FWIW, it’s my Thai friends who are the most insistent that the Thai language isn’t - well, let’s just say “musical” language.

It’s hard to say how cyclical it is - but note has definitely been made that Team Talent came to dominate so very many of the middle seasons:

Yet another way Kinja found a way to be even more infuriating than Disqus.

It’s too kind of you to say.

1) You specified “these queens”. Drag is and has been, long before this show, a local and regional product. We see plenty of this inflect all the new queens that emerge each season, and the tried-and-true tropes that this show has become a platform for discussing. Talent versus look. East versus West coast. Country…

It’s possible you miss the point, back in 2) where I wholly admit that Shangela is readily more deserving, based on her performance over the season.

Trixie turning it around “in respect to Morgan” was exactly the kind of perfect improv timing that she needed, if only Bebe realized the landmine she was laying down. Bebe’s face-crack is the GIF I need in my life right now.

Ultimately, particularly for an All-Stars season, it becomes more incubment to recognize that all these girls are deserving. We have our favorites, of course, and we can definitely argue the merits of who’s more deserving (which of course, we do ad libitum).

Season 1: Bringing Porkchop onboard, Ongina’s HIV status,

For me that’s what separates what Milk does from Raja or Violet’s refined editoral style. It’s what makes the latter two fashionne, and Milk something just to the left of that. the difference for me is the ability to reference, to create a narrative, and to edit. Raja and Violet, with every look - evidence deep…

The show is as fair as Ru and the producers decide to make it.

Nested gags tonight, so a lot of Random ‘pinions:

I saw and noted the comparison of Shangela to Ellaria and Theon upthread.

*rattlesnake sound cue of shade*

I’ve explained this in previous episodes, as one of the viewers that finds Shangie immensely talented, but also immensely grating.

I call shade on that. The fatsuit woulda killed in the club. Cheap gimmicks like that were made for rail vodka drinks and underage teen girls from the Valley. Those girls love a reveal.

OMG, totally - a queen that’s embedded in local lore and culture? Perfect example of what I’m talking about. (Dixie sounds like a walking Judgmental Map)

Hey now. Shangela totally references Cersei Lannister, too. Even though the correct reference there should’ve been Margaery Tyrell.

Random ‘pinions:

It’s definitely been noticed that Ru definitely defaults towards flowing Grecian drapery - her other fallback being body-conscious curve-hugging.