Ongina got robbed! Shanelle is an arrogant bitch and should have gone home. God, I can’t stand her!

Mar 3, 2009 at 11:44 am · @Reply · Flag

First off, WTF!?!?!?! Ongina loses out to Bebe because Bebe ripped her wig off?!?!? Homo don’t think so. Plus i just lost the betting pool with my straight friends. Boo I say to the producers. BOO!

Secondly, I understand that Rebecca is playing the foil for the series, making everyone else (including Shannel in all her high-strung perfectionist glory) look like saints, but that bitch needs to go. The only thing she can really do is sew and look pretty. That does not make a drag queen.

Mar 3, 2009 at 11:52 am · @Reply · Flag

I grew to love Ongina long before last week’s tearful confession. I am so sad to see her go.

BTW, I just changed my Facebook quote to “that’s the secret lesson drag queens impart on us: If you’re given stupid, demeaning things to do, do them with pride and self-respect and you own them.” With full credit to Queerty. Words to live by.

Mar 3, 2009 at 12:08 pm · @Reply · Flag

Thank gawd I’m not the only one who thinks Ongina was robbed! Oh yes, and muchas gracias a Japhy for explaining to all of us “reality teevee” junkies these interesting tricks of the trade. This justs makes me suspect even more that the producers are just keeping Rebecca on to stir up sh*t and keep fools like us watching. I guess I’ll fall for it… Sort of.

While I do like Bebe and think there’s plausible reason to keep Shannel and Nina on, Rebecca really should have been sent home last week for her gawd awful “VivaGlam Ad”. And even this week, I must admit that Shannel deserved to win this time for her great costuming and transformation of her butch “drag daughter” into a very lovely lady. But hey, I guess the producers just want to shake it up to f*ck up the show some more and keep us addicted to all the crazy drama.

Mar 3, 2009 at 12:50 pm · @Reply · Flag

We all know that in nearly every reality series the producers play a role in deciding which contestant stays and which will go–which made the fact that one see’s RuPaul leave the table all the more suspect. I had imagined that something fun and showy might emerge from behind the table, a RuPaul and a mini Ru in the form of a retouched Serena Williams perhaps? But no…it was simply a build up for dramatic impact with no real dramatic payoff.

Alas, I must lodge a complaint here. All this hate of poor ‘lil Rebecca. Down with a bad cold this weekend, I felt disappointed that I was not up to visiting a museum or attending a poetry reading, and in my drive to bring a little culture into my life, I visited the Drag Race website to watch the behind the scenes bickering that they reveal there. Interestingly, Rebecca, behind thhe scenes, tends to avoid in the many messy conversations that unfold in the green room. So enriched by my viewing experience over the weekend, I just had to visit last night, and was interested in hearing what Rebecca’s intent was in assigning each lady fighter to each lady impersonator.

While I thought that the bald cage fighter, assigned to our favorite juggling queen might have served Ogina better, Rebecca revealed that she paired each he-she to the contestent that would best suit their ability to make them over. She did ruffle a couple of ostrich feathers by explaining to Ogina that she felt that make-up wasn’t her strong suit, and that she assiged the toughest case to Shannel because of her talent and experience in make-up. Of course, this could have been a ruse, it could be that she just wished to provide the greatest challenge to the individual she feels is her biggest competition, but one could see that what she said could have been her true intent. Doubtlessly, Ogina was paired with the most striking of our female fighters, and in the end, Rebecca has not proven herself to be one of drag’s greatest minds.

Drag, I’ve always thought, demanding a bit of outrageousness. The most successful performers have been those with the largest personalities. RuPaul came to fame, not just for larger than life physical presence, but for his larger than life personality as well, and in this, our Rebecca prooves more “female impersonator” than drag queen, and there is a difference. Poor little thing doesn’t stand a chance, and the irony is that the contestant of the smallest stature, arguably had the largest personality of all.

Shannele shows glimmer of personality, but seems incapable of summoning a sense of humor. Bebe is regal and a strong black woman obviously courses through her veins, but humor seems to ellude her as well. We are left with Nina Flowers who, despite revealing her masculine side, has a fun with each challenge, and brings a little bit of humor to each of her challenges.

Nina Flowers is my pick to pick up the drag mantel and run with it. Nevertheless, isn’t it just wonderful that the Bush era is over, and that we can be a bit frivolous in times that are sizing up to be so very hard?

Mar 3, 2009 at 1:23 pm · @Reply · Flag

Why are we hating on Rebecca Glasscock so hard? I forget.

I love Ongina, but I didn’t see her winning this thing at all. The bitch isn’t really a “Drag Queen”. She is what I would call a “hybrid”. While I love what she does, I don’t feel like she is fitting the standards. She doesn’t tuck, she doesn’t wear wigs, and she doesn’t do tits. Um…. aren’t these kind of key factors in the drag illusion? I love the androgyny that is Ongina, but I feel like that is a whole different competition. Maybe I am being too narrow in my fews but if we are looking to have another RuPaul, I want one with tits and big hair.

Mar 3, 2009 at 2:33 pm · @Reply · Flag

I didn’t realize how much the show derailed until I read this. I’m disappointed, but we’ll just have to move forward from this tragedy and see what happens next week. “And then there were four…” I think Rebbecca is going down. If it comes down to Bebe and Rebbecca I’m going to be extremely annoyed. I used to like Bebe, but this episode she just seemed narrow and forced (the wig thing, yeah).

Mar 3, 2009 at 3:32 pm · @Reply · Flag

Okay. Am I alone in loving Rebecca? Seems clear to me that the dramatic arc for the show that RuPaul/the producers/the editors have in mind is to make us hate her. All the other contestants go on and on about what a bitch she is…but whenever she speaks for herself, she seems perfectly reasonable to me…although she might have been a teensy tad self-indulgent last week with the Viva Glam/HIV dramatics.

Maybe it’s simply that she’s wildly beautiful, but somebody here had to stand up for Rebecca.

Mar 3, 2009 at 3:56 pm · @Reply · Flag

@Robert: I dont hate Rebecca either

Mar 3, 2009 at 4:04 pm · @Reply · Flag

While I’ve never been a huge fan of Ongina’s (although I loved her last week), I have to say that at least as a queen she isn’t forgettable.

Neither is Shannel, Bebe, or Nina.

Rebecca…completely forgettable. It’s not that she even looks like every drag queen alive. She just looks like a hooker.

That said, she’s playing this game to win and when all is said and done, it is a contest. She played her hand with mad skill.

Mar 3, 2009 at 4:26 pm · @Reply · Flag

‘the editor of this queerty column is clearly jealous of “latin boys”‘

Seems to me you are the one with the jealousy issue. I did not see anything remotely amazing with Rebecca in the last episode. Recall the judges’ harsh comments on Nina not covering her tattoos up at the beginning? If anything, Rebecca should have been booted just because she did not cover up her make-over’s tattoo. Nina Flowers, on the other hand, wore a long sleeves to cover her tattoos and that look still worked.

“i don’t think she’s better than the other contestants – she possesses little showmanship or dance skills, but she can learn”

5 episodes in, don’t you think it is a little late to still be “learning” some simple skills. We are talking about a show that is broadcast on national TV, right?

As to Ongina being booted because of Bebe’s dance: While I like them both, if tumbling around the staged is all you need to win the lip sync, then Jade should have stayed and Rebecca should have packed her bags last week. Jade was a much better dancer in that show than Rebecca.

I agree with Queerty, something is fishy about the producers. I am done with the show and if enough of us feels that same, the ratings would speak louder than the producers’ fixed decision.

Mar 3, 2009 at 6:00 pm · @Reply · Flag

@sparkle obama

No thank you. You can keep the mall to yourself. I am sure it is prime property in this economy.

“well, showmanship and exciting dance are not “simple skills”

That’s certainly true for Rebecca because the other girls in the last episode all had something to offer. Rebecca seems like an also-ran in comparison.

“i would think part of the criteria for judging the winner is “potential”

Well, if you call imitating a hooker “potential” Rebecca certainly has that one down. Go back to last week’s lip sync, Jade showed much more potential than Rebecca did and Jade should have stayed.

Speaking of Shannel, she felt sick, but she did compete in the mini challenge. Unlike Rebecca, who completely ditched the stage in last week challenge. How is that different than Tammy surrendering in the lip-sync in Week 2? You quit, you lose, and Rebecca should have been booted in the viva glam week on so many levels.

And one more about Shannel, can’t stand her attitude when she made fun of Jade in the Oprah challenge. She’s trying to be the know-it-all of the group. It would be interesting if we have a “True Beauty” episode on all the Queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Mar 3, 2009 at 6:21 pm · @Reply · Flag

Now I think Rebecca should’ve gone two weeks ago but here she is – grrr – and she won this week which if you think about it is total bogus! The challenge was for the contesants to transform the fighters into their stage personae…and all Rebecca does is be a girl – a fishy girl – so she had to make a girl into a girl – come on folks! the other queens had so much more to do – Nina – Shannell – Ongina – Bebe – all had to pull off something so much harder – and Rebecca wins for the easiest transformation??? WTF??

Mar 3, 2009 at 6:37 pm · @Reply · Flag

@Robert B.: Yeah, that just wasn’t fair. Rebecca by far had the easiest job with her butch girl, yet all she could do was pull off a look I could easily make by just buying a dress and make-up at Macy’s? Where was the creativity?! As I said upthread, I really think Shannel deserved to win this week & Ongina deserved a chance to save herself by lip-syncing against Jade.

The producers f*cked it all up by having Rebecca stay, so now we’ll have to endure 3 more weeks of her bitchy drama. Sigh. :-(

Mar 3, 2009 at 8:27 pm · @Reply · Flag

@Sebbe:

sweet pea rocked!

Mar 4, 2009 at 2:38 am · @Reply · Flag

I’m late to comment on this one, but hell, why not, it was a long day.

Anyway, I was really sad to see Ongina go as well. I really like her. She never really seemed to have anything negative to say about anyone. I think there was a big mistake made in this week’s elimination.

Rebeca can’t even walk in heels properly, not like the others seem to. She should of gone home. And that wig she had on was cheap looking.

Bebe, don’t care for her at all. She just screams cheap tranny hooker to me.

Nina Flowers. I like her. She’s now my current favorite.

And that other one, the over the top one, is it Shannel? eh. She’s to showgirl for my taste.

My two favorites were Tammie Brown and Ongina and they’re both gone, so whatever with it now I guess.

Mar 4, 2009 at 4:31 am · @Reply · Flag

I normally love Bebe, but I was turned off by her lipsynch performance. Normally she’s all about poise, but she didn’t bring any realness to the lipsynch, just a more poorly-executed version of the trick that Shanelle used to save herself: engineer some weave malfunction at the climax for an apparent sincerity upgrade.

Mar 4, 2009 at 8:14 am · @Reply · Flag

i stopped watching when tammie brown was eliminated. obviously the producers are not appreciating the girls as unique talents and trying to fit them into a tight mould, if you dont fit youre out. which, knowing Ru’s club kid history doesnt quite fit his own character… can we say “sell out”

i had thought ongina would finish at least top 2 – but this goes to show you a true artist has no place in mainstream media.

the others can be found at any gay bar on any corner of any town.

Mar 4, 2009 at 1:14 pm · @Reply · Flag

The winner without a doubt should be Nina Flowers! She has had the best transformations, with some making her look totally different than what her main Drag Queen look is. She is very different from the others and when she walks down the Runway she does it with distinct femininity and class. I loved Ongina as well and she was my second favorite and I don’t think she should have been cut. Even thought Shanelle is arrogant and thinks she is better than anyone there, I think she still has a change at this. Rebecca… She should have been out since 2 weeks ago, Jade won that day but like everyone else is saying, they need a bitch in the show to keep people interested. Bebe… right, I guess she thought to herself.. “if it worked for Shanelle why not?” She does a great transformation but that is it, one transformation, same big hair, same theme, blah blah blah. The judges need to get it together, I am not sure if they were aware of what the challenge was or am I going crazy? I thought they were suppose to make their girl fighters into their Drag selves? What ever, I guess they are not there for their intelligence but to fill the positions that needed to be filled.

Mar 6, 2009 at 1:08 pm · @Reply · Flag

just search “ongina” on cafepress.com to see the shirt.

Mar 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm · @Reply · Flag

I think Ru’s getting so caught up in who’s winning these individual challenges that he’s losing sight of the overall aim here – to find the new great drag persona! It’s time for him to take up the reigns here and say “Y’all know what? I’m the diva here and I say you stay and you go. Why? Because I said so, bitch!”

Only Ongina and Nina have the personality it takes to run with new obstacles, work/converse/perform with new people on the spot and be likeable characters in and of themselves as opposed to just performing a set on stage. That’s what will get you your own show! Who wants to watch a show hosted by Shanelle? Nobody.

Bebe’s great too, and I like her, but she’s too safe – too old school drag. The drag queen of the 21st century has to push the limits and only Nina has that edge now, though she does seem a bit lacking in confidence. USE that accent girl – it’s an asset, not a flaw!

Mar 14, 2009 at 6:02 am · @Reply · Flag