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00:01Good morning, ladies.
00:03Good morning, Rue.
00:05A new class has arrived, ready to change their lives through the miracle of drag.
00:11Today, we have three legendary TV stars who are ready to step back into the spotlight.
00:17Professor Jujubee, Dr. Raven, Dr. Pandora Box.
00:22I want you to share your sparkle with these past their primetime stars.
00:27Any questions?
00:29Good.
00:31Let's go.
00:33My name is Charlene Tilton, and I'm probably best known for playing Lucy Ewing on the hit TV show Dallas.
00:39For the last seven years or so, I have been taking care of my mother as she passed away
00:44and raising my daughter being a single mother, so I definitely have let myself go completely.
00:50I want to be able to get back some of that spark when I felt fabulous.
00:54I want to feel that again.
00:55It's time.
00:59My name is Dawn Wells, and I guess I'm most famous for being marooned on an island for over 120
01:03years.
01:04I can't go anywhere in the world without somebody going, Marianne, Marianne.
01:06There's a lot more to me than Marianne, but that's what the world knows me as.
01:09I want to go to Drag U because I have no idea how to be a sex pot.
01:15I guess I want to prove that Marianne had the guts to be a drag queen.
01:20My name is Erin Murphy, and I'm best known for being Tabathon Bewitched.
01:24I want to go from being cute and perky to being a sexy devil.
01:27I feel really sexy inside, but I look really boring and plain.
01:30Everybody knows me as being kind of conservative.
01:32I'd like to show my sexy to the world.
01:34I think Drag U is going to teach me to be confident and kind of catty, because I'm hopeless, I'm
01:39sure.
01:39I'm excited to kind of step out of the box.
01:41I don't want to break any rules.
01:42I just want to bend them a little bit.
01:45Touchdown Drag U!
01:49Yay!
01:49All right!
01:50All right!
01:51Welcome to RuPaul's Drag U.
01:54Now, you're all classic and beloved TV stars.
01:57But today, with the Snookies and the Situations and the Real Housewives, show business is a different beast.
02:03Now, with the help of Drag U, we're going to bring back the glitz and glamour of the golden age
02:07of Hollywood.
02:09Now, RuPaul's Drag U, like the real world, is a competition.
02:12You'll be graded on your DPA, your drag point average.
02:16D is your drag transformation.
02:18P is for performance.
02:20And A is for attitude adjustment.
02:23We got to start practicing that already.
02:24Uh-huh, uh-huh.
02:25You'll have 48 hours until your draguation.
02:28And in the end, one of you will draguate with top honors.
02:31Now, are you ready to do whatever it takes to become the baddest bitch in school?
02:36Yes.
02:37Yes.
02:37Yes.
02:38Can I get a RuHa?
02:40RuHa!
02:40Yes.
02:41First stop, the Drag Lab.
02:43Walk this way.
02:46Door.
02:52Welcome to the Drag Lab.
02:55The gayest place on earth.
02:57Now, here you'll find more spandex and bugle beads than the men's figure skating championship.
03:03I'm in heaven.
03:04This is what heaven is.
03:05I want this to be my closet.
03:07How fun.
03:08But the most important tool of all is your own personal drag professor, who will guide
03:13you through every step of this process.
03:15Charlene Tilton.
03:16Yes.
03:16You're with Jujubee.
03:18I'm sorry.
03:19Can you?
03:19Charlene is this little ball of energy.
03:21You know what they say, good things come in small packages, baby.
03:25Don Wells.
03:25Yes, sir.
03:26You're with Professor Raven.
03:28Ooh.
03:29Look at the legs.
03:30Look at the long legs.
03:31What can you do for mine?
03:32I'm the professor to Mary Ann.
03:35The one on the island, bitch.
03:37It's me.
03:38Erin Murphy.
03:39Yes.
03:40You're with Pandora Boss.
03:41Yay.
03:42I asked for you.
03:44Drag prayers do come true.
03:46She's adorable.
03:49Now, professors, I am counting on you to give these ladies the VIP treatment.
03:54You can start by taking them through their entrance exams.
04:00What was your favorite 80s trend?
04:02I am stuck in a rut in the 80s.
04:04The platforms, the blue eyeshadows, but the way they did their makeup, you know, it worked
04:07for me then.
04:07I need you to show me what is updated.
04:09What do we do to make me now and current?
04:11Let's not do current.
04:12Let's do future.
04:13I'm loving that.
04:14That's what drag queens are.
04:15I know, baby.
04:15Hello.
04:16The weirdest place you've ever been naughty.
04:19I bet you didn't ask Mary Ann where she had sex.
04:22Weirdest place you've ever been naughty.
04:24An avocado field in Watsonville.
04:28Yes.
04:29I don't remember the avocados at all.
04:31Oh.
04:32If you could be any animal, what would it be?
04:34A horse.
04:35So people could ride me.
04:38That is a girl after my own heart.
04:41Atta girl.
04:41I just totally even want to make out with you and I don't know why.
04:45Wow.
04:46They're hard.
04:48Okay, class.
04:49Let's step over to the Dragulator.
04:51Let's get to work.
04:52All right, ladies.
04:53The Dragulator is a highly sophisticated piece of technology.
04:57All right.
04:58Don Wells, let's start with you.
05:00Oh, my gosh.
05:03Commence Dragulation.
05:07Dragulation complete.
05:10Chickadee.
05:11Wow.
05:13What are you kidding?
05:14Look at that.
05:15Is that my face?
05:16Yes.
05:16There's a little bit of that in me, you know, but I have not worn a dress like this before.
05:21So we'll see how it goes.
05:22I'm happy to see you and there's a pistol in my pocket.
05:25I love that they're taking Dawn, who has lived with the label of being Marianne and putting her into like
05:31a Hollywood starlet.
05:32Erin Murphy, you're up next.
05:33I'm scared.
05:37Commence Dragulation.
05:40Dragulation complete.
05:43Aurora Borealis.
05:45Wow.
05:47Erin's immediate reaction is to nod and smile.
05:50And we all know that nodding and smiling means I hate it.
05:55Well, Erin Murphy, are you ready to become Aurora Borealis?
05:58I don't know.
06:00I don't really like my Dragulator look.
06:02It was really quirky and kind of funny.
06:05And I want to be like over the top sexy.
06:06So it's not good.
06:08And last but not least, Charlene Tilton.
06:13Commence Dragulation.
06:17Dragulation complete.
06:19Lisa Mercedes.
06:21Wow.
06:23Charlene's Dragulator picture pops up.
06:25Girl was not happy.
06:26Even my drag image was stuck in the 80s.
06:29I was in shock.
06:31We could do better than this.
06:34Coming up, Erin needs to get all the moves and she's not doing it.
06:38And I would love to come out and be a fabulous African-American princess.
06:43And later, it's time to Draguate, bitches.
06:46Drag you, are you ready for me?
06:51It's a miracle.
06:52Drag you.
06:58It's time to learn Frank's choreography for their dance lesson.
07:01And I'm thinking their stars, they should be able to do a little more.
07:06Well, hello class.
07:07Hello.
07:08Hello.
07:08Now, I'd like you to meet our Dean of Dance, Frank Gatson.
07:11He's going to prepare you for your final dragxamination.
07:14A full-on lip-sync performance.
07:17In front of a live audience, including your family and friends.
07:21Are we singing or lip-syncing?
07:23Lip-syncing.
07:26I'm sort of at a disadvantage because Dawn and Charlene danced before.
07:30And I am not a spectacular dancer.
07:32Frank, what song have you chosen to set these girls free?
07:36Is your hit song, Drag You?
07:39I think it's a good choice.
07:41It's a little Cher, it's a little ABBA.
07:43My favorite song in the whole world, Drag You, available on iTunes.
07:49Now, remember, you'll be working together as a group, but grade it on your individual drag point average.
07:54Now, Frank, just because they're stars, don't hold back with my girls.
07:58Let them have it.
08:00Now, my expectations are going to be much higher for these three students.
08:03I'm just so excited to see where they're going to go.
08:06So, we're going to get right into the choreography, because I know you know how to walk.
08:09You've taken dance before, right Dawn?
08:11Oh, yeah.
08:12So, you know first position, because you're going to, this is your start number one position, Dawn.
08:15You're going to be like so.
08:16So, you're just here, step, turn, now a little paparay.
08:21Boom, boom, boom, step.
08:23Why don't y'all learn this too?
08:25Dawn is hitting every move.
08:28Drag you, da-da-da-da-da-da.
08:30The ball is rolling now, and she's kicking it.
08:34She's stomping it.
08:36Really act like you're going through molasses.
08:38It's like a little tension on it, just a little bit.
08:40Okay?
08:40And don't flip the wrist.
08:42And don't forget to hold on.
08:44You've got to think about all of that.
08:45How much to think about?
08:46Okay?
08:46You've got to squeeze.
08:48Charlene has to master these dance moves if she wants to beat Dawn.
08:52Seriously.
08:53Step it up.
08:54You've got to wait.
08:55Right, and I just stand.
08:55Then you just spread your wings walking.
08:57Like so.
08:58Drag you, da-da-da-da-da-da.
09:00You get it, okay?
09:01Erin seems a little bit out of her element.
09:03She's not grasping the choreography, and I can tell she's feeling a little out of sorts.
09:09I am a bit overwhelmed because we have a lot of work.
09:14Come on, professors.
09:16Come on.
09:16Y'all can get this.
09:17We need to show these bitches how it's done.
09:27I'm so excited.
09:28I have some real divas.
09:29These girls are on fire.
09:32I'm hoping they're going to be able to get some of that magic back.
09:35Bring that actress out, okay?
09:37That's what's going to make this hot.
09:38Okay, let's go back to the top with music.
09:39One question.
09:40When we're going down here, am I facing the same way they are, or do I face out?
09:43This is called, in dance, this is called...
09:44Erin is not grasping the choreography.
09:47She needs to get all the moves, and she's not doing it.
09:57It's time to head back into the drag lab and get started on our Dragulator looks.
10:01I think it's gorgeous.
10:03When I was looking at the Dragulator, I was thinking it looked like it was some sort of material
10:06and not really feathers, and Don wanted feathers.
10:10I think the whole thing of the dress is the feathers.
10:12I really would like the feathers if you can find any.
10:14How are you going to make it feathery?
10:16It's too boa-ish.
10:17That's a boa.
10:17That's not the same thing.
10:18It may not be exactly feathers, but if you were to take this and cut strips...
10:24That's the whole thing is the feathers.
10:26Scraps of fabric are going to just look crappy.
10:28So what are we going to do?
10:29Girl, what are you doing?
10:32What are you doing, girl?
10:34Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
10:38Oh.
10:39Would that work?
10:40Perfect.
10:41I know what you're going to say.
10:42I know it.
10:43What do you think of your Dragulator image?
10:45I hate it.
10:46I hate it.
10:49I'm a drag you because I want to be sexy, and when I saw my image from the Dragulator,
10:53I thought I was kind of an ugly drag queen.
10:55I want my husband to see me in drag and be like,
10:57Oh my God!
10:58And this, he'd be like, this would not get him excited.
11:01We are starting from scratch.
11:04So hair, what are you thinking for hair?
11:06I don't want silly hair.
11:07I want like really big, even like your hair.
11:08I want like sexy hair.
11:10Okay.
11:10Well, I love blonde, so I think we could do blonde.
11:13I immediately thank Anne Margaret and splash in a little Barbarella
11:16and create her a new va-va-va-voom image.
11:19So we have hardly any time.
11:22I know.
11:22Whatsoever, and I'm freaking out a little.
11:25I find this amazing sequin blue fabric, and it's gorgeous.
11:30It's going to bring out her eyes, and we're going to go with blonde hair,
11:33so the whole look is going to be total sex kitten.
11:37I love it.
11:38Yeah, and it will distract people from my dancing.
11:39If you can't dance, it just sparkles, and they get confused.
11:43This is gorgeous.
11:44It is.
11:45It's gorgeous, but I'm not going with it 100%.
11:48What do you not like about it?
11:49This looks like something I've done before.
11:51This looks like my makeup that I did.
11:53This looks like something I would have done.
11:54I liked what I saw with the Dragulator, but I figure since I'm here at Drag U,
11:58I should take full advantage.
12:00I want to be something I never was.
12:01I would love to come out and be a fabulous African-American princess.
12:07Coming up, are you ready for some body?
12:09Girl, I'm going to make you a booty.
12:11Carve that ass.
12:14Drag U, are you ready for me?
12:17Drag U, are you ready for me?
12:18It's a miracle, drag U.
12:21So you want to be this fierce black girl?
12:25Exactly.
12:25That's exactly what I want to be.
12:27Me too?
12:27Me too.
12:28The best thing about drag is that you can be anybody you want.
12:31I want Chaka Khan hair.
12:34I picture you in huge hair anyways.
12:35I love this hair.
12:36And then, dude.
12:38Yes.
12:38Would you like this one?
12:39Yes.
12:41So do you think that this look's going to help you come off the island?
12:45Yeah.
12:45Because this is miles away from Marianne.
12:47There's a lot more to Dawn than just Marianne.
12:49Marianne was a girl next door, but Dawn is the diva.
12:53Well, there is a Mae West inside of me.
12:56How do you make your waist so small and how do you get your boobs up so high?
12:59Um, well, I haven't eaten since 1999.
13:02Erin is very curious about all the tricks of the trade in the drag world.
13:06So I decided to give Erin a little lesson on duct tape.
13:10Corset.
13:11Hold on.
13:14Hold on.
13:15I feel like a maypole.
13:17Oh, I'm getting dizzy.
13:18Maybe that was the vodka.
13:20Once you're in that, like the corset, you stand taller,
13:23and you stick your chest out.
13:24And I think that'll help me.
13:25It'll help in my persona.
13:27Your assignment tonight is to make it as small as you can make it.
13:29I mean, go.
13:30You know what?
13:31I've never had a man ask me to make it smaller before.
13:35Fabric.
13:35Oh, my.
13:36The other queens are working really well with their students.
13:39And my biggest challenge working with Charlene
13:41is that when it comes time for me to tell her what to do,
13:43if she doesn't like it, she just doesn't like it.
13:45No, that's not happening.
13:46This is going to be the dress.
13:48I can make a pillow of it now.
13:49No.
13:49Okay, no on that.
13:50We can go more color.
13:51Do you know what I mean?
13:53No.
13:54Now, if you know Charlene, you know her opinion's going to be hers.
13:57Keep in mind, I want this color skin.
13:58I'm loving this against, like, this color skin.
14:00Because I love color.
14:01I love color.
14:02See, this, and look at it against my skin.
14:03But keep in mind, you're looking it on you, on your color.
14:07I am the professor.
14:08Don't school me, bitch.
14:10Oh, my God.
14:10We don't have time.
14:11We don't have time.
14:12Now, Charlene.
14:13I'm a diva smurf.
14:15How are you going to drag you away with blue hair?
14:16I don't know.
14:17I look like a smurf.
14:18Girl, you are at a ten.
14:22Okay.
14:22I need you at a six.
14:24Here.
14:26Take this.
14:26Okay, but it's not going to look as good without the makeup,
14:30because my skin color is wrong for it.
14:31But if we can get to it, let me get in front of a mirror to do this.
14:34You are not the boss.
14:35I am.
14:36What?
14:36Where are we going?
14:37What are we doing?
14:38Try them all.
14:39I need to hire you.
14:40I could swim in this.
14:42Yeah.
14:42We need to get them in my size.
14:43All right, where are we going to find shoes?
14:45Bitch.
14:46It's very hard to learn when your mouth does not stop moving.
14:50I've got to learn a lot.
14:51Raven, you have to show me what to do.
14:53I decided Dawn needed a drag diva attitude check.
14:56When a drag queen enters the room, it's supposed to be all eyes on the queen.
15:00So when you walk in, it should be a step, and then you stop.
15:05Do you see me?
15:06Are you looking at me?
15:08And keep your head up and your chin out, shoulders down.
15:12It's confidence.
15:13Yes.
15:13And it's showing a sense of power.
15:15One of the things that Dawn finds sexy is power and success.
15:19And she sees that in me.
15:20I think we were paired up perfectly.
15:22This is a nice trick, too, because you can kind of tell when people are looking at you around here.
15:27But now you can see if anyone's watching you from behind.
15:29Oh, I like that.
15:30I never thought of being that analytical about it.
15:32Calculate it.
15:33I'm going to the local bar, and I'm going to try it out.
15:35This is true.
15:36Because everything in drag is supposed to be a little more exaggerated.
15:39Eyebrows are a little higher.
15:40Okay.
15:41If you're Juju, your butt and your hips are a little larger.
15:45This is what we're going to do, honey.
15:47Do I have a white girl booty?
15:48No, honey.
15:49I'm Juju B, and I'm known for body.
15:52Let me see your booty.
15:53It's white and flat.
15:53I know.
15:54Charlene's booty is nonexistent.
15:57So what do we do back there?
15:58Show me the secret.
15:59We pad.
16:00Okay.
16:01Like a padded bra?
16:02Yeah.
16:03It's a padded body.
16:04This is drag.
16:05It's an illusion.
16:06I'm going to carve you some curves.
16:07Okay.
16:07I'm going to get you a cushion, a turkey carver.
16:09I'll be right back, and you're going to have some body, girl.
16:12No cash, no ass, no money, no honey.
16:15Girl, I'm going to make you a booty.
16:17Are you ready for some body?
16:18I'm ready.
16:19But do you understand what this is?
16:21I do, but is this what you've got here?
16:24It's all right here.
16:25My body is brought to you by RuPaul's Furniture.
16:29Step one.
16:30Yes.
16:31Draw the pad.
16:32And then you draw the shape of Africa or South America, depending on how wide.
16:36So, why did you come to drag you?
16:39I felt like I'd fallen in a rut.
16:40My mom has been sick.
16:41My daughter was in an accident.
16:43And I've just been so busy focusing on other people.
16:46Yeah.
16:46Okay.
16:47That I've not taken care of myself.
16:49I feel for you, girl.
16:51Like Chaka Khan says.
16:52You ready for this?
16:53Let's go.
16:54Step two.
16:54All right.
16:55Carve that ass.
17:00That's crazy.
17:00It's like a big pita.
17:06This starts right here.
17:08Okay.
17:08And then it comes to the back like that.
17:09Okay.
17:10And everything's just gonna work out really really.
17:12Okay.
17:13I'm trusting you, honey.
17:13You know what to do.
17:14Just trust.
17:15I'm trusting.
17:16I'm leaving Charlene here overnight with all the things she needs to create her inner diva.
17:20If Charlene wants to win this competition, she's gonna have to work her ass off.
17:25But keep her ass on.
17:27Coming up.
17:29Ladies!
17:31Dawn, don't look down.
17:33Look at me.
17:33I'm not doing it.
17:34I'm watching.
17:35Holy cow.
17:37Dawn, what's wrong with you?
17:50Today's Draguation and I'm concerned about gathering the girls.
17:54I'm concerned about my wig.
17:55I'm a little bit overwhelmed.
17:58Morning, Erin.
17:59Good morning.
17:59How are you?
18:00I'm good.
18:00How are you?
18:01I slept in tape.
18:03Oh, check.
18:05Plus.
18:05Plus.
18:06Plus.
18:07And another plus.
18:08I personally like this side of the fabric.
18:13It is not as shiny.
18:15Charlene is questioning which side of the dress to use.
18:19The great side or the boring side.
18:22Hello?
18:23It's drag.
18:24Of course.
18:24Choose the shiny side.
18:26I'm gonna have to trust your judgment.
18:27Fabulous.
18:28So hair's almost done.
18:29All we have to do is a little bit more spray and then we're gonna bring this up in the
18:33back.
18:34We got this in the bag.
18:35The other two are still working on their looks, trying to get stuff together.
18:37But we've got everything we need.
18:42Ladies!
18:44RuPaul wanted me to come in and check on his glass.
18:47How have you been doing on the lip sync?
18:49Not well.
18:50Not well.
18:50I'm glad that the girls are gonna have a little course in lip syncing.
18:53Cause lord knows I don't know how to lip sync for my life.
18:56The first thing is, if you don't know the words, repeat, watermelon, watermelon, watermelon,
19:02watermelon, watermelon, watermelon.
19:02Because it has all the consonants.
19:04Another thing that you can do if you forget the words, drag you.
19:09Okay, we're gonna do a run through.
19:11Let me get my heels on.
19:12We use the scintillating collection of La Dame shoes.
19:15They can make you feel so very feminine.
19:19Anyway, are we ready to do a little run through?
19:21Okay.
19:22And sell it.
19:24It's the first day of spring.
19:26This is you.
19:27Oh.
19:27I've never heard yet.
19:30She don't know them words.
19:32I'm spreading my wings.
19:35Embracing the beauty.
19:36Oh, she's good.
19:37I'm getting worried because, again, Charlene is just out there.
19:43I left my defenses.
19:47Dawn, sell it, sell it.
19:49I'm not doing it.
19:50I'm watching.
19:52Holy cow.
19:53Dawn, what's wrong with you?
19:56Dawn, you were holding back on me a little bit.
19:58I have to rehearse.
20:00We need to work this out.
20:02I'll see you out there.
20:06Can I come in?
20:07Hi, Dawn.
20:08Hi.
20:08Have a seat there.
20:09Let's talk about your character.
20:11Who is your character?
20:11I kind of went for Mae West.
20:13I was raised with all the things that Mary Ann stood for.
20:15But there's a maturity in Mae West that I don't think you saw in Mary Ann.
20:20Because Mary Ann probably hadn't been out of Kansas very much.
20:22I think Mae West is just the opposite.
20:24I thought it would be kind of fun to stretch.
20:25That's what we want to do here.
20:26Chickadee is certainly going to shake people's perceptions of who you are.
20:30I hope so.
20:31I am expecting only the best from you.
20:33And I know I'll get it.
20:34I want to show the world there's more to me than Mary Ann.
20:37Mary Ann was a nice girl.
20:38But I'm a bitch inside.
20:40No.
20:40I didn't mean to say that.
20:41RuPaul, you really, really helped me.
20:42I feel just confident as can be.
20:44You're dismissed.
20:45Thank you, sir.
20:46I hope I pass.
20:49Sell it.
20:49Own it.
20:50How's it coming along?
20:51Good.
20:52Oh, hello.
20:53Eavesdropping.
20:54Little.
20:55We're just sizing up the competition.
20:57I'm a size four.
20:59Enough.
21:00I love Erin Murphy.
21:02But I was like, what a bitch.
21:04Dawn.
21:04Yes, ma'am.
21:05After the choreography, I do agree that you need a little more extra help.
21:08So you can work on the space now and we'll go work on my costume.
21:11I wish you'd work on your hair while you're at it.
21:18Hello.
21:20Hello.
21:21Gorgeous.
21:21Perfect.
21:22Erin, you came here to bring your sexy back.
21:25What inspires you?
21:26I think growing up on Bewitched influenced me a lot.
21:28Because I looked at Agnes Moorhead as a beauty icon.
21:32Everything about her was colorful and beautiful and blue eye shadow and big red hair.
21:37I thought, that's what beauty is all about.
21:38And it translates so easily to drag.
21:41Yeah.
21:42Now, in your role as Tabitha, you had magical powers.
21:45What type of magical powers does Aurora Borealis have?
21:48She has the power to captivate everyone who sees her.
21:52Actually, you had that power all along.
21:54Rue wanted me to be aware of the power of drag.
21:57It was always there.
21:58I just wasn't aware of it.
22:00Spirits far and spirits near.
22:02Make Erin Murphy disappear.
22:07Oh, my goodness.
22:09Walk.
22:10Walk.
22:11This is the diva walk.
22:12I happen to think about walking down a runway, which panics me no end.
22:16It's quite overwhelming.
22:17Drag is a complete performance in a way where everything that you do is a performance.
22:22Your talk, your walk, everything.
22:24So what are you guys doing?
22:24None of your beeswax.
22:25Oh, look at them posing already.
22:27Oh, I'm not posing.
22:28It's just the way I am.
22:30Bitch.
22:31Out.
22:31Out.
22:32Go.
22:32This is our little workspace.
22:33Hi.
22:33You can kiss my ass.
22:36And my bunions.
22:37Hello.
22:38Goodbye.
22:39Hi, honey.
22:40Hi.
22:41I am so excited about our draguation.
22:43Now, what part of this experience do you think you'll be able to take away with you?
22:47I have been in a rut, just even in my own personal life.
22:50So this is breaking me out of that.
22:52Well, that's the power of drag.
22:53That's what I want to see on that stage tonight for your draguation.
22:57And I know that this has happened at a very delicate time in your life.
23:00Yes, it did.
23:00I have been focused on taking care of my mother.
23:03And my daughter was in a horrible motorcycle accident.
23:05Oh, I can't even talk about it.
23:07Well, I'm glad you came here to find your power and to really celebrate life,
23:11because that's what it really comes down to.
23:13Rue told me to focus on myself.
23:16It's been way too long.
23:17This is really the first time I've had some fun and smiled.
23:21It's been very good for me.
23:23And anytime you have any doubt, you can call me anytime, collect.
23:26Oh, thank you.
23:28Here, take this.
23:29Absolutely.
23:29See you at draguation.
23:30You betcha, baby.
23:31You're dismissed.
23:32Au revoir.
23:33That's my girl.
23:40I think Don might just pull it out at the very end.
23:45I'm excited to get into my costume.
23:47You really don't feel it until you get in the outfit.
23:49I can't wait to wear this blonde wig.
23:52Karen, she's a beautiful woman, but she's a little conservative, so I'm real excited to see her get completely dolled
23:57up.
23:58We're definitely going to go out tonight and paint the town.
24:01I think my husband will love seeing me really sexy.
24:04And that's all that matters.
24:06But I'm still going to win.
24:08Having my mom be dressed up by drag queens is every girl's dream.
24:12So this is like a big girl's dream come true.
24:15I couldn't be more thrilled for her.
24:17My daughter will get a kick out of seeing me all glammed up.
24:21Getting dressed and into makeup, I did feel a touch of fabulosity.
24:25And when you see that in the mirror, it does something to you on the inside.
24:28This competition is steep.
24:30I need to win something.
24:31My girl needs to win.
24:32Okay.
24:37It's time to drag you away, bitches.
24:48Faculty, friends, and family, please welcome your Drag U professors, Pandora Box, Raven, and Jujube.
24:59And the president of Drag U, RuPaul.
25:06Welcome to RuPaul's Drag U.
25:09Here to grade my girls are the falcatee, our dean of drag, the Lady Bunny.
25:16Our dean of dance, Frank Gatson is here.
25:22Our visiting professor, Shaka Khan is here.
25:30In addition, we have our previous top draguets.
25:34Please stand, draguets.
25:36Give them a hand.
25:39Now, during their time here at Drag U, our class of legendary TV stars were challenged to reinvent themselves and
25:47unleash their inner diva.
25:49Let the draguation commence.
25:53Charlene shook things up on Dallas playing Lucy, but now she's shaking that booty and damn is it juicy.
25:59Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Lisa Mercedes.
26:05When the door opened and there I was as Lisa Mercedes and I heard this applause, I was overwhelmed.
26:11And then I saw my daughter and she was shocked.
26:15She was just beaming and clapping.
26:16She's my biggest supporter and I'm her biggest supporter.
26:20I found that drag queen attitude that I've been hiding inside me all these years.
26:25I am draguating with a double major in fabulous and fierce.
26:31The world knew Dawn as dear, sweet Marianne.
26:34Now she's one sassy diva and out to get her man.
26:37Ladies and gentlemen, Chickadee.
26:42I feel sexy.
26:43What I love is the audience.
26:45The man I connected.
26:45I looked at a lot of the men and a lot of the women and even with the judges.
26:48I was really turned on by the audience.
26:52When you hit a certain age, everything's in the past.
26:54I haven't gotten there yet.
26:56I've still got 50 years of things I want to do and accomplish, so this is just one of them.
27:01Erin started out a baby TV witch, but now she's all grown up and she is one fierce biatch.
27:08Ladies and gentlemen, Aurora Borealis.
27:13When I came out for my walk, my husband was in the audience.
27:16He seemed really happy with my transformation.
27:22I did find my inner sexy.
27:24I feel just beautiful.
27:26I am a sexy queen.
27:35And now begins your oral examination.
27:40Lisa Mercedes.
27:41You've come a long way from Dallas.
27:43How does it feel?
27:44This has been just such a fun experiment.
27:46It came in the right time.
27:47It has been a gift.
27:48I know it sounds superficial, but if you're not feeling good and you make yourself look good, it really helps.
27:53Yes, I agree.
27:54It does.
27:55But tonight, darling, you almost made one of your students pass out.
28:00You did not tell me God herself was here.
28:04I almost could not walk.
28:05I almost fainted because you were the inspiration for this look.
28:09I swear, is that jujube?
28:11I love you.
28:11Is that the truth?
28:12Yeah, you remind me of myself.
28:14You are every woman.
28:15Chaka Khan.
28:16Chaka Khan.
28:16I love you.
28:20All right.
28:21Chickadee, I must say, Mae West has nothing on you.
28:24Eat your heart out, Ginger, is all I can say.
28:28I'm telling you, Raven is a genius.
28:30I mean, she's done all of this.
28:31She knows exactly what she's doing.
28:33You've surrounded yourself with wonderful people here.
28:38All right, Aurora Borealis.
28:41What's the most important thing you'll be taking with you from Drag U?
28:44I'm leaving here completely transformed.
28:46I feel sexy inside.
28:47And I think even when I take off the wig and the makeup, I'm a queen now.
28:52Ladies, it is time to receive your first set of grades for drag transformation and attitude.
28:58Falcotee, how do you grade Miss Lisa Mercedes?
29:02Love the attitude and the poise and the funness of it all.
29:06A.
29:09All right, Frank Gatson, our Dean of Dance.
29:11Great, great student.
29:12Heart worker.
29:13A.
29:14All right.
29:16Chaka Khan.
29:16Just for your hair alone.
29:18I have to give you an A plus.
29:23Lisa Mercedes, that gives you a drag point average of 4.1.
29:30Nice work.
29:32Thalcotee, Ms. Chickadee.
29:34The transformation is remarkable, but I'm just not crazy about the feathers.
29:39So I'll say A.
29:41Wonderful.
29:42Frank Gatson.
29:43I give you an A.
29:47Chaka Khan, Chickadee.
29:50You're fabulous.
29:52Chickadee, that gives you a drag point average of 4.0.
29:56Nice work.
30:00Miss Aurora Borealis.
30:02Tabitha, girl, you still got that magic.
30:05A plus.
30:07A minus.
30:10Wonderful.
30:10Still a great grade.
30:12Shaka Khan, what did you think of Aurora Borealis?
30:14I'm going to give you an A plus as well.
30:16Oh, wonderful.
30:19Aurora Borealis, that gives you a drag point average of 4.1.
30:23Well done.
30:27That means that Lisa Mercedes and Aurora Borealis are tied for first place.
30:32With Chickadee, bring it up the rear.
30:35But that can all change because it's time now for your final dragxamination.
30:39Whoever kills it in the group performance could finish at the top of her class.
30:46Drag you, are you ready for me?
30:50It's a miracle.
30:52Drag you.
30:55I'm really anxious because I'm a perfectionist.
30:58So I just want to do my best and say I'm going to win, of course.
31:01I want to kick Don and Aaron's butt.
31:04I want to win.
31:06After the first round of grades, I was tied in the lead.
31:08The moment has come and I am ready to lip sync for my life.
31:13In a moment, only one of you will drag you eight with top honors.
31:18Performing the theme song to drag you from my new CD,
31:21Ladies, let them have it.
31:25It's the first day of spring.
31:27Flowers are blooming.
31:31I'm spreading my wings.
31:34Bracing the beauty.
31:41It's a first day of spring.
31:44Flowers are blooming.
31:48Spreading my wings.
31:51Bracing the beauty.
31:54Nothing else has got no more better time.
31:57I'm not ready.
31:59Drag me.
32:01It's a miracle.
32:03Drag you.
32:04Are you ready for me?
32:07Drag you.
32:08It's a miracle.
32:10Drag you.
32:11Are you ready for me?
32:14Send my device.
32:16Send my device.
32:18To fall for chances.
32:21Gate on my news.
32:24Down my chances.
32:27It's not one moment.
32:31I'm in my way.
32:33Drag you.
32:34Drag you.
32:35I'm in my way.
32:37I'm in my way.
32:37Drag you.
32:37Drag you.
32:38Oh, yeah.
32:39Are you ready for me?
32:50Ladies, it all comes down to this.
32:54Faculty, what do you give Chickadee for her final examination?
32:59Dean of Jag, Lady Bunny.
33:01You gave it your all.
33:02So for most improved, I'm going to say A.
33:08Frank Gatson, you had fun?
33:10I'm going to give you an A.
33:15Chaka Khan, what do you give Chickadee?
33:17I think you carried it off really well.
33:19You know, you had little tricks that you used, and that was really cute.
33:22So I'm going to give you an A.
33:27Faculty, what do you give Lisa Mercedes for her final drag examination?
33:32Mercedes, you drove me crazy.
33:34It was hard to take my eyes off of you.
33:36You are a pint-sized dynamo.
33:38A-plus.
33:42Thank you for me now.
33:43A-plus.
33:47You were fabulous.
33:49You guys were the supreme.
33:49You had been the lead singer.
33:50You got it.
33:51From me.
33:55Now, Aurora Borealis.
33:57Let's see if your grade for performance can put you over the top.
34:00Aurora, you admitted that dancing was not your strong point, but you know what?
34:05You worked what you've got, which was the leg and swishing the fabric.
34:09So I'm going to say A-minus.
34:12Wow.
34:14For having so much fun, yeah, I give you an A.
34:17Wonderful.
34:20You're just so cute.
34:22I have to give you an A.
34:27Thank you, faculty.
34:31I've compiled your final grades,
34:33and we do have a winner.
34:36With a final DPA of 4.22,
34:41the top draguet of RuPaul's Drag U is
34:46Lisa Mercedes.
34:54Congratulations.
34:58This feels incredible.
35:00I feel like I am leaving here a much more confident,
35:02better, happier person than when I came in, for sure.
35:06It's the first day of spring.
35:09Flowers are blooming.
35:13I'm spreading my wings.
35:16Embracing the beauty.
35:18I learned a lot.
35:19I saw a new side of me,
35:21a side I've never seen before.
35:22Marianne has finally been rescued from the island.
35:25Drag U, it's a miracle.
35:28I came to Drag U feeling like the perky girl next door,
35:31and now I'm definitely sexy.
35:33I learned drag is not just a man wearing a dress.
35:37It's a whole attitude.
35:38I'm leaving here a better woman than I came.
35:42Drag U.
35:42I know she genuinely, from the bottom of my heart,
35:45just had a really great time.
35:48And I think that this is the first step
35:50into a new beginning.
35:52Yeah, Mom, kick ass!
35:54You won Drag U?
35:56It felt great to draguate with top honors
35:59because I've never graduated or draguated
36:01with top honors in anything.
36:03I got a double major at Fierce and Fabulous.
36:08Everybody say love!
36:11Everybody say love!
36:12Now drive that to your Altamata.
36:15Get out of here!
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