- Hello dolls, and welcome to The Pit Stop.
I'm your hostess Manila Luzon.
And today, somebody must have ordered a hooker
because we're joined by Pandora Boxx.
- I'm here, yes.
- Yes hooker.
- Only 99 cents an hour.
- Word, the best dollar I've spent all day.
(laughs)
- I know, my rates went up.
(laughs)
- So girl, it's been such a long time since
we've been on Drag Race.
It has evolved so much, how are you enjoying the season?
- I'm loving this season.
It does feel like I've been living this whole
Drag Race bubble my entire life.
And, this Summer will be 10 years since
we shot season two.
- Oh my god, has it really been that long?
- I know, and miraculously I'm only 26.
- Yeah, I don't know how you do it.
- I don't know.
- It's quite genius.
She stayed so young all these years.
I mean, how old were you on season two?
- Uh-huh. - Yeah,
she was that age.
- Yeah, I was.
- Well girl, now we're down to eight queens
after Raja's exit the tensions are higher than ever.
Yvie is really getting into with almost everybody.
She's getting into it with Miss Vanjie.
She's getting into it with Silky.
She's unloaded, everyone's just unloading on Yvie right now.
What do you think about that?
- Well, I think that Yvie seems to be very honest
and open, but she also is very deadpan
which can come across like see you next Tuesday.
I think that kind of, that's what I'm getting.
Like, she's just very like I'm going to tell you
how it is and I talk very monotone and like this.
And, everybody else is up here so they're getting
kind of pissed at her.
- I feel you.
I mean, I can see because Yvie is doing very well.
She's standing out amongst the other queens.
So, I can see where maybe her honesty
is not as welcome as she would think it would be, right?
- Yes, yeah I don't think, I don't know.
I don't know if anyone really wants you to be that honest
with them on Drag Race.
And actually, it's kind of surprising that somebody is
because I definitely told a couple people,
"Yeah girl, that looks great," when it did not look good.
- Girl, 'cause that's your competition.
If you wanna like do well you just let the girl
walk out there looking like a hot mess.
I know my sisters did that to me every frickin' week.
Okay, let's move onto the mini challenge.
The girls, again, have only 20 minutes to get up in drag
so everyone's gonna look crazy.
And, they have to put together their own self-help
inspirational book with a inspirational message
and they want it to be overflowing
with gorgeous photographs.
So, what your book, and inspirational message be
if you were to do this mini challenge?
- I think mine would be called Drink, Drank, Drunk
How to Forget About your Problems Until the Morning.
- At least until the morning.
- Yeah, when your problems will all of a sudden
include a hangover, too.
- Yeah, the sequel to the book will be called
The Morning After How to Live with Regret.
(laughs)
- All right, of these books that these girls
came up with which one are you buying?
- Well, I kind of dug the Nina West book
just because it was Broad and she did the shoulder thing.
And, I don't know she just makes me laugh.
She tickles me, but I felt like the best one
was Plastique Tiara, am I saying it right, Tiara?
- Yeah, you have to say it Tiara.
- Plastique Tiara.
- {Manila] It's Personality, Not Everyone has One.
- Personality, Not Everyone has One, I mean
that's pretty genius.
- Especially after last week when there were literally
like RuPaul was like desperately trying
to make her cry so we could see some vulnerability
and some personality at it.
I think that was great.
- And, it was fun that she looked kind of awful,
and she never, like she's always completely perfect.
- Yes, finally the bitch was ugly.
- I love it, she looked ugly.
(laughs)
- Well, Silky wins the challenge with her book Eat It
Chronicles of the Buffet.
Now, did you agree with Silky winning this challenge?
- I mean, I think Silky is just funny.
Like, anything she's done is funny.
She's just got that natural sense of humor.
But, I was kind of a little like okay
you're a big girl and you're doing something about food.
So, I was like, I don't know, it was funny though.
- Yeah, I liked hers.
I think Silky Ganache is really funny,
so honestly like she could go up there and just do nothing
and it would still be more entertaining than most.
Moving on to the maxi challenge.
It's everyone's favorite challenge.
Everyone knows it's coming every single year.
This year it is the Snatch Game at Sea.
Woo. - Woo.
- What is it about the Snatch Game
that makes it so iconic?
- Snatch Game is really just, it's so much fun
and it's so fun to see people do these characters.
It's fun when it's on, when somebody nails it.
And, it's kind of fun and awkward and terrible
and cringe-worthy when somebody really flops.
- Yeah, so you get the best of both worlds.
You get like when it's really good it's amazing
and when it's really bad it's amazing.
- Yeah, it makes your anus grip a little.
You're like, oh god.
- Oh, ooh.
(laughs)
All right, so let's break down these
Snatch Game performances,
all these Snatch Game at Sea performances.
- At sea.
- Who were your standouts?
- I loved A'Keria as Tiffany Haddish.
- [Manila] Oh yeah, she was really good.
She really looked like her.
- Yeah, she had it down, like she got it.
And, I really did love Shuga Cain a Charo,
like I don't know if she said anything that was like
overwhelmingly hysterical but she had
the character down and it was fun.
I really loved Nina West because I mean Harvey Fierstein
was a great choice.
And then, switching it up to Jo Ann Worley
who I love and adore, who fabulous.
And also somebody that people don't know,
but I think was probably, definitely on the original
Match Game and you could kind of go anywhere with.
Kind of the same with Harvey Fierstein.
You know the character but don't really know
that much about him.
- I liked Nina as well.
I thought that was really cool.
I didn't necessarily think that she needed
to do two characters.
- Yes, I agree with that. - In this particular thing.
I think she could have just stuck to one of them
because I feel like because she decided to switch
characters we weren't really able to fully
get into the character.
And, I think maybe that will work against her.
But, I really did love Silky's TS Madison.
- I mean, it was brilliant.
I mean, she really nailed the character
and was having fun with it.
Like, you could tell she had some things that were planned,
but it was just like she interacted well
with Plastique Tiara, they just,
I don't know there was a good reaction.
Her reaction shots of other people were great.
She was really in that character.
- Yeah, all right well not everyone did a great job.
- 100% accurate.
(laughs)
- Who wasn't really encapsulating their character?
- Well, there were a few that I really had to
cover my face and close my eyes because
it was so painful and just I felt bad for them
and embarrassed for them.
I mean, Yvie's Whoopi, she looked the part.
I was kind of like, "Okay, I get it.
"I can see the Whoopi," but that's it.
I mean, it was just, flat isn't even the word for it.
Like, what's negative of flat?
- I mean, I guess she kind of looked like Whoopi,
but to me she looked more like Thorgy Thor with a tan.
(laughs)
She was giving me more Thorgy Thor than
she was giving me Whoopi Goldberg.
- I can see that.
I guess I was trying to find one
- Nice thing to say about her performance?
- One ray of hope there or something,
but yeah, it was terrible.
- I know that was very disappointing.
Some of the girls that I expected to be good at this
I was really disappointed in, like Brooke Lynn Hytes.
Like, what was that Celine Dion?
- Oh, my god, I don't know.
I don't know what it was.
- [Manila] First of all the accent, I don't know like
how to do a French Canadian accent but that
didn't sound like Celine Dion.
- No, and like just didn't even like get the points
that were like so Celine, like the mannerisms.
She didn't even get those right.
Like, it was just messy and she always looks beautiful.
I know she can do make up and I don't know
what she did to her face for this
but she did not look pretty.
- What about the instance with Miss Vanjie?
Ru and Jinx Monsoon came in the work room beforehand.
- [Pandora] Every single time, it happens every single time.
Somebody does stuff and then they go in and they suck.
And, it's kind of like if you hear crickets
when you're telling Ru what you're doing
you're going to hear crickets when you're doing it
on the main stage.
- I mean, I feel for her like she probably thought like
oh this is like a good, this is a good like something
in my range that I can do,
no one else here can do it. - 100%, yeah.
- Some celebrities are really difficult to do
because we don't know a lot about them
and besides the catch phrase "Catch me outside,"
I don't really know what else you could do with her.
- Yeah, because I don't think there's anything funny
about her, like there's nowhere to go
because that's all people know about her.
- Yeah. - And then,
I think she got arrested, like that's all I know.
(laughs)
- Okay, Snatch Game is over and now
it's time for the runway.
And, the runway is Sequins on the Runway,
let's be sparkly girls.
- It's very hard for drag queens to do sequins.
- I know, I love it.
So, what did you gag for?
- I loved Shuga Cain's gown, it was gorgeous,
probably one of the best outfits of the season so far.
And, definitely her best look.
- [Manila] Yeah, for sure when Shuga turned that corner
in that aubergine flamenco sparkly moment
I was just like yes, goddess.
- I know that she was safe, but she was definitely
in the top of this challenge.
- Any other favorites?
- I really loved Plastique Tiara's runway, too.
I mean, she always looks stunningly gorgeous.
I think she gave a great runway presentation.
- I was gagging over Plastique's sequin look,
but then I realized it kind of reminded me
very much of Brooke Lynn Hytes Zodiac look.
But, the one I really liked was A'Keria in the zebra print.
- Gorgeous. - I loved that.
I love a sequined animal print.
Yeah, I thought that was really great
and I loved the fact that she had like the tail.
I loved the hair.
- I loved the tail, the tail was a fun little addition.
And Brooke Lynn Hytes, I wasn't like bowled over
by the outfit but that's how you do a runway
if you know you sucked.
(laughs)
- So, who were your bottoms for the runway looks?
- Yvie, I didn't really love the outfit.
It was kind of, I could see where it was kind of going
but I don't think it really got there.
- I liked the outfit, I didn't really like
her body shape just because it was like a jumpsuit,
as I'm wearing a jumpsuit.
I didn't think that she had enough like curves
and then she had her ass out.
- There was a lot going on that were different parts
of different outfits all coming together in one fusion
of plaster and sequins.
And then, there was Nina West, who I don't know
how I feel about that outfit.
Like, I was like I love her 'cause she's campy and fun,
and ridiculous, but then I was like I'm not sure
what's happening here.
- I loved the jacket, I loved the tri corner hat,
I really liked the look of it.
I don't know what the flag was on the front though.
- [Pandora] Was she a pirate too,
like part pirate part something?
- I feel like it was sparkly George Washington
crossing the Delaware.
- She always looks like she's having the time of her life
on the runway, and I love that.
And, I love that she brings like a goofy campiness always
and has a great time doing it.
- It's really hard for me to choose a bottom
just on the runway looks alone.
I mean, yeah Yvie didn't really do it for me.
Silky wasn't my favorite, but I still love it
and same with Nina, it's not my favorite
but I still love it, - Yeah.
- Well, judging time the judges decide
that Silky wins.
What did you think, did you agree with the judges?
- Yeah, I mean, I think that she gave a solid runway.
She was definitely great in Snatch Game.
- [Manila] Well, that leaves Brooke Lynn Hytes
and Yvie Oddly in the bottom, did that surprise you?
- Yeah, a little bit.
I thought it would be Vanjie and Brooke Lynn
because there'd been that romance bubbling.
So, I thought they'd put those two in the bottom.
- I think that Vanjie could have very well
been in the bottom, but I think that the judges
were still entertained and I think Vanjie
still is making people laugh that her Snatch Game
was actually more successful and more entertaining
than Brooke Lynn's anyway.
- It's true because the guest judges
thought she was funny because they hadn't been around.
So, she still was funny just wasn't really nailing
a character for Snatch Game.
- [Manila] So, now it's time for them
to lip sync for their lives.
This was the most epic lip sync to date on this season.
What did you think of this Brooke Lynn Hytes
versus Yvie Oddly?
- Yeah, I mean definitely.
They definitely both showed that were there to stay.
They did not want to go anywhere.
And, they gave it their all, like it was really exciting
and fun to watch and what a lip sync
for your life should be.
Like, you wanna feel that fire.
Like oh yes, you are actually lip syncing for your life
life life life. - I loved it.
I thought it was great because I got two different
personalities, two completely different performances.
I loved both of them.
So, it was very difficult.
I didn't know who was going to like beat the other one.
Now, RuPaul decides to keep both of them,
but could you have chosen a person?
If you had to choose would you have been able
to choose a winner?
- Well, if I was RuPaul I'd have more money, one.
And two, no I would have kept them both.
Like, as I was watching it I just said,
"Oh, they're both staying, they're both staying,"
'cause I feel like that makes, that's the best decision.
They both did a great job.
It's gonna make really good TV.
It's gonna light a fire under everybody's ass
to kind of go, "Okay, now we're really in this competition."
Like, there's only eight more.
- Oh god, it's gonna be so good.
I can't wait to see what the fallout
from this episode's gonna be.
- Oh, it's gonna be delicious.
(laughs)
- Well, that does it for another episode of The Pit Stop.
I wanna thank Pandora Boxx for coming out here
and spilling all the t on Snatch Game with me.
- Oh thank you Manila, there's nobody I would rather
spill t with.
(laughs)
- Well thank you guys so much for watching.
We'll see you later, bye. - Bye.
- Au revoir.
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