S06: Laganja Estranja

[David T. Cole]

From Mark's pre-season snap judgements: Her drag mother is Alyssa Edwards? That explains the almost-but-not-quite quality of her personality. She can mimic that ironic attitude, but she can't embody it.

[Monty]

OFFICIALLY.

[NichD]

Very delayed response, but she was thoroughly embarrassing in the Untucked from a couple weeks ago. "That wasn't ENOUGH attention!"

[Kate]

No one ever said that alyssa was a good mother. 

[Xazeal]

This girl delights and saddens me. I can't root for her, but I can't deny that she sometimes makes for brilliant television.

Her antics during Untucked have been completely ridiculous. "I mean, the importance of this is not the other girls jumping on my coattails and taking this moment for themselves. What's important in this moment... is me!" followed by that sad, serious nod? It had me rolling.

[haydensterling]

Can. Not. Take. Her.

There's just something about her that rubs me wrong, and especially after her exchange with Adore in the Snatch Game ep.  Don't mess with my Adore.

[MrsDixon2U]

Bless her heart. She is a whiny, insecure mess but on some level I find her entertaining. Of course I have the advantage of the mute button so there's that.

[evilandproud]

I just watched the untucked episodes for the first time, and I truly think this girl is batshit crazy. Truly. Not in a reality tv crazy sort of way, but truly certifiable. The whole "I don't remember what you said, but it hurt me Adore" crap was truly bizarre. I can see why her and Gia are friends. They are both about as genuine as Michelle Visage's tits.

[kieyra]

Her whole affect is SO awkward and artificial. It's hard to watch. 

[Milaxx]

I guess her and Dorrianne are sharing the bitter queen crown this season.

[hatchetgirl]

This hitch has got to go a she just can't bring what some of the other young queens can... And everyone I see that goofy blond curl in confessional, I just want some sort of vanilla snack cake...

[Egg]

I think Leganja actually has a lot of talent. She did moderately well in the Rusical, and I've actually liked all of her looks except her first, which I thought was terrible. I even think her butterfly headpiece outfit was the best of that week.

So I wouldn't be surprised if she sticks around for a while, especially as she creates drama. However, I'd like her to be gone soon, because she's just got a really unpleasant personality, and is incredibly annoying (that first episode, where she responded "okurrrrr" and "yes mama!" to all her critiques--the worst).

[MrMattyMatt]

I just think the Interior Illusions lounge needs to serve her up a triple valium cocktail with a shot of Prozac...

[Dandesun]

I loved Laganja's butterfly fascinator but that girl needs to have a thousand seats. Seriously, for me, one of the best parts of the recent Untucked was her saying she thought Adore would be in the bottom two and Dela and Courtney just give her these 'Bitch, are you high?!' looks.

[Monty]

Every time Laganja drops an "okAYYY?!" I'm reminded of Sweet Dee from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

[Egg]

Oh myh God, I didn't even realize, but Laganja is SO Sweet Dee! Trying way too hard, looks like a bird. Totally fits.

[Milaxx]

Thank goodness they seem to be getting rid of the chaff fairly quickly this season.  No more repeats of queens like Shangela or the endless Coco/Alyssa Edwards feud. Leganja was well past her expiration point. I was happy to see her sashay away with her delusions.

[Ltg.jon]

Even better was seeing her get read for filth in Untucked.  I generally can take or leave Untucked, but that was so satisfying -- primarily because what everyone was saying to her was so true!

[Luisa]

Bye, MaMA. OkAAAAy? *snaps mouth like a weird trout or whatever*

Edited April 8, 2014 by Luisa

[NichD]

That Untucked was everything. And the other queens weren't even that mean-spirited, so much as they were demanding some honesty from her.

And did Leganja say that she was going to "chassé" away? I know that's a dance step, but it's NOT what Rupaul says, so it just seemed kind of dumb. As a friend of mine pointed out after the show, being taught anything by Alyssa must be a constant, crazy game of telephone.

[dolphincorn]

The "chassé away" part was the only time I laughed with her the entire time she was on the show.  It was a joke, wasn't it?

[evilandproud]

I'm so glad she is gone. At this point it wasn't even fun to hate on her because she just comes across as so....mentally unstable. Her attempts to garner more camera time were so weird and transparent. 

[DollEyes]

  While I've tolerated Laganja in the past, her belief that Adore belonged in the B3 for her rap on "Oh No She Betta Don't" put her in the "Hate" category for me and she's gotten on my last nerve ever since. Laganja reminds me of Shangela and Serena ChaCha-two queens from past seasons who not only weren't as great as they think they were, other queens called them on it in Untucked.

Laganja's getting eliminated this week was richly deserved and long overdue. The other queens, especially Adore, tried to help her the best they could, but they could only do so much. Especially hilarious was Courtney's "We could have handled that better" after Laganja stormed off because it remined me of Willam's "Your tone seems very pointed right now" response to PhiPhi O'Hara's dissing her on Untucked.

[kscoaster]

Laganja reminds me of Shangela and Serena

 

Agreed.  However, I think Laganja had the best ability to verbally agree with someone while entirely missing their point.

[Xazeal]

In a weird way, I feel like Laganja accomplished some of what she set out to do on the show. She was clearly desperate to become a memorable, quotable character like Alyssa Edwards, but in doing so she accidentally created an entirely new character, Laganja Estranja, who became memorable and immensely quotable because of said desperation. Now that she's gone, part of me misses her. The show just became 100% less batshit insane.

I'm actually hoping that somebody more musically inclined than I will decide to make a remix of Laganja's nuggets of crazy, "Drop Dead Gorgeous"-style. I also hope a remix like that would have her screaming "I FEEL VERY ATTACKED!" every five seconds.

[Haberdasher]

The reunion/finale made it clear that Laganja is just as annoying in any other place and setting. To be honest, it would be quite odd to find out that she's really a sweetheart and very down to earth, and that the editors did her in. Nope, she's just a fucking irritating tosspot.

[evilandproud]

Can we talk about this? I watched it twice not even realizing it was Alaska imitating Laganja. When that finally dawned on me I died. 

[kscoaster]

That's great!  Gurl...

[Egg]

I have been repeating "come on, trees" all day. That's amazing!

Edited May 30, 2014 by Egg

[SistaLadybug]

Can we talk about this? I watched it twice not even realizing it was Alaska imitating Laganja. When that finally dawned on me I died. 

I CANNOT BREATHE!!!  "Come on, all of God's good creations!"  LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[evilandproud]

I have been doing that Okurrrrrrrrrrrrr with the trill that Alaska has down pat way too much. C'mon Toyota Camry! *click*

[heckkitty]

Gawd DAMN.  That makes me want to make out with Alaska so hard. Which would be pretty awkward what with her being a gay man and me being a straight woman.

[radishcake]

"Come on Toyota Camry!" is now a saying in our whole family. <3 Alaska!!

[Egg]

My boyfriend caught me practicing the hand movements. I'm not even ashamed.

[MrsDixon2U]

My Alaska love knows no bounds. That shit was awesome!

[jellywager]

Did anyone hear she went to rehab and is now sober? I heard about the rehab part from one of Willam's Beatdown and Alyssa Edwards mentioned the diver part on Alyssa's Secrets.

Edited February 22, 2015 by jellywager

[editorgrrl]

Did anyone hear she went to rehab and is now sober? I heard about the rehab part from one of Willam's Beatdown and Alyssa Edwards mentioned the diver part on Alyssa's Secrets.

 

On January 2, @LaganjaEstranja tweeted @willambelli

so you started the rehab rumor.. I see you ship starter!

 

What does that even mean?

[jellywager]

Well, maybe what Willam said was a joke. Willam said it on one of the Drag Cruises. I'd trust what Alyssa said though. 

Edited February 24, 2015 by jellywager

[editorgrrl]

Oh, was the tweet supposed to be "shit starter"?

What did Alyssa say?

[jellywager]

I think she meant Ship b/c Willam said it on one of the drag cruises. I can't find Willam's video but here is Alyssa's: http://youtu.be/HigLGaDtGuk

[marsha]

Well, sometimes when people self identify as sober it can have different meanings. I know some people that when they say they are sober it means they've stopped drinking alcohol but still smoke pot (sometimes referred to as 'marijuana maintenance') and with others it means they don't drink or do any kind of drug. Maybe Laganja has given up drinking but is still on her 'medication' i.e. marijuana.