RuPauls Drag Race
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This week,RuPauls Drag Raceset a trap for the contestants.
InUntucked, Suzie Toot gets very mad about this, and I certainly empathize with her.
But also: Girl … you should have seen this coming.
This year, they did it twice: first, in a roast, and now this.
And I get it!
Why would they want that?
Backing up: The episode begins with a discussion of the who should go home tonight and why question.
Onya thinks the other girls, except Suzie, gave cop-out answers, and those girls are defensive.
Then comes a paired mini-challenge that is just Mad-Libs about your partner.
Its rude, but its the game.
Lexi really needs a win, and she knows how to get it.
Jewels and Suzie end up together.
Lana and Sam go a similar direction, but with less finesse.
Immediately, though the edit doesnt underline the difference, the groups are off in wildly different directions.
Both of those challenges winning performances were draggy and funny.
Eureka told a story about pooping her pants, and Crystal played Phenomenal Phil, an exotic dance instructor.
The history is there.
RuPaul is almost never looking for dour on stage.
One stroke of genius here is that the girls receive no coaching.
Thats deserving of the win.
Okay, lets talk about the individual performances.
Jewels and Suzie are up first, with Suzie telling the first story and Jewels dancing.
Jewelss dancing is good, and Suzies speaking is good.
Youre gay and you want your dads approval?
Not to be rude, but … join the club!
Its just not specific enough and doesnt tell me anything about who Suzie, specifically, is.
Thus, their second segment is worse in every way than the first.
The next group is Onya and Lexi, who universally blow the other girls out of the water.
I still ask, sadly, to no one in particular).
The Lexi as speaker, Onya as dancer segment is less strong.
Lexi is a good speaker, but her story is difficult to follow.
Finally, its Sam and Lana.
This is not their challenge.
Lana was probably always going home this week, but this week isterriblefor Sam because it sees her backslide.
Thats season losing throw in of stuff.
On the runway, the category is ugliest dress ever.
Id say exactly one girl does that.
Suzie comes as a Christmas tree.
Its an ugly dress, sure, but its also not really a dress.
Jewels wears a very 80s prom dress that the judges dont think is ugly enough.
Onya dresses up as a turkey.
Its fine, but she again has problems with proportions.
A headpiece or some big hair or really anything going up would help this outfit immensely.
Lexi does the best by a wide margin.
Its ugly in a Versace way, not an Im wearing a Christmas tree way.
Sams look is not ugly, and thats all there is to it.
In fact, it speaks poorly to her taste level that she thinks it is ugly at all.
Lana wears Kandy Muses pocket runway from season 13.
Lexi and Onya share the win, which seems about right.
Lana and Sam end up in the bottom together, which is also right.
They lip sync to Dua Lipas Illusion.
Lana straight up wins it.
Its her best lip sync of the season by far, and she does a legit great job throughout.
Sam isnt bad, though, and its clear that Lana cannot stay.
They send Lana home, and, honestly, good for her for making top six.
Thats no small feat.
The winning pairs wigs, in particular, are some of the worst wigs ever on the show.
Its not even cute and campy, just hard to look at.
Side note: I loved Jerrodsnarcissistic train wreckof areality showthat was actually performance art last year.
One thing I adored that I saw this week was thisthorough breakdown of how the girls chose their pairs.
Made me thoroughly laugh.
Im unsure, but she only has one win).
), and Id like at least two weeks of real competition.
