We’ve had examples of non-black queens doing black impersonations - though admittedly with qualifiers. Jujubee covered the Asian component of Kimora Lee’s ancestry, and didn’t seem to tune her makeup to cover Kimora’s African-American heritage. Thorgy’s Michael Jackson fortunately chose Michael’s post-vitiligo…

For the most part, Ru’s advice specifically in the Snatch Game walkthroughs have almost never been helpful.

I had to squint and get right up to the screen to make sure that Aiden was lipsyncing, and had at least some semblance of matching the lyrics.

I also just felt like MY BIG CHEESY GRIN doesn’t really sell the song. That felt like what was wrong with her Jennifer Holiday as well. It was just BIG.

What makes GiGi better is that she has a better knowledge of Pop culture and her references are more interesting.

I love Crystal and I wish RuPaul and the two other inane awful guests did not saboteur her, because the weird humour was working for me really well in the beginning and the sect stuff could have been a good narrative.

I talk elsewhere about Gigi, so I’ll leave that just to say part of Jackie’s smartness and comedic instinct that’s just so good is the way she inverts the problem of packing impersonations down into six second TikToks, essentially.

They got the rights to a Frozen song from Disney?! Things are looking up in a corporate sort of way.

I might argue it’s the opposite. More than hosting, I’ve gathered from coverage that the GLAM awards are closer to a cabaret, small-stage, indie theatre sort of market. It being NYC, one senses that Brita gets to deploy backup dancers, choreo, stagecraft, lighting, special effects, costumery, and general production…

I explain my choice and agreement with Gigi above, but it’s also occurring to me that with two wins already, S- doesn’t need the help leading the pack - even with the meta-text of her disqualification looming over the proceedings. Snatch Game is one of the challenges that tends to give credit where credit is due, even…

While all things being equal I thought Katharine Hepburn should have won, Gigi definitely pulled an Aquaria. Does the storyline of “look queen who can perform” enliven the senses?

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It’s not clear to me it’s hate (at least from the audience) so much as the jarring incongruity to how she’s being presented, and how she’s presenting herself - versus the ingenue, underdog, diamond-in-the-rough framework that’s being built around her storyarc.

Most of Widow’s outfits have been meh to terrible

I’ve been reading Brita’s arc as a case of incongruity, possibly leading to delusion. Her references to her reputation in New York read like she sees herself as Peppermint. She might have polish and have a pageant nice affect that the judges seem to be eating up, despite the fact that her backstage saltiness reads…

he’s not responsible for Ru and what Ru wants for her television show

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I’ve been thinking on this; I had the same thoughts for those exact, specific references. Over the course of 153 individual queens over twelve seasons, plus spin-offs, if anything I’m more surprised we don’t see more copypasta on the runway.

I think you’re right to point out that what’s jarring tonight is three classic…

Sorry I missed y’all last go round; back from a hectic work week. a completely unrequested set of Random ‘pinions:

Mornin’ all! It’s time for some Random ‘pinions: