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00:08So empty in here. Hello! Hello! Stacey is gone. Be a lady. You're all amazing. Stacey Lane Bryant
00:17Matthews. The last challenge, being in the bottom two, I think it was a fluke. So right now I just
00:23have to concentrate on what the judges are looking for. Well, Stacey's gone. Now you're
00:30the only big girl. Stacey probably shouldn't have been here to begin with. She didn't meet
00:34the criteria. But now I have a whole other can of worms to worry about. For the most
00:37part, all the strong competitors are here and it's really hammered in that now the competition
00:41is super tight. At this point, it's getting very personal. I wanted to ask you about yesterday.
00:47When you said that you're so tired of hearing my voice, my reaction was like, I was shocked.
00:53It came off a lot harsher than I intended. As I'm having this conversation with Manila,
00:58it's a complete 180 from what she was delivering on the runway. I know that Manila has more faces
01:04than my foot has blisters after a show. And I don't want you to think that I'm attacking
01:08you. No. But I am attacking you because ultimately, this is a competition and I want to beat you.
01:16Girl, you got she male. Hello, lady boys. Hi. Drag is a
01:23serious business. But sometimes a queen can take herself a little too seriously. Remember,
01:28laugh and the world laughs with you. Bomb and the joke's on you, honey.
01:36Hello, hello, hello. Hi, mommies. My legendary children. A drag superstar needs to develop a pretty thick skin. So, in
01:46the great tradition of Paris is Burning, break out your library chords.
01:51Okay. Because reading is what? Fundamental. Now, for today's mini challenge, you'll take turns reading each other or throwing shades.
02:03Ladies, the library is open. Okay. Okay.
02:08All right.
02:09All right.
02:09Jana Sofia, la biblioteca is open. Put on your reading glasses and read these bitches for filth.
02:17Manila Luzon, it's not because you're Asian. It's because I need some passion to deal with you.
02:24Delta work. Is that your teeth or your feet? Raja, do you think you're fashion? You should go to all
02:33school.
02:37Next up, Manila. Ow, eat it, eat it, eat it. Ow, eat it. Put on your reading glasses. Oh, God.
02:45Yara, your blue contacts are so creepy that it makes my skin itchy, itchy, itchy, pilante.
02:56It's dinnertime, Delta, and you are serving body, yaddy, yaddy. Well, I guess that solved the problem with all them
03:03starving kids in Africa.
03:05Thank you, Manila. Up next is Miss Delta. Oh, my gosh.
03:10Yara, isn't it interesting that when your flight came into town, the sightings of chupacabras increased?
03:18Manila, what are we going to do when a hurricane hits all of Asia? You won't have any material left.
03:23Uh-oh, uh-oh.
03:25Raja, when you're on the runway, do you keep the 800 number for suicide? Because those toes are ready to
03:31jump.
03:35Bring your library card, Miss Alexis Mateo.
03:38Get ready, bitches. Miss Shangela, girl. Can we have some water? Her hair is thirsty, baby.
03:44Uh-oh.
03:45Delta, just grow a neck, honey.
03:48Whoa!
03:49If all they can read is my size, that's so obvious. Now tell me something funny.
03:54Raja. Should I call you Raja or Grandma?
03:57Oh!
04:01Raja, you are up.
04:05Shangela, I hope you still have your phone card to Middle-earth because the hobbits are calling.
04:10Oh!
04:12Fat.
04:13Who cares?
04:16Syphilis.
04:22Carmen, the library is open to you, my dear.
04:25Word.
04:27Yara, what the fuck are you saying, girl?
04:32Alexis, girl, I've been thinking about you all day. I was at the zoo.
04:38All right, last but not least, Shangela.
04:40Yes.
04:42Oh.
04:44Mimi, I'm first.
04:45Oh!
04:48Raja, I know you call yourself top model, but I think Tyra Banks and I would agree, you're
04:52just fashion roadkill.
04:54Woo!
04:55Manila Luzon, Asian role model. Well, I hope you're referring to the roles all over your body.
05:01Woo!
05:03And all Carmen Carrera. Honey, just go jump in the ocean. You won't drown. Silicone floats.
05:08Woo!
05:09Woo!
05:10Woo!
05:10All right, girl.
05:12The library is permanently closed.
05:17All right, ladies, good job. But I think we have a winner, Shangela!
05:28For this week's main challenge, you need to develop a stand-up comedy routine.
05:36To help you create a winning routine, you'll each take a one-on-one comedy workshop with
05:43legendary funny lady, Miss Rita Rudner.
05:46Oh, wow!
05:47Oh, my God, Rita!
05:48I can't wait to meet Rita Rudner!
05:51Yes!
05:52Now, for your stand-up performance, you'll need to put together a funny outfit worthy of
05:58a queen of comedy.
05:59Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the funniest bitch win.
06:07All right, see y'all later.
06:08Oh, my. Yes, I am a little terrified.
06:12My heart stopped, actually, when she said that.
06:14It's frightening, because I'm just hoping that I don't bomb, and that happens a lot with
06:18comedians. If you don't have the perfect timing, you could really fuck it up.
06:21Shangela's an amazing comedian. She's been doing it for a while, so I'm sure she's going
06:24to do really well in this one.
06:25Well, damn sure. I was right when I said, I want that bitch to go.
06:29Do you think you are an advantage because you're used to the comedy before this?
06:31No. Well, no, because comedy is hit or miss.
06:35I feel a lot of pressure.
06:35We all have to be good, the three of us, because their groups feel the same size.
06:40Our group is getting smaller.
06:42It's like our workroom is now divided into two groups.
06:44We've got team talent and team look.
06:46Raja, Delton, Carmen, and Manila all put the emphasis on their look.
06:50They can't perform.
06:55Today we have to do a stand-up routine, and we have to create a drag look that goes with
06:59our stand-up routine.
07:00I'm going to have to do some brainstorming here.
07:02Well, that's going to be hard to see what time she's having with it.
07:05The workroom today is very quiet.
07:09There's no sewing.
07:10Everyone is digging deep inside their brains, trying to find what about themselves is funny.
07:15I'm afraid.
07:17You can't be afraid.
07:18You've got to go in or go home.
07:21It's hard to make people laugh, but I'm going to do it.
07:25I'm so funny.
07:27Not funny enough that you're going to laugh.
07:31A lot of people here have hosted shows, so everyone here is going to be
07:35strong competition.
07:36That's like when they tell me that my makeup's not the best.
07:39It's important to me to look, to have the look right.
07:41When I get in front of the judges, it's never a question about talent.
07:45It's always something regarding my makeup.
07:47The purpose for the makeup is not to look painted.
07:51What about what I'm doing here and sculpting the face?
07:53Take your time.
07:54From here up, I don't use a lot of foundation.
07:56I don't need it there.
07:57Oh, it's not even all the way across?
07:59No.
07:59No, because then you're creating a mask.
08:01Everything that Chandela said is exactly what you never should do.
08:06You don't put on powder between steps.
08:08No.
08:09No.
08:10How do you?
08:11No.
08:12No.
08:15Hello, funny ladies.
08:17Hi.
08:17Funny girls.
08:19Hey, Carmen.
08:20Hey, hey.
08:20Now, you're obviously from New Jersey.
08:23You have sort of a Jersey accent.
08:24Do I?
08:25Yeah, you do.
08:25Are you going to play up sort of the stereotypical things that people may think of you?
08:30No, I'm not typical Jersey.
08:33How do you know you're not typical Jersey?
08:34I think I am.
08:36I don't see it.
08:37Am I that Jersey?
08:38Like, what does that mean?
08:39I mean, is that an insult?
08:40A lot of comedy comes from stereotypes.
08:43And if you play on that, it can be very funny.
08:46People can relate to it.
08:47Because really, you want to invite people into your world and make them feel comfortable.
08:51But it's up to you whether you're willing to let us in.
08:54I don't really like to let anyone in.
08:55Well, you've got to get over that.
08:58Hey, Manila.
08:59Hi.
09:00You know, this seems like a shoe-in for you.
09:02You're very funny.
09:04I'm going back to my childhood.
09:05As an adult, looking back, how gay some of the things I used to watch on TV were.
09:09Sesame Street.
09:10Right, right.
09:11So now, in the past, I've heard jokes about Sesame Street.
09:15Maybe.
09:16Maybe.
09:16I don't really know.
09:17I want to hear something that we haven't heard before.
09:20Get back to work.
09:21Thanks.
09:21See ya.
09:23Hey, Alexis.
09:24I rule.
09:25Have you done comedy before?
09:26No.
09:27I've never done stand-up comedy.
09:28I see.
09:29And you're going to tell some jokes?
09:30Yes.
09:30As Alexis or as a character?
09:32As Alexis Mateo.
09:33And it's going to talk about my coming to America experience.
09:37It was a big change with the problem with the language.
09:40No one else has your life experience.
09:41So if you draw on that, how could you go wrong?
09:45Exactly.
09:45Especially if you can laugh at yourself.
09:46I love making fun of myself.
09:48Well, I am so excited.
09:49I can't wait to laugh, laugh, laugh.
09:51Thank you for stopping by my office.
09:54All right.
09:54Bye, Ru.
09:55Bye.
09:56Hey, Delta.
09:57Hi, Ru.
09:58I have a feeling you're going to be very funny.
10:00Um, I am.
10:00They say that comedy comes from, you know, a dark place.
10:04And I have a feeling that you've spent a lot of time where, uh, maybe people have said
10:08some nasty things to you.
10:10And you've had a lot of time to think about getting back at them.
10:13Am I right?
10:14Yes, that's very true.
10:15But I don't want it to seem like, poor me, poor me, poor me.
10:18I want it to be like, poor me, poor me, another one.
10:20I'm so excited.
10:21And I think if I'm clear and concise about the jokes, I think that I could win.
10:25I can't wait.
10:28All right, Ladykins, gather around.
10:30In a moment, you'll meet with guest judge, Rita Rudner, who will help you with your chutzpah,
10:36uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
10:39Now, Shangela, since you won the mini challenge, you get an extra 10 minutes with Rita Rudner.
10:45Plus, you get to choose the order of the lineup.
10:50This is where the real shade is going to happen.
10:52Now, tomorrow, on the main stage, we'll be joined by guest judge, the sassy comedian from Chelsea Lately and MADtv,
11:01Arden Marine.
11:02Woo!
11:03Oh, and one more thing.
11:04You'll be performing your stand-up in front of the harshest critics of all, a live audience.
11:11So don't fuck it up.
11:14I'll see you later.
11:16All right, bye.
11:17Bye.
11:18I work in front of an audience at my shows.
11:21It's the best place to get energy.
11:22The problem is, sometimes that energy is good and sometimes it's bad.
11:26You guys want to come over?
11:27Because I got the order of the show set up for tomorrow.
11:32I know how it is to work at a club.
11:34When you go to work at a drag show, they usually put the girls who they don't like in the
11:38beginning.
11:39Opening the show is going to be Raja.
11:41She's what we call in the comedy world, biting the bullet.
11:43And then Carmen, Alexis, I put Carmen second.
11:46If she's great, she follows Raja and makes Raja look horrible.
11:50Alexis, you'll introduce me and then I'll introduce Manila.
11:53Then Yara and Delta, you'll close the show, okay?
11:56I put Manila directly after me.
11:58If she's intimidated by me, let her be really intimidated by me.
12:01Why do you put me in the, before the last one?
12:04I know you probably want to be toward the end of the show, but I want you to be the
12:07last one.
12:08Like Yara wants to go last, but I put her next to last.
12:11If she knocks it out of the park, that puts Delta at a disadvantage
12:15because then she has to close the show and go after Yara.
12:18If the intention is to fuck with people, it's not going to work.
12:21This is my make it moment because this is what I do for a living.
12:23Yeah.
12:24Entertain people on a microphone.
12:27What do you think about the order?
12:28I think it's a set up for you.
12:30Like if I were to go right after Shangela, I'd be a little bit nervous.
12:33If I go out there and bomb, it's going to be like, fuck.
12:35They should have never told me they saw me as a threat.
12:38I will see each one of them go home.
12:41Hi Manila, I'm Rita.
12:43Hi Rita.
12:44Nice to meet you.
12:45Rita Redner is going to be giving us stand-up advice.
12:48She is one of the funniest people in show business.
12:50And what are you going to do for us today?
12:52Looking back at some of the PBS programming that I used to watch,
12:56and how gay it actually seems now.
12:59Let's hear you do the first joke.
13:00So, looking back at Mr. Rogers, I don't know if he was on the down low,
13:04because he had a second house.
13:05And every show started out with a costume change.
13:09Comedy's hard.
13:10I'm just nervous that like other people's routines are going to be like,
13:13so much funnier than mine.
13:16My life is funny.
13:17And now tell us some of the funny things.
13:19I am from Puerto Rico.
13:20Since I was just a little girl.
13:23You know.
13:23That's funny.
13:24I went all the way to Florida.
13:26Maybe let's make a joke about that.
13:28Say, I came to Miami.
13:30I was in first class.
13:31I was in the front of the raft.
13:32I was in the what?
13:34In the front of the raft.
13:35In the raft?
13:36Yes, that's a raft.
13:37I don't know if I can pronounce that.
13:39My act is going to be based on the film Carrie.
13:42I haven't seen Carrie in 40 years.
13:44I always worry about a specific movie reference.
13:48If no one has seen the movie, she is in trouble.
13:51And my outfit that I'm wearing, actually,
13:53it's sort of this blood-drenched, like, you know, gown.
13:55You come in.
13:56Did anyone else just get their period?
13:57See?
13:58I wanted to do a period joke.
14:00Did anybody else get their period?
14:01Did anyone else just get?
14:03Just get their period.
14:03So did anyone else just get their period?
14:05But stay still while you're doing it.
14:06Did anyone else just get their period?
14:07There you go.
14:07I laugh.
14:09So I think what I do is I want to kind of start out by,
14:12maybe I should drop some weight.
14:13That's good.
14:14And basically, like, that's kind of what it's about.
14:16A fat chick's like a unicycle.
14:17Every guy wants to be with one.
14:19They want to take one on a ride.
14:20They just don't want to be seen doing it.
14:22Ultimately, I think what I want to do is maybe not, like, love
14:25and maybe not just, like, a one-night stand.
14:27I think what it is is I just want to sit on a guy's face.
14:29You're not really talking about how to lose weight.
14:31Right.
14:31You know, you have to decide what it is that you're going to talk about.
14:35I'm a postmodern pimpo.
14:38Never performed as a character on the stage other than myself.
14:42You've got it right away when you come out and say,
14:44yo, you know, bitch, and you've got the character perfectly right there.
14:49Great.
14:49I'm feeling more pressure and definitely a little nervous.
14:53You always want to shine, especially when people think it's what you do.
14:59Hi.
15:00Hello, Shara.
15:01Hi.
15:02It's supposed to be a little person.
15:03Right.
15:04Yes.
15:04I want to make a story.
15:06This girl from Spain.
15:07It's hard to live here and stay.
15:10And I met this guy, this gorgeous guy.
15:13And I thought with him, you know, I'm a little person.
15:15And I have to poop.
15:17Get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out, get out,
15:20get out, get out.
15:22That is the most unusual act I've ever seen.
15:26Oh, it's so weird hearing my voice.
15:30Now, Carmen, are you doing something personal about you or other people?
15:35I haven't really pieced together what I'm going to do yet.
15:37Just say some things you have on that lovely sheet of paper.
15:40Um.
15:40Come on.
15:41You have to say something in the mic, otherwise we can't help.
15:43Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow.
15:45You silly boy.
15:46Come over here.
15:47Like, I just have like a bunch of topics that I...
15:49Okay, what are some more of your topics?
15:50Okay, I'm the only queen that's really here from New Jersey.
15:53And I don't look at myself in the mirror and see a stereotypical New Jersey person.
15:56So did you always feel out of place?
15:58Never.
15:59Well, you should because that's going to be funny.
16:01There's nothing funny about a good looking person doing well who's confident.
16:05So think of something that you're insecure about and share it with us.
16:09Let's see.
16:10I didn't understand where her humor was going to come from.
16:13So I'm going to worry about Carmen tonight.
16:28We're back in the workroom today and the challenge this week is to come up with a hilarious outfit for
16:33the runway and then perform a standup routine for a live audience.
16:38Hey, she sounds like a goat.
16:40Girl, I gotta learn this thing by memory.
16:42It's so loud in here.
16:43It's still hard to commit stuff to memory when everyone's talking, you know?
16:46Yeah.
16:49Delta's a little bit shaken at this point because this is a really high pressure challenge.
16:53She's struggling and I really, really feel for her.
17:02I'm terrified and I'm scared as shit.
17:09I'm so worried.
17:11Relax.
17:12Don't stress.
17:12We got this.
17:13We're the Heathers.
17:14Yeah.
17:15We're the Heathers.
17:16We're the Heathers.
17:17Yeah.
17:19You're welcome, babe.
17:24Your face looks so much better.
17:26Because I'm going to be a clown.
17:27Because I'm going to be hilarious.
17:29Before you was painted like a motherfucking ghost, honey.
17:32Why are you making fun of me so hard?
17:34I just want to be a fierce drag queen like the next girl.
17:37Manila, are you going to speak in, like, Asian accent?
17:41Are you going to speak with an Espanol accent?
17:43I can hug it.
17:45You know what you should do?
17:47You should do that British accent you were so successful at.
17:50Oh, fuck you.
17:52So funny to me.
17:53Isn't it funny?
17:53It is funny.
17:54Manila told Rue that she's so tired of my mouth.
17:57But you'll never see her shut up.
17:58I don't even think she takes air.
18:01Okay, this show is going to start out with a bang.
18:04I see Carmen in her fat suit.
18:06It's just, it's so too much.
18:07It's so weird.
18:08I was like, really, girl?
18:08This is what you're going to do?
18:10Bitch, I want to lay on it, honey.
18:13I know that everyone is like, oh, well, Carmen.
18:16I'm worried about Carmen.
18:17I'm worried about Carmen.
18:18My mentality is this is going to work.
18:19She just signed the paper.
18:21She's on her way home.
18:38Hey, guys.
18:39Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
18:43Michelle, how is your funny bone?
18:45Oh, being tickled as we speak.
18:47Hey, Billie B.
18:48Are you related to Celine Dion?
18:50No.
18:51Then why the long face?
18:55Rita Rudner.
18:56Thank you for giving my girls a master class in comedy.
19:00I was very impressed.
19:01And I think it's going to be a lot of fun.
19:03I can't wait.
19:03Arden Marie.
19:05Hi.
19:06I hope you're wearing your iPad because the fun is about to flow, girl.
19:10I never go anywhere without it.
19:12For this week's main challenge, we asked our girls to make us laugh out loud with their own stand-up
19:19routines.
19:20Tonight, headlining on the main stage, let's welcome RuPaul's Drag Queens of Comedy.
19:26Gentlemen, start your engines and may the best woman win.
19:34Hello.
19:35Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
19:38Anybody else on their period?
19:41You know, I'm a little bit into the horror movies.
19:43Can you guess which one?
19:45Carrie.
19:46Yes.
19:46How many people have seen Carrie, actually?
19:48We'll see.
19:48Good, good.
19:49The real special thing about Carrie is that she has telekinetic powers.
19:52Telekinesis means that you can move things with your mind.
19:55The last time I moved anything with my head, it was in a motel room.
20:00The John threw $40 on my cum-slicked tits and told me to get the fuck out.
20:04I was like, I'm leaving, fucker, I'm leaving.
20:06Good God, you ain't got to yell at me like that.
20:09I'll see you at home, Dad.
20:14I'm a drag queen.
20:15When you first start doing drag, it's like you want to be the fishiest.
20:18You want to have the best body.
20:20But now, I want to be a fat girl.
20:23I want to be a fat girl.
20:25You can get dick from anywhere.
20:26Every guy wants to secretly fuck a fat bitch, number one.
20:29So I'm not going to have no man problems.
20:31Okay?
20:32I want to be, like, really fat.
20:34I want to get pregnant and not even know it.
20:36You know what I mean?
20:37Have you seen those specials on TV?
20:38And it's usually a big girl.
20:39It's like, of course she didn't know she was fucking pregnant.
20:42You know what I mean?
20:43I want to go to the bathroom, sit on the toilet, and become a mother.
20:47Okay?
20:48No matter what size I am, I will be the body beautiful.
20:51Always.
20:53Okay?
20:54You want to see?
20:55A little preview?
20:58And I will still fucking turn it, darling.
21:01Always.
21:07Yes, bitches.
21:08It is not Angelina Jolie.
21:10It is not Beyonce.
21:11It's your girl, Alexis.
21:12All the way from Puerto Rico.
21:16And I am so excited because I always wanted to be a star, honey.
21:20So I left Puerto Rico behind and I moved to the United States all the way to Florida.
21:24I did travel in first class right in front of that boat, baby.
21:27Honey, I'm a Latina girl and I only have two options in this country.
21:31Being a housekeeper or being a stripper, bitches.
21:34And y'all know I didn't come here to clean toilets, baby.
21:37So I became a stripper, baby!
21:40Yes, ma'am, honey.
21:41If God give it to you, baby, you better make some money.
21:45Yes, ma'am.
21:45I am here and I'm queer, baby.
21:48Mm-hmm.
21:49I said bitch better have my money.
21:51Right?
21:52Let me tell you something, baby.
21:53They call me La Queefa.
21:55La Queefa, the P-M-P.
21:56Now, that stands for the postmodern pimp hoe.
22:00Postmodern pimp hoe means, yes, I'm still a pimp, but I'm also my own hoe.
22:06That's right.
22:06Because of the recession, y'all, I'm telling you, I don't have to scale back.
22:09You know, and sometimes I don't even pay myself my own money.
22:12Uh-huh.
22:13If I did, maybe I could get some shoes when my toes weren't hanging five inches off the edge.
22:17Yeah.
22:18I know you try to clown me for my cliffhanger.
22:20Yeah, I saw it.
22:22You know, and they always trying to clown me on the block, baby.
22:24They always saying, La Queefa.
22:25I say, what?
22:27They say, La Queefa, where your hose at?
22:30I said, bitch, don't you see I'm wearing four pair of hose right here holding back my dick?
22:36Oh!
22:38You know, I had a dumb-ass girlfriend that went and joined Peter.
22:40She came screaming at me last week, talking about La Queefa.
22:42I said, what?
22:44She said, La Queefa, don't you know how many innocent animals I had to die for you to have that
22:49fur coat?
22:50I said, bitch, do you know how many rich animals I had to fuck to get this coat?
22:55Stupid bitch!
22:59Hi, everyone!
23:02My parents weren't really big about the TV.
23:06I really only had, like, PBS and Sesame Street.
23:09Sesame Street was one gay-ass block.
23:13Okay, obviously we have Bert and Ernie.
23:15I mean, they're so gay, they practically are board members of GLAAD.
23:18Um, now, one of my favorite people that lives on Sesame Street is The Count.
23:24He's one of those old, Liberace gays.
23:27And he loves collecting tchotchkes.
23:29Like Fabergé eggs.
23:30One Fabergé egg.
23:32Two Fabergé egg.
23:33Three Fabergé egg.
23:35Ah, ah, ah.
23:40Oh good job.
23:49Wooo!
23:52Hi, I'm Jara Sofia.
23:54I'm gonna make a long story short.
23:57I met a guy in a club and he took me to a wonder restaurant he called McDonnells.
24:04Do you want a chicken sandwich?
24:05What the hell is chicken?
24:08She told me, chicken means polla.
24:11Polla means cock in Spain.
24:14I don't want to eat a fucking dick sandwich.
24:18After that, he took me to the apartment,
24:21and he took her clothes off.
24:23Oh my God, what the hell is that?
24:26It was huge.
24:28The difference between an onion and a 14-inch dick
24:33both makes me cry.
24:39Get out, get out, get out, get out, get out!
24:41Get out, get out, cabrón!
24:42They were shit all over the bed.
24:44I felt like a Willy Wonka in chocolate factory!
24:53My name's Delta Work.
24:54I'm in my early to early 30s,
24:57and I'm here in Southern California
24:58just kind of looking for love, you know?
25:00And it's kind of hard for a big girl like me
25:01because it's so body-conscious in L.A.,
25:04and it freaks me out to think,
25:06who is going to want a girl like me?
25:09What? Is that funny?
25:11Like, I see these stories about these girls.
25:13They go out running,
25:14and then they get, like, abducted and assaulted,
25:16and, you know, it's like,
25:18I have to eat frozen burritos.
25:21I have to watch the Marathon of Hoarders.
25:23Because if I go out and exercise,
25:25I'm going to get raped.
25:28You guys have been an amazing audience.
25:29Thank you so much for coming out.
25:30We appreciate you coming out.
25:35Welcome back, ladies.
25:36It's time for the judges' critiques.
25:38Let's start with Raja.
25:39How'd you feel out there?
25:41Woo!
25:43I am so glad that's over.
25:44It was really challenging.
25:46What I loved about your performance
25:47was that you had a topper of your topper line
25:50when you said the dad.
25:52Yeah.
25:52When did you think of that?
25:53Today.
25:54Today!
25:54It was good.
25:55The makeup is flawless.
25:57I could go on and on,
25:57but wow,
25:58your face is by far the most beautiful
26:00you've ever looked.
26:01I noticed you had a lot of setup,
26:03not a lot of punchlines.
26:04Overall, I thought you did a great job,
26:06and it's not easy to go first,
26:07and you look fantastic!
26:08Thank you!
26:11Next up, Carmen Carrera.
26:13Hey, guys.
26:14You didn't share your act with Rita yesterday.
26:17Was that a strategy you had?
26:18No, not at all.
26:19My way of thinking is very weird.
26:21Some people, I guess,
26:22think that I might be, like,
26:23not paying attention or not focusing,
26:24but I'm always in my head.
26:26How is your head?
26:27My head is good.
26:28Haven't had any complaints yet.
26:31Rita, what'd you think?
26:32Well, I was so proud of you.
26:35I couldn't figure out where the jokes
26:36were going to come from,
26:37and you figured it out.
26:38I thought that you were pretty,
26:40and you relied on that,
26:41so that performance
26:43completely changed my opinion of you.
26:46I love the hair in the outfit.
26:47It's like Wonder Woman
26:48meets my favorite shag rug.
26:50If you can be beautiful and funny,
26:51there's your superpower.
26:52I thought you were going to suck.
26:53Honest to God.
26:54I am so proud of you tonight.
26:58Hey, Carmen,
26:59are you actually wearing anything
27:00underneath that jacket?
27:02I kind of wanted to show you guys
27:03my real body.
27:06If I look like that,
27:07I would never take that outfit off
27:08or put clothes on.
27:10Thank you, Carmen.
27:11Up next, Alexis Mateo.
27:14I loved your reveal,
27:15and they are big.
27:17There's A, B, C, and Volkswagen.
27:19I think maybe you relied
27:21a little bit too much
27:22on the visual gag.
27:24In radio, you call it a crutch.
27:26It's when you repeat something
27:26over and over
27:27because you don't know what to say.
27:28In Alexis's case, it was honey.
27:29Listen, honey,
27:30let me tell you something, honey.
27:31You know, honey.
27:32Honey, honey, honey.
27:33But be aware of those crutches.
27:34All right, Alexis.
27:36Shangela Laquifa Wadley.
27:39The Pimpress.
27:40All right.
27:41I loved your concept.
27:42It was so strong.
27:43You kept on that theme,
27:45and there was absolutely
27:47no dead air.
27:48I just felt like people
27:49were really with you,
27:50and we felt like we were
27:51in the hands of a pro.
27:51You look better tonight
27:53than I've ever seen you look.
27:54You blended,
27:56and I see the major difference.
27:58So kudos to you, Shangela.
28:00I think that that act
28:02and your talent
28:04is money in the bank.
28:07Next up, Manila.
28:09Now, the Sesame Street jokes
28:11were very funny.
28:11Did you think of those,
28:12or had you heard them
28:13somewhere else?
28:13No, I just kind of like
28:15quick made it up.
28:15I mean, maybe someone else
28:17suspects it too.
28:18I think the audience
28:19took a beat
28:20to get to know you,
28:21and especially following
28:23Laquifa,
28:24you know,
28:24you had to really readjust
28:26the whole energy
28:26of the audience.
28:27The content that you had
28:29for the jokes
28:29and what they were based on,
28:31some of them were lost
28:32because when we were
28:33sort of laughing,
28:34you were on to the other one.
28:35Were you nervous?
28:36I kind of was.
28:38You did feel the most
28:38rehearsed of everybody,
28:40like maybe in a stiffer way?
28:41Everything about you
28:42visually is right on point
28:44tonight, Manila.
28:44But I feel like I've heard
28:46a lot of those jokes before.
28:47I mean, the Bert and Ernie joke,
28:48let's be honest,
28:49everybody has been telling them.
28:52Up next,
28:53Jada Sofia.
28:54Yes!
28:57What was your character's name?
28:59Blarra.
29:00I have a friend
29:01that is a little person,
29:02and he pushed me to do it.
29:04And he would not be offended
29:05by this at all?
29:06No.
29:07I did it with respect.
29:08This is the standard comedy
29:10that comedians do in Puerto Rico.
29:12I was wondering
29:12if it was going to be too graphic,
29:14but I knew your energy
29:15would take care of it.
29:16We loved watching you.
29:17I don't know what you talked about
29:19except chicken and some shit.
29:21I have to say,
29:22I love the character,
29:23and your capacity
29:24to stay on your knees
29:25could earn you
29:25a lot of money somewhere.
29:28Up next,
29:29we've got Delta Work.
29:31You seemed a little bit nervous.
29:33I loved the beginning,
29:33but at the end,
29:34we kind of went
29:35a bit of a distance
29:36without a laugh.
29:37I did notice
29:38going off track
29:39of what I thought
29:39I was going to do,
29:40and I guess
29:40somewhere in my mind,
29:42I thought that was being organic.
29:43It started off sort of strong.
29:45It felt very defined,
29:46and then I feel like
29:48maybe you lost your way,
29:50and then I felt like
29:51there wasn't a payoff.
29:53Just remember,
29:53when you're portraying
29:54a character,
29:55you got to go
29:56all the way with it.
29:57So pump it up.
29:58Get out of your head.
30:00Okay.
30:01All right.
30:02Ladies,
30:02I think we've heard enough.
30:03Now, while you all enjoy
30:05an absolute cocktail
30:06in the Interior Illusions Lounge,
30:08the judges and I
30:09will deliberate.
30:10You may leave the stage.
30:12Just between us girls,
30:14let's start with Raja.
30:17First of all,
30:17I love the bucket of blood
30:18on her head.
30:19She didn't really
30:19go inward for her comedy.
30:21We didn't get to know
30:22anything more about Raja.
30:24Had she incorporated
30:25or paralleled her own story
30:26with Carrie's story,
30:28it would have been funny.
30:28Let's talk about
30:29Carmen Carrera.
30:30She was the one
30:30I was worried about.
30:31She didn't tell me one joke.
30:33And she thought about it
30:34and came back with it.
30:35I was so impressed.
30:36Tonight,
30:37she did a great performance.
30:37I was very happy to see
30:39that personality come out.
30:40Honey, Alexis Mateo.
30:42I was a little disappointed
30:44that she rushed through it.
30:46She didn't let
30:47her routine breathe.
30:48It just seemed
30:48super amateur to me.
30:50I liked her physicality.
30:52She had some fun dance moves,
30:53but I don't remember her act.
30:54Shangela.
30:55She was very confident
30:56and comfortable on the stage.
30:57What she had was a character
30:59I've never seen before.
31:00And she has a catchphrase
31:01that I want to hear
31:02over and over.
31:03To me, as a stand-up,
31:04the audience wants to know
31:05that they're in good hands.
31:06With Laquifa,
31:08we wanted to go along
31:09on the ride.
31:09Her makeup was a lot
31:10better tonight, too.
31:11It really was.
31:12I think she did a good job.
31:14Manila Luzon.
31:15A lot of people
31:16recognized her routine
31:18or just felt very familiar.
31:20I do think she added
31:20some things that I'd never
31:21heard of,
31:22like Mr. Rogers
31:22and the mailman.
31:23I've never heard that.
31:24But it didn't seem fresh.
31:26Daughter Sophia.
31:27That bitch was crazy.
31:28She reminded me of Andy Kaufman,
31:29who did things that sort of
31:30just freaked people out,
31:31but they still laugh.
31:33I always say,
31:34when you do something,
31:35do it 110%.
31:36And I think she did it
31:38120%.
31:39I feel like it could be
31:40at, like, the Whitney Museum
31:41as, like, a performance.
31:42The Whitney and Bobby Museum.
31:44Delta work.
31:45It started out good,
31:46and then it just went
31:48all over the place.
31:49It's kind of dark,
31:50wasn't it?
31:50And it was a bit sad.
31:52She's thinking way too much
31:53about everything that she says.
31:54She's got a constant
31:55sadness around her.
31:56All right.
31:57Silence!
31:58I've made my decision.
32:01Send in the clowns.
32:05Welcome back, ladies.
32:08Now, based on your ability
32:09to tickle our funny bones,
32:11I've made some decisions.
32:13Alexis Mateo,
32:16you're safe.
32:22Raja,
32:23bloody well done.
32:26You are safe.
32:30Manila,
32:31your presentation was stiff.
32:34I'm sorry, my dear,
32:35but you are up for elimination.
32:37When who says
32:38that I'm in the bottom two,
32:39I'm in shock.
32:40At this point in the game,
32:41like, where we're all so good,
32:42like, any little fuck-up
32:44is now magnified.
32:45Shangela,
32:47as a post-modern pimp,
32:49you bitch-slap the competition.
32:53Condragulations,
32:53you are the winner
32:54of this challenge.
32:57You've won an original
32:58custom-designed gown
32:59from Miami Elite Designs.
33:02Hallelujah.
33:03I'm almost speechless.
33:05And the judge's response to me
33:06makes me just feel
33:07like I'm going in the right direction.
33:14Jara Sofia,
33:16you're safe.
33:17You may join the other girls.
33:23Carmen Carrera,
33:25you're safe.
33:29Delta work,
33:30my dear.
33:31This week,
33:31you lost your way.
33:33I'm sorry,
33:34but you are up for elimination.
33:35Okay.
33:36I'm pissed off
33:37because this should be
33:38my first time in the bottom.
33:39This shouldn't be
33:40my third time in the bottom.
33:41Two queens,
33:42stand before me.
33:43Ladies,
33:43this is your last chance
33:45to impress me
33:46and to save yourself
33:48from elimination.
33:52Oh, my God.
33:53I don't want Delta to go.
33:55The time has come
33:57for you to lip-sync
33:59for your life.
34:04Good luck
34:05and don't fuck it up.
34:12The rain was never waiting
34:16for us, dear.
34:18It ran one step ahead
34:21as we followed him
34:23again.
34:25The coffin's fog
34:27is melting
34:28in the dark.
34:30Someone left the cage out
34:33in the rain.
34:35I don't think
34:38that I can take it
34:40because it took so long
34:42to make it
34:43and I'll never have
34:45that recipe again.
34:55I recall the yellow
34:58on the ground
35:00beneath your knee
35:01because it's fog
35:04is melting
35:05in the dark.
35:07All the sweet
35:08green icing
35:09flow it down.
35:12I don't think
35:14that I can take it
35:16because it took
35:17so long to bake it
35:19and I'll never have
35:21that recipe again.
35:26Oh, no.
35:29I'm looking at Manila
35:30and I'm going,
35:31wow, this is Broadway.
35:54That is what a lip sync
35:56for your life
35:57is all about.
35:59Now,
36:00I have made my decision.
36:06Manila,
36:08Shantae, you stay.
36:10Thank you
36:11for everything
36:13you've given me.
36:15I love you.
36:20Fuck.
36:22Delta,
36:23you are a great queen.
36:26This experience
36:27will propel you
36:28into a phase
36:28where you can trust
36:30your God-given instinct.
36:32You know what?
36:33I love you.
36:33I adore you.
36:35Now,
36:37sashay away.
36:39Thank you very much.
36:50I took some risks
36:51and it didn't work
36:52in this case,
36:53but I'm not disappointed
36:54in myself.
36:54I'm so happy
36:55to have made it this far.
36:56I'm just glad
36:57to have lost to a Heather,
36:58not to one of the boogers.
37:00Congratulations, girls.
37:02You are all
37:03one step closer
37:04to becoming America's
37:05next drag superstar.
37:07And remember,
37:08if you can't love yourself,
37:10how in the hell
37:12are you going to love
37:12somebody else?
37:13Can I get an amen in here?
37:14Amen.
37:15All right.
37:15Now,
37:16let the music play.