Episode Discussion: Shady Politics

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Welcome back, squirrel friends! It’s time for the next lap of the race! Bust out your wigs and padding because this is going to be a crazy ride.

Wigs and heels don’t go on for a few hours yet, but let’s get the T flowing now!

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Comments

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

An overall good episode that definitely showcase who might be inching closer to be among the Top 3.

Bob the Drag Queen: I had 0 doubts that she would win this challenge. Her runway look was a tad pedestrian for me (maybe it was all the polka dots? I'm not sure).

Derrick Barry: Apparently Fake!Brit-Brit finally decided to bring it to the floor (after getting so close to being eliminated)! Her campaign ad was funnier than I'd expected from her. Unlike the judges, I loved the second dress-reveal look. It's true that the white dress wasn't amazing, but it wasn't another bathing suit + piece of fabric tied around his waist. It was very clever how Bob and her joined forces to amp up their dislike for each other.

Naomi Smalls: Why didn't anyone call her out for wearing Raven's outfit? Like, yeah, she looked good in it BUT IT'S NOT EVEN AN HOMAGE BUT A BLATANT COPY OF RAVEN'S LOOK!!! Her presidential ad was funny without being mean. I also liked seeing her kiking with Kim Chi.

Kim Chi: She better be thankful that Mama Ru decided to choose the bottom two by pair and not individually. Because I think she'd have definitely been LSFYL! ETA: I wished her presidential video had been more political (like the bit that blacktonguedevi mentions upthread). OTOH, I loved her Pierrot-inspired look.

Thorgy Thor: OK, I'm going to side with the judges on my overall MEH feelings about her runway look. She definitely needed something to make that outfit interesting rather than so pedestrian. Her presidential ad was all over the place, imho. Was it fair that she got eliminated because she's not a great lipsyncher? No, but that's them breaks. Her LSFYL was the wrong kind of desperate and her runway look subtly worked against her performance.

Chi-Chi: I was wowed by her runway look! She looked so dazzling with just enough sass to balance things out. Her presidential ad began and ended on a strong note, but it also kinda meandered for a while. FWIW, I wasn't worried about her when she was getting ready to LSFYL because she IS really engaging performer. I do hope that she keeps things tight since, regardless of how great she is at lipsynching, I highly doubt that Mama Ru would shantay her a third time. #IJS

Vivica should be a semi-permanent judge. She had fairly good opinions and you could tell she was having a great time. I don't recognize Thomas A. Roberts, but he looked way too stiff in this show.

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

Vivica should be a semi-permanent judge.

I'm going to disagree, but only because I don't think a special guest judge spot on someone else's show is the place for you to try and pitch your own catchphrase. I'm glad they limited her to only three "strangé"s, two of which were used to introduce herself.

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

Point. Though, given the choice for a judge between someone who is way too srs bizness and someone who is willing to go OTT, I'll always pick the OTT person. This isn't RuPaul's Needlepoint Race. ;P

[kapvik.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't mind OTT; heck, when it comes to guest judges I prefer it. I just think it's a little ill-mannered to be invited as a guest judge and then shoehorn your own pitch as a reality host in as if this was Vivica A. Fox's Drag Race. It's also unwise, given that Ru prefers to promote Ru and only Ru around here. :p I wouldn't put it past Ru to sic the gay mafia on Vivica for this one. Maybe, like, sneak into her house and sew her into a stanky weave in the middle of the night.

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

LOL LOL LOL! Mama Ru's connections to the gay mafia run deep!