:04 pm (UTC)I think this is absolutely true - Ru loves to shape and mold queens, and seems to have a fondness for superstars "in the rough" she can teach and help develop. We've definitely seen it with queens in the past (I'd count Jinkx in that category too, for the growth she showed). That's why the Adore / Bianca dynamic in the top 3 is still interesting to me - we've seen both "types" win before, so while Bianca is the obvious front-runner, I'm not counting Adore out just yet.
Courtney's all polish and no real warmth. [...] she doesn't register as a real contender for the crown.
Completely agreed. While Bianca's final runway speech was a little cheesy / predictable, I appreciated that she showed a little humility and seemed genuine. Courtney, on the other hand, came off as though she's almost as out of touch with her performance on the show as Darienne was, given her "I'm already a superstar" speech. Courtney's been lucky enough to skate by just barely out of the bottom 2 so so many times, so while she definitely has presence and has done well off-RPDR, it just felt really disingenuous and out-of-touch to frame why she should win that way.