DiscOOOOOhhhh wow this was a long ass performance...

Happy Saturday you gorgeous Patrons! How is everyone doing today? How are your stocks, socks and rocks? I assume these days all we're caring about is attempting to dismantle capitalism, cozy feet and crystals? If one of those categories is bringing you joy then I'm happy for you! 

And now swiftly on to the thing that's been bringing me consistent joy every week...DRAG RACE woo woo (sung like Duck Tales woo woo). 

This week it's all about DISCO! And let me tell you, I actually learned a lot about disco based on the 10% knowledge I had of it from watching Saturday Night Fever one time a billion years ago! 

But we'll get to that! Let's start with the exit of Kandy's Muse, JoeyJay.  It's bittersweet, just like Kandy herself, who boldly claimed she will be making Miss Jay her Mrs. Jay as soon as the show is over. I gotta admit, Kandy's ability to loudly claim exactly what she wants is inspiring. It's like watching a sugar filled toddler tell a babysitter that they're absolutely allowed to use the iPad for as long as they want. 

Then we get to the aftermath of the Kandy/Tamisha confrontation character assassination rhythm nation! And THANK YOU for all of your thoughts on the sticky situation (I'll stop rhyming I promise!) last week! I love hearing how y'all are observing the shenanigans! 

We get some reflection and deflection (I'm trying to stop!) and then Utica perfectly summed it up...Tamisha saaaays what she saaaaays and Kandy can (candy)dish it, but can't take it. But then Tamisha announces that the pageant has started! And one of you pointed out last week that pageant girls like to play mind games so that little sound bite GOT MY (G)EARS GOING. Hmmmmmmm. 

The next day the queens do what they do best... they get their gorgeous brooms out and sweep the mess right under the filthy rug. ** insert joke about that rug having more of a mess under it than a 20 something Michelle Visage after a long Saturday Night** Sorry, the jokes are slow today! 

Anyway, the mini challenge is a fun one! The girls partner up...Tamisha and Elliott do the sad/awkward dance of being the last ones left so they politely pretend they're happy to be partners (ugh, I know they're all grown ups but those little moments of childhood awkwardness always get me good!). And as a surprise to absolutely no one Kandy joins the Tina/Mik duo and they become the mean girl trio.

The challenge is to make designer lewks from wallpaper and GOOD LORD (who is still not a bitch) did they all do an incredible job! I had to rewind the segment just to make sure they actually made those dresses. Some highlights for me included Tamisha continuously saying Carroll Baskets and Utica being a full on curious, blind praying mantis weirdo. Wonderful. 

As a pleasant surprise, Elliott and Tamisha win! Carroll Baskets should be so proud! 

Now onto the big business...our duos and trio take on the DISCO-mentary! Each team is given as aspect of disco to highlight in a choreographed dance segment. Here we go! 

First we hear more about Ru's obsession with vulnerability as it applied to Rosé fearing she's holding back. As someone who's been on reality TV before I kind of assumed Rosé would be looser on camera, but then again as someone who's been on reality TV before it makes total sense that she might be overthinking her image. In trying to keep control of her narrative she's not giving us much to work with. Either way, I still have a lot of respect for Rosé and wonder if her frustration with staying safe might explode and we get to see the messy aftermath of Rosé-all-day. 

Then we have the hilarious charm of Mik and Kandy not knowing jack shit about disco. And who am I to fault them, I also don't know Jack Shit. He's an illusive fella. But I do know that I LOVE when a queen really tickles Ru and she can't compose herself. Again, wonderful. 

Then we get to dance rehearsal where we learn that Utica works a scarf like me in 4th grade gym class when they tried to teach us how to juggle with scarves. Denali and Rosé are admittedly great dancers, but there's something about their snobbiness about it that kinda rubs me the wrong way. Anyone else? And lastly, that Tamisha is coming into this show with even more baggage than we thought...literally, a colostomy bag. I meeeeeeean. How incredible and difficult and admirable? And to keep it to yourself? Wow. I just have a lot of respect for her. 

I also feel like, regardless of colostomy bag, giving her and Elliott the hula hoops was a bit of a rip off. Why didn't the more advanced dancers get props? I know Elliott can dance, but if we're going to hand out props let's make it an equal PROPportunity, ya know? Let's give everyone a little something extra. Unless they did and I missed it? That could also very much be the case. 

In the werkroom we get more backstory into Kandy and Olivia's struggles growing up which always makes me fall more in love with these queens. It gives me a better context for their triggers and a deeper appreciation of their current selves. One more time...wonderful.

The disco-mentary begins and wow does it deliver..... and deliver ...... and deliver ..... and deliver .... and ACK, gimme a second to clean out my mailbox before you keep making all of these deliveries! AMIRIGHT? lol That performance was long and impressive (*insert your filthy jokes, ya pervs!*). Overall I was wow'd by the sheer magnitude of the performance but zooming in I noticed that Kandy looked like she was constantly seeing ghosts in the studio, Tamisha's hula hoop threw her for a loop and Utica did her best impression of a disco Raggedy Ann doll waving a flag of surrender.  

Then we have our little black dress runway and OOOHHHH did they take some big risks with those little black dresses! Highlights for me:

-Gottmik GOT. IT. That little black dress and that big bright confidence...ugh, what a stunner!

-Elliott looked again like a classic Rich Vegas Step Mom with questionable taste 

-I thought Utica was some type of deep cut Tim Burton character until she mentioned her earrings then I loved it...maybe I'm in the minority but I thought it was just so silly and specific and artsy and interesting

-Denali looked a little like a Party City sexy spider vampire 

-Rosé LOVES a loofa 

-LalaRiiiiiiieally let us have the full Lala experience 

-Symone and the dress made of hair? I love those kind of surprises! Cannot wait to see what else she has!

The critiques come down and Olivia is our winner! Honestly, I was a little surprised but good lord (still a non-bitch) THAT SMILE. How can you compete with that weapon of mass destruction (dresstruction)?? 

Then we have the lip sync match up we were all hoping for! I just didn't think it'd happen this soon! Tamisha vs Kandy. She Said What She Said vs Sometimes I'm Not Sure What She Just Said. And, WOW. Thank god I cleaned out my mailbox because THEY ALSO DELIVERED. Incredible. Passionate. Emotional. Sometimes they didn't know the words but damn did they go for it. How entertaining was that? I, for one, was entertained. 

So Kandy shantays and Tamisha sashays. And Tamisha, being the 360 degree thinking professional she is, treats her exit interview as her unofficial announcement of herself being chosen for All Stars. What do I have to say to this other than....wonderful. Though I'm sad to see Tamisha leave, I'm glad she can now take care of her health. She said what she said and she did what she did and I enjoyed what I enjoyed...which was every minute of it. 

Now we're left with the mean girls, a quirky scarecrow, some slightly snobby dancers, a Vegas chipmunk, a 1000 watt smile, the LalaRi experience and subtle front runner Symone. Who are your tops now? Honestly, I'm torn. I'm still rooting for my Queen Utica (even though they keep trying to strip her camp away and I don't fully agree with it), Gottmik's got great lewks, Symone is still the full package and Olivia's truly is lux. Basically I'm waiting for the rest to either breakthrough or breakdown. We shall see! Let me know your thoughts! I gotta go sort some mail! Have great weekends! ❤️G