Last Tuesday’s Drag Race post here on Slog mentioned in a celebratory headline that Jinkx Monsoon made it into the top three, and commenters were very, very not happy. So… so as not to spoil anyone’s alerts, I’m not saying nada until after the jump. No, I am saying nada. Anyway, please do go down into the jump so we can talk about whatever it was that may or may not have happened last night! Allegedly! Also, your urgent attention is needed! I will explain.
Plus! Jinkx Monsoon’s alter-ego Jerick Hoffer was at Julia’s last night, interviewed by BenDeLaCreme, and many hilarious and insightful things were said, the best of which are after the jump. See you down there.
WHAT. THE. HELL.
First thing’s first: Go to this Facebook page and vote for Jinkx Monsoon. Then go to this World of Wonder post and vote there too. Then go on Twitter and send a tweet that says “@RuPaulsDragRace Jinkx Monsoon #dragrace.” Among Stranger staff, Dan Savage has voted, Cienna Madrid has voted, David Schmader has voted, and I have voted. If you don’t have Twitter, just freakin’ get it already, and make Savage and Cienna and Schmader and me the first people you follow. Again, you wanna tweet “@RuPaulsDragRace Jinkx Monsoon #dragrace.”
Have you done it yet?
You’re good?
Good.
ANYWAY, as promised above, there was a viewing party at Julia’s on Broadway last night, and even though Jinkx Monsoon could not make it, thanks to a wrinkle in time/space Jerick Hoffer could. (He had to race straight to Julia’s from the airport—he’s been performing around the country.) As usual, when the commercials came on, BenDeLaCreme and Jerick Hoffer got to talking. Some of what was said:
“Jinkx and I are very good friends but I’ve only ever seen you on TV!”
—BenDeLaCreme to Jerick Hoffer, when he came out in pants and a top hat (with bunny ears)
“I was so miserable.”
—Jerick Hoffer on the humidity in Florida, where he just was
“This is Seattle bronzed. You’ve got that three-hours-of-sunlight glow.”
—BenDeLaCreme complimenting Jerick Hoffer on a non-existent tan
“Alaska, Detox, and I ended up in a jacuzzi tub together. There were bubbles. Discretion bubbles.”
—Jerick Hoffer on seeing his fellow drag stars recently
“Ke$ha delivered a very interesting performance.”
—Jerick Hoffer on getting to go to the NewNowNext Awards in LA
“If there’s one thing a person with ADD and narcolepsy shouldn’t do, it’s painstakingly glue things to a corset.”
—Jerick Hoffer discussing his difficulty with the candy-inspired clothing challenge two episodes ago
“The true entertainers, who wow you—you don’t care about what they’re wearing. My favorite entertainers—I don’t remember what they were wearing, I remember their performances.”
—Jerick Hoffer on his antipathy toward clothes, sewing, fashion, etc.
“Do you just get Grindr messages like “Roxxxy sucks!’?”
—BenDeLaCreme asking about the loss of anonymity that comes with the visibility of a national TV show
“I can’t pick out an onion at without someone going, ‘Yeah, Jinkx, get that onion!'”
—Jerick Hoffer on what it’s like to go to the grocery store these days
“It’s weird that this nationally aired drag show of queens fighting for a crown would bring my family together, but I’ll take it.”
—Jerick Hoffer on members of his family who hadn’t been speaking with each other who are now speaking with each other
OK, now, some housekeeping: Next week’s RuPaul’s Drag Race is thought to be most likely a “clips show” looking back on everything that’s happened but with a bunch of new material, including all the material that would have gone into an Untucked last night (as there was no Untucked last night). Jinkx Monsoon will not be at Julia’s next week because she will be filming the reunion show, wherein all the drag queens from the season reunite and learn who the winner is. The week after that, the reunion show airs, and Jinkx Monsoon has to be in New York City for a viewing party there, so she will not be at Julia’s when the reunion show airs either. BenDeLaCreme and other guests hosts will be at Julia’s for the next two weeks’ worth of parties though. Then, on May 13, Jinkx Monsoon will be back at Julia’s for a big celebratory to-do that is sure to sell out, if it’s not sold out already. Whether she wins or loses Drag Race, she has plenty of reason to celebrate.
Once again: Vote early! Vote often! Tell your friends!
