![]() Rosé gets the win, but any of them could’ve taken it. All three are funny, over-the-top and demonstrate strong comedic timing. She’s not bad, really, but she’s nowhere near Gottmik, Rosé and Symone. Unfortunately for Kandy, after watching the final version of “Honey, I Shrunk the Drag Queens,” there is no question that she’ll be lip-syncing. She says this week that she’s been told repeatedly she would go home first if she ever made it on the show-she clearly wants to prove her haters wrong and make the final four. Similarly, Kandy seems to view the experience as climbing the Mt. Gottmik is a herstory-maker, being the first trans man to compete on Drag Race, and clearly takes that responsibility seriously. Olivia is newer to drag than any of her competition, and thus has more of a hurdle to compete on this level. She’s taking the runway prompts literally, rather than delivering an interpretation of them. It’s another sign that Olivia just isn’t working on the same level as the rest of these girls. Comparatively, Gottmik comes out in a highly detailed flasher look, Rosé hits the runway in a mod-inspired dress and cape full of pockets and Symoné dresses up as a literal pocket, complete with zipper. The runway category is Haute Pocket, which is a fun way of saying “put some pockets on your dress.” Olivia once again underwhelms, coming out in a lovely dress that just has pockets. The other queens seem very aware of Olivia’s limitations, too, and some even seem frustrated with her lack of growth. ![]() After showing so much potential-to the point of being a frontrunner in the first half of the season-she’s really dropped off since Snatch Game. It’s fair to call Olivia’s performance this season disappointing. Gottmik is right: Olivia plays too much towards her own type, doing the kind of breathy, ditzy performance she’s done for most of the season. If anyone’s a clear dud from the start, it’s Olivia. (All the parts are queens named after cocktails and drinks: Brandy, Margarita, etc.) Kandy Muse and Symone, meanwhile, are torn over who gets to play the villainous Dominique Perignon. Gottmik, Rosé and Olivia Lux all pick the correct parts for their skill sets, though Gottmik notes Olivia is playing to her type once again. No mini-challenge this week means we dive straight into the casting for the maxi-challenge. The final five of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 share a celebratory moment. It took a long time to get here, and the length will probably always be an anchor on the overall quality of this season, but I think we are in for one hell of a finale at this point. More than anything, this episode makes me feel really good about this final four. In fact, this episode is so strong that I’d argue three of the remaining four queens are walking out of it with strong, organic winners’ edits, while the fourth is coming off of a fun, high-energy lip sync win. (“Thank god we landed on India Ferrah’s old breastplate” is a scream of a line.) And a final five episode in which the majority of the queens-Symone, Gottmik and winner Rosé-get strong critiques makes for a great start to the final leg of the season. The script is also very cute, casting the top five dolls as archetypes of Drag Race contestants and including all kinds of in-jokes about the series’ herstory. The skit features three very strong performances, one that could be better but isn’t terrible and only one that is actively bad. Being the best of this lot is not a Herculean task.īut I’d stack this one up against most of the acting challenges we’ve seen on Drag Race. Other late-in-the-season acting challenges include All Stars 3’s absolutely dire “My Best Squirrelfriend’s Dragsmaids Wedding Trip,” All Stars 4’s clunky “Sex and the Kitty Girl” and most recently, the fun but overlong EastEnders parody on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2. You know what? For an endgame acting challenge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, “Honey, I Shrunk the Drag Queens” is pretty fun! Granted, I’m setting a low bar here.
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