Dragging Questions

[kybearfuzz]

Having watched many seasons of "RuPaul's Drag Race" now, I have picked up a bit of the lingo they throw about. Mostly through the constant overuse by the queens. I have noticed a few odds and ends that seems to be overused.

• You too can talk like a drag queen strutting the runway, just fill in this blank: I'm serving ___________ realness!" I think I read on FB a comment by ericdabear) where he pointed this out too. It's cute the first few times you hear it, but every single one of them fills in the blank almost every time they romp down the runway.
  
  
• When did it become the norm for drag queens to pull their wigs off during a high energy performance? I've been to only a few drag shows in my life and I've never seen it. At least one queen who is "Lip syncing for their lives" seem to throw the wig every week. This week one of the queens did it (no spoilers for those who haven't seen it) and Santino Rice shook his head "no" after it happened. I guess I don't understand doing that because it shatters the illusion that it's a woman. You ain't serving fishy realness doing that.
  
  
• Has anyone else noticed that often the queen who seems to be getting a lot of screen time during an episode is often the one who goes home? I haven't seen it so much this season, but in past seasons the queen who was involved in the most drama or discussions in a specific episode was the one sent packing.

And now back to non-drag related life :)

Comments

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

I've only seen the show a couple of times. Interesting for occasional viewing ... tho you must have the patience of Job ;0)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I think I admire the creativity of drag. I've never had any desire to try it myself outside of the odd Halloween costume, but I can see that there is an art to it. There are those drag queens that seem to look like every other drag queen, but some, like Sharon Needles, make it new and interesting with her "Queen of Shock" attitude.

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

Wow! ... I just did Google Images to look up Ms. Needles. She's amazing!....it's what I call 'theatre'.
Incidentally, among all the drag pictures there popped up a closeup of Grover Norquist (Republican puppet master) - proof that Google is sublime in its incomprehensibility - LOL

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

She's got some talent, our girl Sharon Needles! I look forward to see her to the end and beyond.

I'm sure Grover and Sharon have little in common, believe me :D

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

...but it might be very interesting to see them in the same room together ;0)