Shante, you slay.
We're nearing the end of RuPaul's Drag Race's fifth season, and that means it's time to make an important list: the 10 funniest queens in the show's history. In an age when people like Vivienne Pinay and Ivy Winters insist that fishiness is more important than comic chops, we need to fight back. I watch this show for unbridled sauciness, wit, and unapologetic humor, and these ten queens all boasted fine gut-busting instincts.
10. Detox
I have to be honest: I nearly gave this spot to Tatianna, whose performance as Britney Spears remains Snatch Game's most hilarious triumph, but Detox is truly the funnier performer. Her wise-ass commentaries, chicken fierceness, amazing side-eye, jaw-wagging lip-sync skills, and general weariness of everything are total treats. She'd probably laugh more at herself if her facial muscles were capable of abject glee. I'm always waiting to hear her next confessional, particularly after...
We're nearing the end of RuPaul's Drag Race's fifth season, and that means it's time to make an important list: the 10 funniest queens in the show's history. In an age when people like Vivienne Pinay and Ivy Winters insist that fishiness is more important than comic chops, we need to fight back. I watch this show for unbridled sauciness, wit, and unapologetic humor, and these ten queens all boasted fine gut-busting instincts.
10. Detox
I have to be honest: I nearly gave this spot to Tatianna, whose performance as Britney Spears remains Snatch Game's most hilarious triumph, but Detox is truly the funnier performer. Her wise-ass commentaries, chicken fierceness, amazing side-eye, jaw-wagging lip-sync skills, and general weariness of everything are total treats. She'd probably laugh more at herself if her facial muscles were capable of abject glee. I'm always waiting to hear her next confessional, particularly after...
- 4/10/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Big day on RuPaul's Drag Race: Two queens were booted after a languid lip-sync of "Oops!... I Did It Again" including the beleaguered Vivienne Pinay and the cool, mature Honey Mahogany, a.k.a. 29-year-old Alpha Mulugeta of San Francisco. As the show's first-ever native of San Fran, Honey lent a particular version of smartness that sometimes manifested in fantastic ways, like her dead-on impersonation of Mystique Summers Madison during the second episode's spoken-word lip-sync challenge. Unfortunately, her take on Diana Ross in the Black Swan-esque ballet about Ru's life wasn't enough to keep her in the competition.
We chatted with Ms. Mahogany about spoken-word lip-syncing, her caftans, and whehter she was prepared for the "humiliating" work of reality TV.
AfterElton: You weren't really ranked in the top or the bottom in earlier challenges. Did that make you nervous?
Honey Mahogany: Well, personally, I thought I was robbed in that second challenge!
We chatted with Ms. Mahogany about spoken-word lip-syncing, her caftans, and whehter she was prepared for the "humiliating" work of reality TV.
AfterElton: You weren't really ranked in the top or the bottom in earlier challenges. Did that make you nervous?
Honey Mahogany: Well, personally, I thought I was robbed in that second challenge!
- 2/20/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
RuPaul's Drag Race shocked us last night, and not just because it staged a ballet based on the exquisite life of its star. Ru dared to eliminate both of the lip-syncing queens who flunked the performance challenge, and thus, we lost two ferocious contestants this week. The first to go -- and the less expected evictee, based on her standing last week -- is Vivienne Pinay, a.k.a. 26-year-old Michael Donehoo of New York City, who touted her good looks and comely femininity, but couldn't quite redeem her performance in the ballet as "America's Next Drag Superstar" or her uninspired lip-sync of Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again." At least she's in good company: Her competitor Honey Mahogany was also eliminated, and we talked to her as well about the dramatic episode. (Editor's note - We'll have Honey's interview tomorrow morning).
But first: Let's catch up with Vivienne Pinay about the competition,...
But first: Let's catch up with Vivienne Pinay about the competition,...
- 2/19/2013
- by virtel
- The Backlot
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