This episode, and its companion “Untucked,” were so stuffed with great moments that there wasn’t even time for a mini-challenge. RuPaul skipped the foreplay and got straight to the kaikai — Snatch Game, the challenge that separates the true queens from the pretenders to the throne. While the Snatch Game itself proved one of the […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 4: “SHADE! The Rusical”
Curtain up: the spotlight focuses on a gaggle of geeks at a gay bar in Rochester, NY. A lonely blogger among them downs not one, not two, but three Maker’s Marks on the rocks while worrying about if he will be able to sufficiently retain the goings-on of the episode playing on the multiple flat-screen […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 2: Meet the REST of the Queens
Monday night we got the second part of the Season 6 premiere, and it was worth the wait. While I absolutely enjoyed the seven queens in Group 1, the 10-minute preview of Group 2 that aired last week made it clear that most of the exciting queens (with the exception of Ben Delacreme and Laganja […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 6, Episode 1: Meet Your Queens (Well, Half of Them)
Whew, Mother Ru was really putting us THROUGH it! The wait for Season 6 was excruciatingly long, and the show had done such a masterful job building the anticipation with the cast reveal, social-media content, and killer trailers. I was honestly a little worried. Could the premiere live up to my insanely high expectations? But […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5: Adios, my nutty auntie
Que lastima! What a tragic ending to another wonderful episode. The Final 6 queens — Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox, Jinkx Monsoon, and Roxxxy Andrews — first had to emote during “The Crying Game” (she’s a man!). Then they put their (over)dramatic skills to use in telenovela scenes opposite a somnolent Wilmer Valderrama, whose […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5: Someone give me an “Amen”
This week the 80’s invaded “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and that can only be a good thing. Between a “We Are the World”-style group-sing challenge, day-glo couture, and fabulous Me Decade guest judges The Pointer Sisters and La Toya Jackson, I was getting all hot and bothered over Cold War chic. Rather than do a point-by-point […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5, Episode 2: Paying lip service
So I missed the first 10 minutes of the episode because the bar I watch it at decided to blare the local Top 40 radio station and run muted episodes of “2 Broke Girls” on the TVs until the bartender got around to changing the channel. If anyone would like subsidize my personal cable bill, […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5, Episode 1: It’s not personal, it’s drag
Having just finished the 90-minute Season 5 premiere, I’m even less convinced that “Drag Race All Stars” was a good idea. I’m not talking about the infuriating teams format or the oddly unexciting winner of the much-maligned short fall season. I’m talking about the fact that, with that mini-series ending just two months ago, I […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Episode 1: Pair shaped
A regular season of “Drag Race” is a ridiculous reality-TV spectacle like no other, so an “All Stars” season has the potential to be…pretty much the gayest thing ever. A dozen of our favorite queens (well, at least 11 of our favorite queens) are back for another chance at the “Drag Race” title and $100,000. […]
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race”: Rating the “All Stars” cast
This fall, a historic decision will impact the future of this nation, and possibly the world. No, not the presidential election. We’re fucked no matter who takes that. I’m talking about who will ultimately be crowned the winner of “RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race,” which brings back a dozen of the baddest bitches from the […]
