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

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

"A Pointer Sister" was a great comment! I loved that.

I'm not sure if her songs are hits, but I have "Champion" and a few others on my iPod that I enjoy.

What does Lady Bunny say about the show? Or is she tearing into the queens themselves? I read Pandora Boxx's recaps of the show on NewNowNext and they are pretty entertaining, coming from someone who went through the race herself.

"I'm not sure if her songs are hits..."

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

From Billboard, the music industry bible:

"RuPaul first strutted onto the Billboard charts on Dec. 12, 1992, when Ru's likely most-well-known single "Supermodel (You Better Work)" debuted at No. 46 on the Dance Club Songs chart, on its way to a No. 2 peak. It was the first of so-far 13 club hits for the entertainer."

Though she doesn't seem to move a lot of actual units, RuPaul seems to do fairly well on the charts (which is kind of important even if it doesn't swell one's bank account). "Glamazon" debuted at #11 on the dance chart, her highest debut to date.