"Lampoon the reality genre". Ah, that's it. But along with paying homage to it, sometimes pokes fun at PiB as well. Technically, perhaps anyone may enter the ballroom contests, but in reality only the best are considered. Even then, one might be eliminated due to the shady dealings of others, not their own…

Though Ray's death was inadvertently by Emmit, I couldn't understand why Varga ordered his and Nikki's executions right after Gloria and Winnie questioned them. Won't that raise undue suspicions on them, the actual target/victim of the Ennis Stussy murder. Indeed, coming in on the questioning in such an obnoxious…

That's true, making it past so many others is an achievement but the way it's presented is…awkward. Also, what did you think of Rolaskatox, Season 5? No shady-ness there?

"anyone can buy the Ru maquette from her merchandise site for ~$250." LMAO That's too cute!!!! (or is that CU*T?!? ;-) )

e.g. Jensen Ackles, Dean Winchester/Supernatural?

Each season with these cliques, including Season 3's "Heathers", is an obvious take on the Houses from ball culture as shown in Paris Is Burning. House members pool their resources both on and off the floor, giving them a safe place of family and friends in an otherwise indifferent and/or cruel world. That's it, duh!…

Because it's so unapologetic-ally campy? The giggle/smile/smh when "I had the time of my life" is mentioned.

The irony of Nina and Valentina's pilot was how scripted the set directors' reactions to their show was - especially Michelle Visage and Carson Kressley forced guffaws and camera stares. It's parts of group challenges like these that make me squirm, making me suspect this reality competition is contrived. That and the…

Nina Bonina's skeleton head makeup was ideal for this lip sync, and potentially a bit of a cheat move as they say. It emphasized every movement of her mouth as she sang, but at the same time merely mouthing along to the song would give as believable a result as knowing the words by heart. She knew she was going to be…

Hmm, I just realized when watching Untucked that beyond some of the various judges, the RPDR stage crew appears to be overwhelmingly male. This season gave more camera time to the actual 'pit crew' organizing and gathering contestants. I even looked at the show credits from a different perspective, per se.

Aside: is RuPaul gaining weight? Not that it's a bad thing per se, just that especially out of drag he seems to be 'fuller', especially in the face.

I'm finding the portrayal of her tech invisibility increasingly grating as well, especially if it's something she's dealt with for a while. Even if not, you'd think by now she'd have be prepared or acclimated to it and found a way to deal with it (like carry something that *is* visible to motion detectors, etc.) in a…

Thank you! I couldn't imagine Emmit Stussy and Sy not seeing through him the year prior, if that's who delivered the original loan. I know Fargo takes stereotypes and turns them on their head but this season's stretch the limit, especially this crafty but repulsive British businessman.

Yes, even if his repulsiveness was the point, it backfired for me - I wanted to skip past the scene and only watched it resentfully because something in it may be important to the story line. Not watching those scenes on rerun, if I watch the season again at all. :-/

Does that imply Paige concocted the diary entries?

He was to everyone but us viewers at home and Jimmy. Then it all came crumbling down in this episode. :-/ Which will lead to him even more so in destroying Jimmy as an ongoing vendetta.

Wasn't so much that he was stable, but that he had the privilege of those around him to cover up his instabilities from sight, which had been done for years, mostly thanks to Jimmy. Which Chuck took for granted because the enabling had been going on almost since the beginning of his mental illness. As revealed at the…

That LSFYL performance was criminal. You'd think they'd give some homage to RuPaul's memorable performance in the original B'52's video at the end. As he stated, that was his first big break, plus it made that memorable for them as well. That it was wasted on two of the weakest competitors is such a shame, it should…

I see your point, but don't recall any contestants where that type of genderfuck was a foundation of their drag persona, not just a one-off challenge. Though my memory isn't what it used to be (blush). Would you remind me (when you have the time) which two challenges those were? Thanks.

Thank you; didn't LG kneel down to her at one point?? Ugh.