Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S16E4 "RDR Live!" Review

Summary

Sibling Rivalry – Sibling Watchery: RuPaul's Drag Race S16E4 "RDR Live!" Review

Date: January 31, 2024
Hosts: Bob the Drag Queen & Mistress Isabelle Brooks (guest cohost)
Episode Theme:
A detailed, hilariously candid review of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, Episode 4 (“RDR Live!”). Bob and guest cohost Mistress Isabelle Brooks break down the scripted sketch challenge (Drag Race’s take on SNL), cast dynamics, runway looks, Cheer tributes, and the episode’s highs and lows, with signature shade, pop culture digressions, and insider drag insight.

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode focuses on dissecting the “RDR Live!” challenge—Drag Race’s comedy homage to Saturday Night Live—critiquing both the show’s writing and the queens' performances. The duo also analyzes runway looks for "Night of a Thousand Chers," highlights Miami's behind-the-scenes drama, debate the show's comedic direction, and celebrates (while poking fun at) the current cast. The tone is irreverent, saucy, and deeply knowledgeable.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Guest Introduction (02:01)

• Mistress Isabelle Brooks confirms she’s still based in Houston despite considering LA (“Let me just stay my ass home because it’s nothing but trouble over there.”)
• Bob introduces the episode’s focus: reviewing Episode 4 of Drag Race S16, and throws shade at the state of scripted comedy on the show:

  “I don’t know who's writing comedy over at Drag Race, but… we need a revamp.” (02:24, Bob)

2. Fallout from Previous Elimination – "Texas Realness" (03:35–06:34)

• Talks Geneva’s shade toward Mirage, Texas drag culture’s frankness, and differences in coping with elimination.
• Notable quote (Bob):

  “This show is fucking stressful. Like, I can’t impress upon you how truly stressful RuPaul’s Drag Race is… You’re not eating like you normally eat. You’re chugging Red Bulls—if you just hold your hand out, a Red Bull would just land in your hand.” (06:34)

• Mistress jokes about Red Bull or “a bump,” and shares production tea on the infamous House of Love cocktails.

3. The “RDR Live!” Challenge – Scripted Comedy Woes (08:12–13:49)

• Bob expresses immediate concern at the choice of a scripted SNL parody:

  “Drag Race is its funniest when the girls improv and when the girls write, when the girls make up the stuff. Not when they’re handed these scripts.” (09:14, Bob)

• Mistress critiques dated references:

  “The writers are the gays who know Barbra Streisand… The younger generation wants to see different references on Drag Race.” (09:31, Mistress)

• Suggestions to modernize:

  “It’s okay to reference Cher, but we can also talk a little bit about Billie Eilish… throw in Ice Spice.” (10:05, Bob)

• The queens agree writing is out of touch, packed with old gay icon references.

4. Casting Dynamics & “Mother Energy” (15:18–17:36)

• Sapphira’s no-nonsense leadership:

  “When Sapphira puts her foot down, bitches don’t talk back… She’s not here for the bullshit. She’s here to win the motherfucking crown.” (15:29–15:50, Bob)

• On hosting: the host must be the most confident—even if not the funniest.

5. Drama Analysis: Plane Jane vs. Amanda & Plasma’s Meltdowns (19:49–23:40)

• Mistress admires Amanda’s refusal to back down when Plane Jane insults her (“mandatory reading” is born).
• Bob criticizes fake apologies and strategic villain arcs, warning Plane Jane’s setup could backfire if Amanda sends her home.
• Notable quote (Bob):

  “How poetic for you to bully this bitch all season long. And then your first slip up, you’re both in the bottom together…” (23:15)

6. “Dumb Drag” Trend — Is ‘Stupid’ the New Black? (27:14–33:41)

• The growing trend of queens declaring their wish to be “stupid” or “dumb,” apparently inspired by the success of queens like Jimbo and Willow Pill.
• Bob pushes: “Let’s make drag smart again!” (27:14)
• Mistress: “You have what it takes to be dumb, bitch—we already believe you…” (33:03)
• Critique: True bimbo/ditzy drag (like Lady Bunny or Jimbo) takes smarts and craft—imitators don’t realize it’s high art.

7. Ross Matthews as Comedy Mentor (28:58–30:35)

• Discussion of Ross’s comedic credentials; Mistress unfamiliar with pre-Drag Race Ross — Bob cites Ross the Intern days.

8. “Live” Performance Panic – Debunking the Fear (44:05–45:10)

• Bob:

  “Why are these girls acting like one take is crazy? Every time you go to the club, you got one take. People on Broadway do it eight shows a week, one take… Y’all grew up doing community theater, dance, recitals. You have one take!” (44:27)

9. Sketch & Performance Review (49:36–51:35)

• Weekend Update: Amanda Tori Reading & Dawn given props (“solid”).
• Barbershop Quartet: Highlighted as comedic peak (Plasma especially praised; Nymphia “didn’t seem to know who Barbra Streisand is”).
• Notable (Bob):

  “The barbershop quartet was the highlight for me… plasma is the reason why, and also Nymphia being so bad at it.” (50:31)

10. Runway: Night of a Thousand Chers – Look-by-Look Commentary (52:01–73:16)

Key notes (see [Timestamps] for more detail):

• Overall: Bob/Mistress call for a shift towards designer/creator runways (Bob Mackie, Mugler, etc).
• Tsunami: Non-padded, but “ass looks great.”
• Morphine: Discussion of beaded trim vs. hand beading; body shape; lack of corset (53:29–54:44).
• Maya Iman Le’Page: “Cher promoting Burlesque is camp… the look is a mess.” (54:44–56:10)
• Geneva Carr: Critique of “disco dot” costume, cheap hat, unfavorable design choices (56:10–58:52).
• Mirage: Elegant, well-received—hair not era accurate, but “one of my favorite looks.” (59:30–60:50)
• Megami: Classic Cher look, slight hairline distraction.
• Plane Jane: “Stunning,” almost flawless—minor quibble with hair parting (63:37–64:23).
• Amanda Tori Reading: “Selena, not Cher… It’s always something.” (64:23–65:43)
• Dawn: Odd removal of the most impressive piece; “bold move.” (66:18–67:38)
• Q: “Great costume designer who became a drag queen.” (67:36–69:17)
• Plasma: “Eating this episode. This win was so deserved.” (69:56)
• Nymphia: Disconnect in skin tone/illusion—suggestions for improved drag body.
• Sapphira Cristal: “Big, beautiful, appropriate, consistent… maybe the most well-rounded queen this season.” (72:16–73:16)

11. Results & Lip Sync (74:19–78:02)

• Plasma wins (emotional confessional: “She’s so corny that I’m into it again!”).
• Bottom two: Geneva & Mirage; Bob shocked Mirage lands there, feels Maya should’ve been bottom for a poor look and performance.
• Devastation at Mirage flubbing lyrics:

  “She pulls the cardinal sin. She doesn’t know the words… I am devastated. I know I’m watching this… knowing the whole time she’s about to fucking go home.” (77:09)

12. Emotional Farewell (78:36–80:06)

• Mirage’s emotional exit (“I didn’t make anyone proud”), which both hosts refute:

  “Mirage. That is not true. You made so many of us proud…” (78:36, Bob)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On dated Drag Race references:

  “A Jackie Collins joke in 2024 is wild. That’s wild.” (14:02, Bob)

• On Sapphira’s leadership:

  “I’m not going back and forth with you. It is what it is. It’s gonna be what it’s gonna be. I’m not here for the bullshit.” (15:50, Bob)

• On the trend to be a ‘dumb’ drag queen:

  “This dumb insurgence in drag, I’m over it. Stop trying to be dumb, y’all!” (27:14, Bob)

• On Mirage’s exit:

  “I live for a queen who just walks off… reality TV, that’s what’s so special about Drag Race: convey your feelings, just live in your emotions.” (79:03, Mistress)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |---------------------------------------|----------------| | Mistress intro & Texas update | 02:01 | | Comedy writing shade | 02:24–03:27 | | Past elimination fallout | 03:35–05:40 | | Red Bull & Drag Race stress | 06:34 | | SNL scripts vs. improv debate | 08:12–10:18 | | Writer references – need for update | 09:31–10:18 | | Sapphira’s leadership | 15:18–15:50 | | Hosting “strength” in drag | 16:39–17:36 | | Plane Jane vs. Amanda drama | 20:45–23:40 | | “Dumb drag” debate | 27:14–33:41 | | Ross Matthews history | 28:58–30:35 | | “One take” performance reality | 44:05–45:10 | | Sketch review highlights | 49:36–51:35 | | Runway rundown | 52:01–73:16 | | Winner, bottom, and lip sync details | 74:19–78:36 | | Emotional send-off for Mirage | 78:36–80:06 |

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Tone & Style

The conversation is rollicking, irreverent, and filled with playful shade and drag banter. Bob and Mistress give insightful critiques peppered with personal stories, jokes about pop music rivalries (Nicki Minaj’s barbs vs. Beyoncé’s beyhive, 10:55–11:29), and self-aware reality TV commentary—all laced with love for the craft.

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Summary

For listeners who missed it: This episode delivers an incisive and hilarious Drag Race episode review with classic Sibling Rivalry sauciness. Bob and Mistress break down the “RDR Live!” challenge, mourn the show’s old-school humor, and demand smarter, fresher jokes and references. They heap praise and criticism in equal measure on runway looks (from beaded extravagance to disco dot flops), spotlight cast personalities—especially Sapphira’s “mother” energy—and deconstruct the drama and dynamics with the clarity only seasoned drag experts can. Essential listening for anyone who wants the unvarnished tea, the behind-the-scenes reality, and plenty of good-natured drag shadiness.

Transcript

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

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[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

All.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Listen, this is Sibling rivalry podcast. We only have 8,000 reviews on, on Apple and we should have. We have shady. We have hundreds of thousands of, hundreds of thousands of listeners. We have almost 20,000 on our Patreon. So there should be at least 20k reviews on Apple podcasts. So if you all could please go and give us a review over on Spotify, over on Apple Podcasts, over on everywhere, wherever you listen to your podcast. Please, please, please. It helps a lot. So give us that review. We need those. Sweet, sweet, delicioso review. Even if you don't listen on Apple podcasts, you get it as an Apple user. When you have, if you have an iPhone, just download the app and go. Leave a five star review and a comment. That's all you gotta do. It's gonna take you literally, literally one minute to do all of that. Thank you, Everyone. We are here with Mistress Isabelle Brooks, the heavyweight champion of Texas herself. Are you still in Texas? Or did you do the. Or did you do the RDR and move to LA like all the other girls?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

No, I'm here in Houston, Texas. You know, I'm finally home off of work. The world. I've been gone for five months. I'm finally trying to like get in the normalcy of being home. But I considered it. Honestly, I wanted to move to LA because I wanted to start my YouTube journey and do a whole bunch of other content and it's just easier to be around the girls. But then I was like, let me just stay my ass home because it's nothing but trouble over there.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And you're not wrong. I mean, never Count it out. Go to la. Don't go to la. Rent a room in LA and rent a room. Instead of getting, like, one big, fierce place, just rent a small room. You know, that's what I did for a long time in la, and now I live there, and, you know, not anywhere else. But we are going to be reviewing episode four of RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 here on Sibling Watchery. And I gotta say, I don't know who's writing comedy over at rdr, but we need. Are the writers still on strike? We need. And this may be harsh, but we need a revamp.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Wait, but before you continue, you have to give, like, a little disclaimer. If you work at World of Wonder, RuPaul's Drag Race, MTV, Viacom, you have to click off the video. This video content is not for you. This is, like, this is a legally binding contract, okay? It's a verbal agreement. If you work for them, you got to click off. It's not for you.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You can't watch this. RuPaul. Stop watching RuPaul. I know you're obsessed. Stop watching this video.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

It's garbage. It's garbage.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I can't. Let's just. Before we even get there, let's just start with the fallout. So Geneva thinks. So Geneva just. Okay. Geneva's a little bit shader than I thought. I don't know. Jane was, like, revealing things to me as she goes in. Like, she walks in, she's like, I think Mirage should have been in the bottom. Why did you need to share that?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She's a Texas queen. So I knew. I actually know quite a few of the girls before they're on Drag Race, and I used to compete with Geneva in pageants before, and that's just how the girls are in Texas. So, like, they just. They deflect, even if you were hot. Garbage. She's like, I thought she should have been in the bottom. It's like, girl, ooh.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like, who said that? For the record, I don't think Mirage should have been in the bottom last week, and I am, quite frankly, devastated that she gone home this week. Spoiler alert. I was really. We will get to that. We will get to that. But, yeah, Geneva just really wanted us at home to know that Mirage should have been in the bottom. And then Q, it seems like Q might be throwing some shade at Nymphia because she's like, well, I think I should won because mine had unconventional materials and I got perfect critiques. And part of me wants to be like, I feel like you all are under this assumption that a design challenge means either sewing challenge or you're trying to get it to your own parameters. They didn't say you had to use unconventional materials. You chose to use unconventional. They gave you men's clothes, and you chose to do unconventional materials. So why are you gagging?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

See, that's why I was thinking when Geneva said it, though. Like, Geneva, like, okay, the outfit that Geneva made, Girl, it was like a super, super, super basic. But she was like, girl, if they didn't want us to use the stretch fabrics, they wouldn't have provided the stretch fabrics. Girl. Very that. Why would I, like, why complicate things? But I also get it. Because Q wanted to show out. That's why she was evil.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But also. But the thing about. I mean, I know we're not reviewing last week's episode, but, like, girl, I think, like, 80% of the outfit was the stretch fabric. It's supposed to be, like, used as menswear. And then it was like a big tube with a little here and a little here.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

That's why she's wearing a cocoon. Like, Jasmine Masters.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, at this point, basically, and, okay, did I miss something? Did. Did playing Jane cry last episode?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She was crying.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

When did I miss something?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

You know, multiple of them were crying. You didn't see that. You missed that part.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

When was. I watched the whole thing. How did I miss.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

At the very end, they were like. They started crying. They were like, oh, we know Bob's gonna gaslight us and talk shit on sibling rivalry and stuff like that. So I think they all were crying, but then they edited out. I don't know. Maybe this wasn't on your part of the screen, but I saw it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Maybe World Warner sends me a different cut. They know my IP address. They sent me a different cut, but I was like, why does Plane Jane have tears streaming down her face? Like, what happened?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I mean, it was the first elimination. Maybe the girls were, like, were, like, crying and, like, they were sad for her.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I mean, I had a real intense boo hoo. The episode that asked the Betty went Home. It never really made the air. But when you're on Drag Race, y' all don't know, man. This show is fucking stressful. Like, I can't impress upon you how truly stressful RuPaul's Drag Race is. And you're there and you're like, I'm gonna be chill. I'll never cry. And then you get there and you're like, I'm fucked up. This shit is Fucking stressing me out. I'm not eating like I normally eat. I'm only drinking Red Bull. I'm chugging Red Bulls, pounding Red Bulls. They're available. Red Bulls are available to you anytime. If you just hold your head out, a Red Bull would just land in your hand. You know what I mean? Some girls are just like, y' all

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

saw how she sucked in like that? She meant Red Bull or a bump.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, listen, a little red bump. No, imagine me high on coke. And then also, I don't drink, but I know that some girls were also. Here's the thing. When you don't drink, little secret. When going into revolves Drag Race, we don't drink. You can gain leverage with your co host, with your cohorts and your. And your competitors, because you only get one drink. But if I say, oh, I would like a drink, I can give my drink to someone else. So.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But didn't they switch from, like, full alcohol drinks to the House of Love cocktails?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, but how's the cocktails are not a joke. I've seen the alcohol. If you just look at the alcohol content in the House of Love, it is. It is, like, twice as strong as a beer.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, the House of Love cocktails will get you together.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But also, like, I don't know, like, for me, when I was. When I was at Drag Race was quite recently, they. They had, like, extra drinks on the table because, like, we had more than one.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, they're trying to promote. I think they're trying to promote. They're trying to promote the House of Love. They're like, we don't care if these bitches get fucked up as long as this motherfucking House of Love, as long as we sell this. This fucking sugar water, we don't give a fuck. This sugar water with vodka in it, I don't give a fuck. And then Sapphira. So, okay, so they're all trying to. So then RuPaul comes in and announces that they're going to be doing RDR Live, which is their version of Saturday Night Live, obviously. And I'm immediately concerned. Immediately concerned because I'm concerned because I know how the comedy writing has been on Drag Race in the past seasons,

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

and for me, girl, I thought you meant concern for the girls, like, on their behalf. Girl, you're concerned for the girl?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Concern for me as a viewer. I'm concerned for the audience, because. Tell me if I'm wrong. Drag Race is. Its funniest. When the girls improv and when the girls write, when the Girls make up the stuff. Those are actually the funniest moments. Not when they're handed these scripts.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Agreed.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And, like, when you think about Snatch Game or just. Or even within the confines of scripts, whenever someone steps out and does their own thing, that's when it ends up being the best version that people are, like, gagging over and whatnot.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Mm. Yeah, because I feel like. I don't know, Like, I don't want to say maybe, like, the writers are, like. The writers are the gays who know, like, Barbra Streisand, and they're just older, and they have a different mindset, I think. And I feel like the younger generation wants to see, like, different references on Drag Race, because I feel like half the time, like, for instance, why are we always referencing so many older, like, gay icons? Which, I mean, of course we should, but it. I think it needs to be brought to be more current to begin with. And then the references start to fill themselves in. I just feel like there's so much missing.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You're not wrong. I don't think you're wrong. It's okay to reference Cher, but we can also talk a little bit about Billie Eilish. It's okay to reference Barbra Streisand, but we could throw it. We could just have a conversation about Ice Spice.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

You know what I mean? They could have been writing about Megan's foot, and they could have been writing about a whole bunch of other stuff and mixing it in.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, not Megan's foot. You heard Nikki's writing about Megan's foot, and the Internet is dragging. Nikki, girl. The Internet said, nikki, don't ever, ever talk.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Not too much. Not too much. You know, I'm neutral because I'm from Houston, so I have to ride for Megan, but I am a Barb. But there's some foolishness and shenanigans happening, girl.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And maybe we'll do a little Patreon exclusive about that, because I didn't. I tell you. I'll tell you right now. I will fight anybody except the Barbs. I don't want to. I don't want that part.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

No, but the Barbs. The Barbs are the beehive. Who rides harder?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The Barbs.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Really? You think so?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yes. I will tell right now. I am bold enough to do the. I'm bold enough to scream during everybody on mute at the Beyonce concert, but I'm not even bold enough to look sideways at Nicki Minaj on the Internet because people are crazy.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

That is kind of true. I feel like the Barbze they'll read you in the Twitters and get you together. The Barbz are just DMing you your address. They're like, baby, I know I gotta get you together.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Because Beyonce herself is like, I'm classy. And Nicki Minaj is like, I'm gutter. And they're like, well, then if she's gutter, we're gutter.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Calling all barbs. End her now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No. That's what Nikki said. Nikki said, married a shooter. Unless you niggas try to breathe loud like, she don't want you. She don't even want you breathing around her. If you just breathe around her, she's ready to end it all just for doing the thing that sustains life. She's over it.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She is.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

My bad. So let's go back to RuPaul's Drag Race. This fucking episode. I'm not, like, shitting on. I am shitting on the episode.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I knew I would have to watch that. That's why I'm being tactful, because I feel like you're about to go in. I feel the energy. I feel like immediately I can see you did not like anything.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, and it's not that I didn't like anything. It's not that I did not like anything. It's just that I just find this writing hard to sit through. And I feel like this because they wrote the sketch on this where only one girl has gone home. This sketch was so long, it just would never end. And I just. And I just was like, oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Okay, actually, everyone, tag World of wonder. Tag RuPaul's Drag Race. Okay, so let's act like you're applying for the job. How would you have cleaned it? How would cleaned it up to make it entertaining. Then what do you want to see

[Bob the Drag Queen]

if I was gonna be writing on for. If I was gonna be writing for RuPaul's Drag Race and we were doing

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

the SNL skit, Like, how. What would you have done differently in this specific.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, I certainly would have used some more. I would have made sure that the girls knew who they were. Like, you don't know Lindsey Graham. You can't be doing a Lindsey Graham bit if you don't know Jackie Collins. Don't tell a Jackie Collins joke. I could tell Morphine didn't know who Jackie Collins was. And I was like, why are you making a Jackie Collins joke if you don't even know who Jackie Collins is? Also, Jackie Collins is a. This reference is beyond dated. Not that Jackie Collins novels aren't I mean, I don't know if Jackie Collins is even still writing novels or if she's still. And he's pumping out her romance novels. But this is like making a Danielle still joke. Like, we're making jokes about Danielle still and Jackie Collins. This is wild. Why are we making Jackie Collins jokes? Come on.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But also, like, just to play devil's advocate, and I don't know if this is true for you. When I was on Drag Race, we. They would. If they would give us a reference. Like, for instance, we did the infomercial challenge. Is she frozen? Look, she's spiraling.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm spiraling. Why are we making. I need a fucking Diet Coke to get through this fucking shit. A Jackie Collins joke in 2024 is wild. That's wild.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I feel like when I was on Drag Race, they would give us, like, for instance, in the infomercial challenge, they showed us a bunch of Oprah interviews, and they gave us references. So I feel like it would only make sense for them to have showed the girls who they were playing. But then I guess, like you said, it kind of seems like they didn't.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, but we had. They showed us references, too, because there was something that Naomi didn't know and something that someone else didn't know they showed us. But I will say this, Jack Race has not always been like, I was on this show. They did Ruko's Empire, which was poof on Empire. And Empire was on the air at the time. They did Breast world on season 10. They did. So anyway, let's just keep moving on. So. So in the midst of all this, this is actually one of the. Probably one of the most chill castings that I've ever seen. It's very, very little drama. I mean, and also, have you noticed this? When Sapphira puts her foot down, bitches don't talk back. Have you noticed this?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yes. Yes. I feel like she just exudes, like, mother energy. You know what she gives me, really? She reminds me so much of Asia o'. Hara.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't think Asia has the commanding. Like. Like. Like, bitches don't. What? Bitches don't back down. Like, Asia was going back and forth, people. Sapphira is not going back and forth with you. Sapphira said, I will never. I will. I'm never willing to bow down and tsunami.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

So you're saying she's giving Malaysia Baby doll Fox. I will not be disrespected.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Baby doll. Baby doll. Baby doll. She. When she said, I'm never willing to bow Down. I don't know who. I don't know if it was Toonami or someone. She just said, all right. She said what? She said she ain't gonna bow down. And she ate that up. And then even Mirage was like. And the way that Sapphira is very much giving. I'm not going back and forth with you. It is what it is. It's gonna be what it's gonna be. I'm not fucking here for the bullshit. I'm here to win the motherfucking crown. It's very much giving, that energy, you know, Most definitely. And I feel like there's something about. So once Mirage says, I guess I'm hosting, because Sapphire was like, you can host. I'm gonna be with the Barbers. As soon as she said that, I was like, it's a rap. I love Mirage. It's gonna be a rap. Because this. I guess maybe you don't have a plan.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

That was the part that sent me the most, because I feel like any drag queen out there who is actually a working drag queen, the host. If you have a horrible host and you're on the show, the whole show is going to be the fool. The host needs to be the strongest person. It needs to be the funniest person. And that's. The person's gonna carry everyone in. If the host has everybody in a good mood, then your performance will go better. And as soon as she was, like, questioning herself, I was like, girl, it's a chop. Don't even just put the microphone down.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The guy gets. Sometimes the host isn't even the funniest. Sometimes they're just the most confident. Sometimes the host just has confidence. And there are some hosts in this world, and you've seen the mistress, and I've seen them, too. They have been telling the same seven jokes for 15 years, and they deliver those jokes with the confidence to the same audiences week after week after week. But there's so much confidence in that. You are just. You are in the palm of their hands because they're keeping the show moving. And Mirage didn't seem like she was going to be giving any level of confidence

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

and shout out to Bianca Del Rio. She was talking about same jokes over and over again. How dare you disrespect your drag mother, Bob. Very disgusting.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Telling everyone, Bianca's my drag mom. Stop saying that. Bianca's not my fucking.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Why do you say that? I thought that was a t. Wow.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Drag her, not drag.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Sorry, Bianca.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Bob said you could never be my drag mom.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Babe, all the drag race Fans tag me in the drag family trees. You're literally right there with Bianca. I don't understand. You're right there with Bianca. Monet's right there with Honey Davenport. It's time we just start accepting who. Who our mothers are.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, well, Honey Davenport is. Is Monet's mom, and Bianca is not my fucking drag mom. She is a crazy old lady who lived up the street from me who has a lot of fucking cats. So Plasma is having a hissy fit, but Plasma is fighting by herself. Like, no one's fighting with Plasma. Plasma is just in the corner just huffing, and she thinks that there's this plan. And also, once you watch the sketch, you realize that she's not actually being Barbara. She's just doing a little Barbara in the Barbara Quartet, the barbershop quartet. But I feel like Plasma is having a whole fight. And to quote Megan Thee stallion, any beef? Got any hoe? Got beef with me? Is beefing by herself. Plasma is beefing alone in a corner, and at any opportunity, she's complaining about it.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Baby, she was.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Meg. Megan thee stallion. Not.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Not you choosing sides.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, my God.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Again. Look, there she go choosing sides. Barbs. Calling all barbs Bob. Just put her foot down. Literally. She says she's. She's part of this baby. She's a horsey. She's a horsey.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Wow. Not foot wow.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Too soon. That's crazy. No, I feel like that's like a. That shows. Like, when you're at Drag Race, you're overthinking. That's why it's best to just go in and just, like, have a good time. If you overthink, you're going to get in your head. That's. That's exactly what's happening for Plasma and for Mirage. Like, baby, you just got to go for it and do it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. Plasma thinks that the girls are cahooting against her to. To. To bring her down. And she's like, we've had. We've had this conversation on Drag for some time, but I have so much reverence for Barbra Streisand. I just. I can't. I don't have the possibility to even twist my body to even make a possible single joke. Because she was in Funny Girl, and she was in I can get it for you, Hozo on Broadway when she was 19 years old, and then she directed Yentl, and she was in Yentl, and she did drag. She was doing Drag and Yentl, and then she. I was like, girl, we weren't calling Barbra Streisand a bitch and a slut. You were literally just singing songs while saying you're in a. Like, no one's making fun of Barbara, baby. Just sing the songs.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But also, this is a prime example to show that I personally don't think that Plane Jane is truly a villain. Because if I was there and I. And I felt that energy, I would have been like, girl, they're trying to get you. Do not do Barbara. They're saying you're a nasty, big nose bitch. Do not do Barbara. And I would. I would just be, where's my spoon? I. Girl, be stirring.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And why do you all say she's my barber? What is it about her that you all think she's good at? Barbara? I'm just wondering what it is. Like, wow. Did you see the. The next week's. On next week's episode?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Uh, Give it to me, baby.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You always have to stick around for the. On next week's episode. I don't know what the fuck is going on with Plane Jane, but, like, leave Amanda the fuck alone. What the fuck is. Like, what is your problem? What is your fucking. We actually need to go back to that. So. So I skipped that note. So Amanda and Plane Jane are like, is it over? Are we still talking about her?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I have it right here.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What's with this?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I have more respect for you than

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I had do with Amanda. Like, where is this coming from?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Get her, girl. Get her ass. We're starting the beginning.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Sorry.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Assured.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I definitely have more respect for you than I do for Amanda. Why are you such a cunt? What's with this?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I have more respect for you than

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I do with Amanda. Like, where is this coming from?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Get her, girl. Get her ass.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So, like, so playing Jane, the type of episode is like, it's like, I'm sorry I was drinking. Which, by the way, lame. Excuse me? Like, lame excuse. But what I respect that Amanda's not backing down. Amanda's like, I don't care about your apology. It wasn't warranted. And you don't get to, like, diss me, drag me, and then come back and beg my forgiveness. Then I just give it to you. No, girl, fuck you all the way.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

That's why they're calling her a mandatory reading, baby. Because she is clear.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Is that what they're saying?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Maybe on Twitter, she's a mandatory reading that I'd like to. I mean, I feel like the way I see it is I think playing Jane is going for the weakest link in what? In her mind, what she thinks. And I'M glad that Amanda's fighting back and biting back, because, I mean, I see both sides of the coin. But I also think the girls maybe feel like they're like, this is why I don't like when drag queens go on Drag Race and, like, overproduce either. Like, just be yourself and, like, don't go and attack people. That's not really your thing. But I'm starting to think that maybe this really is Plane Jane's thing. Maybe she just is the girl who just spews off and I don't like it, but I'm gonna keep eating it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, maybe this is her thing, but her thing is just kind of crummy. Like, it's just that her thing just isn't good. But Amanda's already getting. She better get into this Amandatory reading. That is fucking fierce. I'm obsessed with that. But also, what Amanda doesn't. What playing Jane doesn't realize is, baby, this is still tv. You are setting yourself up for a prime moment where a mandatory meeting has an opportunity to. To send you the fuck home. How poetic for you to bully this bitch all season long. And then your first slip up, you're both in the bottom together. And we've seen Plane Jane perform. It's not giving anything particularly remarkable when she lip syncs. I don't know.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She does have immunity, though, doesn't she?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She does have immunity.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

If I was playing the game and I was playing Jane, what I would do, I would read Amanda for filth. And then, like, the next episode, after everyone's mad for me reading her, I would be like, you know what, girl? Please forgive me. When she's in the bottom, I'll use my immunity on her. And I'd be like, let's just be sisters. Like, I'm so sorry.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I didn't mean to do it. That's the redemption arc. That is that. That's that Omarosa. For those of you who watch House of Villains, when Omarosa voted at the very, very end for what's her name from Bad Girl Club. Yeah, Tanisha, where everyone's like, omarosa's voting for Tanisha. This is crazy. That would be very much that tease. That's a real villain right there. Yeah. So that just. That's what's going on. And I feel like Plasma's hissy fit is so lukewarm because no one's. It doesn't involve anyone. It's just Plasma by herself having a hissy fit. And also this weird thing where Megami keeps trying to align herself with Plane Jane. And I'm like, of all people, why her? You could align yourself with anyone in this room. You could align yourself with anyone. Why are you like, we're both the dumb bimbo sluts. And I don't feel like Megami has shown us anything that says that her drag Persona is like a dumb slut.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, if I was there and after I saw her protect Drag little talent show, I would say she's more like a Nina west, like toe sucker kind of girl. Like a little Disney, like cutesy.

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[Bob the Drag Queen]

But also, she seems to be giving this like she's like, I'm goth, I'm a cosplay, I'm a nerd. But now when you got near Plane Jane, now you're a dumb bimbo. Like, wait What? Where did that come. How did you become a bimbo? Where's. Where's this? I thought you were the cosplay nerd. I thought you were the protect drag kid. I thought you were the protect drag girl. And now you're the. I'm, like, checking every box and she keeps saying, like, I just want to show them how dumb I am. I'm like, where did this stop? Let's make drag smart again. Can we? My new thing is make drag smart again. This dumb insurgence in drag, I'm over it. Stop trying to be dumb, y'. All. If you're not a dumb bitch, don't. You're not. You can't be a dumb bitch. You can't force yourself to be a dumb bitch, y'. All. It's people pretending to be dumb or acting dumb when you're not dumb. It takes a lot of skill to pull off a lady bunny. Pulling off a lady bunny takes a lot of craft. It's not just Burger finger. It's not just I have big boobs. What Jimbo is doing is truly artful. It's not just acting like a dumb bimbo. Slut is actually much smarter than that, guys. So can we please make drag smart again? I'm in a mood today, mistress.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Wow. So you're saying the queen who's wearing the Sasha Velour crown in her confessional is not smart?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

What I'm saying is. No, she's the one telling us she's dumb. She's the one telling us she's dumb. I'm dumb, bitch. Stop being dumb. Start being smart, bitch.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She wants to show them she's dumb. I'm like, bitch, we believe you. Let's see the next. Let's. Onto the next phase.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, can we keep it fucking pushing? So RuPaul comes in, and she's like, oh. The walkthrough guest is Ross Matthews. Which my first thought was Ross, but then my second thought was, Ross actually is funny. Like, Ross has a. If you go through Ross's history as a TV personality, Ross started as, like, the Internet, which was kind of like this character that he played with Conan o', Brien, and it was truly, genuinely hilarious. Ross does have a great understanding of comedic timing. So my first thought was, like, why is Ross there? But my second, because Ross plays this much more sincere entity. Now on tv, it's much less about the jokes and the whatever, even though he is the hilarious Ross Matthews. Um, which is why people. Which is why I think people are kind of like, don't understand why RuPaul's saying that? Because he doesn't do what he used to do back when he was Ross the Intern. You're a little young, so you probably don't remember him as Ross the Intern, do you?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I don't even remember him from Ross from Drag Race.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, I mean, yeah. I mean, Ross. Ross Matthews used to be like this. Like, he was almost like. People couldn't believe how gay he was. It was like, how is anyone this gay? And then he just kind of, like, rose to fame. And I. And I feel like at one point, Jacob, can you Google this? I feel like he was hosting, like, Extreme Home Makeovers with Ty at some point. Like, Ross has had such an odd and interesting career that started in the comedy space and then went through the reality TV space, and now he's in this, like, earnest.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

He's the original influencer is what I'm hearing. He was the first one to hustle.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Low key. Low key. So now. So Maya, now Maya's saying it. Maya's like, I want to show you that I can be stupid too, guys. Stupid and dumb. It's contagious. Maya, why are you saying this now? Why is in four episodes, Maya wants to be stupid. Megami wants to be stupid. Plane Jane wants to fucking be stupid. How is this stupid shit spreading so fiercely and quickly? And Jimbo, I do blame you. Jimbo, I do blame you.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Like, I think the girl just think that Drag Race has a formula and that's why it's. But that's good, though, because everyone wants to do that. So now the girls who are more thought out and the smarter girls will come to the forefront and take over. Fingers crossed.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

At least. You know what it is, though. They look at winners and they think to themselves, they think that doesn't mean it is. They think that it will be harder to do what Sasha Colby's doing. And they're like, what Jimbo's doing looks easier. And they both won. And I don't think I can do that. So I'm just going to go ahead and do this one because. So they look at what Jimbo's doing, they look at what Willow Pill's doing, and they like, that's easy. I can do that. That's easy. But it's actually not easy.

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[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

You sitting here saying what Jimbo do and Willow do is easy. These are the kind of girls you have to watch who be sneak reading. Bob is the new. She's a mandatory reading right now. She said, yeah, like, what Sasha does is hard and amazing. But like Willow Pill and Jimbo, I mean, it's just so easy and attainable. Wow, that is crazy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The girls look at it and think it's easy, but what Willow Pill and Jibble are doing is actually much more artful and much more. Has a lot more craft to it than they realize. So they're just like, I'll just do that. But we see it with girls doing crunchy cartwheels. You see a girl to the cartwheels. You try to do a cartwheel, your cartwheel's crunchy. You see girls try to do a dance. Your dance is crunchy. And it's the same with this comedy. But somehow Drag Race has gotten to the point where they're really rewarding this bad comedy because they're writing bad comedy. And maybe they can't decipher the difference between the good stuff and the bad stuff anymore.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But also, like. So first of all, I've known Maya for years. Me and Maya have worked together. We've done a lot of things together. And she's like, I want them to see them stupid. Baby, you were in gymnastics. No, me and my cousin, we would just out flip. Baby, we believe you. We already believe you have what it takes to be dumb. Bitch, me and my cousin was out flipping. Oh, wow. Girl, if I was there, I would have lost my shit on stage. Are you shy? No.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But also, why do they so desperately want. I want to prove how dumb I am.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

This, y'.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

All. This sounds crazy that you're right. That's. You're right about this shit. If you want to prove you're dumb, bitch, I. Bitch, I. I believe you are dumb for real. I believe you. When people show you who they are, believe them. That was on Maya Angelou. Not Maya Iman lepage, honey. Also, you know, someone said. Wait, who said? This girl's not trying to prove she's done, but this was one of this. One of the weirdest things I ever heard in my life. I had to remember. I'm not worried about this, because when I was a cashier, I had to remember the fruits and vegetables.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Not so much. On Geneva, I'm always ride for the Texas girl. She was memorizing the embarcode. It's easy. She. The fruits and vegetables will equal the jokes. I see what she was going for.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But did it. Did it equal jokes? Did the fruits and vegetables. How did that work out? How did that work out for Geneva Carr? How did that work out? Sapphira seems like she is somehow, like, the antithesis of drama. Somehow it Seems like drama can't swarm around her because even. Even when. When. When they were trying to get it in there and they were like, is this sneaky? She's like, no, it's not sneaky. I just talked to myself. I could host, and I thought, oh, it might be easier to be in a group. So I chose to do that instead. Like, you cannot put Sapphira in drama. She just is the antithesis of it. She's the antidote to drama. She's not going to go back and forth with you. Not even. Not even RuPaul and Ross Matthews, bro, how do you feel about the Night of a Thousand Shares as a Runway?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I understand why, but I wish it was like. I wish it would have been a Bob Mackie Runway. I think that would have been, like, a little more. I think that's what it should have encompassed. Because also, again, I. I love Cher. I'm a. You know, I'm an old school drag diva. But a lot of Sharon's references were very different for that age. Like, there's a lot of, like, cultural appropriation, like, other stuff surrounding that kind of thing. So I feel like that limited a lot of what could have been done. So I feel like it should have been Bob Mackie inspired.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. She had Niffy out here being like, I'm Egyptian, you're not.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah. And also, when Mirage revealed that she was indigenous, I was like, baby, you were the only one who could have pulled off several of these looks. Like, you didn't even do the look that you could have done.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, it's like, not reveal. But you said reveal.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She revealed.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You sound like she took off a big tulle coat and said, I'm indigenous.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I'm indigenous, bitch.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She did the indigenous.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Guilty of anything. You said, I want to be indigenous, bitch, honey.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, Cher obviously does a lot of iconic looks, and we've done. Maybe it is time. Maybe. Hear me out. Maybe this is the last night of a thousands. Maybe it's now time to shift it. Maybe this idea of, like, this idea of centering around some of these designers. Like you said Bob Mackie, like, you know, Mackie me proud. I'm just naming what they would probably name it. You know, do something like Mugler. Terry Mugler just passed away a year and a half a year ago. Let's do a night inspired by Mugler. Let's pay tribute to Mugler. Let's pay tribute to some of these people who have been highlighting drag queens and queer people and queer icons for the past couple of decades. And Give them a moment, because they are always kind of in the background. Bob Mackie's always in the background. Also, fun fact. Bob Mackie is the first ever extra special guest judge in the history of RuPaul's Drag Race.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Oh, wow. Like a lati.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So let's get into the makeup. So while they're getting ready, Geneva and Xunami talk about being dreamers. They are DACA babies, which I love. They had the conversation. It was really. It was actually really emotional. And I can imagine how intense it feels to have your. It's not quite citizenship, but have your ability to stay in the country and work in the country. Kind of, like, feel like it's always dangling over your head, and you don't know if you're gonna be able to stay here. And if the wrong person gets in office, then you feel like you're gonna be, like, literally chased down by ice and thrown out of the country and sent a place that you haven't lived for over 20 years, a place that you're not familiar with because you grew up in America. You know what I mean? And, like, Geneva said she got here when she was six years old. So obviously, if she's in her 20s or 30s or however old she's probably in her 20s, she looks pretty young. If Geneva's in her 20s now or whatever she is, obviously her identity and her formative years were spent in America in Brownsville. So, like, to throw someone to a country that even though they are from there, they didn't grow up in, and you lose all your everything, your friends, your family, your home. That is scary. I cannot imagine what that must be like.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, and it's even worse because, like, so I'm from Texas, of course, and Brownsville, where Geneva's from, borders right on Mexico. Like, literally, you can cross over to go right to Mexico. So there's a lot of people who are, like, in our community who. Who are DACA and who. A lot of people who don't have citizenship and the thing with. With DACA is, like, kind of what they were saying, which I'm glad they touched base on. Basically, to be a dreamer, you have to be a perfect citizen. Like, any little thing you do, if you get, like, a dui, if you get arrested, they could take your. Your citizenship, and it's nothing to them. Like, they literally, like, bitch, bye. So it is a scary thing, and, I mean, I'm happy for the both of them that they get to experience and follow their dreams and hold it down and do what they want to Do.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. If you ever have any friends who are either here on a green card or on a work visa or anything, they be scared. They'd be like, Like. Like, you'd be like, let's jump this fence. They'd be like, I'm not jumping. No, no, no, no nothing. We gonna walk around this. We gonna open the gate, we're gonna ask permission. Because they will send my ass back to wherever the hell they think I came or wherever hell I came from. They will send me back quickly. So everybody here needs to get their together, get in line and act right. Cause I ain't getting my shit fucked up for y'. All. I have noticed that. Do you. Do you follow anyone? Do you follow any OnlyFans creators?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

So I used to be known for my legendary Twitter spaces where I would actually review the porn stars. Like, OnlyFans live for everyone on the space. So I've never subscribed, but I've been gifted. I've been gifted a lot of people. I don't really consume porn. I like, I actually was having this conversation on Twitter the other day. I feel like it's weird for me when you know people and I'm friends with so many creators. It's like, I feel like it should work for them. So porn's all about the fantasy. I don't feel the fantasy for them

[Bob the Drag Queen]

couldn't be me, because let me tell you right now, I might be keeping only fans in business. Personally.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

How many. How many do you subscribe to, though?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, I always subscribe. I never stay subscribed. I subscribe and then immediately unsubscribe because otherwise I will forget that I have them. And I've subscribed to so many. So I probably subscribe within a month to maybe like, anywhere from five to 10 different only fans. So, like, okay, anywhere from like, 50 to. To, like, $80 a month on only fans subscriptions.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Okay. Not too bad.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. Do you follow. Have you followed any of the rude girls? Only fans, girl. Hell, the truth. Tell the truth.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I have never. But actually, I should. Maybe that'd be a cute little. A cute little one, too. When Amanda Tori Breeding said that that was her job, I was like, I'm kind of jealous. I would love that job.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, like, flirting with these fucking straight boys who think they're flirting with.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yes, like, reply to the messages. I already do that. I already, like, play.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, it does sound really fun, actually. And it probably get paid well because these. These only fans, they make a lot of motherfucking money. They make a Lot of money. Also, shout out to the girl. To the rude girls with only fans. Shout out to Dahlia. Sin has almost one of the best ones. You got to go check out Dalia Sin's only fans. I really. I really. 10 out of 10.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Have you seen Naomi's?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Naomi doesn't have only fans, does she?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She's just 31.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, I've not seen it.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Have you seen Blair Saint Clair's?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No, I've not seen Blair's either.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

No.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No. To be honest, I haven't looked at. Looked at any rug. Girl only fans in probably in like, maybe like a year or so. So anyone who started one the past year, I have not seen theirs. Yeah, I already wrote. I don't think Morphine. Okay. Geneva was really uncomfortable. Like, watching Geneva was. I don't know. First of all, she kind of looked like a clown. Like, literally. She kind of was acting like Bozo. But also, like, if you don't know anything, like, why wasn't anyone like, girl, what are you doing? What is this?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I. I think that she was just. Like I said, I feel like the girls think it has a formula, so maybe she thought it the best thing was to be over the top. And, like, she didn't know the references either. You have to remember that. So it's kind of like, what. What should she give?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And that cold open. But also, she was like. She's like, I don't have. I don't know. I don't know how to do a Southern accent. Bitch, you live in Texas. You can't find someone who has a fucking accent in Texas. And all of the. Bitch, you don't never come across accent in Texas. Oh, okay. Oh, okay, sure. Mary, bitch, figure out how to do a motherfucking Southern accent. You live in Texas.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Mary, she don't know a Southern accent. And Plastique don't know Beyonce.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And Kim used to act like. Kim used to always act like. You know, when we were on Drag Race, everything that would happen, Kim would be like, I was living in Korea at the time. My favorite ones, where they were like, Kim, you never seen the movie Pitch Perfect? Kim goes. No, I was living in Korea at the time, and RuPaul was like, well, it came out last year, so.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Oh.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, you ate that. You ate that. RuPaul used to be a lot shadier in the workroom than she is now. Like, one time, I don't know if it aired or not, but I think Dax was like, I can't sew. I can't figure out how to thread the bobbin on the sewing machine or something. And RuPaul was like, oh, girl. I do not know if that made the error, but RuPaul threaded her machine and was like, that's how you thread a machine.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

He's like, no.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I was like, damn. She ate that. This whole cold open was very upsetting. I don't like what mirage is. Not mirage. Morphine is doing. I keep getting their names mixed up. Morphine. I don't like it. It's upsetting. It's just giving me the ick, for lack of a better term. I just don't want to see them do this. It's irritating because I'm not laughing. I'm like, did you laugh?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

No, I did not. I just feel like. I mean. Okay, so before we get into it, would you have been more nervous to only have one take? Because for me, when I think about myself, like, competing or just doing anything, if I know I only have one take, I'm gonna go, like, literally, like, a thousand percent, like, act a fool. But I think some girls get really nervous.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I don't understand why these girls are acting like one take is crazy. First of all, you all are. You all have way more experience doing live performance than you do doing tv. Y' all just started doing tv. So, like, you have way more experience doing live. Every time you go to the club, you got one take. Every time you hit. Every time you hit the stage, but you have one take. So just. Yeah, there are cameras rolling, but, like, just use the same energy you have when you're performing live. You're used to having one take, but when you hear this camera, it gets in your brain, and you're like, oh, no. One take I can't possibly do, Bitch. People on Broadway do it. One take, Eight times a week. Eight shows a week. One take. You can do one here now, I promise. Then y' all grew up doing community theater and school plays and recitals and violin classes and dance classes.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Well, no, because they're trying to prove how dumb they are. They didn't go to school.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

They're like, I'm so stupid. I didn't even go to school.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Oh, you're a plain Jane hater. I can't, girl.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

From now on, everyone acting dumb. When I see them, I'm gonna be like, hey, what's up, dummy? What's up, dumb? Dumb. You dumb. No, you dumb, right? Oh, no, you want to be stupid? What's up with your stupid ass? Oh. Oh, you don't want to be stupid no more, you dumb dummy.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Natural Bully. See, we need someone. Like, we need. We need someone, like, who's your energy to challenge Plane Jane? Because, like, if I was in. If I was in the building, when I see someone picking on someone else, I will be the first one to go. Excuse me.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, literally, this was. This was me and Derek when Derek was coming. I mean, season one, untucked, Episode one of season eight untucked, when Derek was coming for Britney. Jesus, Derek's coming for Naomi. And then I was like, well, now I gotta come for Derek. Like, why are you teasing this bitch? She's down in the dumps. She thinks she's in the fucking bottom. Leave this bitch alone. Now I gotta come for you. Which I really appreciate. When plasma said, baby, let's untangle your arm hairs and that bracelet before you start trying to read people. I was like, plasma? You're a real one for that. Plasma's kind of. Plasma is an annoying theater kid, and theater kid, annoying kids. New York City, like, didn't make it on Broadway, so I ended up in the nightclubs. Drag queens are very irritating, and I know a lot of them, and they are just kind of an irritating breed of people. Like, they are just so annoying. I mean, no shade. They're just so irritating.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Can you name me some?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

No,

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I'm trying to see what you're saying.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Let's just say they weaponize their BFAs. And they are. And.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Okay, so Janet Rose. Okay, let's.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

These theater kids who become theater adults because they were, like, stars in their community. Am I being, like, too much today? They were, like, reading down.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She's like, y' all were stars when you were freshly born. You were stars then, but we're in the real world now.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Well, in their community theater scene, they were like that. They were like, I'm the community theater queen, honey. I ate my high school play. And then you got to New York City, you're like, oh, my God, this is a different place. It's not just enough to have the singing or whatever. Anyway, long story short, what I'm saying was, Plasma, you ate that. And honestly, you kind of swayed my opinion on you. Plasma. I ate that. You ate that. I was very much gagged when she caught out playing Jane for her little hair is caught in her bracelet. That was quick. Um, so as. As soon as. Also so. Actually, my first chuckle. I didn't lie, I chuckled. Was at. Was at Mirage. I thought Mirage's reads were reads and jokes were actually pretty decent. I wouldn't, like, wasn't knee slapping, but they were pretty Decent, though, are you?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Okay, so do you believe that the edit plays a part in the show? Because, like, for instance, when I'm watching Mirage hosting the show, I feel like if they would have added a laugh track, it would have been funny to the audience, but I feel like they can, like, kind of, like, push it to wherever they want the narrative to be. Again, I'm not one to blame on the edit. I think the. I think the producers and whoever the powers that be do a great job at showing it as it plays out. But realistically, watching it, I'm like, they could have made it funny for the audience if they wanted to.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

The producers of RuPaul Drag Race are masters at their craft, and this is not even up for debate. Legit. Some of the best reality TV producers in the history of television, and they literally have the awards to produce. Prove it. They are masters of their craft. They are literally changing the way that reality TV happens. That being said, they could have made that bitch funny if they wanted to. If they want her to be funny, she could have been funny. And. And at the moment she stumbled on that RuPaul line, RuPaul, I was like, it's a rap. The fact that she stumbled. I was like, the fact that's in there and that she stumbled, I know they're gonna. They're gonna sink her.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Battle together. Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And what else do we have going on? Also, can I just say, did RuPaul have one take?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Not too much on Mother. I know she did all that in one take with no practice. They just said, fill the gaps.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I'm obsessed with the image of RuPaul rehearsing. Like, I'm obsessed with the idea of RuPaul rehearsing. I need to see it. I need to be there to see RuPaul out of drag Girl. Does she wear shoes? Does she wear.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Does she.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Does she a girl who rehearses in heels? I don't know. I'm just obsessed. Also, RuPaul, this is actually my favorite RuPaul performance on the show. I really. Actually. This is my favorite performance of RuPaul and of all performers on the show. This is. Well, I like the one where she was like, no, this is actually my favorite one. She looked amazing. So the little Weekend Update bit was actually pretty funny. I thought they were doing a really good job. These queens were doing a really good job with that. It was dawn and her friend. Who's her friend?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Amanda Toy reading.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Dawn and Amanda Toy reading. There we go. They did a pretty good job. I wasn't as Blown away by this brick performance as everyone else was.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I thought it was good.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It was solid. It was solid. I'll give her that. It was actually pretty solid. The barbershop quartet was the highlight for me of the whole thing, and I do think it's because of plasma. Like, plasma is the reason why, for me, the barbershop and also Nymphia being so bad at it. Like, I was like, I don't know if Nymphia knows who Barbra Streisand is. Like, I don't think Nymphia has a reference point for. For.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

For Babs plasma tour. It was so sickening. And I feel like, kind of like they said that one was the hardest role to do live singing anyway. And I feel like everything was fabulous. I also thought Plane Jane and Mirage were funny. I feel like it was, like, cutesy.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, yeah. Playing Jane. Plane Jane and not Mirage.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Plane Jane and Mirage. I'm sorry, what? Megami.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

There's a lot of M's. Mirage, Meg, Morphine, they all get mixed up. So they were fine. I do think they. I do think they over praised playing Jane. I was like, she. Not. Not on her look. Her look was immaculate. We'll get there. Her look was phenomenal. But I think in the. In.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

In the.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

In the. The acting in the sketch, they kind of over appraised her, and they actually sk. That sketch was actually written very well. I want to say that out loud to the writers. That long, hard deck sketch was actually written very well. It was very much giving Betty White's Muppet sketch, which was really, really good. So let's go ahead and start talking about some of these looks, shall we?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yes, baby. This Runway, I would have loved to have this. Everyone was feathered and beaded, and it was drag for most of them.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, busted. RuPaul looked really great. I love RuPaul's look. I love this pantsuit. This fabric looks so fucking expensive. These, like, giant paillettes. And obviously, Michelle's been looking like a million bucks lately. Everyone looked great, actually.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I feel like Ruth's hair could have been, like, a little bigger, like an updo.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But I love the hairstyle. Yeah. Let's go on to Tsunami, who is a prisoner. Share. I didn't know this. This character is called Prisoner or this picture, but she looks great. Tsunami looks really good. Tsunami's ass.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

It's from her song. It was like the COVID of her song Prisoner.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Got it. Tsunami's ass looks really amazing. And she's not padding. That's like. That's. That's her skin. I was like, girl, her ass looks great. Good for her.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

The costume is sickening. You know, I love a bead and with her. So this is like, so, so tedious, like, detail oriented. I love how you can tell it's. It's hand beaded. Not the beaded trim. Because you know when it's. When it's beaded trim, you can see the lines and how it, how it goes. You'll see it on morphines, but like, the costume is like super expensive.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Not. You'll see it on morphines. Wow, Sickening.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But there's a difference between, like the trim and like, all of it's still expensive, babe. Tsunami looks sickening.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So let's go on to. Let's go into pre beaded, less expensive beaded trim. Beaded trim. Let's go into morphine. Who's doing. She's at the 1988 Academy Awards. This look is so good on Cher. It's good on morphine. Can we talk about is morphine, like, opposed to a corset? Is she just like never is it. Is she like, what. Cause she didn't get her body done, which she's very proud of. So is she like.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I'm not. She can't wear a corset because she couldn't waist train because her parents don't know. That's why she went with the bbl, because that one's a little more like, private to do.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It's a little more sneaky to wear a corset.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Mom, I'm just thick.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But even without the. Even without the corset, she looks good. This is a really good look.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Even with the always on point trim,

[Bob the Drag Queen]

the pre done beaded trim, it's still sickening. What do you think of this one?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I think that she looks sickening. I think that. I don't. I mean, the corset, yeah, of course. But I don't think she's given, like, hog body. I think she looks nice, especially with the way that the, the beads at the bottom or the, the pearls are like the way that the. The. It's. It's like ruched almost kind of. It's like it's giving shape to her leg. So I think it looks fine. She looks great. It looks expensive as fuck.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So going to my Iman lepage, choosing Cher, promoting burlesque is camp. I don't care what anyone says. This is the funniest fucking thing that's happened on the whole fucking episode. When you say, what Cher look do you want to do? And then you say, cher promoting burlesque. This is the funniest fucking thing that I have heard the entire Better than her Cher impersonation. Choosing. When you look through Cher's catalog, when you look through the looks, the beads, the Bob Mackie, the feathers, the headdresses, when you look at the stones, the crystals, the fishnet, the mesh, and you say, I want to do Cher promoting burlesque, you're a fucking comedic genius, and I don't care what anyone says about you.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

You know, first of all, let me say this. This is my sister. But I'm gonna be honest. This looks a mess. Only, like, it just looks so pedestrian. But I will say this. Here's some insider tea. So I knew Maya was going to drag race before she went, and we were helping her get her together, so I think she discussed it on the show. But basically, she had one designer making her a bunch of looks, and he goes to her last minute. So she didn't get her runways. So this is literally probably something that she had, like, in her closet. So it is what it is. We're judging what's on stage. But, yeah, they. She that. That's why she's so in her head too, because she's like, girl, I knew I was the fool. And I. Do you want to say the designer's name? I personally don't know. I would blast them. She didn't say that part.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, but that is bullshit. I had one designer skip out on me on one outfit. Like, I actually made the outfit, and I gave it to him to paint it, and then he brought it back to me the day before I was gonna leave, and he goes, I couldn't do it. I got. But he didn't even tell me he brought it back. I was like, oh, you're bringing the dress back? It's gonna be my final look. This is the look I'm gonna walk down the Runway in. On the last episode, he brought me the bag. He hands me the bag. It is literally the same way I folded it. When I gave it to him, he was like, it was too much stress. I just didn't do it. That's crazy. Could have warned him the whole time. Didn't warn me. We ended up becoming friends after I got over it, but I was fucked up, you know, this look does not look good. She does look a mess. And I really think that she was scrambling, clearly, trying to find a way to connect this look to anything. And they chose Cher promoting burlesque. That shit. This is camp. This is camp. Let's go on to Geneva Carr as Cher, as working for. As the ringmaster for ringling circus in 74. You know, this middle part I don't like. I mean, Michelle called it out, but this middle part is really unforgiving. And I feel like the fact that the hat doesn't have the feathers on it makes the hat look so cheap. This hat, low key, looks like one of those St. Patrick's Day hats that you find with the sticker dots on it, but in red.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I again, I'm trying to judge with just what we're seeing. And I think also we should be forgiving on money, of course, and things that go into play. But for me, as someone who knows Geneva, I know Texas drag. I know the people who are around around her, all the resources. We should not be wearing disco dot on the Runway.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

When I saw this, it could have

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

been sequin and sequin. This day is not that expensive. Someone would have got it for her. I think that this is like the fool.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It's true. I think Even fabric, even 2024 is almost the same price, if not a little more than disco dots.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

And I think that even if you. Even if disco dot was like the only thing, I think it would look better in like a latex or like something a little more forgiving. I think it just looks so cheap. It's given like Halloween costume.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Or just do a different look. Do a look that doesn't require sequins. Just do something. Not everything Cher wears has sequins and stones. Do something different. Do. Do Cher promoting. Do Cher promoting. Promoting Mamma Mia. What is Cher where She promoted Mamma Mia.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Girl, shut up. But look, she said she was blushed like cherry. She was blush like Cher.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Cher promoting Moonstruck. Is Cher promoting. How about do Cher walking her dog one of the obscure Cher looks. Let's go on to.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But also before we move on from Geneva, what sends me to is, baby, if you see that boot, she knows she's lip syncing. The look is like a black strappy dance boot. As a girl, can we at least pretend? Can we have at least put on the red heel? She said, oh, yeah, let me put on the Old Faithfuls.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She said, I've been done, been new. I'm about to be bucking. I'm gonna have to do my little jump. My little jump twist split. I gotta put on my jump twist shoes. Honey, let's go on to Mirage. Who's doing sharon concert in 1979. I love this look. And I was not as offended by the Hair decade swapping. Obviously, I don't know that it was more of her trying to do a different Cher look as much as her doing her hair the way she does her hair. It's clear to me that I don't know that Mirage knows how to put on a lace front wig. Mirage seems to just be using her hair all the time. And then Mirage is probably a queen who just does pieces. Bangs, ponytails, buns, clips, and probably doesn't know how to put on a lace front wig. A lot of queens don't actually know how. Some of they're not. We don't all have. We're not always blessed with this much real estate. We're not all blessed with this much play area.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Can't relate. Yeah, she does always use her regular hair.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like, Thorgy didn't know how to put on a lace front wig when I met her. And I remember, like, Ginger didn't know how to put on a lace front wig for a long time because she was, like, spraying her hairline. So not every queen is in these streets putting on lace. So I don't know that it was. I don't think that it was necessarily her trying to swap eras, but even still, I was with. I like it. I think she looks really good. This is actually one of my favorite looks on the Runway, if I'm being honest. I was a top.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, I think she looked. I think she looks great. I love the color. I love all, like, the different types of materials and textures in it. I think that the hair is really nitpicking, but I also understand why, because, like, it's kind of one of those things. Like, obviously, Rue is a huge share fan, and I'm sure everyone on the panel is. So when it comes down to the nitty gritty. Like, when it comes down to the nitty gritty. But that's what I was saying. Like, it's one of those things where if y' all wanted to, y' all would forgive it. Like, it's not. I feel like y' all are just putting what needs to be to justify the bottom placement.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Like, do you remember when? When. I don't know how well you remember this. When Brita Filter got sent home, they were like, this look is stunning, but these earrings, you fucking ugly monster. Why the fuck would you even wear these earrings with this outfit, you dumb bitch? Now you're in the bottom.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

As Aiden Zayn's contact is, like, rotating in her eye. They're like. But they're like, girl, you just had a bad week. It's okay.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So it was giving that for me. We should go into Megami. This look is almost flawless. There's one thing about this look, and is that the rhinestones, the hairline are distracted. I was like, is she wearing a headband? What the fuck is going on? But besides that, this look is probably one of the most recreated looks in drag history. Everyone knows a queen who has this look. We've seen this look on Drag Race, I think, literally maybe four or five times, and it looks good. She looks good. Her hair looks good, her face looks good, her body looks good. The outfit looks good. The attitude when she walks looks good. I think she looks great. What do you think?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She looks good. I think the mug is a little, like, not rough, but I think the makeup needs to be, like, a little more, like, softer. She needs to nibble on some fish food. But I think that. But also, I'm looking at this, and I guess what spoiled it for me is low key. My sister Maya was kind of wearing the same thing. What is separating this from Maya's? I.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Okay, I think that Maya was going for this, but it was so far off base and Megami's was so close to it that the producers were like, we gotta give you something. So Cher promoting burlesque. Because when I saw Maya come out, I was like, this looks like Cher in if I Could Turn Back Time, but a really bad version of it. So, like, what? I don't believe that that was ever

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

intended to be fucking, but that's what I'm saying. She went and she probably told them, girl, my outfits did not come. They said, wear this, wear this and get your life. So I'm just saying it all adds up. But, yeah, I think it looks like they were going for the same thing. Megami definitely looks fabulous. I love the hair. The body's right, looks good.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Cher promoting burlesque is the funniest. It's so funny. Oh, my God, it's so good. Let's go into plain Jane. 1974 Met Gala Cher. This look is stunning. She looks amazing. The only critique I have is that her hair goes back and falls down as opposed to falling from the side. Because Cher's hair doesn't go back and then fall down. Cher's hair split right down the middle. That is literally the only thing, and that is it. I am digging for something to say about this look. This look is amazing.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, she looks sickening. I love everything. And I love. Also, she kind of made it even more draggy. Like, there's more feathers and More detailing on it. So she looks sickening. Like, I think this is my favorite Runway look.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I agree. She looks absolutely stunning. Let's go on to Amanda Torrey reading. She is the shared doll, and Amanda is just. We love Amanda, but, you know, a queen. You just look at her and you're like, something is just. It's always something. It's always.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

This is giving. This is giving me Selena Quintanilla. This is not giving me Cher.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

But also, like, the way that her boobs are just like. Her boobs are, like, up on her collarbones. Like, their boobs are just so high that they just don't make sense. This doesn't make sense. Your boobs don't make any sense.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

But, you know, for me also, and this is. I tip and trick to all the girls who want to do, like, Runway or something very important. And you're. But you still want to wear a bang wig. I think when you wear a hard front bang wig, you can still tell it's a hard front. I think if you get a lace front where, like, the sides go, like to show the hairline a little bit and cut bangs into it, the wig will look a little bit nicer. And I feel like the wig kind of downplays it because the outfits, like, the outfit looks nice. I think that the top could be a little more structured that way. Like you said, it's not like riding up, but I just feel like there's little detailings that obviously will come as she progresses in her drag career.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

You know what you could also do? You can get a lace front wig and then just get a clip on bang. Put it on the top, and a clip on bang will give you it. Also, it's always way more full. It's way fuller. It just looks more expensive. And based on the way you're moving, you can still see that you have, like, hair attached to your head. Unless you're wearing a bob. If you're wearing a bob, it can be one piece. Like, if you're wearing a bob, you don't need clip on bangs for a bob. Don't buy a split down the middle bob, and then clip bangs in, because you'll be. You'll come back and say, mistress. And Bob told me to get a bang piece for my bob. That's not what we said. We did not say that. We did not say that.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Hello, Dora the Explorer.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. Let's go on to dawn, who's doing mod Cher, who decided to take this picture, share in 1966 and, like, add some color to it, which I really love that idea for Dawn. Something about dawn though, she's kind of like, really? She is coasting. Dawn is. And for Queen to look as unique as she does and have such a unique perspective on their visual, I've never seen a queen like her. Well, that's not true because Trixie was low key coasting on her first season of Drag Race and then got sent home. So we actually have seen it. So I, I fully lied. But Trixie knows she was coasting.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I hate looks like this, but they take off one piece and then the outfit looks incomplete to me. Like when she took off like the top like, like puffer part and it was just like the white tank top looking bodysuit, I didn't like that.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I think she wanted to show off her body, but I don't know why she would take off the most impressive piece of the outfit. Like imagine if you were wearing like a rhinestone catsuit and then underneath you had on, you had on like a, just a plain back like capizio leotard. And then you revealed to your, like, why would you, why would you do that? Why would you take off the most impressive part and reveal to a white pair of bell bottom cat like, I don't, I don't, I don't. That. That was wild. That was a wild move. Bold move, Dawn. Bold move.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She's like, you liked it. How about now?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah, we're like, eh, less, less. Gotta be honest. Let's go on to Q, who did Sonny and Cher. Can I give a hot take on Q? Q is a great costume designer who started, who ended up doing drag. But I don't know that Q is Q. Seems like if I went to some theater and like him and I costumes on a Q. She's a drag queen too, and she does these crazy like. And I feel like if it seems like Q, like Q's performance started a little later than her costuming is what I'm saying. She definitely. Because her costuming is crazy. I'm actually surprised that we don't know about Q as a designer in the drag world already, to be honest.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I, I mean I thought her talent show was, was really good. I think that maybe she did start her, her, her performance after and she had, she, she obviously before dabbled in costuming and sewing before drag, like she said. But that's not even the first thing I worry about. Every time I see her, I'm like, girl, your face has to hurt. Her face is so pulled like her face is snatched.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She's a Little a skoach taut.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She looks sickening. It looks beautiful in and out of drag, but I'm like, girl, like, it's given, like, pulled. How old is costume thickening? Probably? I don't know. I would say twenties.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Her eye makeup is so interesting because her eye makeup, like, her whole eye is white like this. Everything. It feels like it's above it, it's below it. Like, the whole thing is white. And then she just does, like, the.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

She is 27.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Oh, work. And then she does the tiniest amount of eyeshadow in this. I kind of like it white. I've never seen anyone's makeup like that. I've never seen makeup like this before. Thank you, Jacob. I've just never seen makeup like that before, but I don't. I don't hate it at all. We have two more. Let's go on to Plasma, who is doing MET Gala 1985, the year before I was born. Plasma is eating this episode. This win was so deserved. She looks so good. She looks truly amazing. Like, she looks good. The fuck good. Good for her.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And it's like her own take on it. It's not an exact replica. It's a take on the garment, which I like as well.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I was about to say so for the night of a thousands. Do you like an interpretation or do you want a replica?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

It depends on the look, to be honest. Like, on this, I don't mind. I don't mind, like, if she. If someone would. If someone would have done, like, if I could turn back time, share as a gown. I've never seen that look before. Like, a gown with, like, a leather jacket. I've never seen that look before. I wouldn't. I wouldn't have minded that. But as long as your interpretation is fierce and. But this is, like, a slight interpretation. But then when you go back up to Geneva, who did an interpretation where she added sleeves, and this is. I don't. I don't want to see that. That's not the kind of interpretation I want to see.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, like, I. Like. I'm looking at this. I love the look. She looks amazing. She looks stunning. But then I look at the reference picture, and, like, the reference picture is giving me, like, very, like. Like, regal, like, old school, like, Texas drag Pageant. And I'm just like. I feel like it could have been done a little by adding just a little bit more, like, gold into it and make it a little more structured. But she still looks sickening. She looks amazing.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Let's go on to Nymphia, who Is Egyptian goddess shared. And she kept being. She kept saying, I'm Egyptian. I kept being like, stop. Stop saying. She said like eight times, I'm an Egyptian. I was like, stop saying that. Jesus Christ. But she looks good, though. I mean, this isn't, like, particularly, like, remarkable because it's so. There's so little going on. It's very much giving Bosco tease. I can see Bosco wearing this. And I think the only thing, I don't hate it, but, like, when you wear a two piece but you're not a skin queen, the disconnect between your tights and your midsection is so jarring. Now when you. When it's your. When it's your arms and your legs that I can vibe with, but when it's your legs and your belly button, because they're so close, they're like a few inches apart from each other. It's really like, what's happening.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah, I. I think looks like that. Like, again, that goes back to this experience with, like, doing things like that, because you could have easily made, like, a nude illusion under or got one of those, like, drag bodysuits that are like, airbrush. That would look really cool with this look, just to elevate it a little bit more and, like, airbrush a little, like, six pack on.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And last but not least, we have Sapphira Cristal, who's doing a share from her Vegas residency in 2017. 2017. And I think this look is great. She even made it even bigger than Cher had it. It actually looks a lot more appropriate on her than it does on Cherry, quite frankly. And she looks really good. This is a. This is a great. And. And I wasn't upset when she took the coat. When she took the thing off. I wasn't upset because she wasn't wearing a plain white leotard underneath it.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Agreed. No, yeah, she looks. She looks amazing. Like, literally no critiques. Everything looks stunning. Looks expensive.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I feel like people didn't give enough credit to how smart and great her. Her Eve look was in the last episode, too. That pumpkin look was insane. Monet was like, it's just invalid. Like, girl, it's. This is a sapphire. Is pretty consistent. Turning out some very remarkable drag on this show. Not about the drama. She's getting pushed to the side. But I think she might be the most real, the most well rounded queen on this season.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

See, but that's my thing. I feel like when you consistently deliver, people just become accustomed to it. And I feel like that's the territory. She's Beginning to enter. Like, okay, so if you're like another like, sickening look, but like, if you have like a one off week, then it's like more like, oh, my God, she turned it this week. But if you're turning it continuously, it's

[Bob the Drag Queen]

kind of like, I mean, the bar is lower. I mean, the bar is lowered for the girls who, like, if a mandatory meeting comes at the finale looking like everyone else looks all the time, they'll be like, can you believe a mandatory meeting is now literally the new diva of beauty and glam?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I just hope that Sapphira wants to, like, prove that she could be dumb. She needs to start fitting in with the girls and taking the narrative.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She's not nearly dumb enough, not near enough, nearly stupid enough. So what's. So what was your favorite look of the week?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Plain Jane. I think she killed it. Everything looks perfect. Like, I. I would make a little change to the hair, but everything looks perfect. I agree.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And what was your least favorite look of the week?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I have to give it to Maya. Maya, I thought was unforgivable.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Shout out to Maya. I'm sorry about your designer, but, baby, that's the way the cookie had done crumbled. Now we find out that the bottom two queens are gonna be Geneva and Mirage and Plasma wins. Plasma is crying like she just won a fucking Tony Award. I mean, it's emotional, but also, like, it's one thing to cry on stage. Bitch, you're crying in the confessional. You won four days ago.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Why do I know she was crying? Because I don't care. I don't care who convinced her what. I know in her head, she still was like, they tried to get me together and I proved them wrong. I know she's still living in that fantasy. I don't care what anyone says. I know she still is against the girls. She thinks the girls are trying to get her. She's crying because she's joyous. She came out. Victories, honey. She was victorious.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She was like, everyone doubted me, and now look at me holding a Tony Award like she is. She's so. Honestly, she's so corny that I'm like, I'm kind of into it again, you know? It was another theater kid who was corny, but I really like them. Alexis, Michelle on All Stars. Alexis, Michelle on All Stars. She was so corny. But it was charming because I don't. I can't explain it. Something about the way that Alexis, Michelle and Plasma are corny is different than the way Rose is corny. It's not the same thing, if that makes any sense, you know?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Agreed.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I wouldn't have put Mirage in the bottom because I liked her look, and I actually thought that she wasn't one of the worst people in the challenge. I think it's weird that she's in the bottom. I think no Shade. I think it should have been Maya Iman le', Paige, because her look was so bad. Like, it was, like, so bad. And her character was also, like, decent. Like, it wasn't like, I wasn't laughing. It was just, like, it was halfway decent. But they also know that you cannot put anyone in the box, whoever you. At least the first, like, two or three times. You cannot put someone in the bottom with Maya and then expect them to stick around.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Do you? I feel like maybe also her interaction with Rue saved her because, like, even in the challenge, like, oh, well, at least Maya's beginning to try to open up. And, like, when. What did you think about her Cher impersonation?

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, it was horrible. Like, I started to be like, has she ever even heard Cher speak? Like, what. What is. What is that?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I think that, like, carried her over. I feel like Ru was like, okay, let's keep her around.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I mean, maybe. Maybe because she. No Shade. Mirage. I mean, Maya, baby, you should have been in the bottom. That looked. This episode was not a great one for you. And we put Mirage and Geneva in the bottom, and at one point, I'm like, wow, Geneva, like, Mirage about to eat Geneva up. And she does the. She pulls the cardinal sin. She doesn't know the words. I am devastated. I am destroyed, because I know I'm watching this lip sync, knowing the whole time she's about to fucking go home.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Mm. Mm.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And it is what it is. You know?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I agree. I'm glad that they made the right decision. At the end of the day, it is a lip sync. I think you do need to know the words. And, you know, it's unfortunate, because I was really liking Mirage. I would have loved to see Mirage longer. But I think Geneva also, you know, she. She held her own.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

She held her own.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I also. I just. I think, like, the little, like, splits and everything. Like, as someone who does splits and kicks and where it needs to be. I hate a random split. I hate a random, like, trick. I think it's so tired.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Yeah. A split in Dark lady is quite crazy. A split in Dark lady is crazy. Dark lady left and splits and did the candles one by one. What? Okay, sure, Papa.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

In her head, she was hearing whip cracks and.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

And. And Rupaul and the. Well, no RuPaul lasting that. But the judges. The special guest judge every time. Oh, okay, girl. Sure.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yes, Mama.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

So Geneva wins the lip sync, Mirage is sent home, and Mirage is not taking. It is genuinely hard to watch. It was genuinely very hard to watch. She just collapsed. She left, and she was like, I didn't make anyone proud. Mirage. That is not true. You made so many of us proud, and I hope you know that.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Yeah. You know, I. I live for a queen who just, like, walks off like, a queen who, like, lives in their emotions. Like, I'm sorry, you could do no wrong. Even like Dahlia Sin. When Dahlia Sin walked off, I thought it was sickening. When. I mean, Mirage gave, like, a little thank you, but I feel like reality tv, that's what's so special about Drag Race is, like, just convey your feelings, and it's a lot of emotion when you compete. You waited so long for the opportunity. So I understand Mirage. And also, just like they said, it's just the beginning, and everything happens for a reason, in my opinion.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Also, preparing an exit line is crazy. I've said this before on the show. Going to drag race with an exit line is crazy. That's crazy. Who's going to drag race with a fucking exit line? That's insane. Even if you. Even if you accept when you get there that you won't win, the fact that you went there with a plan for losing is crazy to me.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

I agree. I didn't. Baby, I didn't even think about my entrance line.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Shout out to Mirage for not having an ex line and just walking off the fucking stage. All right, y', all, thank you all for joining us here on subbing Wuhan. Big shout out to Mistress Isabel Brooks. You just got off tour, but are you doing anything in Houston? Where can they see you? Are you doing any shows, any local gigs? Are you. Are. Are you, like, the cast of 16 and you're no longer a local girl? Do you also shit on local queens the way they did on cast of 16?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

So I am freshly home from work, the world. You can see me sometimes in Houston at my home bar, South Beach. I throw a monthly party where I bring all of your favorite rude girls this. This month in February. Coming up, we have Donna Nymphia, February 9, South Beach, Houston. But I'm gonna be touring all over again on the weekends, doing my booking all over. So if you want to see me in a bar at a club near you, just ask for Mistress baby. Let's get it together. Catch me on my YouTube, I just started releasing a whole bunch of online content. I have my podcast, Clock the Tea with mib coming very, very soon this February with my first special guest of my podcast, Ms. Monet X Change and listen right now live. I'm gonna ask Bob because she's been so funny. We never got to Clock the Tea. I only came right now because Monet asked me. Bob didn't want me to be at Madonna. He wanted Aquaria. There was a bunch of drama. She wanted to dis me on the rap. Y' all. See, I went, bought this new microphone so she could not try me. This is a fresh, brand new microphone you got here. That crystal clear quality. So Bob, come on the podcast asap. We're gonna finish a little. We're gonna have a live little freestyle, and we're gonna get it together because I don't like how you be dogging on me. So we're gonna get it together. This is me publicly challenging you, but make sure you follow me across all social media. YouTube, TikTok, everything on TikTok. You gotta. You gotta find it. Because I'm shadow banned on fucking everything. But

[Bob the Drag Queen]

we'll go there and I will dog you because let me turn on how you can only dog a dog. You can't dog a diva. All right,

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

we're gonna try to outdo Megan and we're gonna try to outdo Megan and Nikki. We're gonna take over the rap beef. We're gonna keep it.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

I know a like 5, 4. She hit the split floor.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Thank you for having me. I had so much fun. And girls, this Last message, season 16 girls watching all this. This don't mean nothing. Who are we? A bald and one of us is really sickening and has a lot of acc. Baby, y' all still rude. Girls. Don't be talking about y'.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

All.

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Y' all not local girls no more. Some of y' all will be local girls once again.

[Bob the Drag Queen]

Those were both me. Those were both me. What about you?

[Mistress Isabelle Brooks]

Oh. Oh. Anyways, bye bye, everybody.