REACTING to My Controversial Drag Race Opinions
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2023
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I've posted over 100 videos on this channel over the last 3 years, and I've shared many a thought on many a season of RuPaul's Drag Race, so I thought it'd be fun to go back to some of my earliest videos from 2020 and 2021 and see just how much my opinions have changed throughout the years.
First, we'll look at my Unrigging of Drag Race season 11 video where I break down all my thoughts on that season. Then we'll get into the real tea with my highly controversial Unrigging of Drag Race Season 12 video. Do I still hold the same opinions on Gigi Goode? What about Jan Sport?
Let me know in the comments below what videos you'd like to see me react to next!
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My unpopular opinion is that the backdrop doesn’t need an iron, let her be creased
I agree, we love a messy queen
the creases are camp for sure, but some kind of anti-glare coating or something might help berceuse the reflections are a bit distracting
It adds character!
she has personality
It’s camp honestly
Derek must’ve gotten possessed by a Scarlet Envy stan account when he made the season 11 video.
I GOT JUMPSCARED BY YOU SHOUTING ME OUT. THANKS KING 😌🙏👑🔎✨
i was the exact same with gigi lmao. i remember me and everyone else loving her for the first 3 episodes and then nearly everyone completely switched up and hating on her especially after that rusical and president challenge…it was bad for her 😭
Literally!!! Everyone was so chill with her those first couple eps then the Ball happened and then it just got worse from there lol
And they still dislike her like damn
The judges kinda screwed Gigi over because the audience started to resent her
It’s the opposite for me. I was so enamoured with her, and rewatching season 12 now, many of her outfits although smart are kind of pedestrian.
But still, she ate and deserved to be in the finale, and, you know…
"Miserable at Target" is the new "Sitting alone in the V.I.P" ❤
I’m just like Derek, in the fact that I do not post hate to any contestant from a drag competition whatsoever, I will say how I feel about a contestant or choice to myself and move on with my life.
Facts! Even the haters can hate out loud but idk why NOT tagging the queens or goin to their social media with it is so hard to understand! If they hate a queen so much they can call they home girl and talk all the mess they want NO HARM to the queen. Why these losers tag and go to the queens pages is insa e
let’s all be like derek.
Your most out there opinion to me is saying on unrigging UK3 that Ella would tie against Vanily Milan to Scandalous. Be so fr she would get TRASHEDDD
@lucasammif anything she would only tie with vanity because of her track record 💀💀, kinda like dela vs darienne on season 6.
Oh baby if you think your opinions about Scarlett are wild just wait a few more months til you rewatch your opinions on Salina😭💀💀
your dedication to delusion that scarlet ate on season 11 is admirable i wish i rooted for myself that much 😂
literally lmaoo i want someone to believe in me as much as derek believed scarlet ate
Nah but FR. People say she was so robbed and was a contender for the crown and I’m always like… girl what? Where? Show me on the doll where Scarlet slayed that season lmao
Your dislike for Gigi Goode is so funny to me
On season 12 I kinda get it, but she has proven she is that bitch off the show
The delivery of "perhaps I was on crack" really got me
derek i literally wrote about you in an essay for class about my media consumption because recently i have been OBSESSED with your riggory videos you’re truly a star
Omg icon
OMG SEND ME THE PAPER!!!!
The pandemic literally didn’t change my life except there was a toilet paper shortage. That’s the life many, many disabled people lead every single day and have done for much if not all of their lives. Which is why disabled people are so prone to depression and other mental health issues. The loneliness and the isolation is pervasive and consuming. Funnily enough, that’s why content like yours make our lives better. It’s our link to the world a lot of the time.
other than the constant dread of millions of deaths, being terrified that I would infect someone with covid and watching people say that the pandemic was fake, I lowkey thrived during the first year of the pandemic because my roommates were home so I wasn't as lonely in my house. plus a lot of events became accessible online, and my job let me work from home. it was wild to watch people en mass going insane from being stuck in their house when like... that's how I was already forced to live due to my chronic illness lol
early drag detective was a scarlet envy stan and I'm here for it
My POPULAR opinion is that you deserve way more love and subscribers! You put so much time and effort into each and every one of your videos and we all appreciate it❤
There are some old videos of yours where I just do NOT agree. Glad to see you realise that too lmao
One I would like to add is saying to get Gottmik the win was to make Symone safe… like Gottmik objectively did the best also even if she didn’t that didn’t stop them from giving her the win over Utica in the ball… I know Symones outfit was amazing, but like what we saw she wasn’t making Ru burst out laughing and she kind of broke character with the Jennifer Lewis Jennifer Lawarence moment…. Gottmik deserved that win 100%
You're the reason I started watching Drage Race again starting with season 12. Your recaps and opinions on the rigory really intrigued me into finding out these things for myself by watching the show.
Unrigging of season 10 please! Your opinions on Mayhem… I NEED to see how they e evolved
If I remember correctly before you even did a voice over you made an all winners season and you had aquaria beat yvie in a lip sync and I think that was your biggest hot take.
"If I said that Scarlet beats Booklyn in the Edge of Glory lip sync then I was nuts"
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"I tHinK SCarLEt cAN tAkE tHIs oNe GuYs"
"Team MarIAH ! " 🤣🤣
Mawma that sponsored meal looked so unappetizing that I might actually buy it
15:25 "i was a huge scarlet fan" then you said in the video that you don't like her that much haha
I think we can all agree that by All-Stars 6, Scarlet had shown a considerable amount of improvement as a DA, especially in performance and makeup. Just a shame she practically had a Mariah Balenciaga pulled on her and she was reduced to a filler girl.
My most unpopular I think opinion is Sasha still would’ve won season 9 even if the finale format had been different. She dominated all parts of the finale not just the lip syncs, her track record wasn’t really that far behind shae’s and I think she had almost as much fan support and one of the strongest storylines which was she inserted her brand of intellectual drag into everything she did.
Most of that support was because of that gag in the final though, no matter what people might say out loud 😂
@@AnT-ik1fh it’s possible that Kim could’ve won 8 if Bob had not slayed the finale that hard. I genuinely think it’s the same case for Sasha. I agree the finale pulled her across the finish line at the end. But especially in the looks she pulled out for the finale blew everyone out of the water. I don’t just think it was just the lip syncs. So for example if peppermint had been eliminated and the final 3 had been sasha, shae, and trinity. With the finale package she gave sasha still wins I really do think
sasha colby was the most overrated queen i have ever seen . she can perform(dance), that is it....
@@Feminazi1dc i respectfully disagree with you even though my comment is about Sasha velour not Sasha Colby lol
Maybe it would be fun to do a video where you react to OUR drag race opinions: you could do this through polls like you used to and have categories like “best/worst runway of all time”, “best/worst challenge” “best/worst promo” and even some more season specific questions and then react to the responses you get, it’d be nice to hear you talk about where you agree and disagree with us and it’d also be a nice way to send of polls on this channel
Jan wasnt really neck and neck with gigi since there were problems with her performance, jan's energy didnt serve madonna, she was way too smiley very theatre kid energy, which madonna doesnt give off so even though jan's runway was vetter gigi was still better in the challenge
your nose is so pretty i’m glad youre more on camera now
it was about to fall off from allergies filming this video but thank you 🥰
I have left like 2 comments on RUclips videos in its entire existence. I was so endeared to this one that I decided to leave one, because I wanted you to know that you should be proud of yourself, I love your channel, and you have a genuine insight to your own experiences. It's so rare to find people willing to admit mistakes, failure, and then earnestly reflect on that to improve themselves.
My hot take is that Phi Phi was right in season 4
On All Stars 2 she was DEFINITELY right
@@felipemath I dont agree with how she went about things in AS2
This video is actually very inspirational, I wasn't expecting it! I'm so glad your channel took off and now you're doing something you love. And I agree you deserve much more! Thanks for persevering with your content, it really brightens my day when a video of yours drops out! ❤
i've been subbed to you I think over 2 years now (lockdown!!) so proud of now far you've come bby ❤
tysm!!
Personally, I like when u like include the poll opinion (alongside your own)- I don’t really keep track with the talk goin on with fans on,one and stuff so it’s nice having like a snapshot of what other fans opinions are.
Always love whenever u have a new vid!
I remember watching your old videos and wishing you would use reference photos and up the production because I enjoy listening to your opinions. What a glow up ❤ your riggory of AS8 was a masterpiece.
i’ve been watching since the season 11 video and this was such a fun watch!! i remember being obsesseddd w the one video you did where you presented every s11 queen as different chess pieces and explained the season thru that lens … sooooo good
Have to love a self-reflective queen! This was lovely trip down memory lane 🫶 I love how proud you are of yourself, and justifiably so! You really did the damn thing 🎉 Can't wait to see you check out those old unlisted videos 😅
I've been watching your channel since 2021 and it's truly been a joy to see you grow and evolve. Can't wait to see what you do in the future
Love your drag race commentary and analysis, Derek!!!!
Thank you so much for all your hard work over the years. You're very relatable and sweet. You're one of the few content creators l feel aligned with. Much much love from France, Nico❤
I loved hearing your story of this youtube channel, im so happy that this worked out for you, everyone deserves to work at something that they love even though its rare for it to actually happen. Your hard work def paid off bc the vids are fire
What happened with Widow and the domestic violence situation? I know she was arrested and I saw the pictures but drag race fans and RUclipsrs seem to have ignored it
Waiting for the reaction to Mayhem Miller opinions PLEASE
39:31 I think reacting to your "The riggory of season 12" video would be lit. I know it probably doesn't have the same content material that the unrigging videos have, but is the only one of your "Riggory of..." videos that doesn't have the high and low placements + storyline analysis of each character. I remember being really into Crystal's art, but I was so sad cause she only appeared at the end of the video where she got a win + a bottom placement at top 5 lmao, even tho she had a kinda long high strike after episode 6. great video btw man !
6 minutes?? So early! Love your channel so much ❤ please make a video on DU 3 when it’s done 🥰
I am Mexican, but I really enjoy your videos because I watch them all the time, while I do homework, while I shower, while I eat, literally any time, my English is not the best, but I can understand all your content and precisely something I love is that more than 95% of the time, your opinion is exactly the same as mine, of course it is not always, but in general I empathize with your channel because of the similarity in opinions that we have jsjs, and its also great because your channel is from the very few drag race analysis channels that are really entertaining and are so passionately dedicated to it, thank you for entertaining my days uwu 🐱
Love the sweater drag detective (from the factor ad)! Also started drag duel! I love u and BUCY shade and rivalry I know y’all close friends 😂 don’t ever stop working together!
Idk if y’all listen to DRAG HER pod but drag detective and BUCY give me MANO and OSCAR energy and I love it
You could always do reprised/updates unrigging videos! I would definitely watch those.
I love your channel ! Watched every video and will continue to watch :)
"perhaps I was on crack" I'm screamiiiiiiing
If you use a stretchy fabric for the backdrop, you can use clips to get it to pull taught..
Looking forward to more riggory videos in the future!
I met Scarlet Envy at a Hocus Pocus-themed show with Alexis Michelle and Tina Burner last weekend. It caused me to realize something about why so many latched onto her early on.
One big thing Scarlet has going for her is her natural charisma and charm, and I think a lot of people saw her for that and her budding potential as a DA. If you really look at some of her stuff that season, though, you can tell she’s not QUITE all together yet. She was a talented actress and seamstress who knew how to work the camera, but she needed more experience in things like makeup and performance ability. So she may have lasted a few more episodes on Season 11 had she survived the Last Dance lip-sync (which I honestly think Ra’Jah just barely beat her on, even if it’s currently Scarlet’s best lip-sync), but she wouldn’t have been in the finale.
That said, she’d shown major improvements when she did All-Stars 6. Her makeup and performance ability were stronger, and she could’ve feasibly been in the top or even won certain challenges. Yet you can tell the producers kinda cast her as a filler girl and didn’t care about her as much as others, and even her elimination was more questionable there than the first time.
All that said, I think it’s safe to say that the Scarlet out there now is the final evolution of her, and hopefully the world will get to see that soon (*wink*).
V late to this but as someone who worked at Target at the start of rona I salute you !! It was incredibly draining and miserable.
Hey Drag Detective Doll! Why don't you have your drag competition show linked to this channel or the info in the description?
Super fan pretty sure I’ve seen all you’re videos by now😂
That microwave meal you were advertising looked so sad lol I'd stick with doordash 😂
As a Scarlet stan, what the hell were you on lmao. Love her, but during season 11 there's NO way she would've stood a chance against the others for the crown. I think she evolved a lot, and I believe that today she'd be a great contender (I'm rooting for her in UKVSTW season 2) but this ain't it, sis, lol
Tbh w.e video yoy wanna go over like this, I'm down. I was actual gonna tweet at you w an idea like this recently so this works for meeee!! 🤟🏿🌌💙
Yes! Please more of these videos!!!
My unpopular opinion is that you're the best drag channel and please don't stop posting.
I've been watching you from the very beginning! If I'm not mistaken, you vere recommended by U (ukee lee), but I'm not sure. Anyway, love you, love your videos and even your backdrop, she's killing it, honey? ❤😂
OMG I WANT THE OLD UNLISTED STUFF!!!
I'm sorry but I can't understand how you and many fans think that Gigi and Jan were close on the Rusical... Gigi was miles ahead, no runway could've gave Jan the win. Gigi was being theatrical, doing splits in heels meanwhile Jan was just moving on the stage with the most basic choreo ever and doing that with SNEAKERS.
hii, r u going to do uk vs the world unrigged ver?
With the hindsight of CvTW, I think Shuga vs Silky would be a FIGHT. The is song is up both of their alleys so it’d be a good lipsync
I think I may have actually commented on that first video that you were insane if you thought Scarlett could get past Akeria and Brooke. And if I did, I'm sorry! You're not insane, you were just stanning hard for your girl ❤️
I think season 10 and 15 need a revisit lmao
Ok, the Trump Rusical episode tops is forever going to be a Drag Race Rorschach Test. There’s SO MANY people that could have been in the top that episode based on what you look for and whether you factor in how entertaining the part is.
Brooke, Yvie, Nina, Shuga, Ariel all killed it. Silky won originally, Scarlet did great character work.
This video is so wholesome ❤
You should make a drag race 2024 bingo card video and then react to it at the end of the next year!!
What is the rigged of drag race season 3
Do you still agree with Mayhem winning season 10 babes?
I'm gonna watch later but please tell me he aknowledges the time he foresaw Mayhem winning a season. 😭
OG fans know your real first videos were Drag Race season simulations
at the end of the day, it doesn’t fucking matter!
26:38 OOP-
If you can't read yourself, how in the hell are you gonna read somebody else
One of these days you should watch Dragula it is amazing.
agree with most but Jan absolutely didn't deserve either of the Rusical wins.
She was fine but got ANIHILATED by Beyonce Giselle Knowles Carter IN PERSON in AS6 so much so that the runway was honnestly whatever and she won solely for her redemption arc
I guess one could argue that she was a bit closer in s12 but Gigi was on fire and the simplicity of her runway was balanced with the originality (blonde michelle??!)
realisticly she was a lovely second place for both episodes
The way she didn't steam that background 👀🏃>>>>>>>>
Is that Creep show t shirt you wear merch from John Grant (LGBTQI king)? I'd love it if it were!
My unpopular opinion regarding AS2 have not changed personally
Omg please do a react video for the All Stars: Champions videos you did! 👏😭
Yes
Steam that damn curtain, girl!
i dont like the background it was better before ..it casts a lot of shadows due to creases and looks untidy
babes u dont need to iron the backdrop just throw it in the dryer ily
Is drag race season 1 rigged.
derek you should redo your riggory/unrigging for UK2!!!
Oop name dropping the other drag race RUclipsrs I watch. RunnerEye, JackFed and Mera Mangle ♡
Willam once said “if you’re gay enough to hang it, you’re gay enough to stream it.”
Thank you for finally aknowledging Sherry's win
Imagine if you remade these old videos…
I will say I haven’t seen the Jackie vs crystal lipsync in a bit but I still think crystal won it tbh
Sheery was edited out of the whole poltics epsiode and the whole debate
Period.
Please recreate these videos!
Appreciate the acknowledgemwnt of Jan robbery on both seasons
Some sound foam would help a ton you sound echoey to me
i like most of ur original opinions more