The Rise and Fall of Jan on Drag Race
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2021
- NOTE: There is no hate directed at Jan in this video. I am talking about her edit on the show and how she was portrayed, which in no way is relevent to her as a person outside of the show. Any hate comments towards Jan will be deleted.
Never before on Drag Race has a queen fallen from grace so quickly as Jan Sport did from her story on Season 12 to All Stars 6. When she was brought back for All Stars, fans were excited to see her back, but now with her elimination, a lot of fans were happy to see her go.
In one of the most blatant examples of how editing can impact the perception of a queen, I'm going to break down Jan's story arc on Drag Race, and how her fall from grace was potentially orchestrated by producers.
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Bob was right when she said that this show is systematically destroying Jan's psyche
Yes!
Totally agree!!
It’s like she predicted the unfortunate future 🙇
Bob predict i goop, poor jan
why should we care about Jans "psyche" when plenty of queens of colored have suffered and will continue to suffer long before delusional jan cam to play?and no one pointed that out or even defended them? lets have that bigger conversation.
producers/Ru: Just be yourself
Jan: *being herself*
producers/Ru: No, not like that
YES
They never really mean “be yourself”… it’s just an encouraging-sounding trope that gives no clarity to anyone. Just filling in airtime to make the person saying it seem wise and kind.
I think that they refer to someone's personality having different aspects but I do agree.
Yo be fair shes kinda not truly giving it
Lol. Ru has said before that he wants you to be yourself but be able to adapt. The critiques are there to make the Queens better.
I'm kinda glad she got eliminated. The show was so mean to her, when Ru laughed at her crying and all the messy placements and contradicting critiques were messed up.
Yeah its kinda like an adore moment I would've liked to see her more but it's better for her sake
My thoughts exactly! Production was so nasty to her this season
@@classicallycommie6266 omg i told my friend exactly the same
I agree! I enjoy seeing Jan outside the show because she seems to enjoy herself and isn’t second guessing herself. She is extremely talented and I hope she is proud of everything she’s achieved so far.
I mean yeah, Ru sucks, but that laughing at her crying thing was so obviously edited out from a response to something different during that conversation. The show is not showing us a linear series of events, it’s just bits of the most pertinent information, whatever was actually said to her when she started crying probably just wasn’t interesting enough.
Bob was right. Bob was right.
Context?
@@clenshin97 bob said the show is trying to break Jan down and Bob was right
Bob- This is a systematic attempt on jans psyche
@@kylezacharysmith4643 i think she should be the rocker Jan. It suits her sooo much like she looks good with the aesthetic & jan gives me rock vibes as a name if thst makes sense lol
@@casswashwash1070 on several of her old videos (which I can't find now for some reason!!) she did amazing goth looks & they suited her so perfectly!! I'm a huge fan of goth!Jan!!
Jan: *wakes up happy because that's who she is as a person*
Judges: "Why are you happy?" "Are you sure you're happy?" "You shouldn't be happy." "Be sad." "Sadder." "Cry." "Cry harder." "Sob." "Why are you sobbing?" "You shouldn't be sad, you're Jan, be happy." "Why aren't you happy?" "Be happy." "You're happy again, and i know you think you are, but no you're not."
😂👏🏻
Facts
True Story. 😒
omg just by reading your comment gave me anxiety. I could only imagine how she feels.
I feel like they are messing with her emotions so she could be a villain or something
I guess this is why people like Kim don’t want to go back for an All Stars. It can mess up your reputation.
Tea
I mean I remembered someone said that on AS3, BenDeLa eliminated herself is because she didn't want to be attacked by the fans...
Kim can’t come back to all stars because since AS2 the format has been lip syncing is what you do when you are in the top. Kim Chi is probably one of the worst lip syncer’s to go on the show. She’s so talented at makeup, but her lip syncing is bad, it’s why she was saved from the bottom in season 8 a few times. Kim is an icon, but she is not made for All Stars
@@TheKingSothis While everything you said is true and I agree with you... Just because someone is the Top All Star of the week it doesn't mean they need to lipsync the house down to grab the money - they already have the win. If Kim was on All Stars, she would struggle with performance based challenges, but if she won, let's say, a ball, and was about to lipsync against whoever was the Assassin, honestly, 10k would not be much for her, I bet she would do something ridiculous/funny to throw away while also not being the one to be blamed for whoever goes home that week.
@@TheKingSothis Do you know Kim did very good performances after Drag race ? C'mon growth exist after the show
Honestly the way they edited Jan this season makes me sooo fuckin worried for other queens that were considered robbed on their og season i.e. a Denali going to all-stars. Like I hope the "used to be fanfave turned bitter betty” doesn't become an editing trope for all-stars 💀
Denali for me risks A LOT, considering that they kinda Tried to give her a villan-esque edit on s13 but they didnt attempt to it thanks to her being ICONIC
@@robertolore this is genuine confusion how was Denali in any way given a villain edit she was one the nicest people on the entire cast I can't even think of her coming for other queens at all
It already happened with Latrice in AS4, editing her from lovable Miss C to a bitter older queen
@@classicallycommie6266 in fact for me she is no way a villain material, but they Tried to underline their "Shady" moments especially in the Beginning (lala's entrance look comment, her "rivarly" against rosè in the first episode). She was Smart enough to not being trapped in a "negative mood", otherwise i think the producers could have played with her. With that said, im a huge Denali's fan and i hope she gets the rudemption She deserved on AS!
Honestly I feel the same way... Jan and Denali have two very different personalities though, so I'm hopeful that Denali could avoid a bad edit. Jan has shown to be upset when she doesn't get what she thinks she deserves (the facecrack and multiple moments in AS6), while Denali was very humble through S13 while still being competitive: when she didn't win challenges or when she placed safe, she was like "I wanna do more, I wanna impress the judges", she never said that she DESERVED the win or the top placement over somebody else. Her personality is the typical competitive but respectful attitude of someone who has practiced sports for years, so she wants to win and wants to do the best she can, respecting other people's success and knowing that it's not their fault and that she must push further when things don't go her way. I hope that in a future All Stars season she still is edited this way because it comes accross positively. Eureka is getting this kind of edit this season: Eureka is constantly in the top, she hasn't won a challenge and this can be frustrating, but she ALWAYS cheers genuinely for the other queens when they win because she doesn't feel entitled and recognizes the talent of her contenders for the crown
I think the issue with Jan, is that her drag persona, is actually who she is in real life. So it’s hard to differentiate between the drag characters and her real self.
This!
Dela is a good example of balance. Dela is very bubbly peppy high energy terminally delightful. Ben is so somber relaxed and mellow
I kinda disagree symone won her season and correct me if I’m wrong but her drag persona is the same as her real personality.
@@procks1619 symone was actually very vulnerable when she was talking about herself out of drag
Mulki I guess that’s true, I was more thinking more their actual persona.
s12 positivity: love
as6 positivity: hate
When the exact same behavior is interpreted so differently, you know it's editing.
EXACTLY. Her personality hasn't changed since season 12, but for some reason now it's annoying, fake and delusional? Gimme a break.
@@lune78 I think she was the same way back in s12 : annoying, self-centred, delusional and entitled. The biggest problems of Jan are *maturity & modesty/being humble* that’s why (most) people don’t like her/are very much annoyed by her behaviour. I swear, a black queen would get dragged for being like that.
@@solarose7820 wtf a black queens has to do with that yall are twisted
@@heychardonnay Please don’t act dense. We all know any black queen who has been overly confident, even slightly, get dragged through the mud by fans.
@@chanellopezzzz it has nothing to do with skin colour or race. Overly confident but no talent means arrogant, but that’s not Jan. She got the talent, but it’s just not being appreciated by the judges enough.
Hmm I think it’s unfortunate because I do think she does it to feel safe but it’s not fake? I feel like Jan was struggling but I don’t get the “fake” thing…I just get someone who hasn’t matured as much as the rest of the cast in AS6 and it stands out more starkly. But like TKB said, I want her to stay at her 110. I also blame the producers much more than Ru…
I know. Why do people keep saying she’s fake? It’s like people are only real if they are miserable.
Funny thing is being a drag queen is being a character and being someone else over the top, its crazy to me how all of sudden they want real people. Like what is this rupaul vulnerability race
@@liliamayes3176 "may the best traumatic story win!"
Here is the thing. It's not about having an exaggerated persona; that probably is one of the key elements of drag after all. It is more about not knowing how to showcase yourself. Show, not tell. Jan is very talented. But she also feels the need to tell us she is very talented. She invents any number of catch phrases that are centered around herself and then inserts them without proper reasoning. Being the one that keeps hitting the Shade button doesn't make you involved in the discussion, it makes you a PA in a fancy dress. Entering Untucked and instead of interacting with the queens, looking at the camera and calling it "Jantucked" feels like you are trying to get attention artificially in a situation engineered for people to get it organically by being part of the conversation.
These are all issues that Jan has probably only because of her youth. If she was in AS7 or 8 would have been much better for her but could she be sure she'd get the call? Queens that go on AS immediately after their season seems best for queens who had more to show but didn't get to it because of their own issues (Katya, Monique) rather than because of external issues (Ginger, Jan)
@@courajess di
That elimination was brutal. Jan is very talented and she is who she is.
I was on the floor crying, it was very very brutal😂 even tho I knew it was coming the twist gave me a false sense of hope
Butttt she hadn’t exactly followed the requirements for the challenge, and don’t get me wrong I lovee Jan. I just don’t think that Jan could take it as far as the other queens, I don’t know against Pandora but my biggest factor was the fact that she did not do the challenge correctly and she kind of fought the critiques.
@@rabbyte9095 ok but you give her that sense of relief when she hears Pandora’s name, only to crush that completely by eliminating her? They should’ve had one lip stick saying it’s a tie. It’s not healthy for her and it’s pretty cruel actually. The whole experience has been cruel to Jan and though she can be annoying I feel a lot of sympathy for her because this season has been a terrible experience for her I think, when in reality she had a pretty good showing, especially if you think back to the earlier episodes
@@oliveroconnor5983 Okay yeah that is very true, Jan really did not deserve that because they were probably looking for that so they could harp on her. Though I am willing to wonder and think about the possibility that Alexis could have just as well pulled out Jan’s lipstick first and we would’ve seen that reaction from Pandora instead, it probably isn’t likely but it could still be a possibility on Alexis’ side.
@@rabbyte9095 I get what you're saying and you're right but like she wasn't the only one who didn't follow, in fact I felt like the only ones that did it right were TKB and Eureka, lyrics wise cuz it was very clear what their causes were
Moral of the story: Denali watch yoself
HELP 😂😂😂😂
More like fans keep this in mind, its not jans fault, its the fans. As u can see jan is the same person and her edit may be shit but it wasn't amazing in season 13, the fans are bipolar
Lowkey idts, Jan always had the "delusional" streak in her. We saw that from Season 12, but Denali always seems like a very composed queen. Like even in times she was disadvantaged (lip syncing in in ice skates or the chandelier dress thing) she doesn't seem delusional. But you know, producers have all the power so who knows.
Soft disagree, Jan struggled with branding and having a discernible voice in her drag. Denali has a much more well defined brand and artistry. She isn’t going to get lost in a group of highly branded and established queens like Jan was.
@@clickclackherecomesjac I personally wasn’t talking about branding, I think she’s fine with that. I meant try not to give the producers too much of an ego to work with cus they’ll just spin it back and make the fan base hate her. The edit on drag race feels like a minefield now
And so the cycle starts over, a queen gets a negative edit and the fans send them hate only to later in the future say that she never deserved any hate, I’m not an amazing person but this fandom is full of fake hypocrites who need to think before they comment
You made me think of all the fans that say "this new fans are so toxic! we never did that to a queen in the earlier seasons" and I'm like "excuse me! I haven't been watching Drag Race that long but I know that you people were awful to Tyra/James when you didn't think he was the rightful winner of season 2, don't tell me sending hate to a queen is something new within the fandom". So hypocrite!
Part of me is happy we’re just finally talking about the hate, sadly the earlier season queens never got their justice but at least the newer queens are getting SOME kind of help
I Love your thumbnail photo 🥰
@@savannahgentry1457tyyyyyy
It’s giving the systemic bullying phi phi o’hara
Even her elimination in all stars was so unfair to her. Alexis pulled out the lipstick and said “Pandora” so in those moments, Jan thought she was staying and Pandora was leaving. Then of course the producers need to torture Jan so they have Alexis wait a little bit before she reveals she also has Jans lipstick which means it’s a tie (she could have shown both lipsticks together to not give Jan false hope). So naturally Jan was probably caught off guard and was probably thinking “are we both going home?” Then Ru puts it in TKB’s hands, and she chose Jan which means Pandora gets to stay and really Jan is the one leaving. Like the emotional roller coaster the forced her onto was rude and completely unnecessary. They dangled it in front of her that she was going to get at least another week to compete and then snatched it away for the “drama” Production is so mean to some of the cast
@@JustAPersonWatchingYT lol how? They literally explained what happened word for word.
bro competition shows always do that for dramatic effect, while i do think the judges were bitchy to her on multiple occasions, this was just for the entertainment. they did it on AS4 when both latrice and monique stayed
@@plzgege but I feel like they’ve never instilled that much hope in a queen and dashed away so quickly when it wasn’t necessary in my honest opinion. like there is a line that can be crossed with reality tv and with this elimination, the acting and lying and stunts, the hope given to Jan, then switching it around and pulling the rug out from under her, it’s not the same as being a fan favorite getting voted off, it was purposefully produced and Alexis was specifically told to do that regardless of what it would do to Jans feelings when it would have made more sense for Alexis to say “the queens have voted, and they’ve decided that the queen that should go home is.. both of them. It was a tie” like that would have gooped the audience enough being like “wait what happens in a tie do they both go home?” They didn’t need the extra drama at Jans emotional expense. And I know she’s a big girl and is over it and all that for me it’s just about the disrespect they showed her
This is insane. Imagine your critique being "Can you not be yourself please?" "your personality is fake".
A lot of neurodivergent peeps can relate.
I can. Lajanga on season 5
@@secret_senshi yea but I also heard she was withdrawing at the time so I get it. She needed a snickers
Poor Jan. She must have been so happy leaving All Stars, having made it farther than her original season and even winning the Rusical this time aeound, her first challenge win. I feel so bad for her. I wasn't a huge Jan stan on Season 12, but watching them beat her down over the course of the season just made me so sad to watch. I hope she took to heart what Trinity said about not letting anyone bring her down from 110%. The judges need to stop pushing queens to trauma dump, that's my biggest takeaway.
Honestly the hate was getting to me much to me as a huge fan and I just wanted her to leave for it to be over, so its a relief I guess
fr, imo the biggest problem of this and the latest seasons is the judging, i srsly dont get these people anymore
Same
@@valalava1 They do it on purpose anytime you feel the judging is questionable it’s because it is they do it so people can complain like now here on yt and twitter thus giving free promotion to the show it’s like free advertising but at the expense of fair competition and the mistreatment of certain queens
This whole thing reminds me of what Miz Cracker said about the evil twin episode; basically her “evil twin” was saying all the things she said when she was feeling down on herself, and the judges thought ‘no that’s not how you feel depressed’
Roop really needs to stop relying on people’s trauma and pushing narratives like it’s her own characters and not real people
Gurl her elimination... No one got eliminated in a worse way.
Gurl have you forgotten Monique launching her wig from her head, failing to do a cart flip, not knowing the words of the song and almost running over The Vixen in that lipsync she was eliminated on S10??? I think that is still the worse way to go out, even worse than Mask-gate.
Brutal.
@@redduskironsky1058 Gurl Alexis pull out Pandoras lipstick first making Jan BELIEVE that she survived another week (Idk if it was planen by the producers or not), but get send home seconds later due to a tiebreaker by Trinity.
She thought she was safe and tried to give off a fake sad act to Pandora- but it was a gag when Trinity said her name
@@tukyad.836 Yeah but she wasnt fully humiliated in front on the whole world like poor little Monique. And this was planned lets be honest, we can sense this was 'a gag' by production. They could have simply made them lipsync but they put the burden on another queen to do that.
Jan's the same queen I fell in love with in season 12 and my opinion hasn't changed on her
Same! 🥺
Same.
Judges: "Just be yourself!"
Jan: *Is herself*
Judges: "No. not like that"
For me, it’s hard to think that that is Jan’s actual personality. No one is that 100% all the time. She seemed to be playing it up for the cameras which is why She’s getting hate. For me, I realize that the producers will make an episode to get us to have a certain opinion on a queen. Sad! We will never know what Jan really feels.
I do think that she's being herself, but it's just a highly exaggerated version of herself, which for me is different from having a weird drag character like Laganja's case
@@Insulindependantfati but you don't know an personally and queens have said she's like this outside of drag race, So at the end of the day it is just her.
@@Insulindependantfati just because you fake being nice and have a attitude DOESNT mean that other people fake being nice the way you do some people just aren’t bitter and evil and just have self love I don’t understand people like you who are calling her fake like why does he have to be rock bottom and destroyed mentally to be real it’s weird just accept that’s she’s not a mean bitter bitch not everyone is built like phi phi ohara or Bianca del rio
@@alex-1822 Jan is fake. Shut up.
Jan also committed the cardinal sin of RPDR - being up for elimination against someone people like better, and staying over them. If she’d been eliminated two episodes ago instead of Scarlet, who had a “robbed overlooked cinnamon bun gone too soon” storyline of her own, I HIGHLY doubt she’d be receiving nearly as much hate.
We’ve seen it happen time and time again. People get mad that their favorite went home and they want someone to project their anger onto. Jan has had a “delusional” edit and has outlasted arguably stronger competitors, so she’s an easy target.
it’s not her fault she didn’t get eliminated Lmao
@@aliciascorner7341 that was a joke, it’s obviously not her fault. it’s a figure of speech - point is that what I described is a fast track to being hated
True, people are never happy
So true. Although I don’t even think scarlet got a sweet cinnamon roll edit tho. She barely was given any screentime until her elimination. They didn’t capitalize on her many storylines coming into the season. She was just cannon fodder for them which is sad. And it’s also sad that her being cannon fodder contributed to JAN also being cannon fodder lmao. These producers don’t get that the fans can smell their bullshit.
But she wasn’t robbed, Scarlett literally came off like a stepford wife I can’t 😭😭 the producers really hate some of these girls
Jan also mentioned in "Whatcha packin?" that she was advised to rap, and regrets not singing like she normally would. They had it in for Jan. I agree, my friends and I have said for a few weeks now we wished Jan had waited to return so she could mature more as a person and a drag queen.
just because she came back early (which tons of queens have done in the past, hello monét), it still doesn't warranty the kind of treatment she received from production and the fandom. They could've just let us enjoy her extra-ness on tv. I feel like no one's gonna say yes to all stars right after their season anymore seeing how Jan's run went.
@@ricegirl … where did I say it did? Nvm don’t even bother responding
@@ItsBobbieDrake no i'm agreeing with you. Maybe it came out wrong! I was just expanding on your point. Agreed she should've waited but considering the past contestants had found success soon after their season, it made sense for Jan to do it too. That's what I meant. My rant was directed at production lol!
@@ricegirl ohh ok my bad! Oh no I understand why Jan came back. She wanted to ride her wave of popularity from s12 and like she said when you’re asked it’s hard to say no.
I love Jan so much and I'm so sad about how she was edited this season. As someone who is high energy and has trouble turning that down, the constant telling her she's fake made me so sad. To me, she's very relatable and I look up to her a lot.
honestly, me too. her edit and how fans are treating her has been genuinely really upsetting to watch for me. the show and the fans need to stop pushing queens to trauma dump and be miserable in order to be seen as “real”
I’ve been loving Jan since s12 and even though she comes off a bit annoying in as, bitch she can do whatever the fuck she wants.. as someone who watches drag race I know better than to hate queens based on a “reality tv show”
I like jan, I never thought she was fake she seemed very genuine and to love her craft like seriously the drag Rachel berry, training since birth to be successful at what she loves! She came off more passionate then delusional to me but honestly that last challenge on all stars she truly misunderstood the assignment
Jan hasn't even left the building yet omg this was fast (watching now, I'm sure this is gonna be a good video ♥️)
Actually it was all filmed a bit ago I think? Because the queens have been on social media and I dont think they have access to media when at the hotel
@@rabbyte9095 I-
@@rabbyte9095 I know it's just a joke haha
@@mosskii6832 Oh 💀 Sorry
I think another thing that didn’t help Jan with the producers is the fact that they didn’t get other season 12 queens like Gigi, Crystal & Heidi back on before Jan . It just seemed like they were never really interested in Jan
I'm pretty sure Gigi and Heidi were asked, but declined. Jan should have done the same thing, it was too soon for her, especially since the season 12 queens didn't really got to shine because of covid
@@majelalover8837 a position on all stars is never guaranteed, jan may have been nervous and wanted to make sure that, when she was offered a spot, she took it. Gigi will prob be invited back every year lol
@@velorington yes but as Jan have a lot of fan, she wouldn’t have gotten any problem to come back on all stars in x amount of years. It was waaay to soon. She’s hella not mature enough for this and most of all, she truly needs to work on being humble, taking critics, and just all around act like an adult.
@@solarose7820 u never know with production and public favour tbh, but yea I think jan would've pretty easily got a spot. never a 100% guarantee tho
I mean Jan doesn't need rpdr for being a queen and yall should realize abt that, not all their favorite queens won't return never to rpdr betta follow all 'em on Instagram and media waiting for content of
I’m so sick of fans holding zero accountability for themselves. It’s a show designed for entertainment. Everything is a show first and foremost, and it is completely on you if you draw any conclusions about the content of their character as people from what you’ve seen in front of cameras. You can blame production pulling the strings, or the queens for saying what they said, but honestly I have no time for anyone who sends hate to people just doing their best, whether they try to backtrack or not.
Great vid as usual!
I still love and support Jan and will continue to do so in the future, being a people pleaser and being considered unlikeable for it is too relatable to me.
You need to do an episode about all the other queens who were raked through the coals in edit. Utica is a victim that had it far worse in the edit and no one cared. It’s even worse for plus size queens and queens of color. We all need to stop, take a breath, and examine the edit and not take this all at face value.
Utica was talked about by u. in (th-cam.com/video/C1DK8wSGRkU/w-d-xo.html ) "The Mistreatment of the Losers' Circle on Season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race". u. talks about Utica from 18:15 - 24:00 . I hope the Drag Detective will also make a video like that, but if you want to see a video that talks about Utica's treatment on the show, you can check this one out :) I hope I was helpful!
Utica got a terrible edit, but honestly, it made her one of the breakout stars of the season. Barely ANYONE was doing anything that season since most of them were very focused on themselves, but Utica was driving everyone mad and just being insane which made her interesting to watch.
I feel like they're really putting a lot of shady moments for queens of color; I've been trying to be more self aware of when I think "ooh she's such a b", in order to pay attention to who it is, and try to see through the editor's cut.p
i dont really care for jan but sending hate to a queen for just existing is just so crazy to me
SUPPORT YOUR FAVES WITHOUT BRINGING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN
This👌🏻
Poor Jan. Honestly they bullying and humiliate her. She's amazing artist and deserves better 💜. I feel so bad for her.
Suddenly I remember that Jan said she was the villain confirmed in her promo for AS6… I thought it was a joke but it seems she knew.
I'll bet they fed her that line. Just saying. I thought from ep 1 they had it in for her. Ru clearly does not like her.
@@etherealtb6021 I don't think they fed her that line. I think she was smart enough to look back at her own reactions and performance in AS6 and realize that production could easily spin that into portraying her as a villain.
Have Queens or color gotten a lot more hate? Absolutely.
Does that make it any less intense or invalidate Jan’s emotions? No. Both thoughts can be held at the same time.
We can talk about the production riggorama and how it effects different Queens while simultaneously acknowledging it’s the Queens of color who are usually done the **most** dirty by production.
I mean, yes but why do you need to bring it up that some queens of colour have gotten worse when this episode is about Jan specifically?
Also I don't know where the argument that the production systematically disadvantages Black queens comes from given that out of the main series 8 of the 13 winners have been queens of colour, and of those 6 were Black. And the show is created and run by a Black Queen? And then from All Stars 2 out of 6 of the winners have been Black too and likely the winner of season 6 will be as well.
I'm not saying that the FANDOM doesn't have a big racist element that likes white queens more on average, but the producers don't seem to be specifically trying to systematically disadvantage Black queens as a whole. Rather they seem to specifically choose individuals to be villains like Vixen or Jan or Phi Phi or Silky etc. But for every queen of colour made a villain we have others that become fan favourites (Shangela, Manila, Jujubee etc) and those that win.
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@@ladyreverie7027 because the video itself brought up the exact same thing, within the first few minutes no less. op wasn't bringing up this topic out of nowhere, they were responding to drag detective's take on the matter in a way that actually struck me as more nuanced & sympathetic towards jan.
Yes, I also feel uncomfortable with that comment, I don't think that being of another race invalidates your emotions, both situations can take you to the brink of su*cide.
The shit Asia O Hara went thru is disgusting
So yeah.
She got her "robbed" superpower when she lost to Gigi and then lost it when she got favoured like Gigi to win the Rusical. So in this case she became the Gigi of AS6, lost the "robbed" power and fans turned on her. Also the show is pushing this nerative of her 110% only being a character that Jan puts on to please people which is making fans feel like she's fake. And some people just don't like people who are always 100%.
excep Gigi did actually good in the challenges
@@forvases She did amazing in Rusical, in some others she got higly favoured, just like Jackie, Crystal and Shitty who were also highly favoured that season. She was saved from the bottom at least 2 times, half of her wins are given because of favouritism.
Uhm, Jan wasnt favoured to win the rusical. Look at TKBs look
@@benjamintic3653 um i think she did rlly good in snatch game .. and in
the ball challenge too,
@@marscast1679 Yes, that wasn't the win I was refering to. It was the Rusical and the Rumix whach never had a winner but suddenly it gets one, and next season there isn't a winner again. Also she did good in the ball but her final look wasn't what judges were asking for, she made a garment and ploped few balls on it while the challange was to make most of the look out of balls.
I’d love for this occurrence to bring out “Dark Jan” and for her to compete in Dragula. That would be amazing
An actual dream outcome
im not gonna lie-i am worried for jan’s mental health after all this. i mean brita had to leave the internet because of her edit in season 12. sometimes, the editors take situations WAY too far and can seriously ruin careers/lifes. like silky was basically ignored after her season. DONT SEND HATE TO ANY QUEEN EVER. PERIODT.
I learned when I was a young fan during S4: Send extra love to your faves instead of something hateful to somebody you don't care for.
I feel so bad for Jan... I was rooting for her on both Season 12 and All Stars 6 but production did her dirty this time around! I think Bob was right when she said that this was a systematic attempt to break down her psyche. Hoping that people don't send anymore hate towards her or the other queens because of this.
This is a perfect example of “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
I still love Jan, the stuff is entertaining, but damn its a SHOW, why give negativity to the queens when its the producers fault for editing a queen that way?
a sad and HUGE number of people in the fandom have hamster brain and the producers can completely annihilate a queens career for the sake of good tv.
I mean some people get mad at actors over how theirs characters act in a movie (like Tom Felton for Draco Malfoy) as if they were the character themselves. If some people are unable separate an actor from a character, it's not surprising they don't understand how editing either.
People should really be supporting her rather then hating on her, the show has really messed with her psyche, the judges were so unclear with what they wanted from her, one minute they’re telling her she’s doing too much and then another minute they reward her for it, even on this videos comments people are trying to justify her hate when hate should NEVER be justified, literally just a fandom of hypocrites
Dude seriouslyyyy way to many people are harsh on Jan she’s trying to better her drag but she’s not getting clear instructions on what needs to step up
@@SadGirlsRUs Exactly, the judges didn’t give her constructive criticism instead they just gave her critiques that would set up a storyline and narrative, at this point it is very obvious that in no way is drag race a competition and more of a gamble
JUST THIS. People need to take a chill pill because if things continue to go like this, Jan might even quit drag because people think they are entitled to treat her like a punching bag or worse. You can't gravitate towards her and that's understandable but don't try to disrespect her. She has feelings too but the fandom seems to not get that
preach! going into this season i was worried jan would get a bad edit because i wanted her to stay as loved as she was on s12. i hope the fandom warms up to her again
@@highonsugar6273 THISSSSS you understand 😭 most people think we’re delusional fans no I think she’s getting fucked over like Rośe they’re both talented but it’s like wtf do you want from them? Be specific with other queens they’ll tell them I don’t like your makeup I don’t like your runaways you know? Like with vanjie on season 11 it was that she struggled with the runaways she always looked good it’s just she didn’t switch up much in versatility vs Yvie or Brook Lynn it’s like be precise with your critiques
My takeaway from this video: Denali, plz don’t come back for all stars!!
being someone who is also at “a 110%” all the time it just breaks my heart to see her being treated as a “fake” and kind off makes me feel as if my own people and friends find me also fake and annoying
she was fake. your friends and family probably find you annoying and fake because this whole comment is annnoying
@@cosmictruth6333 if u wanna play real by bullying random people online, ur mum finds u annoying and still grieves giving birth to a disappointment like u
@@JustAPersonWatchingYT kinda proves my point on how stupid it is to bully people online tho so im not mad
I’ve had friends with this personality and I love them. Real friends and people who care for you know your personality. I’m pretty opposite in personal so friends with such high energy lift me up and give energy 💗
@@sickdamour I mean, you say you're a 110% and positive all the time, but then leave this comment where you wish someone was never born. Idk, doesn't really seem like everything is positive, which is totally fine.
Poor Jan, I feel for her and Scarlet
When they made her think she was staying then saying “Nope!” was literally brutal I feel sooo bad
last year i went to Jan’s solo show and holy shit. not only is she really talented and funny, but she seems like such a sweetheart. after the show during the meet and greet, there was an older gentleman in a wheelchair (i think he might have been p sick i’m not sure) who wanted to meet her, and she was so touched she started crying and got down off the stage where the photo op was to go take pictures with him. she’s not one of my fave Ru girls ever, but that night really reminded me how much someone’s TV persona can drastically differ from their real self. it helps to actually see the queens in their true element than simply judge them off the show.
I’m a Jan stan and will always feel the Jantasy, I do believe that she’s always at 110% (because I’m always at 110%). I do think that the judges going from ‘we need to see more personality’ to ‘you’re showing too much’ in 2 weeks was uncomfortable and they need to accept that with some people it’s either/or and no in between (they’ve said other comments this season to other queens which weren’t right)
They never explain the nuances of her being too much and just kinda say "be peppy" "hey stop I didn't ask you to be peppy"
Agreed. I wasn’t a stan in her season, but I am this season and I don’t think being at 110% is a character, it’s how she is (and how I am). The judges are gaslighting her at this point because what’s wrong with being 110% and peppy?
@@courajess I don't think there's a problem with being high energy, but I do agree with the judges on that critique. With high energy needs to come with levels, and with singing and performing (sometimes acting) she shows different levels while still being her 110% self, and she's amazing. However, in some challenges (especially Pink Table Talk), she really sometimes needs to just bring it down a bit if she wants to also show that big side of herself, because if she's flatlining at the same level the entire time it's going to bore and/or wear out the audience. I do think her edit here is pretty bad, though
The always at 110% Toxic Positivity feels very put on. I’m Jan is faking it per say, but there’s a desperation in everything she’s does that’s just tiring.
It’s a very hard critique to articulate, but I think the judges wanted to see different sides of Jan. We’ve all seen happy, 110%, theater, peppy and talented Jan but we haven’t seen much more than that. It does suck that they couldn’t articulate it clearly and Jan couldn’t figure that out which obviously got frustrating for her. Competition does that to you smh
SPOILERS FOR AS6
I really never thought the fandom would cry when Silky was eliminated THEN be all “thank God” when JAN gets eliminated.
The fandom can switch it up quickly, if you don’t keep up then it’s confusing 😭😭😭
Jan got the Milk edit. Or rather she Milked herself. After season 12 everyone hyped her up, said she was robbed so she got cocky. She is talented but so is everybody else in this cast
I love her but she definitely bought into some of her own hype that was being showered on her after s12. she definitely got a little bit of an ego
@@daniel6678 literally most drag queens have an ego though, it was just the edit that made her ego stand out
in what way she was cocky?
@@highonsugar6273 oh I don’t blame her for it, I don’t even think it’s an issue - it’s just a noticeable difference from s12 (or at least the way she was portrayed on s12)
@@daniel6678 I think that’s fair, I do also think that she had really only been like largely famous for a few months inbetween seasons so it’s pretty fair to say she was still figuring that out.
There’s always at least one queen who returns to All Stars from a regular season who either acts differently (so is less entertaining and not what people loved about them in the first place) or they’re given a different edit. I’m thinking Alaska, Milk, Monet, Miz Cracker etc. None of these queens did a bad job but at least for me I didn’t enjoy them as much as on their initial seasons.
Jan is a combination of acting a bit different but mostly being edited in a weird way with some other production things here and there. Her elimination felt the most like Jaremi aka Phi Phi’s in All Stars 2 which was of course extremely entertaining but in Jan’s case just a bit sad too. I was ready for her to go two weeks ago but she was easy for the producers to utilise so it’s a bit rubbish for her.
Yo!!! That's exactly how I feel, thank you for putting it into words for me.
monet? i don't see that but ur still right
@@juuzies I meant just for me! There’s queens that I somehow loved more or gained new appreciation for like Monique, Jujubee, Ra’Jah etc.
add trinity t to that list, she came back with an air about her that was very differently from s9. shea even too, like she came in as if production made a deal with her to guarantee her spot in the top 4 and when her lipstick was picked in ep 4 she was like OH THATS HOW WE PLAYING? *loads glock*
I feel so bad for Jan. She was such a favorite coming of season 12 but how fast the viewers opinion changed is so wild to me. I think that she deserved to win the talent show because her's was to me by far the best one. And maybe controversial, but I think she did not Rob Trinity (btw I am #TeamTKB) because Trinity was better in the challenge because impersonating Beyonce is much harder but Jan did amazing and had a better runway, so she deserved to win
Also, maybe it's just me but I would love a All Stars 6 version of your Halloween-Ball-Video because there is a lot of speculation out there who should've been the tops and bottoms of the week
Preach it sis!
Jan won the moment Miss Trinity brought a worse outfit to the runway.
I would have been happy if either won or if they both won but the whole lip sync assassin setup isn’t conducive to a double win. I will say the judging is really weird this season and you can tell the judges have their favourites
@@LalaLalaLatasha Who, would you say, is favoured by the judges?
Her Gaga didn't really stand out for me, Trinity's performance *screamed* Beyonce, and we have seen time and time again that runways just don't matter unless it goes with the story they're trying to tell. Unless the look is the challenge, it's essentially the eyecandy we get before the end of the show
Can I just say I love how compassionate Trinity is? I haven’t seen her season in ages but she didn’t stand out to me as so open and vulnerable. I love her on AS6. She was so nice to Pandora while dancing and as a choreographer that makes me so happy. So many people quit or think they can’t dance because of impatient or bad teachers. I loved Trinity’s take on helping Pandora come out of her box rather than try to change her personality. It’s okay to be quite and ‘meek’, embrace it! I love her support for her fellow queens. And her goodbye message to Jan was sweet 🤍 Idk, I never saw myself as a TKB ‘stan’ but I guess I am!
When I saw the promos, I was afraid this (going on AS ASAP) would be the end of her receiving love from the general fandom. This is why I think queens should wait at least a year to get back on AS. It's scary to see these queens loose their popularity in the blink of an eye. Send love to your fav queens, y'all 💜
I think she'll be fine though. People are in the heat of it now, but I think it will blow over with time. She is polarizing which isn't necessarily a bad thing, and she has a huge fanbase. Drag Race is a format that doesn't inspire a lot of queens' best work, but that has nothing to do with their talent or how successful they can be outside of the show.
@@cole7726 With drag race fan, the wind never blows away... we literally saw this for years with so many queens that at this point even call of duty xbox chat seems like it's a safe space compare to this trashy fandom
This makes so much more sense. Jan hasn't change, the fans oerceocion has, I will always love her period
i feel the same
That’s the problem lol = _Jan hasn’t change_
@@solarose7820 idk whats up with ur comments but theyre so condescending for some reason lmao
@@solarose7820 like change is easy. How ‘bout tell our world leaders to actually think about the future of humanity? Will that change their minds? Oh right, be brutal and violent to get what we want? Hmm, sounds terrorizing.
RuPaul ruined Jan’s psyche.
Bob was right. This season is a sistematic experiment to Ru-in Jan's psyche. And obiously they sucseded.
No joke she really did. Jan should bill her for therapy sessions
@@benjamintic3653 not "ru-in" 💀
RuPaul has been a drag queen for 40 years. She's seen so much back when gays and drag queens actually got discriminated against on a large scale. She's seen so. much. She didn't grow up on Twitter or Instagram likes.
I do believe that Ru wants her girls to grow and you don't grow with no criticisms. That's why the challenges are all varied and some are good at others while some are bad at others. There's a difference in how a seasoned queen like Bianca Del Rio can take things not going there way (i.e. not giving a flying f-- and just pushing through) and the way Jan handled things not going there way (i.e. not being able to keep the smiling facade as seen in the blank stares)
So they going to continue to destroy queens who were considered robbed their season? Please as if being robbed wasn't bad enough and now they destroy their reputation and psyche in AS?
Jan got the Milk Edit from AS3. It's sad.
Milk wasn't winner potential, Jan was
@@PaperVisions Was she?
@@PaperVisions she lost twice and everyone hates her. milk is loved and unique...
jan got laganja’d by the shows producers
I think that Jan had many privileges, even being a gay man. Her grandma always supported her, she is a white handsome dude... And is great that she had love and did not face, as far as we know, hurtful exclusion and hate on her life. But most of us, LGBT people, do not have this story, and our scars kinda make us thicker, "realer", and not a bomb of joy and positivity. Jan vibe kinda reminds me Gigi's speech: "being queer is a privilege". I am not saying that Jan does not suffer homophobia or struggles with life, but she does not show anything that is deeper, and at least myself, being trans (travesti) on a very violent country for trans people (Brasil), i kinda relate more with Queens that show the struggles against life, that even have scars, but are brave and have conquered their fears. And i still think that most of us queer people relate to that. So Jan being part now of a cast that is not only talented, but with Queens that've dealed with racism, transphobia, HIVphobia, even the big girls who deals with beauty standards, well... It kinda shrunks her a little, because then her story becomes "less interesting", even for TV. And It hurts me to see the joy and the cruelty of people against her now. She does not deserve hate. She deserves only love! And maybe a chat with people who would Tell her all of this i wrote.
Well I know my english is not the best, but I think I've made my point.
Yeah, I feel this was also a huge point. Many of the challenges this season were "Be true to yourself and show your vulnerability" so queens who actually went through huge hardships will obviously be able to share those. I don't think Jan experienced any of those, which is great and valid and doesn't make her worse as a drag queen. But it does kind of make her inable to compete in those challenges.
Like one person is talking about huge hardships they had to go through, what is Jan supposed to say in that situation? "Yeah, sucks for you, my life was awesome up til now"?
It's funny though, because the world is this horrible lil place, that she could've expressed this vulnerability about caring for other people. It seems like no struggles can exist in her world, even if they aren't for her. The table talk was a perfect example where she could've discussed ridiculous body standards, thrown in a joke or two, and express some meaningful connection to reality without having to previously experience any racism, sexism, homophobia etc. Just a sense of awareness of the world outside her Jan bubble. I don't get why people think she couldn't have done good in these challenges.
@@tychoderkommentator2989 Yeah I totally agree with you. But I'm also a bit fatigued of focusing only on the queens' hardships in every season. Maybe it's because I've watched way too much drag race in the last few weeks, but I noticed that a lot of the episodes are dedicated to the struggles of the queens. I don't dislike it, it just becomes monotonous and then I think "why aren't there more conversations about how drag brought joy to their lives and cute short stories about happy moments they experienced in the community?". I mean, my brother is a drag queen and he has rough stories, but also really uplifting ones that have changed the community in which we live. You do have moments in which you change hearts in your journey and I really want to hear those stories in depth.
YES PREACH OH CHILE THANK YOU SO MUUUCH FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH OUT LOUD !
I’m always saying that if she was poc (and especially black) people would’ve dragged her since day one of s12. She’s very entitled and her privilege is showing…
points were made. and your english is fabulous darlin✨
Jan was coming across as that kid in class who's desperate to answer the question- shooting their hand up in the air and doing everything to get noticed. Super hyped up and totally immersed in themselves. She misinterpreted many challenges by failing to grasp the purpose and appear so self obsessed almost to the level of "bunny boiler" on the scale. She returned to the show much too soon, not having enough time to develop as a performer and showing little personal growth or time for self reflection and maturity. She is just super keen to succeed and desperate for approval. Jan needs to learn to get some balance in her life and be more comfortable with her character and what her main aims are. The fandom can be cruel in their treatment of queens. It's a TV show, it's heavily edited and the audience is being manipulated. The girls have no control over how they are presented to the audience on each episode. Simple things like a side eye look or eye roll can be edited to appear to be a response to another queen but in fact was edited from some other part of the filming schedule. Jan is a fierce queen and she will go onto have a stellar career- can't wait to see what she turns out in 5 years from now. I would say the queen who got the roughest deal so far is Scarlet- Miss Scarlet really elevated her Drag turning out some amazing classy looks that deserved better from the judges. Ginger has been unfairly favoured over other Queens and poor Pandora is almost always on the cutting room floor. At the end of the day the show is one big infomercial for RuPaul and his brand. It's not a serious competition with strict rules and transparent judging criteria. No one ever mentions the role of queens agents in striking background deals for their clients and the shennanigings tht go on in TV Land...
Great comment !! Also.. Queens agents? Explain plz :3?
@@MattyBlue Hi, many of the Queens have Agents who handle their business/bookings/deals etc- just like most performers. Similar to other reality shows from American Idol to Love Island & The Batchelor contestants are booked for the show- often a particular agent will be approached for suitable clients. The agent will arrange a deal and take a cut- including the public appearance work and promotional opportunities that might come their way- the agents have all the contacts and influence to open doors and make things happen. Example- Agents might well cut deals with Drag Race regarding the minimum length of episodes guaranteed for their client to appear in. Nothing is random on these shows. Idol and X Factor in the UK were used by record companies to help break new artists with "free" promotion...it worked for a while until the brand became toxic.
@@knockshinnoch1950 super awesome reply thank u for the information! I had no idea it could be THAT amount of rigged. Gee. Well I guess that’s that huh 😂
@@MattyBlue Believe NOTHING you see on TV. They use so many tricks and slight of hand- techniques developed over the decades! Often if you watch a "live" show like Dancing With The Stars (Strictly Come Dancing in the UK) or America/Britain's Got Talent some of the "live" performances were in fact recorded earlier and "punched" into the how- such as a performance by a big guest singing star- they may have pre recorded their spot days before as they are unable to appear live on the show due to conflict with a concert date in another city/country! Even contestants on Game Shows or callers to radio phone ins can be fake- arranged by the producers. Remember the paid actors applauding Trump when he came down the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his run in 2016? Question EVERYTHING!
I just wanna Say, and I'm truly saying it from the bottom of my heart, I really hope that in the time between the recording and broadcasting of All Stars 6 Jan has found herself an amazing therapist, we all need one, but her tv show display screams she needs it a Little bit more.
oh please where was this sentiment with all the queens of color who have gone through hell? she wasnt going to win get over it!
@@cosmictruth6333 Ipersonally, i think queens of color need something different: the end of the institution of racism. Of course they would benefit of a therapist but the thing here is that the hate they received is not because of they’re personalities (as I genuinely believe is Jan’s case) but because they are queens of color :( there’s little they, as individuals, can do to stop racism.
@@cfmun11 everyone needs a therapist specially jan
@@cosmictruth6333 and I'm far from being a Jan Stan. I don't even like her. I just feel some empathy with her mental health.
@@cfmun11 i dont. to many black trans women killed. i feel empathy for them. not for a sore loooser, and delusional fans who claim "robbed" when you cant be robed if you cant make it two top 3 TWICE. shell never be a winner. so everyone needs to get over it.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I didn't enjoy Jan on this season because on challenges where the queens were encouraged to discuss serious topics, she'd still be all 'me me me' and 'jantasy' and it made me at least, pretty damn uncomfortable. Like in the pink table talk, her team's topic was body issues. Even if she doesn't have experience with it herself, she can still engage in the conversation by maybe stating her opinion on male beauty standards, beauty standards among drag queens, etc. and she didn't, all I remember of her performance on the challenge is her cringey 'that's the vulnerability the judges are looking for' line. And on this week's challenge where she was supposed to write uplifting lyrics to young LGBT people, she wrote a verse about herself which was basically a 'fuck you' to what the judges have been telling her for weeks. Again, even if her experience growing up as gay was not horrible, she can still take it seriously and write an uplifting message to young people. She didn't do that. She tries so hard to avoid being even the slightest bit political to the point where it does seem fake. Just express your opinion? Give us some personality other than 'I'm high energy'? Because I know a lot of high energy people who still have opinions to say and uplifting messages to give. That's why I don't like her though, to each their own.
she just seems boring and privileged.
This literally sums it up nicely!! I dont think anyone hates Jan we just don’t feel we know her outside of her talent.
@@RP.123 Exactly, I don't hate her bc I haven't seen enough of her to form an opinion on, I just know I didn't enjoy her not taking the serious challenges seriously. Well put!
I only think the reason fans online thought Jan was 'given' her win, because of how good TKB was as Beyoncé. But sadly, TKB's runway really let her down, beautiful as she was.
I do wish fans would not direct their negativity towards people online. It's like an addiction. Just because we can, we do. Why can't people just move on? And this isn't just related to Rupaul - it's literally anything or anyone that's online.
It is so funny to me that Eureka was the one to explain the critiques to her.
I think everyone was trying to help her but she didn't listen...
Eureka and Jan both did a 180 in this All Stars
Eureka for the better and Jan for the worse
honestly yea, i wasn’t a big eureka fan during season 9/10 and this season i just am enjoying her presence a lot, it’s nice to have her in this season
Eureka has come such a long way
Eureka in those moments of keeping it real w Jan and looking out for her reminded me of Kandy to Elliott "read the room"... Eureka has proven she listens, and TKB who was known for hating any sort of criticism being open for all critiques
I don’t understand how viewers see Jan’s excitability and interpret it as her being “fake.”
@@roamingramon6517 you know not every gay person has to not be happy right?
@@roamingramon6517 not everyone is miserable like you, bitter betty, NEXT!
@@roamingramon6517 idk how that comment makes me miserable but okay?
I mean it's the same thing they did with Olivia lux
@@lunadead lol I think the comment is trying to be sarcastic
The judges comments that Jan received were so bipolar throughout All-Stars, and the editing by the producers was not on her side.
One minute she's too energetic, too "fake." Next minute it's the perfect amount for two challenges in a row. Bottom two, challenge win, top two and then gone. She started receiving villain edits like not choosing Yara's lipstick even though the conversation Yara had with Jan vs the group were massively different. She started receiving the 'crybaby' edit because she rightfully couldn't decipher what the hell the judges even wanted from her.
Each episode seemed to systematically break her down, build her up and then tear her down again to destroy her psyche. Bob was right, and I loved Trinity K's comment at the end because she noticed it too. Be that 110%, be you. Never change in spite of this.
Jan's personality isn't 'fake' as Ru, the judges and the editing were trying to suggest. She is that bundle of energy outside of the show, that hyper positivity person that you see on screen. Some might find that abrasive, annoying etc and others may love it too. Being "too perfect," "too energetic" suits being the performer that Jan is and aspires to be, which is what I was shouting at the Ru when watching the show.
Jan doesn't want to be a stand-up comic, an actor, a model or a pageant queen. She wants to put on a show and perform at pride festivals and entertain. She is a performance artist, similar to her friend Rosé that Drag Race also didn't seem to understand.
Queens that are funny or can turn high fashion runway looks are viewed more favourably by the producers than other queens, and why so many 'fan favourite' queens don't tend to win the show but are more successful outside of it. Bianca is practically the only queen in recent memory where the producers and fans were on the same page. Jan, Bimini, Gigi, Katya, Shangela, Rosé, Gotmik. Trixie pre-All Stars, Bendela, Manilla, Tia Kofi etc?
Whenever I hear the critics about her it's like "Do this and don't do this" and "Okay, you're doing this now so stop. Do this instead", which is why I can see Jan is a bit frustrated. I understand that she wants to be true to herself but she is in a competition which is why she has to stuck up to the judges in a certain degree.
Honestly, watching the show and my heart just broke for her over and over. She reminded me of how I felt when I was younger and struggling with my ADHD. Would not be surprised if she is neurodivergent and the producers abused that.
The show consistently abuses ND queens (Thorgy Thor, Joslyn Fox, Jasmine Kennedie) but seems like no one wants to talk about it...rly sad
I don't really enjoy Jan, never did. But she is a talented queen, it just feels like she is compensating for not actually feeling as confident as she says. She may have been a bit delusional, but they really made sure to emphasize it on the edit; which is not cool imo. Those last few confessionals were haaaaaarsh girl...
You wrote my exact thoughts 😂
For me it was when she didn’t stand by her decision to send Akeria home and tried to back peddle and people please
Honestly on that episode I was thinking that she felt she should keep Yara but thought everyone would want to keep Akeria. She really cannot read the room, can she?
On one hand I would totally buy that she tried to people-please during her lipstick choice because that shit can get you sent home, but either way she should’ve stood her ground and backed her decision so idk
As someone who had similar criticism from my friends/loved ones, you have to learn to let all the stuff down and just be open and vulnerable and i don't think Jan really understands how to do that.
The pink table talk showed that because the moment she starts to be vulnerable, the walls went right back up. I think Jan just doesn't know how to control her peaks and valleys either she's all in and peppy or she isn't even in the fight.
I know Jan's drag name is a reference to Jansport and not the Brady Bunch, but I'm just saying if she named herself Marcia this wouldn't be happening
I can't 😭😭😭😂😂😂😂
Marcia Mellows
I still like her a lot
literally just finished the episode and i pop on to TH-cam and here's this vid 💀 glad i finished it
Yeah this tipped me off as to who was gonna go home before I got to watch the episode... This whole episodes dropping at midnight or whatever kinda bites. 💀
Loved the video!
Jan always had major "pick me" energy and it rubs people the wrong way, I think. That and her uncanny ability to talk about herself and how great she is at every opportunity. Im all for confidence and self-love, but damn sis. Her edit this season was weird, but the fact that she can't see that sometimes she's not as great as she thinks she is is why people give her the side eye sometimes. She literally says "I have to think they thought I was a threat, that's why they wanted to get rid of me!" Girl they thought you were in the bottom 3 times and it was time to go, just like our girl A'keria. Do I think she deserves to get hated on because she had high self esteem and lived in a fantasy like Valentina? No. Not at all. But some of this Jan the Victim narrative just ain't for me dawg.
There's something she just doesn't have yet that makes Rosé different. I think she really should have taken more time after her season to go on All Stars, covid has meant there's been essentially no opportunities for experience and growth through shows etc., since her season ended.
Mimi Imfurst would have suited her more as a drag name
I do think she returned to soon and yes some times if they are asked they can’t really say no or it could be their only chance. But they did her no favours with her edit but she had some amazing looks and been over looked in some of them and some queens who have told her to not be so fake have been on multiple times and had that experience, I love Eureka but she has been on s9 and 10 where she was very full on so it’s is all about learning. but sad to say at time jan was not portrayed the best and that’s down to her and the production. But any hate to any of the queens is not on
Production has done Jan dirty.
So many amazing queens get villain edits, or delusional edits, and it can really impact their ability to make a living :(
oh please... the show makes these girls relevant and highest there stock. you guys act like production is able to make someone annoying and delusional, no thats just her personality, shes basic and annoying and doesnt have potential to win... get over it.
@@cosmictruth6333 production literally can. how many times have we seen random side eyes and eye rolls edited into other situations to create more “drama”? jan totally had the potentially to win, she had consistently good performances on both of her seasons, even if she slipped up a little bit this episode.
@@cosmictruth6333 - I take it you have not been feeling the Jantasy
Very well done video!!!
I'd like to see your perspective on Ra'jah's storyline and the fans' reaction (when she leaves/wins the competition)... Especially seeing how people on social media are praising her so much, but still she's the second least followed AS6 queen on instagram, just above Serena and under Jiggly... I find this interesting cause she's doing so well and also is the narrator of the season!
I LUV UR VIDEOS SO MUCH ur such a kind and awesome person and you explain things in such detail and so well yet so easy to understand and I love your objective but honest and factual stances also you looked adorable in the Jan Merch ILYSM
She just wouldn’t listen to the comments... I loved her on season 12 but in this season she came off kind of arrogant and defensive. I loved her and I get her being frustrated but the criticisms she got were SO valid and she wouldn’t listen. Def think they didn’t give her enough recognition for her highs, but her (spoiler) elimination was valid
Okay, which comment should she have listened to. The one were they told her to give more, the one were they told her to be more "real", or the one where they said she is doing too much?
None of the criticism given to Jan was actually anything you can work with.
i feel like jan had more to offer and i’m gonna be publicly upset about it
exactly
she had more bottoms to offer yeah agreed
And more bottoms to send her home so yea I agree
@@luizflc9937 not this 😭
@@luizflc9937 AHAHAHA
Jan is my favorite queen of all-time and it’s because she’s so relatable to me, (weird right, producers?) her fashion choices and humor are sooo me. also, she doesn’t have a “story” which is okay! she can be positive and have high energy without a reason back it up because that’s who she is… that is what makes me see myself in her. thank you for making this video and uncovering the bs that Jan, many queens before her, and many queen after her did/ will fall victim to from the show. 💜 I’ll forever be living the Jantasy!!! no edit will change that💋
Okay YES to the in-depth analysis of the “case study”, werk
the edit was definitely a big yikes but i don’t think she was “fake.” someone said that she wasn’t relatable enough, people don’t have her 110 energy and pep. that’s not jan’s fault. i feel like her ‘show up queen’ verse could have been better if it was about spreading positivity and pep instead of telling us how peppy she is, like we already know lol.
I think that Jan's fakeness is really a defense mechanism. That's probably why she doesn't understand why the other queens and the judges are telling her to tone it down. It's like when she has to perform she flips on the extra pep. It's just sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I don't think it's fake though. It's not intentional. I think she lacks the self-awareness to put it together. That doesn't make her delusional. It makes her just a normal person. And it doesn't mean that I'd spew hate at her. And being the disrespectful to Britney thing is just so stupid - do the "fans" not realize when this show was filmed?
extra pep? where? her britney performance was underwhelming. shes just fake and annoying. nothing more nothing less.
One - she was against Jessica Wild. Of course Jan's pep was not as powerful compared to Jessica's energy. Most people's performances would have been underwhelming compared to Jessica's.. Two - the lip-sync editing was not favorable, as was said in this video. I'm not going to argue with Jan being annoying because honestly I feel the same sometimes. But I still do not think she is being fake. At least not on purpose. And we don't have to agree. That's fine.
To quote Bob "This is a systematic attempt to break down her psyche"
I'm subscribing because of the self-awareness of this channel
For the role Jan played into making possibly one of the best seasons of drag race, I am immensely proud and pleased with her. My biggest fall with Jan was of course when Scarlet was eliminated, but I thought she proved why she stayed the very next week, I personally don’t think she deserved the bottom placement in the episode she was eliminated on AS6, and I really think she had more to offer - she just needs a little more time to see how she comes across on camera. I think she should be very proud of how well she did on this season. If I’m being completely honest, I wasn’t a huge Jan fan like everybody else after season 12, but I actually do like her more now. Love you so so much Jan :)
I think she will bounce back from this, she’s still fierce and super talented
She's a robot.
I hope you can make a video on the story arc of the Season 11 girls on All Stars. Honestly I feel like all 4 of them managed to gain a huge following this All Stars due to their postive edit and reception.
Thank you so much! I love you vids and the content you create…top tier…spot on…amazing! Did you just call Milk an iconic fan favorite though?? 😂 Mary who said this?
Honestly people calling her 'fake' just don't like her personality. The queens and judges were almost gaslighting her. If I were her I would've quit 3 episodes in.
Not gonna lie Jan kind of upset me this season. She comes in saying that TKB has a bad attitude even though she’s notorious for being a sore loser at the Madonna Challenge. She gives off entitled vibes and doesn’t accept when she’s in the bottom. She also said that comment about Trinity’s teeth but has no problem publicly calling out queens on social media for no reason.
Ive been binge watching your vids cause they're so fun and geniunely very thoughtful, especally when you talk very fairly about the queens.
BUT SAYING SHITTY PIE WAS SO FUNNY 😭😭😭
i love jans positivity. its so nice to see someone who is just unconditionally happy
I feel Jan just really wanted to be a people pleaser and continue her beloved status from s12. And in doing so she at times hyped up elements to get more screen time. She also tore other people down to feel better about the fact that she wasnt getting what she felt she deserved and also as a means to make herself feel better. It's the old "Im insecure so I'm gonna tear someone else down so I can focus on their bad qualities rather than my own issues" story.
Throughout this season Jan felt more like a caricature than an actual person. Her runways, whilst often stunning, had little personality in them and it felt like she was lost and hiding behind the theme rather than bringing the theme to her style.
I feel like she just wanted to be loved and get that outside validation from Ru in the way she did from fans after her season and lost herself and her charm in the process... at least that is how the edit made it all seem. She is a wonderful and young queen who probably should've had more time before going on all stars.
I remember Denali being so grateful on season 13 just for being in the top.
19:21 the fan's reaction to that kinda pisses me off they're literally acting like jan shaved her wig on stage
don’t give the queens any ideas 💀
that would of been a moment. at least. shes so underwhelming and basic.
@@cosmictruth6333 i see you under every comment leaving hate. once you can do what jan can do, then you can talk. stop looking like a fool.
I don't care about how she was edited, I still STAN JAN
Jan’s edit was so affective though. I watched my friend go from ambivalent to irritated during episode 4
poor treatment on s12 and poor treatment on as6. c’mon producer manipulation 🤩
Lets get sickening!!!
-Laganja
I saw her on the Xmas tour in December 2021 and looks like she's recovered nicely. She got so much love from everyone including me.
I’m from the UK and while I’ve never actually watched Love Island, I’m aware that they introduced after care for their contestants after 2 former contestants (and the former host) sadly took their own lives. The after care included therapy sessions and contact after the show to check in with them.
Unless it’s just not public knowledge, drag race does not appear to offer similar after care and I feel like they are failing the contestants by setting them up to be trolled online and then just walking away.