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WhatRuPauls Drag Racedoes to Suzie Toot this week is actively mean.
Watching it play out, I was overwhelmed with pity for our seasons most divisive queen.
But Im not going to say it wasnt entertaining.
I just wish the rest of the challenge rose to that level.
Seriously, this challenge is insane.
When did they learn a dance?
When did they record a video promo?
Why arent they doing original verses?
Why were there no girl groups all season?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
The most important part of this opening spiel, though, is one word: VEGAS.
No matter what theyre asked to do this week, the successful girls keep that in mind.
Seriously: Who toldDrag Racenot to do verses this year?
Its like everybodys favorite part of the show.
Is it because they all did original songs for the talent show?
Because those sucked, and I want to hear Lexi rap.
Then its onto the photo shoot, coached by RuPaul.
Shes fun and friendly and takes a good shot.
Suzie is really bad and her outfit is kind of tragic.
Then we see the girls interview with Latrice.
Sam goes first and shes good-to-great polished but personable enough not to seem fake.
In two-minute form, she seems fine.
Thats fine enough, but I still wanted a bit of drag in it.
Shes followed by Suzie, who knows Latrice from Fort Lauderdale (insane).
Suzie is just so … theater kid-y sometimes.
I wanted to shake her and be like, TALK LIKE A PERSON.
Suzies failings are made even clearer by Lexi, who gives a great interview.
It is truly heinous.
Jewels looks absolutely amazing in her white outfit covered in feathers.
No notes, good drag.
I love Lexis outfit.
Onyas look is her best all season a patterned caftan and turban, with huge door-knocker earrings.
Sams look is an orange gown with giant blonde hair, and Im sorry, but I hate it.
Sam Star is24years old,and she cannot carry off this kind of grande dame outfit.
It doesnt suit her and she doesnt have the gravitas.
Suzies look is great.
Its her best look all season.
Then we finally see their Vegas promos with judging.
Jewelss is good, but shes about one inch off with her lines.
Its close, but she doesnt punch them exactly right in the way Onya does.
Still, Lexi did a lot right this week, so it ultimately doesnt matter.
Like, light-years better than anyone elses.
Its flabbergasting how much better she is.
Suzie then gets raked across the coals.
Its tough to watch.
Michelle is annoyed that Suzie didnt switch it up enough, for example.
But, as we saw it, the judgesnevertold her that this was an issue.
She was never in the bottom before this!
This show has judges for a reason: To judge.
It feels to me like Suzies terrible week is, at least partially, on them.
And also … GOD why did she think that it was at all appropriate to doAnything Goesfor Vegas?
And why did she wear that hideous shoe in the number?
Its a tragic week for Toot.
Nice job, queen, but that means that any of the other girls are vulnerable.
The lip sync, rightly, comes down to Sam and Suzie.
It is … not a song that suits either queen.
But still, I think Suzie stomps Sam in the lip sync.
I didnt buy her for one second up there.
Suzie gives a fully embodied interpretation of the song that makes sense for her drag.
I think she wins hands down.
But she still goes home.
It seems that RuPaul might have hated her drag all along?
You will be missed!
Be sure to check outmy interview with Suzie Toot, thank you very much.
The hilarious Ross Mathews looks like a sci-fi villain this week for some reason.
They really said, We do not wantthisbitch, specifically, to be in the finale.
Absolutely bonkers that the last person eliminated before Suzie Toot was Lana JaRae.
Winner pick:Onya Nurve all the way.
Dont see it for Lexi or Sam.
