RuPaul’s Drag Race 5 Episode 6: Can I Get A Gay Man?
Filed under: Tommy D, TV Shows
Author: Tommy D
Date: Mar 5, 2013
I mean Amen.
My review of RuPaul’s Drag Race this week is going to be a bit brisk because I just came back from Emerald City Comic Con and I am WIPED (a nerd alert is coming this week about it). What did we learn in this week’s episode? Most drag queen’s can’t sing, Detox is 90% silicone & Coco Montrese wants to have her cake and eat it too!
This week’s mini challenge was make up in the dark which was hysterical. Detox won because her make-up is essentially paint by numbers flawless. So she got to choose the 3 teams for the singing challenge. She obviously chose Roxxxy and Alaska for her team, Ivy Jinkx and Jade Jolie were together and Coco and Alyssa were paired up. The main challenge was a “We are the world” style number called Can I get an Amen? There were challenged with writing a verse, and coming out with an 80′s style look for the live music video.
I mean, whatever. This was a throwaway challenge, but it’s miss Coco that is bugging me again. First of all she cries and whines when she was made the dummy and said how she is the STAR in Vegas and she should have MORE spotlight…well tonight she was given the first line and then she complained about how nervous she was. PUHLEEZE! Make up your mind lady and when an opportunity presents itself take it, instead of complaining. I am OVER Coco on this show. Thank god she was in the bottom two, and the other queen was Jade who totally fell short. Their lip sync was peppy and high energy and Coco beat Jade and got to stay. Honestly at this point I would’ve like Jade to stay.
There was something brought up on the runway tonight and it had to do with cliques. Season 3 we had The Heathers & this season we have Rolaskatox. Michelle kind of hit the nail on the head when she said they each need to worry about themselves and it’s so true. Let’s hope that Alaska stand out more on the runway because she’s HILARIOUS in her confessionals.
Also Alyssa’s moment with her father in the Untucked was EVERYTHING, I couldn’t stop crying. It was such a great moment for her and made her all the more likeable. I hope she can learn from this GET OVER the drama with Coco because she is kind of a fierce competitor.
That’s it from me, I’m going to rest my little nerd brain. TWEET ME what you thought of tonight show @TommyD or leave a comment!
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DW
March 5th, 2013 at 7:38 pm
This season has fallen flat. Ever since I saw Snatch Game last week, I don’t really care. I’ll probably stop commenting here and stuff cos it’ll be the same as this comment.
I actually love CoCo for my own reasons. I’m still rooting for her second to only Jinkx.
Jinkx should have won this challenge imo.
Alyssa is my 3rd favourite.
Detox 4th, Ivy 5th, Alaska 6th, Roxxxy 7th.
Sad that Jade is gone :-(. When CoCo and Jinkx I don’t even know if I’ll wanna watch.
Honestly- I miss Serena ChaCha, Monica Beverly Hillz and Honey Mahogany. Serena was entertaining and the latter 2 are just so likeable.
JMC
March 6th, 2013 at 5:25 am
Firstly RE: DW, agreed, this season ain’t it. Flat personalities and little creativity, traits seemingly synonymous with fishy queens on the show. Least diverse cast of queens so far.
Few things, thank you Michelle for reading Rolaskatox, you are not the Heathers. Heathers were a clique but they didn’t compete as a team, Raja, Manilla and co. knew that if it beating the living hell out of each other they’d gladly do it to win.
Next, Alaska’s runway reading was unfair and unintentionally harsh. Don’t tell the girl she doesn’t have a heart, rude. All I can imagine they meant to ask for was to see Alaska in a less comic/camp runway look, maybe? I really didn’t get it. There’s little a queen can do to show depth and heart on a runway short of falling to her knees and throwing her fists in the air. In Untucked Alaska finally said what we’ve all known from the day she was cast, it’s a bitch to be in Sharon Needles shadow. I remember during season 4 googling Sharon, looking for any candid photos or videos, and back then Alaska was dressed in the same ghoulish looks as Sharon so when she appeared in the goddess promo, looking the most polished in my opinion, there was no spook to be seen. I can’t help but suspect Alaska dumped her spooky style after Sharon’s rise to fame and now she’s trying to find her own niche and also, who had the spook look down first, Sharon or Alaska?