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Originally Posted by Shaun
I'm just watching out of habit at this point, in the vain hope that there's a stellar lipsync or a stand-out performance... because most of the cast bore me. There's something to be said of the manufacturing line of Drag Race USA... too many of the queens feel rehearsed and fake. I know living in LA and being a professional make-up artist is going to make you sound affected, but I am yet to see a single genuine or heartfelt interaction involving Gottmik. There's no denying their talent, but... god everything is so fake and scripted (and I have to look back and cringe at that moment during the Condragulations episode, where he rips off the headphones and fakes an "Oh no!" look because he hasn't brought up his trans storyline for the cameras yet). Olivia is so inoffensive to the point of blandness, Tina's punchlines are visible from the International Space Station, Kandy has run out of KeepingItRealKeepingIt100 ****TheHaters cliches already, Symone is the model protege, Elliott's got the underdog edit down to two Ts, Denali and Rose are the Jans frustrated at not being forced through by production and Utica is just... there.
I also had to restrain myself from rolling my eyes too hard when Ru ventured into the "overcoming your saboteur" territories with Gottmik during the critiques.
I don't know... sorry if I'm boring all of you with these complaints lol but it's just such a crap season full of inauthenticity.
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I don’t know if you watch untucked but there are more heartfelt moments on there. Regarding Gottmik, there was a really nice moment on an untucked episode where her parents made a surprise video appearance saying how proud they were which then lead to Gottmik briefly talking about her journey which felt very natural and was well received by the other contestants who were there.
The other untucked episode with Kandy vs Tamisha is iconic, there is no denying that! So many hardcore fans have stated that this was one of the best untucked episodes. Both of them going at each other, the infamous “I said what I said” whilst Lala Ri is in the background running around preparing for the lip sync whilst her paper bag dress is falling apart. Historical
There’s been some great talent this season. Gottmik, Utica and Symone have been serving LOOKS. Denali has also had some great runways too. We haven’t had many “amazing” lip syncs but we have some contenders (unfortunately not Symone) Eliott has shown he can deliver in a lip sync and let’s not forget Denali’s ability to slay. Gottmik, Tina and Rose I’m sure will be great in a lip sync and the idea of Utica in a lip sync sounds intriguing
Olivia is definitely not bland, she’s actually one of my least favourites because I think she’s very self obsessed and only cares about herself (which you should in a competition but it’s not in a good way) and her telling Utica she should of been in the bottom two, like sis your looks have been basic at best and you’re nowhere near Utica’s level. Also both of the reasons she got condragulations was more due to the challenge and not the runway
Anyway to finish this up season 13 has been enjoyable to me. Still can’t call who wins which I think is more exciting