RuPauls Drag Race All Stars
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Up top, the one-star girls are rightfully scared.
With only a couple more challenges to go, they better step it up in this weeks acting challenge.
The setting is a cultish, Christmas-obsessed all-girls preparatory school.
The judges continue to refuse to give any substantive critiques (which is growing a bit stale to me!
), but I have no such issue.
This week were treated to yet another master class from The Vivienne.
Her accent work is impeccable, and as always, shes a wizard with a damn contour palette.
A marvel to watch.
Her distaste for Shea is as entertaining to witness as her white-hot rage at all things not Christmas.
SheaIf I had my way, Shea would be right there next to The Vivienne lip-syncing tonight.
Shea is the compelling heart of this comedy skitfilm chimera, reacting believably yet never missing a single joke.
She commands our attention with her presence rather than with her volume.
Well, Im here to eat my words!
Yvies performance as leader of the Nice Girls is as compelling and well-formed as Sheas and Vivs tonight.
Top marks for Yvie tonight.
In her own words, its a little bitBeetlejuice, a little bitBreakfast Club, and a little bitHeathers.
A winning combination, to be sure.
Its a difficult line to walk, but she does it well.
On the runway, Raja is a deity.
A description and syntax that will haunt my mind for weeks to come.
MonetMonet settles into her character once she receives a critical note to stop modulating her voice.
An unnecessary crutch that she was thankfully asked to toss aside.
As the hottest woman on the planet, Jaida is simply unequipped to play a lonely, ugly nerd.
That said, as always, Jaida is doingdrag.
Speaking of … that runway!
Jaidas knitwear look is a high-fashion, editorial nod toThe Big Comfy Couch.
Its styled to perfection and as flattering as it is well-crafted.
JinkxJinkx comes into this challenge mad as hell.
Sometimes Holly is ditsy, sometimes shes demonic, sometimes shes a valley girl.
The only constant is Jinkxs commitment to stretching the lines as long as possible.
Unlike Shea, Jinkx is reliant onvolume, both aurally and spatially.
TrinityTrinity is perfectly fine this week, but she proves that playing dumb is harder than it looks.
However, Im not worried about Trinity one bit.
Its about time she took a brief respite from dominating this competition and gave someone else a shot.
I am confident shell be back with a vengeance before we know it.
Not 30 seconds into the lip sync, Monet is ready to call it.
She pivots in her chair and announces to Yvie, Raja is turning it.
The lip-sync assassins have convened, and the consensus is clear: Raja is the victor.
And after another entertaining platinum-plunger ceremony, Raja chooses to block … Jaida!
A prudent decision that maintains the integrity of the social game the queens have found themselves playing.
Speaking of, next week the queens are charged with creating a viral social-media dance challenge.
TikTok has taken hold of every aspect of the entertainment industry, soDrag Raceis no exception.
There are no Gen-Z queens in sight, so lets see how these aging millennials fare.
