The crowd might not have been the biggest the Crystal Ballroom has ever had, but it certainly was the most vicious.
After waiting in freezing temperatures Wednesday night in a line that wrapped around the block, not a soul at the RuPaulâs Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons show would accommodate the girl with two vodka crans trying to squeeze her way to the stage. When my friend Nathalie and I tried, we made it only four human rows before a guy blocked the space in front of him. âYouâre OK,â he said to Nathalie, whoâs a few inches shorter than I am. Then he turned to me: âBut not you.â
The territorialism was understandable, though, considering the show. This wasnât Sharon Needles preaching about our dads at Pride two years ago or Willam getting drunk at the Fez and singing for three minutes. This was a slickly produced spectacle, powerful enough to quell the embarrassment of spending $30 on a Wednesday night to watch reality TV drag queens.
Marty Davis
Alaska Thunderfuck teetered on stage, crowned with white ruffles, to sing âYour Makeup is Terrible,â during which audience members repeatedly screamed, âShow us your dick!â (Alaska is reportedly well endowed).
Carmen Carrera, who came out in 2012 as a transgender woman, totally relied on that body, showing off her pastie-covered breasts and thong-strapped backside. She announced that Victoriaâs Secret, which fans have petitioned to make her a model, is âready,â and that she âhas a lot of time to tone upâ before the fashion show in the fall.
Sharon Needles, dressed like an evil queen in studded black leather, did the best Portland panderingââIf I eat one more Voodoo Donut Iâm going to lose my tuckââand she put the bouncing Crystal Ballroom floor into overdrive with this speech: âCan I thank you guys for one little thing? Youâre not Seattle. So they won the Super Bowl, but you know what me and Manilla [Luzon] had right before went on stage? A super bowl." (Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.)
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Ivy "Cirque-de-so-gay" Winters dressed like a butterfly and walked on stilts to Little Mixâs âWings,â and Willam and Detox nailed an impressive performance of âThat Boy is a Bottomâ (sung to the tune of âGirl on Fireâ) with live vocals and raps. Before walking off stage, Willam asked the crowd for a ride to Silverado. âI ainât proud,â she said. âDonât nobody Instagram this shit.â
WWeek 2015