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A87899710 RuPaul's Drag Race - the TV Phenomenon
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I meant to ask you about whether the end bit is needed:
<!-- Season 7 premiered in the UK on 25 January, 2016

Season 8 premiered on 1 August, 2016 -->

and whether there was supposed to be something more, or if it can be deleted

I've added a footnote about Rebecca Romijn's 'X-Men' involvement. I am still amused at the initials for 'Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent' (not to be confused with Robot Wars' Style, Control, Damage and Aggression.)

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Ah! No, you can delete that bit - it was included for my own reference, but isn't needed in this version of the Entry

Good footnote, thanks

Yes, the characteristics are carefully chosen! Not to be confused with the Robot Wars characteristics indeed

'women such as Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy's daughter'
Isn't Sharon Osbourne, Kelly's mother, famous for being a reality talent contest judge? I know Ozzy is probably still the most famous member of the family, but didn't whole family became famous when they had their reality television show? If I were to mention another member of Kelly's family in the context of her being a judge, is Sharon more relevant? (If singing was the focus, obviously Ozzy.) Is it worth mentioning her instead/too?

sponsor's products - should that be sponsors' products or is there only one sponsor (a company that presumably sells make-up and )?

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Good point - I think "Kelly Osbourne, Sharon and Ozzy's daughter, " would work, do you agree?

Well spotted on the apostrophe - yes there are different sponsors for and , so it should be sponsors' (I know companies diversify these days, but not in that case! I saw an advert last night for a company making a fragrance - I can't remember what the company was because my first thought was, "What's *that* company doing making fragrance?!" as they seemed to be completely unrelated products )

Okay, I've made that change. Would you like to have a thorough read-through and let me know what you think and if there are any more changes etc?

Yes, some companies make really random things that don't go together at all, but other companies just don't sell what you want them to. Take Richard Branson, whose company Virgin has done records, planes, trains, cinemas, fizzy drinks (I loved the Virgin Vanilla cola when it came out, it was by far my favourite drink, and I raved about it lots, completely ignorant that my saying how great Virgin vanilla was could be taken out of context and given an entirely different meaning) and a good DVD & CD chain. But inexplicably he's yet to move into the olive oil market – I mean, who wouldn't want to buy a Virgin Extra-Virgin Olive Oil? Similarly Barr manufacture soft drinks, particularly Irn Bru. They definitely need to move into the stripy mint market so I'd finally be able to buy some Barr Humbugs.

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I think I can vaguely guess what the context specific issue about the cola was, but I prefer to remain almost completely ignorant of it Olive Oil is definitely a missed opportunity, though

I just felt like playing a computer game today, and I suddenly realised I was playing RuPaul's Drag Race Game and I hadn't mentioned it in the Entry

The last paragraph needs expanding something like:

"Limited Edition RuPaul dolls were made in 2005, and fetch high prices on the internet. For those with fewer dollars to spend, the RuPaul's Drag Race Paper Doll Book was released in 2017. It features 2D versions of winning queens (including Violet Chachki and Bob the Drag Queen) and a variety of outfits for them to wear. The Dragopolis 2.0 game appeared in 2013, featuring cartoons and catchphrases of RuPaul and other well-known queens including Sharon Needles and Alaska. It requires players to shoot a bouncy ball at a pattern of rhinestones to collect all the pink gems and win the level. The game also contains a Classic mode featuring the game from the 1.0 version, where a queen has to run along a road and avoid obstacles in order to earn money to buy dresses and wigs.

RuPaul's albums and songs are able to be purchased online, as are the contestants' musical works (there is such an expectation that contestants will record their own songs that Jinxx Monsoon entitled her efforts The Inevitable Album). "

Thank you!

Okay, I've made that tweak. Did you still want to class that as 'Spin Offs' or would it come under its own section, say, 'Merchandise'?

Other than that, any more comments or changes?

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I'd like a couple more changes, sorry...

The sentences:

"The least shady queen is chosen by viewers and becomes 'Miss Congeniality'. The winner of the series becomes America's Next Drag Superstar and wins a substantial sum of money ($100,000 in most series) plus a supply of cosmetics and guaranteed publicity. "

need to be moved to a new paragraph at the end of the Judges section please.

Just need a comma after Ozzy's daughter.

I'm not sure about making a new section for the other stuff that isn't quite a spinoff, but we could change the header to "Spinoffs etc" or something like that. Dragopolis 2.0 needs to go in a new paragraph.

Thank you!

Tweaks made, so let me know what you think.

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Excellent, thanks! The Spinoffs and More section is spot on

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