Fleta Mcgurn posted:

Wasn't even close to what Raven did, I agree!

Seriously, though, Tyra winning S2 is what made me go "eh, not the show for me, it's clearly rewarding drama and looks over actual performance." Which, duh, I know.

Also, there was so much mayonnaise on the lens that it caused aortic sclerosis. The first couple seasons are hard to watch.

angerbeet posted:

(Dragula Spoilers for like, weeks from now, because time doesn't work right anymore)

GOODBYE Hallow. I'm sorry nobody let you wear your frozen used tampon dress but going on a another goddamn rant about how menstruation is what makes women women and single-handedly ruining your whole post-binary gender thing while ignoring transwomen was a disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpy75q2DDow

Behind Maslow posted:

I was beyond happy to see them go. It's unfortunate that they are the personification of Tumblr and Reddit. Every time they opened their gaping maw and more self righteous vomit clogged my ear drums, I wanted them gone more and more. The baby rant finally broke me and I watched Fox news for like half an hour.

They're pleasant to look at, not to listen to.

Landon better make top 3 tho.

Behind Maslow posted:

I was beyond happy to see them go. It's unfortunate that they are the personification of Tumblr and Reddit. Every time they opened their gaping maw and more self righteous vomit clogged my ear drums, I wanted them gone more and more. The baby rant finally broke me and I watched Fox news for like half an hour.

They're pleasant to look at, not to listen to.

Landon better make top 3 tho.

jit bull transpile posted:

ICHIBAHN posted:

I dunno, race chaser is pretty hard to put up with nowadays

quote:

This was really interesting. Some thoughts:

Delta somewhat admits her wigs were a little crunchy on TV. She thought she did great work when she was there, but realized it didn't look as great a year later on TV, and she kinda learned from that. I appreciate self-awareness.

Delta had the (unspoken?) option to buy new wigs and potentially try new styles. She apparently did that once (?) and they reimbursed her. She didn't do it often because I guess she didn't want to rock the boat? Apparently Mathu brought in his own wigs because the crap they have on deck was well, crap. She says Ru approved all the wigs, which is to be expected since they ultimately sit on her head, but like... try out new things? I guess Mathu was more comfortable with experimenting because he had worked with Ru for so long.

Delta is... idealistic? She bought the whole "we're a big happy family" line loads of corporations like to use. Idk if it's a generational thing or maybe I'm just a jaded bitch, but I feel like everyone should really know better in this late-stage capitalistic bloated corpse of a society we live in. Companies only care about their bottom line. Everyone is expendable. That's it.

Delta thinks she was canned because of a somewhat poorly-timed joke she made to an angry Ru about him "never doing anything himself." Maybe that was it, but idk, I think she's discounting how loud the fans have been about her wig styles these past three (four? five? there are so many, who knows anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) seasons. WoW reads this poo poo, and they probably knew how the people felt about her hair, and that factored into their decision to give her the boot.

Everything else was pretty much stuff we already knew. She was invited to do AJ but she didn't want to do hair for anyone but Ru because she isn't certified. She also didn't want to join the union. They found someone else, who I guess is certified and union. They used him for RPDRUK and ultimately decided to use him going forward.

Alaska was hilariously quiet throughout this entire interview. She's a really interesting character. I bet she knows this interview will piss WoW off, and she doesn't want to seem too involved because she wants to maintain her relationship with WoW.

Basically, Delta quite literally bought into the 'Mama Ru' persona hook, line, and sinker. But that's just what it is, a persona, which is perfectly fine IMO. I kinda feel bad for her and I hope she finds success.

It'd be nice if they could get Raven. That's who I'd really love to hear from about all this, but like Alaska, she'll probably never be caught on a mic saying a bad word about WoW and Ru.

angerbeet posted:

She also didn't want to join the union

big black turnout posted:

Hope the scab never finds work again tbh

The Berzerker posted:

can somebody give me the cleff notes

The Berzerker posted:

tbh i just wanted someone to do the alaska alyssa bit with me. but thank you also.

angerbeet posted:

I can C+P one from reddit

big black turnout posted:

Hope the scab never finds work again tbh

RICKON WALNUTSBANE posted:

Delta came across as extremely toxic in that interview and it was lovely of her friends to let her commit professional suicide like that.

ICHIBAHN posted:

She's the worst, probably. Didn't listen.

Jr. posted:

I gotta say after rewatching Dragula 1 and 2, the looks this season are... kind of underwhelming for me. Maybe the challenges are less inspired and the contestant output reflects that, but after season 2 with the sci-fi and wasteland challenges, it's kind of like... eh. They've got a lot of good gets as guest judges but I'm not even too worried about the update schedule on Amazon because it's very "I'll get to it when I get to it"

Hug in a Can posted:

Americans: Today Hulu added several seasons of RPDR to its streaming library. Check it out if you're subscribed!

Hug in a Can posted:

Americans: Today Hulu added several seasons of RPDR to its streaming library. Check it out if you're subscribed!

tudabee posted:

I've been ruminating on Hollow not being able to use period blood (or even red) with all of the feminine hygiene products and I can't help but think it's kind of hosed up that it wasn't allowed but apparently Melissa's filth look first season was fine, albeit blurred. I know it's a television thing and not a Boulet or Dragula thing, but still. Vaginas are only allowed to bleed through violence

Jr. posted:

Was she really not allowed to use just red on that dress? Melissa used fake blood, if Hollow wanted to use actual period blood, that's a biohazard and I can't not see it as medical waste. If that's what she was saving tampons and poo poo in the fridge for (freezers aren't airtight), it could just be a legal thing. Hollow in general seemed to have a thing for blood, which of course I'm not a part of the LGBT community but it seems like blood stuff is kinda yikes (not trying to offend and the contestants are probably up to date on testing for HIV/AIDS, but no one said so and assumptions are dangerous). What I thought was that the transgressive angle of "look at my period clots" took a backseat to "hey remember when the government watched people die by pretending this bloodbourne pathogen didn't exist, I'll pretend that too" and it almost seemed ignorant to me.

If I'm totally wrong or stomped some toes, please let me know, but that's my reaction. I've been watching a lot of documentaries so it's fresh on my mind.