Drag Den with Manila Luzon Episode 1 Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 7 дек 2022
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The den is finally open! The “Drag Lord” Manila Luzon, together with her “drag dealer” Nicole Cordovez, and “drag runner” Sassa Gurl welcome the eight aspiring queens as they embark on an eight-week dragventurous competition showcasing their wit, talent and beauty to become the first Pinoy drag supreme.
what did you guys think of this episode?
did you agree with the winner of the episode?
who is your favorite queen?
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I think a lot are confused with Dragdagulan because it stems from rural places in the Philippines. All our provinces have Fiestas, or celebrations held for the Catholic Saints or symbol of the province. These Fiesta always have events ranging from live bands, celebrity appearances, female pageants and gay pageants. Gay pageants started off as actual pageants which has evolved into “Miss Kalawakan” which means, it’s not a beauty pageant but a camp/comedy pageant. Then to “Miss Bardagulan” which has a section where it was a free for all Hunger Games type of spot where they can do anything and everything just to upstage all the other candidates. Some even resort to physically accosting the other contestants that is why there are strict security personnel who are on stand-by near the stage. As these are only done in remote areas, not a lot of Filipinos who are from urban areas or cities are aware of this sub-culture of pageantry.
To add, I think the Miss Bardagulan section of Gay Pageants was started to “save time”. Imagine, if you have 20 contestants, and all have to present their talents one by one, that will eat a lot of time from the event. Organizers just lumped them all together on stage and do whatever they want for a set amount of time. I know this is strange, but it is what it is.
At first I was also kinda confused of their choices for the national symbols. I thought it was gonna be the national flower, gem, animal, and so on. But then I realized that the challenge should be drag and camp so it's not meant to be taken literally. Anything that is culturally iconic both in good and bad ways is considered to be a national symbol. That's why we saw so many different and interesting choices from the queen.For example, Lady Gagita's runway is arguably the best in this category. Because she is supposed to be the useless "face shield" that the fascist government made us wear during the pandemic. It was scientifically proven not to help in containing the spread of the virus at all, and it's adding to the financial burden of the filipino people who are already struggling due to numerous lengthy lockdowns and lack of jobs. Face shield therefore is the national symbol that represents the failure of government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Lady Gagita's costume itself is kinda hastly made but it is nuanced, political, and funny.
Shewarma and Pura Luka Vega's approach were kinda literal but good. Shewarma served us the polished, campy drag that you'd typically see in drag race. Pura on the other hand served us a spooky drag.
As for NAIA, I think she is meant to represent the "tambays" or the jobless "bystanders" in the streets. These men always wear Basketball jerseys. If they are not busy playing basketball, or catcalling women, they would mockingly shout "wampipti" to gays who would pass by. "wampipti" is the slang for "150php" which is the amount in peso that poor gays would typically pay these tambays for a quick oral or anal sex. NAIA's idea of National costume for me is actually really funny, intelligent, and very referential. Sadly the execution wasn't drag enough.
Overall, I think the national symbols runways were good in terms of what they are trying to reference. It's only the execution that's lacking.
Hope this explanation helps! May you continue to react to this series!
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That was super helpful, thank you!!!
Thank god someone explained
Bump ko nalang comment mo mhie this is korek
Critics are so on point! We somehow had the same reactions. At first, I was so confused the whole time watching it maybe because I somehow compare it from what I used to see at RuPauls. The challenges and runways of the queens. But nonetheless, these queens are so talented and I can't wait for them to showcase their creativity every MF challenge. Please continue doing this reaction videos. Support! Yay! 😘
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Drag Den PH’s slogan is true “Drag pageant for Filipinos, by Filipinos.”
You will be confused if you really aren’t filipino 😭
When I saw barbie Q national costume I was like "oh look, it's corazon missing flowers"
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I’m a Filipino and your reaction is exactly my reaction. 😅😅😅 I’m adjusting to the format as an avid Drag Race audience. I can feel that Drag Den is meant to give a totally different experience from Drag Race. The editing seems to be intentionally not to make us feel it is a drag competition.
I love that there is no elimination. Imagine being good in 9 of 10 challenges but you got eliminated in the first challenge which is the only one you are not good at.😅😅😅
Oooh I loved it! Such a breath of fresh air, and it was just so funny. I’m really excited to see how the season progresses and to keep up with your reactions ❤
I’ve been waiting for your reaction 🥰🥰 Thank you queen 😘
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For the National Symbols, hope this helps.
1. Dogs - We have a local breed of dog called Aspin (Asong Pinoy). There lots of stray dogs here in our country and there are groups advocating to adopt these dogs instead of buying expensive breed dogs.
2. Sampaguita - Our national flower. Barbie-Q opted to copy the rock icon with the same name. And the words you heard are lyrics to her band's song "Nosi Balasi" a play on "Sino ba sila?" or English, "Who are they?".
3. Face Shield - During the pandemic, our country required face shield together with face mask if people want to go outside.
4. Basketball - NAIA decided to do boy drag as a basketball player. Basketball plays a big part on our culture. Actually we have 3 B's - Basketball, Boxing, and Beauty Pageants.
5. Talong - In English "Aubergine", as O-A mentioned, it's the second vegetable in "Bahay Kubo" - a popular children song. O-A also mentioned in her tweet that this is also an homage to her outfit on her first drag competition.
6. Barong Tagalog - National Dress for men in the Philippines. Almost all dead man wears this during wake and interment.
7. Carabao - our national animal.
8. For Maria Cristina I hope that she mentioned that she represents the body of water that surrounds the Philippines where the pearls are found. Though she mentioned during the presentation that the people of the Philippines are the true Pearl of the Orient.
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as a filipino, im so proud of our own drag competition show.
and the name itself is so iconic, "Drag Den".
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lol "iconic" used too soon is a bit of a trigger for Miss Valery -rightly so.
Great review as always!💚
OMG!! Thank you, Valerie! Loveyouuu, 💙❤️💙❤️💙
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10:10 for the fiesta themed look, lady gagita dressed as a sto. nino (child jesus) in the sinulog festival. the sinulog festival is done by a dance ritual.
Did you notice that that the designer for shewarma's gown (the last for the main category) is designed by mama Pao a.k.a the host of drag race and most of the wigs are styled by minty fresh
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SHEWARMA'S SECOND LOOK WAS MADE BY PAOLO BALLESTEROS WHICH IS MAMA PAO OF DRAG RACE IM HAPPY YOU LOVE IT
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i heard there was supposed to be a lipsync song for the dragdagulan showdown and the whole point was to stop the other girl from performing using the ball but it got taken down due to copyright issues (?) that's why its just an instrumental and full of commentary from sassa and other girls
Ohhh ok I was like huhhhh?
makes much more sense now
@11:06 She mentioned that her wig is from Min Ortiz. That’s Minty Fresh! COME THROUGH PINOY DRAG CROSSOVER!!! ❤️🇵🇭
Hey girl. The Dragdagulan stems from our own version of voguing. It's basically a showdown where you can do anything to upstage your opponent. A lot of young gays in Manila do this - they do splits, dance, sing, rap, and even beat each other up just to win. I personally didn't like how it was executed in the show but I loved the concept. On RUclips there are several videos of Filipino gay fiesta showdowns. Here's a really good example: ruclips.net/video/qAyDDMjt9Bs/видео.html
Not just gays. I did this too before. When I was super Young 😂
@@peeyasaysyes793 Isa kang babaeng bakla lol
Salamat Pose is my new favorite phrase.
Aries Night wasn't really from East L.A. He's from Lower Antipolo (L.A.), Philippines.
We had the same reaction but overall, I loved it. Looking forward to more episodes.
Love this thank you Valerie for reviewing this 😍🥰. I read on Twitter that there was supposed to be a lipsync song but they weren't able to secure the copyright. Idk though I hope there's a song 😭😭😭
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that would make sense why the trailer was delayed... Im hoping that was the reason because an actual song would have been nice.
The concept of the "dragdagulan" is to showcase the way Filipino Drag pageants are "buwis buhay" or in Filipino means life threatening/endangering. You would see queens diving on stage, doing flips, eating fire, walking on a wire etcetra just to win.
The audio on the pinoy national symbols is the "budots" a type of a music in the philippines usually popular in the provinces which comes with bass laden drums and electronic high pitch quick "whistles"..
National symbols are referred as things that remind Filipinos about the Philippines... like mundane things that bring back a recollection about an event or place..
Aries Night represent street pinoy strag dogs called Aspin (Asong Pinoy) that are infested with fleas and are abandoned in the streets of Manila.. not adopted and taken cared of
Naia represents the Pinoy bums who play online games and basketball (indirectly resembling unemployment or career shortage)
Pura Luka Vega emphasizes that most funeral attire of male corpses is the "barong tagalog", which is the national honorary costume for events
Lady Gagita wears the FACESHIELD that was part of the required COVID paraphernalia while go around the pandemic.. such item was associated with a criminal case of corruption during the pandemic where Pharmally (her name on this runway) was about.
Those are some of the symbols
Creo que faltó un poco más de información de tu parte, que está éxplicita en el mismo show, pero se entiende que debe ser algo espontáneo, ojalá puedas aclarar esas cosas que los filipinos nos enseñaron en los comentarios 😊. Creo que este show es mucho más pegado a las raíces filipinas, por lo que cuesta un poquito más entenderlo que un formato tan cuadrado e inflexible como DRAG Race, esté show nos saca de nuestra zona de confort y me encanta eso. Gracias por reaccionar, me gustó mucho el show, lo encontré entretenido y de buen nivel para ser su primera temporada.
As a Spanish-Filipino gay boi that sometimes dress in drag, i thank you for having the time to watch a drag show dedicated to our country thank you Valerie
omg finally
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6:23 the reason why the audio sucks is because it was supposed to mimic actual pageants commonly held in rural spaces --- which are usually held in small village auditoriums, or sometimes just a makeshift stage literally anywhere! I loved it because it really paid homage to gay pageantry in the streets.
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I guess the dragdagulan is different each week? So i guess we gonna wait. And the dragdagulan concept is quite entertaining tho because its literally "dogshow" between drag queens which is very chaotic and fun for me, and whoever won that will have a prize perse advantages .
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10:10 lady gagita's sto. niño was so on point that a lot of memes came out after the show 😅
7:09 according to maria christina, she's not wearing pearl because she(Filipino) represents Pearl. Philippines is called 'Pearl of the Orient seas.
Hello! Where did you watch the full episode? I have been looking for it l 😢
Kinda to explain stuff, the first part for the Pinoy National Symbols is like a quick drag look that they do for around 50 minutes so they have a shorter time. Some of the queens did street and campy looks which are harder to appreciate for foreigners who don’t know the culture as much. But all the looks for the first challenge were fun and represente philippine culture really well.
The second look is the main challenge and they are given a lot more time to prepare and the second look maybe is the bigger chunk of the criteria.
For the dragdagulan part some other comments have explained it really well. It’s not the classic lipsync for your life that drag race does. It’s more street campy and trashy were you can dance, perform, read the queen so it can be whatever you want to do as long as you upstage your competitor.
To add also, Philippine pagents are very different from traditional pageants like Miss Universe. It’s a lot more chaotic and campy and fun. And people do crazy stuff during pageants. It’s really hard to explain without showing you how actual filipino pageants go. But Drag Den basically encapsulated the beauty that contestants bring, the fun and campy side of it, and how chaotic it can be.
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Babes, as you mentioned Eurovision, have you done any reactions for euro content? Didnt see anything in your playlists. would love to see it
I guess that what makes us different with regards to the jokes and the bardagulan. That is our own culture.
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When them judges truned around and said O-A was a stand out I was like "girl are yall playin with me" and then on top of that the way i was aboute to throw my tv out the motherfrickin window if they actually eliminated shewarma also think Barbie-Q souldve taken O-A placement as a standout luv your vids and litteraly said SAME when you said WHAT! at O-A being a stan out
If Mama Ru is the Queen of Drag, Manila Luzon is the Drag Lord. Hahahahahaha 😂❤
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Thanks for reviewing Ms Valery. ❤️ We love you from PH
Filipino loves you too❤
Soo basically "Dragdagulan" is just a combination of the words "Drag" and "Bardagulan". Bardagulan means deferring opinions. It means fast and witty retorts since it originated in the streets. Since it is street slang, it can also simply mean "A fight".
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I have Amazon prime and show is not available. How are y’all watching?
Where did you watch this? I can’t find it
VALERYYYY! SEASON 2 IS OUT NOW!!! THE FIRST EPISODE IS SOOOOOO GOOD PLEASE MAKE A REACTION VIDEO!!!!!!!
Where am i able to watch full episodes?
I'm not sure if I like this . Thanx for showing us this new drag series. I'll give it one more chance.
Same. After episode 1, only Manila Luzon stood out for me.
Now I have a new crush. It's Shewarma. She is just cute.
Naia is my favorite... Because she's my classmate in college before 🥳😆
Filipino drag is very VERY campy especially in the barangays or smaller villages. The dragdagulan is supposed to be a very campy showdown like in many "Miss Gay" pageants. Normally in these kinds of showdowns, it's a dance/performance battle like they showed in the episode (without the ball).The way drag den did it was kinda confusing to me though; like i don't get the ball and the commentary. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed being confused.
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I cant find this on Amazon Prime
Literal na bardagulan hahaha i like it
Where did u watch it
In regards to the Pinoy national symbols quick drag challenge; we can’t and shouldn’t to only enjoy things that look like what we see on drag race.. this is a completely different culture and competition with symbols and references that won’t make sense to us. Let us all maybe refrain from negative, dismissive, dogmatic commentary until we fully educate ourselves on what we’re experiencing ❤❤❤
Dragdugalan seemed to me was coming from Mimi and India's lfyl. "DRAG IS NOT A CONTACT SPORT" but it is and has been charot
It took me a while but I think understood the first challenge it was weird but I think I got it. For the battle, I have no clue what was happening. It may be due to copyright or something if they were a lip sync. But I’m not mad about a non elimination system but a point system. However, I’m not going to lie, I would have prefer better if they did the elimination how they explained. It would interesting and gagging.
How do we feel about the trading card animation with giving credit to the designers?
Where did you watch it😭😭😭
I love the showwww!!!!the queens are gorggg!!
But i dont get how you win the dragdagulan its confusing and i think lypsinc would be better.but over all its greattt also rooting for shewarma,naia,and ariessss!!!!!!!
Hey Ms. Valerie. Are you a Filipino?
Finally someone not blinded by thirst! NAIA getting a pass from the fans for that outfit because she's attractive really pisses me off, this fanbase is so inconsistent with their opinions
I don't know how to start my comment first and foremost RuPaul's drag race Philippines is a franchise and much more famous than the latter. Secondly the host Paolo is good when in comes to hosting since he's been doing it on his noontime show. Third, Paolo is a natural gay comedian. Fourth, Paolo is very talented person able to impersonate and do on point make up of famous international celebrities. Paolo is much prettier with or without make up.
Don’t worry about the Filipino reference. We gotchu! 👍🏻👍🏻
May RUclips channel pala ang ating VP SARA DUTERTE! Bangon Pilipinas!
Nyeta JSHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
I agree the first costume, is so disappointing. The last party is just the way it is filipino loves to have a little play and its funny to us.
fun facts the national costume of shewarma is desinged by mama pao
I'm kinda disappointed that there's no music
Like no lip syncing??!
@@Valeryvision no, like there's a lip sync but why did they add commentary instead of what their lip syncing
@@Pea_nutto it's a more broad type of performance actually. They can either just dance, lip sync, both, or just be entertaining.
I just can't with "VALERIE MEDINA" anymore! I have noticed this for a long time already but there's just something with her?! She's glowing, she's getting more, beautifuller. I think 🤔 I'm becoming a lesbian because of her and I can't.
At min 9 and I’m just really confused.. Manila get that bag lol
No shade but drag den has better quality fact about the face shield I think it symbolizes the poor performance of our government In handling the COVID that time imagine all countries doesn't have to wear face shields except for Philippines and you can't enter the any establishment without wearing it with face mask yeah just a deep meaning
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You must search some funny gay pageants of Filipinos. It think it's their culture. Their is this word called "Dogshow", it is some sort of making fun especially in a serious situation. It is entertaining as it does not affect the whole formal thing of that situation.
The bgm on the first part was actually like a "Budots" song. Somewhat beig played in parties especially in provinces. Where they dances into a funny way because they don't care abput the technicalities of dancing.
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Idk about the dragdagulan part thought😂 um Filipino and I just don't understand it as well..... Maybe it's inspired by the boxing tournament in the oh just more if a twist like whoever knocks out or lie down on the floor is the loser? Idk just my hunch
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Girl is confused.
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From the question you say "what pageant is this" well there's a woman beauty pageant and there's gay beauty pageant. The woman pageant is more modest while the gay one is more fun like what manila said "dragdagulan" which is bardagulan meaning to have fun/make fun/ dog show. Gay pageant is more campy
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14:00 girl its not something serious and should not take seriously its just for fun lol
We’re all experiencing nuance of this show. There’s definitely room for ironing out and improvement. Reminds me of a quinceniera party with a piñata. Quincenieras and piñatas are part of Filipino bday tradition.
We don't do quinceañeras, the big birthday for girls is the 18th, where the dream is to have a debut (similar to a debutantes ball in the US).
Piñatas are more for little kids' parties.
@@coreycruz2542 it’s QUINCENNIERA! And how did that giant piñata look in that battle. It looked like a PIÑATA! Please it’s a fashion pageant show with a piñata battle. It is entertaining but that dangling giant piñata swinging without a purpose is not really funny. if anything, it could possibly cause injury, especially to the face. It really is a distraction; it prevents the battlers from performing and dance the house down. I’ll give it a 2nd season; but no more after that. Even with props “Drag is not a contact sport”🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍
this is exactly FOR FILIPINOS, BY FILIPINOS means.
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PLSSSS WATCH DRAG DEN SEASON 2 PLS
The pink dog is coming from stray dogs in ph normally they have scabbies and hairless which is very common in ph.
I’m so confused…
I’m so confused in the beginning. The one with with shorts and jersey SHOULDVE went home. Where is Marina Summers lol. Bring back my gurl!!!
Gurl.... u don't know anything
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@@Valeryvision how do we watch it I have Amazon prime but can’t find it?
@Valery_vision I was bout roast that comment good thing you deleted
@@baldoge so you don’t know either got it!
u judged too early
I dont get it, so i will not watch it. I will just wait for the reaction vids here✌
I dont like the first part.
We do have the same opinion. The first part is so confusing. It is not really showing any Philippine National Symbols. I also do not like the last part where they are using the wrecking ball thing. I find it boring.
I am watching your reactions since Philippines Drag Race. i love your transparency and your reaction itself. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love love from the Philippines.