In ep. 2 Ru said to Darlene that she loves her name. As a non English speaker I dont really understand if there's a pun on her name or a refference to someone famous in the US. At first I thought it was a refference to Joni mitchell LOL.
Can someone explain the stupidness off her name?? I reallyyyylove this queen and I'm rooting for her spot on the Top 4
The humor that Ru seems to love is that the name ISNT a reference to anything or a piece of wordplay, making it kinda stupid because it's highly likely there is a normal midwestern woman named Darlene Mitchell.
This is exactly it. I went to school in the south and I’m sure there’s at least one Darlene Mitchell somewhere in my yearbook.
So the name does this cool trick of being brilliant because it’s so dumb. There’s no clever attempt at wordplay and yet is also tells you so much about the character.
Thats what I got too. It's such a plain Midwest name that it came back around to being so fucking stupid lmao
There are hundreds of Darlene Mitchells in America and they’ve all been working at the same diner for 40+ years
Thousands, Darlene is legion
okay now i understand!!! i like the idea specially if she is going to serve some trashy camp looks
There’s no pun Darlene is just kinda an older southern US name. I also think the name just fits her she embodies that name with her drag and she’s just likable
it just sounds culturally middle america/southern. imagine the look she just wore was a name. idk if i can describe it. i don’t think there are any puns or anything. i’m assuming RU just thinks such a normal girl name is funny
I’m surprised we haven’t seen any Kaitlyns or Ashleys. 🤣🤣🤣
If you were writing a story and had a character who is a diner waitress in the American South, the name Darlene would almost be too predictable.
It’s so mundane that its camp. Its the kind of fake name that sounds so real you wouldn’t even believe it’s made up.
Darlene Mitchel sounds like she smokes a pack a day and calls you hun and I just love it
….. and always getting $8 on pump 7
It’s the type of name that the random portly middle aged white trash woman who runs the local corner store or serves pie at the diner and has a crush on the sheriff would have in a small Southern Town
Darlene is a white trash, southern name.
I adore her name because I have a distant family member named Darlene with a son named Mitchell and they are as country as cornbread and grits. She has distilled their essence.
I'm native English speaker from United States.
"Darlene Mitchell" is what you would call a basic woman's name. That's kind of why she likes it. It has no pun, no joke, nothing.
I'm an actual Mitchell by adoption.
Mitchell is a common last name. To use a name that has zero puns or comedy is what makes it stupid.
My fav part is that Darlene and Ciara Myst are from similar areas and turned out totally different. Ciara also trash talked the conservative life back home while Darlene makes it campy and shows how queer people can make a life there. Or maybe that’s just me!
It's a plain, boring, generic, almost 80s era dated name in the same style as Karen From Finance or Lawrence Cheney. It's not cute, catchy, flashy or comical like Onya Nurve, Sapphira, or Iceis Couture. It's roll-your-eyes stupid, and Ru does love stupid.
Darlene from Pacoima.
Some people are saying it’s so general that it’s camp. Yes and no. It’s Like Alexis Michele, but with a white trash twist. it’s funny because it’s so fake but so indicative of a specific group. You can’t really picture Alexis Michele but you can absolutely picture Darlene Mitchell but at the same time you’re like…why pick her as the inspiration? But then you’re like….well of course you would, she’s ordinarily fabulous.
The point of Alexis Michele is that it’s literally a direct feminisation of her boy name.
Alexis Michele is sexy. Drag names are usually extravagent or super femme. Like Jayden Dior Fierce. Darlene Mitchell is basic as hell. You could not pick a LESS draggy drag name. Which is why it's genius.
Trashy southern US lady vibe
Darlene Mitchell is Darlene Mitchell
i fucking love darlene mitchell’s name, the first time i saw it, i texted my friends “girl that’s just the name of your HR lady”
Nobody names a baby Darlene any more.
Boring poor trash name. That's why Ru thinks it's funny.
I like to think she took Darlene Connor’s legacy in drag, but aa version of Darlene Connor that embraced her creativity and got over the self doubt
It's ironically the height of camp because it's one of the plainest, least draggy name you could come up with.
The lack of adornment or draggyness is so evident that Rupaul wondered if it was done purposely for irony. The fact that this wasn't the case, and she just sort of picked out the name is even funnier.
Mitchell is her middle name. Darlene is just a common name. No pun. No reference. Nothing really funny about the name.
Darlene is one of those fantastic mid-20th century names that sounds like a brand name for synthetic fabric, like Terylene, Raelene, Pellon, Fallon, Diolen, Crimplene, Orlon, and Rigilene.
(two of those are actually not fabric names, but I couldn't resist)
She said Mitchell is her (given) middle name, and she just liked Darlene.
I have no idea why it tickled Ru so much, maybe it's because it's so bland?
Darlene Mitchell is a very generic name.
I liked it as it's very close to Charlene Mitchell aka Kylie's character in Neighbours
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Mitchell is her given middle name