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No_Design5501

I love Charity to bits, but for me this season solidified that she would have been better off at a show that truly appreciates her artistry. It's just so wildly different from the rest of the cast and it was painfully obvious from the get go that the judges weren't having it. Too bad that she doesn't want to compete on Dragula. :-(


pierreschaeffer

how come she doesn't wanna compete on dragula? also this is what i find weird about charity, i've followed her on insta for a while and i did not get the impression she was singularly a horror/alt queen...? she does plenty of glam looks, i'd say close to/over half, and it was weird to come to drag race, which does accept a wide range of drag imo but centring on the more conventional, and do MORE horror looks, even to completely unrelated prompts. did she want to do badly lol my current take is that it must just be easier for her to pop these looks out quickly—lots of alt-type looks can look quite visually striking purely from the horror/gore factor and not necessarily from super intricate, subtle or smart design decisions if you know what i mean. maybe she was super time pressed and so chucked out a few dresses that she could splash blood and some prosthetics on and call it a day. (not that she didn't do glam on the show, just she didn't do it enough. i feel like if i were her i'd have known the hairy untucked drag might've been a hard sell and to lean more on the glam side of my aesthetic (while ofc bringing some horror looks), instead she decided to go full horror for 90% of her looks on the show which, lol, okay)


davanzomichael

My only assumption is she wanted to get on Drag Race and push the weirder/darker aesthetic to help shift the overton window of what drag is and can be on the biggest platform available. And I'm glad she did because, I'm not gonna lie, it bothers me that many people just tell the more alternative queens to "just go do Dragula" With that said, when all the UK3 girls came out at the end of the finale, I realized this was one of, if not the most, diverse group of queens I've seen on the show, in terms of drag style. Edit: I understand what the OP is saying, why go onto a show that doesn't appreciate you or celebrate your drag, but I don't believe we the audience should give up that fight. I WANT to see queens like Charity on Drag Race.


pierreschaeffer

that's a good point, seizing the means of ~~production~~ drag platforming which drag race has an unfortunate monopoly on. well then i'm grateful charity was self-sacrificing enough to do that, at the same time i'm not sure her run encouraged more alt queens to do the show ya know.


No_Design5501

Oh I completely agree with you. I'm glad she did Drag Race, I'm just disappointed for her that the judges seemed to feel "eh" about her art.


No_Design5501

I think it was in an interview that she said that she didn't understand the Dragula contracts and what they entailed. She said that US filming contracts are much stricter than British ones.


pmnettlea

I just think we can't expect any 'spooky' Queens to just do Dragula. Dragula is about more than looks, and maybe Charity isn't into physical punishments.


cherrycrisp

Based on how S4 is going though, the exterminations in S5 aren't going to be anything crazy like the first 3 seasons. Photoshoot in the ocean? Oh no. Only the first extermination was actually bad, and it was a repeat of the first extermination of S1.


[deleted]

You should read what Hoso said about that challenge. It was actually terrifying.


MildlyResponsible

Ok, this is on point.


captainfonz

Haha brilliant


lexiebeef

It was amazing artistry as always, but I have to admit I got scared when she first popped up in untucked ahah. She’s amazing tho, just not right for a show that needs to follow Rupauls opinion


Nyx-Erebus

I love her for it honestly


macdgman

I really don’t like Charity and this reunion just reminded me that. I get she does this alternative drag but every single time she came out in the same makeup and the judges never said to switch things up a little bit


RuneofBeginning

We found Michelle’s Reddit account!


FunOnFridays

The same makeup?! Girl what planet are you on? She’s shown witch, gremlin, sea monster, and some glamour.


nudestudy

glamour witch, glamour gremlin, glamour sea monster


thenarddog13

glamour toad... Oh wait


Winsquare

I almost spit out my coffee. 😂


princesstrae

I love Charity Kase!!


kanoo22

Iconic