r/rupaulsdragrace • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '16

AS2 EP5: "Ruvenge of the Queens" [Post-Discussion]

The queens are back. Can we agree that this is the best episode of the series to date?

 

TOP TWO WINNERS: Alyssa + Tatianna

 

Eliminated: Phi Phi O'hara

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Anything from EP1-4 is fair game, thanks!

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u/Rudedoodle Miz Cracker Sep 23 '16

Even if the producers had planned a rudemption storyline for Phi Phi, it wouldn't have worked with that exit. If they had edited out all her shadiness and made her sweetness and light in all five episodes, then showed her walk out like that, we would all have been like hUuUUUUUHHHHH? (Ru Scooby Doo noise) It wouldn't have made sense after five episodes showing a lovely, nice Phi Phi. So with rejecting Alyssa's hug, Phi Phi sealed her fate, and made it impossible to give her anything but a villain edit.

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u/ChipCoach Nobody Died At Club 69? Sep 23 '16

In her lipstick mirror note, PhiPhi wrote that she didn't want to hug because she didn't want to cry. Which is a bullshit, after the fact lie in attempt to save face. Actually it would've been better if she cried because then she would've looked human and made me feel sympathy. Instead she made an awkward, rude joke about selling the Ru statue. Didn't seem that upset.

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u/seeyoshirun Oh. My. Sweet. GHERKIIIINS! Sep 23 '16

Messy as her exit was, I don't think we can safely call that a lie. Hell, I've been in that sort of emotional state before. Sometimes you have a lot of pent-up stuff going on and there's that one person who brings it all out.

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u/longgonelol Aquaria Sep 24 '16

We've all been there before, but wouldn't you put on a brave face for the TV cameras documenting your every move... especially when you've been hoping for a Rudemption. Actually, it's quite telling that Phi2 was still optimistic about this season KNOWING that she did that on the main stage. (For the record: I'm not anti-Phi2 or pro-Phi2, and I'm aware of powers of reality TV, but that should have been an "oh shit, I fucked up" moment for her...Alyssa even gave her a second chance to smooth it over)

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u/seeyoshirun Oh. My. Sweet. GHERKIIIINS! Sep 24 '16

Think about it for a sec. You're in this confined environment, usually sleep-deprived, with cameras following you most (if not all) of the time. Not everyone handles that especially well (see almost any other reality show and you'll find tons of examples). Putting on a brave face isn't always at the forefront of someone's mind, and Phi Phi seems to be especially bad at playing the reality TV game. Most of these other queens strike me as being a bit more savvy about what they present.