RuPauls Drag Race
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Lets talk about Jan for a second.
Jan is one of the bestDrag Racecharacters of all-time.
It was gripping TV!
It instantly became a meme!
Despite the satisfying face crack, Q knows whats happening to her: Shes being Janned.
Shes too in control.
On the one hand, I get it: Q doesnt want to be embarrassed on national TV.
And then theres Sapphira, Qs foil in these scenes.
She gets mildly offended at one point, but shed never, ever get out of control on camera.
Thats just not her way.
Its all just too pat, with all the players knowing how to play their cards.
Yes, Sapphira is annoyed at that emotion, but shes ultimately a mama bear who gives Q grace.
The episode, unfortunately, does not make up for its limp conflict with expert drag.
The challenge is, in essence,the club-design challenge fromAll-Stars 4but with bathrooms.
Take it out of the club, and youre just left with a comedy challenge.
For the second episode in a row, the queens are assigned to teams, which Im still against.
Show me the working dynamics!
Who dont the other girls want to work with?
The teams are:
Q and Morphine, who end up doing a Hell concept that isnt particularly creative.
Sapphira and Plane,who are clearly going to be the best.
The most exciting part of the episode, by my measure, is Planes breakdown.
Plane makes good TV.
We get to the challenge and It!
First up is the Hell group.
Lucy the Third and Lucy the Third-er as their names is a solid bit.
This weeks challenge does not have the same effect, and I cringed through the entire presentation.
Next is the F.Art museum.
They have the best space by a wide margin, but that does not matter.
What does matter is that they, again, have no chemistry and the jokes arent funny.
Nymphia steamrolls Dawn completely, and Dawn doesnt have the presence to take the scene back.
A note on Nymphia: Wow, what an eye she has for costumes.
The balloon tits for an art museum character is genius and hilarious.
When something is within her skill set, she is legitimately world class, all the time.
I like Dawn, I think she can be funny, but its just not her challenge.
Plane and Sapphira have probably the least exciting concept, but thats beside the point.
The jokes are there, the chemistry is there, the characterizations are there.
Was I laughing all the way through?
Good work, girls.
Its crazy that they let the two best speakers in the room be on the same team.
The runway category is chains.
Qs look is fine, but I must address the wig.
A sculpted wig with fuzzy ear flaps on the side??
like, someone explain this to me.
Dawn looks fine, but its not exactly breathtaking.
She needed something incredible.
Nymphia looks so good.
I like her quirky side, but nothing beats when she just goes full CharismaUniquenessNerveTalent.
God she looks hot.
Planes doesnt excite me, but I cant deny that its well made.
A baseline Plane look.
Sapphira brings it home with an out-of-character fetishwear dog outfit.
Its shocking to see her like this, in all the good ways.
If theres a nitpick (and why shouldnt there be), its that the ears should be bigger.
Sapphira and Plane end up double winning the challenge.
Giving any wins to Sapphira three weeks in a row is already a lot!
Dawn and Morphine end up lip syncing (rightly) to Body by Megan Thee Stallion.
So Dawn goes home, catapulting Morphine into the top five.
Also onUntucked…
Whatever, they chat.
Top Four Prediction:Im expecting it to be Morphine out.
Hoping they send home a girl at top four, too, if only for the drama.
I first noticed this when Dawn pushed Plasma out of her chosen role in theSNLchallenge.
Did Plasma go on to win the challenge anyway?
The World Report:Its nice to see Tia just completely smash a challenge at this point.
Shes been the best of the week a few times now, but nothings been at this level.
That was one of the top five or six roasts inDrag Racehistory.
One has to imagine itll come down to her and Marina for the crown at this point.
LGD is a star, I hope to see her on a U.S.All Starsseason at some point.
I figure that touring in some English-speaking countries might help her translate her sense of humor.
She clearly has it, and I want to see her on the runway forever.
