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Trig Discipline posted:Glad Symone won, but still miffed that Kandy was in the final instead of someone who deserved it more. Jr. posted:I just realized that I think Kandy is just Large Vanjie.
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Apr 27, 2021 16:40
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Symone won, all is right with the world! Now for some nice rest until All-Stars starts... G'day bbs! The ongoing march of Drag Race contant continues with RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under! Filmed in New Zeland, 10 Queens from Australia and New Zeland will be competing to be "Down Under's First Drag Superstar!" The series starts on May 1 with episodes airing on Stan in Australia, TVNZ OnDemand in New Zeland, and on the Wow Presents Plus app everywhere else. Episode release times have yet to be announced, we will update once we know more. Comedian Rhys Nicholson is joing Ru and Michelle on the juding panel, and the guest judges are... we'll we don't know all of but we will be getting Taika Waititi and  Kylie Minogue (and Dannii).Let's meet... our girls! Anita Wigl'it - 31 - Auckland, New Zealand  Art Simone - 28 - Geelong, Australia  Coco Jumbo - 30 - Sydney, Australia  Elektra Shock - 27 - Auckland, New Zealand  Etcetera Etcetera - 22 - Sydney, Australia  Jojo Zaho - 30 - Newcastle, Australia  Karen from Finance - TBA - Melbourne, Australia  Kita Mean - 34 - Auckland, New Zealand  Maxi Shield - 46 - Sydney, Australia  Scarlet Adams - TBA - Perth, Australia 
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Apr 27, 2021 19:14
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spite house posted:Consensus in our house during her finale runways was that she deserved to be there the least of anyone in years. Not even a slam on her, she's just not on the level of pretty much any top 3/4 in living memory. I'd take Kandy Muse over Pearl any day of the week. 
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Apr 27, 2021 21:25
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I love that the signs are a kangaroo and a kiwi. Nice attention to detail.
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Apr 27, 2021 21:48
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Pinwiz11 posted:Symone won, all is right with the world! Now for some nice rest until All-Stars starts... I know it’s to be expected given the local demographics, but lord that cast looks white as hell compared to American Drag Race.
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Apr 27, 2021 22:41
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There's a long tradition of Polynesian and Maori drag in Aus and NZ, so it's actually surprising to have a cast that white imo
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Apr 27, 2021 22:54
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yeah it's pretty stacked with white. also, i think it's been mentioned in the thread before, but contestant Scarlet Adams has a pretty gross history with cultural appropriation. she managed to do a really loving insane blackface outfit (on australia day, known to australian indigenous peoples as 'invasion day'), but that's the tip of the iceberg. not that people don't make mistakes, or can't change or grow, but there's more than enough red flags to make me think: why couldn't they just find someone better? here's a lot of photos, warning that they're pretty gross and insensitive: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTRQP5h9lI/ alf_pogs fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Apr 28, 2021 |
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Apr 27, 2021 23:03
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Yeah, people compared the Karen from Finance apology for previously having a golliwog tattoo (which she has since had removed) as so good, compared to the theatrics of Scarlet Adams's...."apology".  vs https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMa_S7wHVU_/ 
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Apr 27, 2021 23:14
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idgee posted:There's a long tradition of Polynesian and Maori drag in Aus and NZ, so it's actually surprising to have a cast that white imo Ah, interesting. I only went to a couple of drag shows when I lived in Oz and those were touring American drag queens.
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Apr 28, 2021 00:10
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I'm still waiting on confirmation but assuming previous simultaneous release schedules new episodes of Down Under will be released at: Home Countries: New Zeland: 6 pm Saturday Australia: 4 pm Saturday Wow Presents Plus: US East Coast: 2 am Saturday US West Coast: 11 pm Friday BBC Three: 9 am Sunday And apparently, Espana will be starting shortly too, and likely All-Stars? 
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Apr 28, 2021 01:24
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alf_pogs posted:yeah it's pretty stacked with white. ANZAC day is the military memorial holiday, Invasion Day is Australia Day (4th of July-esque national holiday on the 26th of January) because that's the date of the arrival of the first colony fleet from Britain. Judging from the outfit I'd say it was worn on the latter, which is pretty yikes.
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Apr 28, 2021 01:50
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Zombie Squared posted:ANZAC day is the military memorial holiday, Invasion Day is Australia Day (4th of July-esque national holiday on the 26th of January) because that's the date of the arrival of the first colony fleet from Britain. Judging from the outfit I'd say it was worn on the latter, which is pretty yikes. sorry, you're right. was all confused because anzac day has just been and gone
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Apr 28, 2021 02:00
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alf_pogs posted:here's a lot of photos, warning that they're pretty gross and insensitive: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMTRQP5h9lI/ Holy poo poo that's bad.
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Apr 28, 2021 02:14
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Trig Discipline posted:Holy poo poo that's bad. Yeaaaah the "I got an inappropriate tattoo once" (which they had removed and were contrite about) was bad but that's like, weapons grade bad. they must vet people before putting them on the show and I hear the rumor is we're getting a very special episode about racism, but like, maybe just don't have the person on?
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Apr 28, 2021 02:54
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https://www.perthnow.com.au/enterta...-ng-b881820174zquote:But others online have pointed out the 2012 blackface performance wasn’t Price’s only indiscretion.  they really don't check people out too much, do they?
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Apr 29, 2021 01:48
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 Between that horribly photoshopped promo photo and the multiple racism scandals I think I'm going to skip this one.
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Apr 29, 2021 02:05
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it's preeeeeetty demoralising to have this be apparently the best representation of aus drag that the producers could find. sure hope someone from casting is lambasted over this. apparently racism is going to be addressed explicitly in an episode of the show; frankly i'm even more nervous to watch it knowing that a room full of mostly whitefellas is going to be talkin' race. not to say it isn't a sadly accurate representation of us. i remember about a decade ago when Harry Connick Jr was on Hey Hey It's Saturday (a "popular" aussie variety show) and some awful minstrel blackface act came on. he was appalled, made them apologise on-air. newspapers had a field day with it, and channel 9 framed it as "oh it's an american issue" when it's pretty loving horrific regardless of your nation. so uh yeah. don't blame people for not wanting to watch this one. alf_pogs fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Apr 29, 2021 |
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Apr 29, 2021 02:14
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I'm going to watch it for Karen From Finance, because she has the unenviable storyline of huge Trixie Mattel/Katya backing (based solely on her name) to the point where she now kind of looks like Trixie, but she had a racist tattoo which she had removed so she can't be anyone's precious smol bean or whatever.
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angerbeet posted:I'm going to watch it for Karen From Finance, because she has the unenviable storyline of huge Trixie Mattel/Katya backing (based solely on her name) to the point where she now kind of looks like Trixie, but she had a racist tattoo which she had removed so she can't be anyone's precious smol bean or whatever. Yeah. I wanted to like her first seeing her promo image but if you're old enough to get a racist tattoo you're old enough to know not to get a racist tattoo.
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Apr 29, 2021 05:39
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Ru, no. no. what. how the gently caress does racist poo poo get past the casting department?!
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Apr 29, 2021 07:34
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All this racism business is taking attention away from Kita Mean's serve of an entrance look.
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Apr 29, 2021 08:06
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I hate to think it, but the casting department is probably looking for people with "dramatic" backgrounds they can manipulate into solid tv time. Taking a racist and airing an apology? TV gold.
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Apr 29, 2021 08:24
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subpar anachronism posted:Yeah. I wanted to like her first seeing her promo image but if you're old enough to get a racist tattoo you're old enough to know not to get a racist tattoo. Speaking from somewhat transferable experience here, sometimes you just straight up do not know something is racist until an embarrassing age. White communities tend to be pretty insular, and you internalize a lot of poo poo that sucks and requires conscious effort to overcome. Shifting racist bigotry over to transphobic bigotry here so i can relate myself to it more clearly: As recently as 2016 I was parroting transphobic talking points and positions without realizing exactly what it was I was doing. Currently I am genderfluid* and every time I dig too far back in my twitter or tumblr I have this moment of wanting to slap my past self for being an rear end in a top hat bigot because I had yet to think through what I was saying. I can't exactly say how that transfers over to being racist, because I both Am White and therefore I haven't had racist microaggressions levied at me that have actual consequences (oh no, someone thinks i dont season my food, the horror!) but I know that I've done some poo poo in my past that was racist because I'd never encountered resistance to it before. Twitter specifically, and the internet at large more generally, was very much the home of repressed, angry nerds with money up until the last decade or so, so even being Very Online wouldn't have exposed you to many marginalized people, and if it did, it was entirely likely it was to make fun of them. (see: SA's crusade against furries, which was thinly veiled homophobia) I'm willing to give Karen From Finance the benefit of the doubt on this one, especially since all her apologies are along the lines of "what i did was wrong, ive altered the parts of it that continue to exist, but to anyone who sees what it was in the past i apologize and recognize that what i did was hurtful" and not "i apologized why is this still a thing." People do stupid poo poo in their late teens and early 20s, and if someone's taken the steps to ensure new people aren't hurt by their current actions, I'm willing to forgive them. It's entirely possible they'd just never seen someone object to it before. * context: i never quite hit the binary and there are frequently times where i shift from "vaguely nonbinary yet intensely experiencing gender" to "gender is fake and i dont have one, actually." i spent a couple years posting attack helicopter jokes and making fun of esoteric gender descriptors, even though I now describe my gender as "heavy eye makeup and well tailored suits" which is not even CLOSE to being acceptable outside queer spaces
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What I gather is that he grew up loving some Golliwog doll that was given to him as a very young age and had some strong enough attachment to it to get it tattooed on his body. Pretty cringey but doesn''t seem like the most malicious intent. Who knows, maybe Harry Potter tattoos will be regarded in the same way if J.K. keeps opening her mouth.
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Apr 29, 2021 09:02
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alf_pogs posted:it's preeeeeetty demoralising to have this be apparently the best representation of aus drag that the producers could find. sure hope someone from casting is lambasted over this. Don't forget that this represents the best of New Zealand drag as well!
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Apr 29, 2021 13:30
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I forgot what having free Friday nights was like
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gandlethorpe posted:I forgot what having free Friday nights was like It's going to be great for as long as we have it.
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May 1, 2021 04:55
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So having just watched the first episode Christ, those production values are low; aren’t they? From the tiny Werk Room with not enough mirrors to the rickity runway and poor lighting. If they’re going make a show can they at least make it look decent. It felt like loving Amateur hour behind the scenes. I know it was produced in the height of covid but if it impacted production, but perhaps they needed more time. Having seen some of these queens, I was excited to see them finally ‘hit it big’. I can only hope the world watches and isn’t too ‘burnt out’ on drag race. Wasn’t a big fan of the nude illusion category. As for the hometown look, Art & Karen’s were quintessential Melbourne. If they don’t make final 4, I’ll be surprised. Ru not getting dressed for the panel was disappointing. Rhys is great and seems like a decent addition. Would have loved to see more from Jojo. I hope they give her another go on S2. Also wondering if next week is going to be anything like the rumours.
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May 1, 2021 09:14
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May 1, 2021 11:36
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hearing ru say "piece of piss" gave me more joy than I expected
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May 1, 2021 12:57
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:What are the rumours? it is the most chaotic/messy/worst snatch game ever
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May 1, 2021 13:36
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Andrew_1985 posted:it is the most chaotic/messy/worst snatch game ever And for Canadians, such as myself, we can watch it on Crave! 
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May 1, 2021 15:45
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Does Ru's people just not vet for weird poo poo?
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May 1, 2021 19:55
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May 2, 2021 03:26
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subpar anachronism posted:That seems really early for Snatch Game doesn't it? Incredibly. I don't know why they're doing it like this, but I'm not arguing. I hope it's as messy and horrible as the preview made it seem 
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May 2, 2021 03:30
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I haven't gotten through the whole down under episode yet but hunny in Rhyse Nicholson whoever you are when I can see the red dye past your hairline - no no hunny - You did it wrong.
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Shoehead posted:Does Ru's people just not vet for weird poo poo? the casting seems all over the place. as well as the easy-to-find problematic stuff, i thought it was odd that we got three queens who work directly in the same venue? like surely they could have cast that net a lil wider. that said i don't know how small the drag scene is in NZ, and i honestly don't mind if there's a pre-existing rivalry for drama's sake, but all three of NZ's competitors knowing one another well seems wild Andrew_1985 posted:Ru not getting dressed for the panel was disappointing. apparently this was an accidental one off and is rectified for the rest of the season.
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May 2, 2021 06:45
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alf_pogs posted:the casting seems all over the place. as well as the easy-to-find problematic stuff, i thought it was odd that we got three queens who work directly in the same venue? like surely they could have cast that net a lil wider. I wonder if Raven was just delayed in coming out of quarantine. subpar anachronism posted:That seems really early for Snatch Game doesn't it? All Stars 2 did it
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Drag Race España premieres May 30: https://twitter.com/DragRaceEs/status/1389908426910744583 The official cast list: https://worldofwonder.net/meet-the-10-fierce-new-queens-of-drag-race-espana/
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