RuPauls Drag Race All Stars
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Drag Racetends to want to reinvent the wheel.
On a regular season, innovation is not only warranted, but needed.
An all-winners season is, at its core, fan service.
Its what made the first few episodes of this season so successful.
Just raw talent competing in keystone franchise challenges.
After all, isnt the very premise of this season enough innovation in and of itself?
As with all middlingDrag Racechallenge ideas, the parameters of this one are (perhaps purposefully) unclear.
On the plus side, the vague rubric allows the winners to play to their strengths.
The whole set is strong, and her jokes are both the most consistent and some of my favorites.
I always stan commitment to a bit, and this is a good bit to commit to.
But seeing as she doesnt take home the win, it hardly seems to be doing Yvie any favors.
Both in the Werkroom and during her workshop with Carson and Nikki Glaser, Jinkx is utterly unfazed.
As it turns out, they both slay.
with a deft performance style, great comedic callbacks, and structure.
Jinkx claims her third win and second star, and Raja snags her first.
At least Ihopeits the season low.
(Oh God, hey dont tell me theres something worse.)
We joylessly watch on as the two legendary queens bounce geriatrically to Lizzos Better in Color.
However, its arguably worth it to see the reactions of their fellow all-stars at the very end.
A veritable renaissance painting.
Jinkx wins the lip sync (I guess) and blocks … the Vivienne.
Back inAS2, the girls claimed to be doing what the judges would do.
This time around, they seem to solely be blocking the last person to receive a star.
This did little to avoid conflict back then, but lets see if these winners will have better luck.
I sure hope not.
See you next week!
