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Written by Maria Sciullo
For those of us old enough to remember the "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" advertising campaign, there was something a tad familair about the moment Sharon Needles was announced winner of Season 4 on "RuPaul's Drag Race" Monday night.
She sported two fabulous looks, starting with a hokey beer stein outfit during the first act of the show. Ms. Needles later returned wearing a see-through, full-length green/gold lace gown. Over her black-and-white Cruella de Vil wig, she affixed a headband featuring the "Mystic Hand" game piece from a Ouija board.
In order to protect the winner's identity — was there anyone who did not know beforehand that Raja would wear the sparkly crown in Season 3? — host RuPaul devised a scheme to shoot three different endings during the reunion show.Taken April 25 in Los Angeles before a live audience, each of the three — Sharon Needles, Chad Michaels and Phi Phi O'Hara — were filmed pretending they'd won.
Entertainment Weekly's Tanner Stransky, who attended the reunion taping, blogged last week about the bizarre scenario. Chad Michael's was the "first" winner, followed by Sharon Needles. When it came time for Phi Phi O'Hara, Ms. Needles joked "Can we skip this one?", acknowleging their long-running feud this season. Party City, indeed.
So when the big moment arrived at the end of the Logo broadcast, there was Sharon, sort of/kind of/maybe thrilled to win the crown. After all, she wasn't genuinely reacting to
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