# Ru Paul's Drag U is back in session (Monday June 18) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456 "2012-06-17T20:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/1 "2012-06-17T20:55:55Z")
I am giddier than Carol Channing in a wig shop! I love that show. I have never been able to get into _Drag Race_–if I want to see bitter queens bitching each other out, I can hang out with my friends. But _Drag U_ is sweet and heart-warming and supportive, \*and \*it has drag queens. I will be planted in front of my set at 9:00, mascara in one hand and teasing comb in the other. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/2 "2012-06-17T22:46:19Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > … mascara in one hand and teasing comb in the other. Just don’t lose track of which hand is which. That could get ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/3 "2012-06-17T23:40:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Just don’t lose track of which hand is which. That could get ugly. Or very, \*very \*pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/4 "2012-06-18T01:04:40Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > But _Drag U_ is sweet and heart-warming and supportive, \*and \*it has drag queens. … Why have I not been watching this?! Thanks for the heads-up! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/5 "2012-06-18T01:44:18Z")
I don’t have cable, what’s the concept? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/6 "2012-06-18T02:38:50Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I don’t have cable, what’s the concept? They take women who have no fab and make them more fab than they could have even imagined the day before. Basically, it’s a makeover show that goes beyond the clothes, the hair and the makeup. Of course, since it’s a drag-related show, they do ATTITUDE makeovers, also, mostly having to do with making the women see how awesome and fierce they actually are. It’s definitely got more heart than your average makeover show. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/7 "2012-06-18T13:04:26Z")
And the woman are \*volunteering \*to be made-over by drag queens, so they’re not being ambushed, like _What Not to Wear_. One of the reruns yesterday had the queens making over family members: one of whom was a queen’s Mormon mother! It was really sweet and tear-jerking, the Mom looked like Michelle Pfeiffer when they got through with her, and the Mormon \*grandparents \*showed up for Draguation! One of my favorite parts is the Dragulator, the extremely high-tech scientific device Ru uses to determine your drag name and persona. 9:00 tonight, Logo, I am there! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/8 "2012-06-19T11:04:17Z")
_squee!_ Latrice Royale as one of the professors! I loved her last season. I was watching while getting ready for work, and could only watch up through the drag style concept photos at the start before having to stop, so I’ll catch up on the rest tonight or so. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/9 "2012-06-19T13:15:38Z")
I am so glad they kept the Dragulator. Funny how when shown two “everyday drag” dresses, all three women chose the worst, least-flattering one. What Ru says is true: “We’re all born naked; everything else is drag.” I look around my office and see people in Hipster Drag, Lesbian Drag, Musician Drag, Dowager Drag (that would be me, of course). The people who are pathetic are those with no look, no style, no idea how to present themselves. Find your look and _work it!_ ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/10 "2012-06-19T13:31:40Z")
Is this available streaming anywhere? ETA - rocking Librarian Drag today myself, I note. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/11 "2012-06-19T13:37:43Z")
They’re rerunning it tonight at 7:00, and probably endlessly before next week’s too. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/12 "2012-06-19T23:17:55Z")
Aw, “Callie Tropicale” just **rocked** her drag outfit! But yeah, they just did not go for the best choices for their “everyday drag” dresses, did they? I think they needed just a bit more prodding from their profs. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/13 "2012-06-20T05:52:26Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The people who are pathetic are those with no look, no style, no idea how to present themselves. > > Find your look and _work it!_ Hey, no look is my look. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/14 "2012-06-26T13:02:10Z")
Anyone watch ep. 2? It really \*is \*Queen for a Day–the one with the saddest story wins. Contestant one: “I have a dead car-crash wife!” Contestant two: “I have a dead cancer child!” Contestant Three: “I got nuthin’. I might as well just leave now.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/15 "2012-06-26T17:50:54Z")
God, yes, that was unfortunate. I loved the firefighter (“dead cancer child!”) makeover the most, but I think all three of them were worse in heels than the women last episode. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/16 "2012-06-26T18:24:00Z")
I love when Ru gave the widow back her memorial necklace: “I couldn’t sell it on eBay.” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/17 "2012-06-26T18:29:45Z")
Talk about carrying around literal chains weighing you down. It’s bad when you actually wear more jewelry in “everyday drag” than in fab drag! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/18 "2012-06-26T18:43:32Z")
Did you \*see \*that terrifying memorial tattoo portrait on that other woman’s arm?! It looked like a nine-year-old had done a drawing of Carrot Top. Jeez, I hope her daughter didn’t actually \*look \*like that. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/19 "2012-06-26T18:48:46Z")
My mom is recording it for me, since I sadly lack LOGO. I didn’t know that Drag U existed until I saw previews a couple of weeks ago, but I loved Drag Race, and every time I watched I thought that I would looooove a drag makeover, so I’m very excited about getting to see what they come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456/20 "2012-06-26T23:46:33Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > But _Drag U_ is sweet and heart-warming and supportive, \*and \*it has drag queens. At 9 my dear husband has the TV remote firmly clutched in his hands, short of hitting him with an iron skillet I won’t be seeing it until he goes on his next trip. So, are there any pictures online of women they have enfabulated? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ru-pauls-drag-u-is-back-in-session-monday-june-18/625456.md?page=2)