- 2 days ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:01Good morning, ladies.
00:03Good morning, Rue.
00:05A new class has arrived, ready to change their lives
00:08through the miracle of drag.
00:11Today, we have three legendary TV stars
00:15who 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 prime time stars.
00:27Any questions?
00:29Good. Let's go.
00:33My name is Charlene Tilton,
00:35and I'm probably best known for playing Lucy Ewing on the hit TV show, Dallas.
00:40For the last seven years or so,
00:42I have been taking care of my mother as she passed away
00:44and raising my daughter being a single mother,
00:47so 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. It'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,
01:05Marianne, 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 the 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.
01:31Everybody knows me as being kind of conservative.
01:33I'd like to show my sexy to the world.
01:35I think Drag U is going to teach me to be confident and kind of catty,
01:38because I'm hopeless, I'm sure.
01:39I'm excited to kind of step out of the box.
01:41I don't want to break any rules.
01:43I just want to bend them a little bit.
01:45Touchdown, Drag U.
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,
02:01show business is a different beast.
02:03Now, with the help of Drag U,
02:04we're going to bring back the glitz and glamour of the golden age of 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've got to start practicing that already.
02:25Uh-huh, uh-huh.
02:26You'll have 48 hours until your draguation.
02:29And in the end, one of you will draguate with top honors.
02:32Now, 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.
02:53Welcome to the Drag Lab, the gayest place on earth.
02:57Yay.
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.
03:06I 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 you through every step
03:14of this process.
03:15Charlene Tilton.
03:16Yes.
03:17You're with Jujubee.
03:18I'm sorry.
03:19Charlene is this little ball of energy.
03:22You know what they say, good things come in small packages, baby.
03:25Don Wells.
03:26Yes, sir.
03:26You're with Professor Raven.
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 Box.
03:42Yay.
03:42I asked for you.
03:44Drag prayers do come true.
03:47She'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 for me then.
04:08I 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.
04:23Weirdest place you've ever been naughty.
04:24An avocado field in Watsonville.
04:27Avocado field?
04:28Yes.
04:29I don't remember the avocados at all.
04:31Oh.
04:32If you could be any animal, what would it be?
04:35A horse.
04:35So people could ride me.
04:38That is a girl after my own heart.
04:41Atta girl.
04:42I just totally even want to make out with you and I don't know why.
04:44Sorry.
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.
04:58All right.
04:59Don Wells, let's start with you.
05:00Oh, my gosh.
05:03Commence Dragulation.
05:07Dragulation complete.
05:10Chickadee.
05:11Wow.
05:13Look at that.
05:15Is that my face?
05:16Yes.
05:17There's a little bit of that in me.
05:18But 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.
05:34I'm scared.
05:37Commence Dragulation.
05:41Dragulation 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?
05:59I don't know.
06:00I don't really like my Dragulator look.
06:03It was really quirky and kind of funny.
06:05And I want to be like over the top sexy.
06:07So it's not good.
06:08And last but not least, Charlene Tilton.
06:13Commence Dragulation.
06:17Dragulation complete.
06:19Lisa Mercedes.
06:21Wow.
06:22Oh.
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.
06:35Erin 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.
06:44It's time to Draguate, bitches.
06:47Draguate, are you ready for me?
06:51It's America, drag you.
06:58It's time to learn Frank's choreography for their dance lesson.
07:02And I'm thinking their stars, they should be able to do a little more.
07:06Well, hello class.
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.
07:22Are we singing or lip syncing?
07:24Lip singing.
07:26I'm sort of at a disadvantage because Dawn and Charlene danced before.
07:30And I am not a spectacular dancer.
07:32Frank.
07:33What song have you chosen to set these girls free?
07:36Is your hit song, Drag You.
07:39Well, I 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.
07:47Available on iTunes.
07:49Now remember, you'll be working together as a group,
07:51but grade it on your individual drag point average.
07:54Now Frank, just because they're stars,
07:57don't hold back with my girls.
07:59Let them have it.
08:00Now my expectations are going to be much higher for these three students.
08:04I'm just so excited to see where they're going to go.
08:07So we're going to get right into the choreography
08:08because I know you know how to walk.
08:09You've taken dance before, right Dawn?
08:11Oh yeah.
08:12So you know first position.
08:13Because this is your start number one position, Dawn.
08:16You're going to be like so.
08:17So you're just here.
08:18Step.
08:20Turn.
08:20Now a little Papa Ray.
08:21Boom.
08:22Boom.
08:23Boom.
08:23Stab.
08:23Why don't y'all learn this too?
08:25Dawn is hitting every move.
08:28Drag you.
08:29Da-da-da-da-da-da.
08:31The ball is rolling now and she's kicking it.
08:35She's stomping it.
08:36Really act like you're going through molasses.
08:38It's like a little tension on it.
08:39Just a little bit.
08:40Okay?
08:41And don't flip the wrist.
08:42And don't forget to hold on.
08:44All that.
08:44You got to think about all of that.
08:46You 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 got to wait.
08:55And then you just spread your wings walking.
08:57Like so.
08:58Drag you.
08:59Da-da-da-da-da-da.
09:01You get it, okay?
09:01Erin seems a little bit out of her element.
09:03She's not grasping the choreography.
09:05And 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.
09:20Drag you.
09:22It's a miracle.
09:24Drag you.
09:25Are you ready for me?
09:27Drag you.
09:27I'm so excited.
09:28I have some real divas.
09:30These girls are on fire.
09:33I'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.
09:39Let's go back to the top with music.
09:40One question.
09:40When we're going down here, am I facing the same way they are?
09:43Or 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.
10:07And not really feathers.
10:08And 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?
10:30Girl, 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.
10:43I know it.
10:43What do you think of your Dragulator image?
10:45I hate it.
10:47I hate it.
10:49I'm a drag you because I want to be sexy.
10:51And when I saw my image from the Dragulator, I thought I was kind of an ugly drag queen.
10:56I want my husband to see me in drag and be like, oh, my God.
10:59And this, he'd be like, this would not get him excited.
11:02We are starting from scratch.
11:04So, hair.
11:05What are you thinking for hair?
11:06I don't want silly hair.
11:07I want, like, really big, even, like, your hair.
11:09I want, like, sexy hair.
11:10Okay.
11:10Well, I love blonde, so I think we could do blonde.
11:12I immediately thank Ann-Margaret and splash in a little Barbarella and create a new va-va-va-voom image.
11:19So, we have hardly any time.
11:22I know.
11:23Whatsoever, and I'm freaking out a little.
11:26I find this amazing sequin blue fabric, and it's gorgeous.
11:30It's going to bring out our eyes, and we're going to go with blonde hair, so the whole look is
11:34going 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.
11:44This is beautiful.
11:45It is.
11:45It's gorgeous, but I'm not going with it 100%.
11:48What do you not like about it?
11:50This 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 figured since I'm here at Drag U, I should take
11:59full 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?
12:10Girl, I'm going to make you a booty.
12:11Carve that ass.
12:14Drag U, are you ready for me?
12:18It's America, 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.
12:32I want Chaka Khan hair.
12:34I picture you in huge hair anyways.
12:36I love the hair.
12:37Dude!
12:38Yes!
12:39Would you like this one?
12:40Yes!
12:41So do you think that this look's going to help you come off the island?
12:45Yeah!
12:45I mean, this is a real-
12:46Because this is miles away from Marianne.
12:47There's a lot more to Dawn than just Marianne.
12:50Marianne 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.
13:12Oh!
13:12Oh my god!
13:14Hold on!
13:15I feel like a maypole.
13:17Oh, I'm getting dizzy.
13:18Oh, maybe that was the vodka.
13:20Once you're in that, like the corset, you stand taller and you stick your chest out and
13:24I think that'll help me.
13:26It'll help in my persona.
13:27Your assignment tonight is to make it as small as you can make it.
13:30I 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!
13:36Why?
13:36The other queens are working really well with their students and my biggest challenge working
13:41with Charlene is that when it comes time for me to tell her what to do, if she doesn't
13:44like it, she just doesn't like it.
13:45No, that's not happening.
13:46This is gonna be the dress.
13:48I can make a pillow of it now, no.
13:50Okay, no on that.
13:51We can go more color.
13:52Do you know what I mean?
13:53No.
13:54Now, if you know Charlene, you know her opinion's gonna be her.
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?
14:03This, and look at it against my skin.
14:04But keep in mind, you're looking it on you, on your color.
14:07I am the professor.
14:09Don't school me, bitch.
14:10Oh my god, we don't have time, we don't have time.
14:12Now, Charlene.
14:14I'm a diva smurf.
14:15How are you gonna drag you away with blue hair?
14:16I don't know, but...
14:17I look like a smurf.
14:19Girl, you are at a ten.
14:22Okay.
14:22I need you at a six.
14:24Here.
14:26Take this.
14:27Okay, but...
14:28It's not gonna look as good without the makeup, because my skin color is wrong for it.
14:31But, if we can get to...
14:33Let 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.
14:39We hire you.
14:40I could swim in this.
14:42Yeah.
14:42We need to get them in my size.
14:44Alright, where are we gonna find shoes?
14:45Bitch.
14:46It's very hard to learn when your mouth does not stop moving.
14:50I gotta learn a lot.
14:51Raven, you have to show me what to do.
14:53I decided Dawn needed a drag diva attitude check.
14:57When 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?
15:07Are 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.
15:16One of the things that Dawn finds sexy is power and success.
15:19And she sees that in me.
15:21I 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.
15:28But now you can see if anyone's watching you from behind.
15:30I'd never thought of being that analytical about it.
15:32Calculate it.
15:33I'm going to the local bar, and I'm gonna try it out.
15:35Yeah!
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.
15:46This is what we're going to do, honey.
15:47Do I have a white girl booty?
15:48No, honey.
15:49Mm-mm.
15:50I'm Jujubee, and I'm known for body.
15:52Let me see your booty.
15:53It's white and flat.
15:54I know.
15:54Charlene's booty is non-existent.
15:57So what do we do back there?
15:58Show me the secret.
15:59We pad.
16:01Okay.
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.
16:08A 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.
16:17Hey, are you ready for some body?
16:19I'm ready.
16:20But do you understand what this is?
16:21I do, but is this what you've got here?
16:24It's all right here.
16:26My 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've fallen in a rut.
16:40My mom has been sick.
16:42My daughter was in an accident, and I've just been so busy focusing on other people.
16:46Yeah, okay.
16:47That I've not taken care of myself.
16:50I feel for you, girl, like Chaka Khan says.
16:53You ready for this?
16:54Let's go.
16:54Step two.
16:55Carve that ass.
17:00That's crazy.
17:01It's like a big pita.
17:07This starts right here, and then it comes to the back like that.
17:10Okay.
17:10And everything's just going to work out really well.
17:12Okay.
17:13I'm trusting you, honey.
17:14You know what to do.
17:14Just trust.
17:16I'm leaving Charlene here overnight with all the things she needs to create her inner
17:20diva.
17:21If Charlene wants to win this competition, she's going to have to work her ass off.
17:25But keep her ass on.
17:28Coming up.
17:29Ladies!
17:32Dawn, don't look down.
17:33Look at me.
17:34I'm not doing it.
17:34I'm watching.
17:35Holy cow.
17:37Dawn, what's wrong with you?
17:38No.
17:39Drag you.
17:40Are you heading for me?
17:42It's a miracle.
17:44Drag you.
17:51Today's Draguation, and I'm concerned about gathering the girls.
17:54I'm concerned about my wig.
17:55I'm a little bit overwhelmed.
17:58I'm a little bit overwhelmed.
17:58Morning, Erin.
17:59Good morning.
18:00How are you?
18:00I'm good.
18:01How are you?
18:01I slept in tape.
18:04Check.
18:05Plus.
18:05Plus.
18:06Plus.
18:07And another plus.
18:09I personally like this side of the fabric.
18:13It is not as shiny.
18:16Charlene 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.
18:25Choose the shiny side.
18:26I'm going to have to trust your judgment.
18:27Fabulous.
18:28So, hair's almost done.
18:30All we have to do is a little bit more spray, and then we're going to bring this up in
18:33the
18:34back.
18:34We got this in the bag.
18:35The other two are still working on their looks, trying to get stuff together.
18:38But 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?
18:50Not well.
18:50Not well.
18:51I'm glad that the girls are going to have a little course in lip syncing, because Lord
18:53knows I don't know how to lip sync for my life.
18:56The first thing is, if you don't know the words, repeat.
19:00Watermelon, watermelon, watermelon, 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.
19:10We're going to 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.
19:20Are 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 heard a word yet.
19:30She don't know them words.
19:32I'm spreading my wings.
19:35Embracing the beauty.
19:37Oh, she's good.
19:38I'm getting worried because, again, Charlene is just out there.
19:43I left my defenses.
19:47Don, sell it.
19:49Sell it.
19:49I'm not doing it.
19:50I'm watching.
19:52Holy cow.
19:54Don, what's wrong with you?
19:56Don, 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, Don.
20:08Hi.
20:08Have a seat there.
20:10Let's talk about your character.
20:11Who is your character?
20:12I 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.
20:20Mary 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.
20:35I 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.
20:43I feel just confident as can be.
20:45You're dismissed.
20:46Thank you, sir.
20:46I hope I pass.
20:49Sell it.
20:49Own it.
20:50How's the judges?
20:52Good.
20:52Oh, hello.
20:54Eavesdropping.
20:54Little.
20:56We'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.
21:05Yes, 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 work on your hair while you're at it.
21:19Hello.
21:20Hello.
21:21Hello.
21:22Perfect.
21:23Erin, you came here to bring your sexy back.
21:25What inspires you?
21:26I think growing up on Bewitched influenced me a lot.
21:29Because I looked at Agnes Moorhead as a beauty icon.
21:33Everything about her was colorful and beautiful and blue eye shadow and big red hair.
21:37I thought, that's what beauty is all about.
21:39And 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?
21:49She has the power to captivate everyone who sees her.
21:52Actually, you had that power all along.
21:54Ru 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.
22:10Walk.
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.
22:18Drag is a complete performance in a way where everything that you do is a performance.
22:22Your talk, your walk, everything.
22:23So, what are you guys doing?
22:24None of your beeswax.
22:26Oh, 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.
22:44Now, 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, because
23:11that's what it really comes down to.
23:12Ru told me to focus on myself.
23:16It's been way too long.
23:18This 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.
23:26Collect.
23:27Oh, thank you.
23:28Here, take this.
23:29Absolutely.
23:29See you at draguation.
23:30You betcha, baby.
23:31You're dismissed.
23:33Au revoir.
23:33That's my girl.
23:40I think Dawn 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.
23:49So I can't wait to wear this blonde wig.
23:52Erin, she's a beautiful woman, but she's a little conservative, so I'm really excited
23:56to see her get completely dolled up.
23:58We're definitely going to go out tonight and paint the town.
24:01I think my husband will love seeing me really sexy.
24:05And 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.
24:13So 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.
24:38It's time to drag you away, bitches.
24:48Faculty, friends, and family, please welcome your Drag U professors, Pandora Box, Raven,
24:53and Jujubee.
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.
25:17Our dean of dance, Frank Gatson, is here.
25:22Our visiting professor, Shaka Khan, is here.
25:30In addition, we have our previous top Drag U.
25:33Please stand, Drag U.
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.
26:17She's my biggest supporter and I'm her biggest supporter.
26:21I found that drag queen attitude that I've been hiding inside me all these years.
26:24I 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.
26:44What I love is the audience. The man, I connected.
26:46I looked at a lot of the men and a lot of the women and even with the judges.
26:49I was really turned on by the audience.
26:52When you hit a certain age, everything's in the past.
26:55I haven't gotten there yet.
26:56I've still got 50 years of things I want to do and accomplish.
26:58So this is just one of them.
27:02Erin started out a baby TV witch, but now she's all grown up and she is one fierce biatch.
27:09Ladies and gentlemen, Aurora Borealis.
27:14When I came out for my walk, my husband was in the audience.
27:17He 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.
27:47It came in the right time.
27:47It has been a gift.
27:49I know it sounds superficial, but if you're not feeling good and you make yourself look good, it really helps.
27:53Yes, I agree.
27:56But 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.
28:06I almost fainted because you were the inspiration for this look.
28:10I love you.
28:10I swear, is that jujube?
28:11Is that the truth?
28:12Yeah, you remind me of myself.
28:14You are every woman.
28:16Chaka Khan.
28:16Chaka Khan!
28:20All right.
28:21Chaka D, 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.
28:32She knows exactly what she's doing.
28:33You've surrounded yourself with wonderful people here.
28:38All right.
28:40Aurora 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.
28:59Falcotee, how do you grade Miss Lisa Mercedes?
29:03Love the attitude and the poise and the fun-ness of it all.
29:07A!
29:09All right, Frank Gatson, our Dean of Dance.
29:11Great, great student.
29:12Heart Worker.
29:13A.
29:14All right.
29:16Chaka Khan.
29:17Just for your hair alone, I have to give you an A-plus.
29:21Oh, yay!
29:23Lisa Mercedes.
29:25That gives you a drag point average of 4.1.
29:29Condragulations.
29:32Falcotee, Miss Chickadee.
29:34The transformation is remarkable, but I'm just not crazy about the feathers, so I'll say A.
29:41Wonderful.
29:42Frank Gatson.
29:43I give you an A.
29:47Chaka Khan.
29:49Chickadee.
29:49You're fabulous.
29:52Chickadee.
29:53That gives you a drag point average of 4.0.
29:56Nice work.
30:00Miss Aurora Borealis.
30:02Tabitha.
30:03Tabitha, girl, you still got that magic.
30:05A-plus.
30:08A-minus.
30:10Wonderful.
30:11Still a great grade.
30:12Chaka Khan.
30:13What do you think of Aurora Borealis?
30:15I'm going to give you an A-plus as well.
30:16Oh, wonderful.
30:18Aurora Borealis.
30:20That gives you a drag point average of 4.1.
30:24Well done.
30:27That means that Lisa Mercedes and Aurora Borealis are tied for first place.
30:32With Chickadee bringing up the rear.
30:35But that can all change because it's time now for your final drag examination.
30:40Whoever 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.
30:56I'm really anxious because I'm a perfectionist.
30:58So I just want to do my best and see.
31:00And I'm going to win, of course.
31:02I want to kick Dawn in Aaron's butt.
31:05I want to win.
31:06After the first round of grades, I was tied in the lead.
31:09The 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.
31:22Ladies, let them have it.
31:24It's the first day of spring.
31:27Flowers are blooming.
31:31I'm spreading my wings.
31:34Embracing the beauty.
31:41allows me to pull off your brain.
31:42It's the first day of spring.
31:44I'm growing up your wings.
31:48It's red and white.
31:51It's the first day of years.
31:53It depends and Ergebnis.
34:08And swishing the fabric.
34:10So I'm going to say A minus.
34:13Wow.
34:15We're having so much fun.
34:16Yeah, I give you an A.
34:17Wonderful.
34:25Thank you, Palpatine.
34:31I've compiled your final grades and we do have a winner with a final DPA of 4.22.
34:40The top Draguet of RuPaul's Drag U is Lisa Mercedes.
34:54Congratulations.
34:58This feels incredible.
35:00I feel like I am leaving here a much more confident, better, happier person than when I came in,
35:05for sure.
35:17I learned a lot.
35:19I saw a new side of me, a side I've never seen before.
35:23Marianne has finally been rescued from the island.
35:28I came to Drag U feeling like the perky girl next door and 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.
35:43I know she genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, just had a really great time.
35:48And I think that this is the first step into a new beginning.
35:53Yeah, mom, kick ass.
35:55You won Drag U.
35:56It felt great to Drag U weight with top honors because I've never graduated or Drag U weighted
36:02with top honors in anything.
36:03I got a double major at Fierce and Fabulous.
Comments