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RuPaul’s Drag Race: RuPaul Roast

May 18, 2017 by tamaratattles 10 Comments

Hey you guys, I am filling in for this episode of Drag Race. Sorry about the delay. Your usual recapper, the divine The Lady Cocotte had life get in the way last weekend, and I have been swamped and unable to get anything up on this episode myself. I am going to make this a quick and dirty recap. I am not the expert that The Lady Cocotte is so apologies in advance.

Last week Aja was sent home  and when all the queens head back into the makeup room the shade is being thrown left and right. With my poor facial recognition skills I have to admit it is hard for me to keep up with who is who in their every changing drag looks. That is except for Valentina. The judges told Valentina she was perfect once again, despite denying her a win. If it were up to me this season would be called Valentina and the Rest. Valentina is a drop dead gorgeous female and a hot as hell male. Valentina is all I care about this season.

Peppermint and Farrah Moan are the only two who have not won a challenge. Trinity in particular enjoys pointing this out. It looks like these two will be the next two to go home. Especially Farrah who tends not to get good reviews ever. Except from me. I like Farrah and I found the comment comparing her to Jon Benet Ramsey in extremely poor taste. 


The Mini Challenge

This week’s mini challenge is a reading contest. I shall try to hit the highlights and low lights.

Sasha Velour

Alexis, Broadway is calling! In this case it’s the one in Brooklyn where the whores work.

Shea, you remind me of my favorite movies, your fashion? Coming to America. And your smile? Jurassic Park.

And the rest…

Peppermint was sort of middle of the pack for me. Alexis Michelle was too crude to be funny. Trinty failed to impress. Everyone seems to be making really personal attacks on Shea Couleé about her teeth and her poor hygiene. To me it came off really harsh and not funny.

Valentina said that Alexis Michelle is very Broadway, but also very broad while making a gesture across her shoulders. Nina said that Alexis Michelle is like a BMW, body made wrong. Farrah Moan said to Alexis Michelle, “Pillsbury called, they want their rolls back.

Valentina won the challenge and a trip to Palm Springs and the right to choose the order of the maxi challenge. Alexis volunteers to take either first or last. I thought Sasha Velour was better.

But none of that matters. What matters is that Alexis big fat feelings were hurt. SWIDT?

The Maxi Challenge

For the Maxi Challenge, the queens have to roast Michelle Visage. Supposedly, Michelle does not know she is this years honoree. As the queens prepare to write their material, Alexis Michelle says, “Here’s a tip, don’t make it about my body.”

Shea Couleé who I felt was really attacked harshly about her body seems to side with Trinity and Nina who basically feel like Alexis Michelle needs to get over it. Valentina immediately apologizes for her joke which was the least offensive of the bunch.

Valentina has the most hysterical scene in the show when she gets writers block and does a long prayer to Saint Guadalupe. I spent way too much time trying to find that whole thing so you will have to settle for the gif above.

Alexis Michelle

When RuPaul does his Tim Gunnesque mentoring with the girls, Alexis Michelle brings up the perceived body shaming during the mini-challenge. I was dismayed with the way RuPaul and Ross Matthews handled the situation. They challenge was supposed to be all in good fun. If someone’s feelings were truly hurt, I think a little compassionate could ameliorate the entire situation. When Ru talks to Farrah, she says she felt badly about her comments about Alexis Michelle and wants to stay true to her integrity when roasting Michelle Visage. Ross says there is a way to compliment someone before the shade comes to show the lack of ill will. Rupaul says that Farrah needs to win something if she wants to stay.

Peppermint says this is her first roast and she feels confident in her comedy. Sasha Velour says she is worried that she a bit too intellectual to be as funny as the others. Sasha has writers block. All she has is the term, “Mutton dressed as lamb.” That made me laugh out loud. Smart people can be funny too, Sasha. Later Sasha has to explain the joke to Nina.

Peppermint

Peppermint tells a story of making a connection through Moscow while presenting as female and being detained. That must have been so frightening. According to Sasha, cross dressing is illegal in Russia.

At the roast, Shea Couleé gets off to a great, if terribly crude, start. She ends by saying that if you like her, her name is Shea Couleé if you didn’t her name is Nina Bo’nina Brown. I thought she did great.

I though Sasha did great and I loved her for coming after Tamar Braxton, one of the guest judges. Sasha makes a lot of Jersey jokes.

Valentina says that Michelle knows how to say ‘harder’ in six different languages. This was not Valentina’s best night. She could be in the bottom.

Or not, the person in the country girl outfit was REALLY bad. Who is that? I will edit it in later.

Farrah Moan completely bombs. It was completely cringeworthy.

Peppermint looked FAB U LOUS and her routine was even better.

Nina Bo’nina was an grandma whose joke were hit and miss. Mostly a miss.

Last up was Alexis Michelle who painted herself green for some unknown reason. She says in honor of her big night she wore Michelle’s favorite color. She calls Fortune a bull dyke. No one laughs at any of her jokes. No one. Dead silence. As Valentina said, “This is not a happy ending. And it doesn’t help that Alexis Michelle looks like She Hulk.” 

Nina and Valentina are safe. In other words there were three people worse than they were.

Shea Couleé,  Peppermint and Sasha Velour were the top queens.  Oh, that was TRINTY in the hayseed ensemble. She sucked and was on the bottom. But the good news for her is that Farrah and Alexis Michelle sucked harder.

Peppermint finally pulls off her first win. It was far and above the best set. Wait, Valentina won a four night stay in Palm Springs for the mini challenge and Peppermint gets a consultation on a very inexpensive webhosting site?

The lip sync was to Dolly Parton’s Baby I’m Burning. Alexis manages to win with a sprint into a split. Farrah Moan gets sent home.

I am sorry this recap was not anywhere near The Lady Cocotte’s standards. It was all very difficult for me to get through. The brain fog has been terrible lately and trying to keep out with who is who in and out of drag was frying my brain.  Due to The Lady Cocotte’s schedule, I believe I have another fill-in or two in the future. I will try harder next time. Promise.

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  1. T D says

    May 18, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    Peppermint knows how to get the coals started. Then she set the room and the roof on fire. Why even bother to try and spark a flame with green wood?

    Reply
  2. catazure says

    May 18, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    I HAVE to get caught up. I enjoy Drag Race so much. I believe Farrah Moan was the pretty little queen? She couldn’t sew.
    Thanks for the recap, TT 🙂

    Reply
    • tamaratattles says

      May 18, 2017 at 11:09 pm

      Yes, that is Farrah. She was very cutesy. I didn’t mind that. The poor thing had to go home to roast in the summer heat of Vegas. 🙁

      I can’t believe I could not ID Trinity in the country girl look with a list of options in the tags to my left. My brain is mush.

      Reply
  3. Marsha Marsha Marsha says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:30 am

    Valentina has to win Drag Race this season, no one else is even in the running !

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  4. The Lady Cocotte says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:48 am

    Thanks so much, Tamara! You did an amazing job (covering my ass).

    Sasha is a lot funnier than she realizes. Her “mutton dressed as lamb” made me literally laugh out loud. I love how Valentina kept calling Michelle Mi-Sell. But Peppermint deserves her win. She’s super talented & we’re finally getting to see that.

    I love Farrah & was sad to see her leave but she’s not ready for The Race. She does her thing REALLY well but she doesn’t have enough experience outside her box. Check out some of her performances on Youtube. She’s a burlesque sex bomb!

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    • Kathy says

      May 19, 2017 at 1:03 am

      “Mutton dressed as lamb?” is what I ask myself and any other family member nearby, when getting ready to go out.
      That phrase says it all.
      Sasha is fierce in her smarts and her looks. Being an “out” bald queen is a fabulous change.

      But Valentina has my heart. She watched her mom’s wedding video daily as a child. What is not to love?

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  5. Kevin says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:05 am

    I feel like I’m the only person besides Alexis Michelle who understood why she wore green. It’s because Michelle Visage hates the color green! In the earlier seasons of the show, particularly around seasons four and five, Michelle would read the queens to filth if they wore green on the runway. All except RuPaul that is.

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  6. Mark says

    May 19, 2017 at 5:48 am

    Valentina was great! She’s a model! She looks like Linda Evangelista! Her smile is AMAZING!
    I thought she was very subtle and playing up to the fact she could be seen as all form and no function, a little ditzy Latina princess. Very self aware.

    Thank fuck Moany Moan has gone. Her make-up was always shocking too. Like too much for fish and not enough for full drag. Contour something. Eek.

    Reply
  7. KK says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:03 pm

    Valentina had high points in her bit and looked flawless. Peppermint looked her best yet and did a great job. Could Trinity know she was weak at stand up and choose her outfit for a Dolly Parton lip sync? I’m not sure because I would have expected a more country glam makeup and hair, not the HeeHaw look.

    I have to admire all of them. The challenges really force them out of their comfort zones.

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  8. T D says

    May 19, 2017 at 9:32 pm

    The forlorn find themselves sashaying down on the end of Lonely Street checking into Heartbreak Hotel with an empty box of chocolates. Bitter sweet. Hate to see her go but she has some rear view.

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