RuPauls Drag Race
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Welcome, everybody, to the vast middle.
Seriously, thats the most surprising thing that happens this week.
And, again,thats fine.
Its just editors putting in hours at the trauma factory, pumping out little boxes of backstory.
The challenge was good, the girls did surprisingly strong work, and the cast has chemistry.
So we spent a whole week getting rid of Acacia?
Well, thats what needed to happen at this point.
What else could they do?
(A double elimination at some point?
Who said that?)
Eyes on your own work, Butthole!
Lexi tells Sam to take the Wicked Witch part, and she agrees to, smartly.
I would not call myself that on this show, but to each their own.
I mostly tuned out the lyrics, but nearly everybody did well.
Suzies Green Witch character, which she didnt want, is very competently performed.
Her voice is good, the character is fully formed, and shes always in it.
She does great, even.
Some girls, though, were stars.
Suzie was not a star.
And when I mentioned that some girls were stars, I was talking about Jewels.
Shes watchable, shes funny, and shes deeply charismatic.
The bottom bitch trio is next, and they all do an admirable job.
Seriously, theyre all very good.
They all end up safe, and that seems about right to me.
Nobody in this group set the stage on fire, but they all did well enough.
I wouldnt say that I getwhyshes Cher, but Sam fully sells it.
Seriously, this is some pro-level stuff.
Sam is great, great,greatat this.
I dont believe them.
When Rose did her Soda Pop commercial, for example, I was unimpressed.
But … this really does seem like a looser, more fun version of Sam Star.
She makes the choreo look like the most natural, easiest thing in the world.
Lydia and Kori do a flying-monkey number inspired by Sing!
Koris days are clearly numbered.
Onya is next, playing Harlem Dorothy, which is just Dorothy fromThe Wiz.
Onya, we knew already, is a superstar.
It is thus not that notable that she eats up just about everybody.
I think a little time should be allowed.
Finally, its Acacia.
Seriously, I cant keep my eyesonher.
Crazy that she made it this far, honestly.
The Music and the Mirror this is not.
Donna McKechnie, she is not.
Its just kind of sad to watch.
The runway category is Shady Ladies, which, it turns out, means parasol.
Suzie wears a beige leotard.
Given that, this is shockingly good.
Jewels works a merry widow look that every drag queen should have in their arsenal.
I wouldnt say this is a particularly thrilling take on the concept, but she looks objectively good.
Arrietty does a black-crystal dress with red ruffles, inspired by her Latina heritage, and she looks great.
The slightly toned down but still otherworldly makeup is great on her.
Lexi does a Schiaparelli-inspired look with a cane.
Kori does a Dorothy look that is, like much of her drag, competent at best.
Onyas yellow chiffon look is great from the front, but weirdly shaped from the side.
Acacia wears a wig with parasols in it, which is fun.
She also wears an ugly dress, which is too bad.
I think its fine!
(She will need to be more than fine at some point.)
In fact, Id also put Onya ahead of Suzie, who is a lovely fourth place.
Sorry to this Boop.
Jewels needs to snag a win soon.
Bottom two, quite rightly, are Acacia and Kori.
They lip-sync to Wet Dream by guest judge Adam Lambert.
Going in, I assumed that Acacia would go home.
By ten seconds into the lip sync, I was embarrassed to be watching this murder at all.
Kori eats Acacia alive and leaves no bones.
Ta-ta, Acacia Forgot!
It was fun while it lasted.
And also onUntucked…
The other girls really do not like Suzie.
They are planting seeds of an Onya-versus-Suzie rivalry, though its thus far only through Suzies POV.
My impression is that Onya is not bothered by Suzie.
I dont think she necessarily outperformed the other ladies in the top, but her runway was so fabulous.
I am shocked by this.
I would have guessed 29 or 31, Gilda says.
Not because she looks old, but because she has a millennial spirit.
Im guessing Sam, Suzie, Onya, and Jewels.
