- All right everyone, it's time for tea.
(record scratching)
everyone, it's me Miz Cracker, and it's time for "High Tea",
the show where we spill all the piping hot tea
about "RuPaul's Drag Race UK" season one.
Now, to help me out today, we have Tina Burner,
a crown-bearing comedy queen, thank you for coming.
- You're welcome.
- And we also have Larry Owens, who has a podcast
called "What Makes you Sing?"
And it is available on iTunes.
He made sure that I told you that.
(Larry laughing)
Okay, so you guys have seen episode one of season one
of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK", how do you feel?
- I was really excited just to see a new batch of queens,
like we've never seen before.
You know, it's like time to incorporate a whole new feeling
into the legacy, and they were bringing that freshness.
It definitely felt like RuPaul's Drag Race 2.0.
- I mean, personally for me I was expecting
sophistication or like, really elo-quent jokes
and one-liners, you know what mean?
- Language, yeah, William Shakespeare--
- No, no.
- Exactly! - No, no, I was expecting,
I was expecting what we got.
Like the Essex, you know what I mean.
Like, I'll talk like this,
I'm gonna take a knife out of my wig
and I'm gonna snatch ya.
You know what I mean, like I expected it
to be really down and gritty, it gave it to me,
it said, "We're not gonna be polished
"but we're here for it."
- Let us talk about the entrance looks,
because that is where you really get to know
what a girl is made of.
First up, we have Baga Chipz.
- [Larry] This was a personality leading a look.
I'm here more for like, the comedic eye of the personality,
but this look, not my favorite.
- She hit me with the words.
We had knockers, minge, gob (beep),
immediately I'm, she's giving me the full UK experience.
Next up, Gothy Kendoll.
Her look really gagged me.
She has a lot going on, it's futuristic
and then we have three donuts on top of her head.
She's looking like the most glamorous ring toss
I have ever seen.
- For me, she's just, I can compare her to a lot of girls
so she doesn't really stand out to me.
- Next up for me is Vinegar Strokes.
It's a little bit of that, like, I have a lot of mouth,
I have a lot to say, but then when it comes
to the execution of a look--
- [Tina] And my hair needs moisture, I've gotcha.
- The wig could use
a couple of bottles of water, definitely.
- Yep, her hair was as try as a biscuit.
- Yeah, this is great going to the bank drag.
- Next up we have a queen that I'm gonna bring up
because she shocked me several times over.
She came prepared with a backstory.
This queen is called Scaredy Kat.
Her look, bold choices were made.
- I appreciate a bold choice.
It looks kind of like
if Skeletor and Trixie Mattel had a baby.
Do you know what I mean?
- Which they did, Katya is doing well.
(group laughing)
- The backstory is just crazy.
She's been doing drag for like six minutes.
- Yeah, like 11 months.
- It's, that's a baby queen.
- I think it was like 9 months.
Like, she's literally--
- Coming to term, yeah. - Right.
- She's young, there's something about her.
I think she's gonna make good television.
- But she also says that she has a girlfriend.
Here we are, 10 years plus into Drag Race,
and suddenly drag is not just for gay boys anymore.
There are all kinds of people under the umbrella
and I'm like, listen, I want you to represent.
- I'm here for it.
Listen, I'm here for anything, like I said, just bring it.
- Yeah. - Yeah, Scaredy Kat
says something really important
in her opening package intro.
She said, "Ru wants me here."
And so, I think that Scaredy Kat
might have some things up her sleeve.
- It's time for the mini challenge!
The mini challenge today really gets me.
It's called, "Off With Her Head!"
And all the girls have to serve fierceness
with their head separated from the mother (beep) body.
One of the first queens that I liked was Divina de Campo
because she was just comfortable,
and it was one of the first moments in the episode
where I felt like someone was just in their element.
She came to do what she does all the time.
- Poised.
- Next up we have The Vivienne,
who has made herself noteworthy.
What did you think of her performance?
- [Larry] See, I thought she should have won.
- [Miz Cracker] Right, why?
- Do you know why, it's because like, she was really funny
and she switched up her accent, she gave me a full taste
of what "Drag Race UK" should be.
She's really earning that article
in front of her name, The Vivienne.
- [Miz Cracker] The, The Vivienne, this is what--
- This is what The Vivienne shows up to do
in the mini challenge.
- Yeah. - With the cone on her head.
- Oh, absolutely.
Next up we have Gothy Kendoll.
- [Larry] This one I wasn't really picking up
on the comedic frequency.
It could have been being, you know, across the pond,
but. - Right.
- Serve me Vanjie, serve me that, serve me stale toast.
(group laughing)
- But this is what I want people to remember
about RuPaul, RuPaul loves only two things.
Like, an excellent scene where everything
is going perfect, and a total disaster.
And when Gothy Kendoll could not take direction,
she was living her life.
- I mean, that's what I want.
- She tried her five or six different suggestions.
- It's just like poking a bear, I love it.
- "Just try it one more time,"
and they're like, get her!
- You know what, and it's called memorable drag.
So that's what we've gotten with her, I was like, "Ooh."
- I'm remembering her.
- Memorable drag. (laughs)
- She's doing it, you know, I can pick her out now.
- Absolutely!
Which bring us to the Scaredy Kat.
- The winner of the challenge, and here is my shocked face.
- [Miz Cracker] Dun, dun, dun!
- It's just there were so many people that do better.
I think, now she's got a win and people are like, "Uh-oh,
"she's been doing drag for two days
"and she already has a win, what's wrong with my life?"
It's gonna turn 'em against them,
it's gonna get all "Game of Thrones" up in there, okay?
- So now it is time for us to talk about the main challenge.
There's two runways today.
There's the Queen Elizabeth realness
and there's repping your home town, okay?
- You know, RuPaul said there's a surprise
and I thought that Shangela Laquifa Wadley
would jump out of a (beep) Harrods box.
- So the runways, let's first talk
about repping your hometown.
The one that comes to mind for me
first of all is Baga Chipz.
And this one. - Woo!
- [Larry] This one got me, girl, this one got me.
- [Miz Cracker] Floored, what was your reaction?
- I mean I, listen, if I was wearing pearls right now
I'd clutch them, because like,
it was the Amy Winehouse thing
and look, we all know what happened.
And like sometimes from an American standpoint,
you know, you look back, and sometimes
you're a little more sensitive to this.
That's why I love than there's a "Drag Race UK",
because they go in.
It's character, that's what I've seen
so far from Baga Chipz.
She has personality, she makes me remember her.
Not always the most polished,
but she was doing Amy Winehouse
so it's a perfect fit for me.
- [Miz Cracker] Sum Ting Wong.
- This is exactly what I come to "RuPaul's Drag Race" for.
It's conceptual, it's high fashion,
it's built for her body type.
It's elevated, it's campy, it's all these things
at one time that, when she walked into the workroom,
I wasn't thinking that I was gonna be a Wong fan,
but I might have been wong!
(group laughing)
- I saw that coming. - You are right there,
that was. (group laughing)
- We're gonna talk about some Strokes, everyone.
We're gonna talk about Vinegar Strokes.
I wasn't aware that she was wearing the Thames on her body.
I thought that this little shape that was on her outfit
was a large intestine.
- [Larry] There's intestine there.
- Was that the wig that she came in with?
- Oh my god, that's the wig.
That's the wig with that leopard look.
- Yeah. - It is, right?
- It's the same wig. - Exactly the wig.
- Here we go. - Treason.
- You're on "RuPaul's Drag Race".
I know, listen, we all do it on a budget
but then you also said you're in
one of the biggest musicals on the West End.
- A British Equity has a minimum,
you have enough money, I don't buy it.
- All right everyone, it's time to talk
about Queen Elizabeth Deux realness.
Some of these looks were incredible.
Blu Hydrangea. - I love her!
This is a sweet queen.
This look did gag me.
Like, when she came out as the coin.
How it works very, you know, structured
and architectural and graphic.
- Yeah. - Nice.
- My only critique, and what I want to see from her
is just that last button,
where you make sure that everything is in place.
She has like the makeup line, which I definitely do,
but I never claimed to be good with a brush.
But she has that makeup line where it's still over here.
I just want to see her bring it in.
This is day one.
I think there's definitely room for that,
but I think that's what the judges will be looking for too,
is just that little, boop!
All perfect.
You know what I mean?
And now, hello!
It's time to bring on Mrs. Doubtfire herself.
Everyone, the Mrs. Doubtfire, I mean, The Vivienne.
This look.
- I mean, she had the nose for it.
(group laughing)
- Oh girl, she has the nose for fashion,
you know what I mean?
No, she knows RuPaul, so I'm not sure,
was this just nose-potism that got her in the top or?
- Who knows?
- I mean, yeah, nobody knows what went on, but you know.
- (laughs) No, goodness knows.
I thought that this outfit was like, it gave a mood,
but I was surprised it was like,
people all over the UK, all over the U.S.,
worship the queen, and I think there's always room for camp
but I was kind of like, she was looking
very Manchester housewife, like early '60s,
just like, I could smell cigarettes.
Do you know what I mean?
- Andrew Garfield called her
the Daniel Day-Lewis of drag from this look.
- I mean, that's a lot.
- Okay, "My Left Foot".
- She kind of looks like the witch from "End of the Woods"
and you're waiting for the reveal.
(group laughing)
You know what I mean, you're like come on girl.
When are you gonna spin out into that dress
and become beautiful?
And you're like, no, it's just what you look like.
- Be that as it may, the judges are living for this look.
She wins by a nose, just like Nicole Kidman for "The Hours"
and she takes home the crown this week.
But where there are tops there are bottoms,
and this week some girls are gonna fight for their life.
We have Gothy Kendoll and Vinegar Strokes.
These girls were just like, it was all arm-eography.
Which you can win with, I was like--
- If you're Bob Fosse, but come on, bitch!
I need you to put your (beep) on the stage.
I need you to kick, flip, twirl, stun.
Point to your mouth and give it to me, baby.
Baby come and get-- - Right there, but like.
- And show me that you really want it.
- I felt they were lip syncing for their rent
and not for their life!
All that aside, the winner of the lip sync
was Vinegar Strokes.
Gothy Kendoll had to go home today.
- Gothy, she had a lot of personality.
She brought back Ornacia, it's just, I was,
she was someone I wanted to see around the workroom
for a few more weeks, so.
- See, I disagree.
I don't think she had any personality
and at least Vinegar Strokes woke up a little bit.
I think we're gonna see a huge arc from her
and I think she should be someone to watch out for.
- All right, that's all we have time for this week.
Thank you,
(record scratching) wait, one more thing!
I want to quiz you guys on what I call the Queen's English.
There was some great UK slang up in this bitch,
and I want to see if you guys are on the level.
Do you know what these words mean?
Now you have a big one-- - I like it.
- So let's talk a bout this one.
- I like it, we like 'em big.
- What's the word gob, what does that mean?
- Gob? - Yeah.
- Oh, it's actually an abridged version
of the gobstopper from Willy Wonka.
- It means mouth.
- Your gob? - So gobstopper,
I guess is like a mouth plug.
- You put it in your mouth, so I was like half right.
- Slob on your gob, like--
- Slob on your knob!
Your gob, slob on your know with your gob.
- Alight, I want to thank you, Larry Owens,
and Tuna Burner for joining me today.
I hope you're not wearing too much white
because we spilled just that much tea.
We want to hear from you.
What did you think of this week's premiere?
Hit us up on the Twitters @LogoTV
and use the hashtag #DragRaceUK.
Be sure to tune into "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"
Fridays, 8/7 central on Logo
and remember to join us again next week
for some "High Tea", cheerio!
Mm. - Ooh, this is hot.
- Mmm. - Mmm.
Whisky.
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