RuPauls Drag Race All Stars
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As with many hyperspecificDrag Racechallenges, this weeks viral social-media dance challenge is a Rorschach test.
It shows the queens an objective reality and asks, What doyousee?
A comedy sketch or dance showcase?
A satire or a branding exercise?
A vase or two women kissing?
I mean … step, touch, step, touch, cha-cha, repeat?
But after tonight, Shea is stuck in dead last.
But while Shea fails to surpass the challenges parameters, the Vivienne strays a little too far.
She interprets the challenge as a satire, with the viral dance as little more than an afterthought.
Unlike the other videos, Vivs performance doesnt end after her dance.
With perhaps a touch more earnestness, the Vivienne might have gone all the way this week.
For Raja, the final result is something thats part guided meditation and part light morning stretch.
And thats called branding!
In another crop of queens, that joke alone might have landed her a top-two spot.
Perhaps the biggest failure of the evening, however, was Yvie.
Yvies win conditions for this challenge appear almost too obvious to say aloud.
Yvie is no stranger to a viral dance: Shes created two or three!
Its cute, the perfect balance of self-aggrandizing and self-deprecating, and quite memorable.
The top two of the night, however, are in a league of their own.
Monet lets us know up top this episode that she is no fool.
The final product is just what the doctor ordered.
The dance moves Ru suggested but with a healthy serving of Monet flair.
Its absolutely the most fun dance of the night and undoubtedly the one I would want to learn.
Finally, a well-deserved second star for Monet.
But the best overall video of the night has to be Jinkx Monsoon.
While other girls went for comedy over dance, nobody was able to nail it like Jinkx.
The judges are in love, and RuPaul yet again calls Jinkx a genius.
At this point, her rocket-like trajectory to the top seems unstoppable.
But the piece de resistance of this episode has yet to come.
But to think that is to underestimate Monets capabilities as both a performer and a student of drag herstory.
Consider this experiment,Drag Racesfirst foray into spoken word, a resounding success.
Andthatis the night the lights went out inDrag Races Studio City production studio.
After claiming her victory, Monet chooses to block … her good sis, Raja!
Next week, a good old-fashioned roast!
And thank God for that.
I hope there are tears.
