Hello! I am one of your lovely maintainers for this community. On Thursdays I'm posting Rupaul Review Round-up with all the most sickening reviews out there of the week's show. Feel free to post ones I missed below!
AV Club: "It's not enough to be able to design clothes and walk down a runway, you have to be able to throw shade, rock a lip sync, and have the showmanship that will convince a crowd to throw down those tips."
Buddy TV: "On the runway, she was serving pretty in pink Oprah realness. And in the wrestling ring, she was Latrice the Beast, the biggest, baddest bitch we've ever seen! We can't say enough lovely things about Latrice. And we hope we never have to say goodbye."
By That You Mean: "At last we arrive at the creme de la creme of drag. The apex. The pinnacle. The other metaphors for top things. Here's where you just double over in laughter at all of the zany antics and unbelievable jabs."
Drag you Later with Jon and John: VIDEO "From big ballers Rick Fox and John Salley to the athletic wonder that is Ms. Latrice Royale, see what the boys had to say about this week's challenge."
Entertainment Weekly: "I think last night's new episode will majestically go down in history with those memorable hours mentioned above, as the 12 remaining queens found themselves putting together drag wrestling looks and then putting on an outlandish, drama-filled show for the judges."
Hedda Lettuce: "They all looked great with the exception of DiDa Ritz. Her hair was limp and dry, as if it was used to wipe the sweat of Latrice Royal's upper lip. Her dress was a potato sack, with what looked like a pee stain in the center."
Huffington Post: "I've said it 83 times and I'll say it again: Sharon is really just blowing my mind. She looks amazing on the runway, as Michelle notes, "a lost Arquette sister." Sharon says she wanted to show the judges she could bring beauty to the stage even though it's foreign to her. Success!"
Mediaite:"...a frustratingly lackluster Princess(You can do better! I know you can! Stop being a Paris Hilton in a Kyle Richards world! No, I don't have any idea what that means!)
Queerty: "Kenya comes out as a rather perfect Nicki Minaj. Those doll motions will give me night terrors for about three years. Thanks."
Red Eye Chicago: "Willam reminds me of a Barbie I owned in 1984 who had a jeans-and-pink-fluff outfit that I loved with a white-hot passion. So I am a bit partial to Willam's look."
Rochester City Paper: "ALL THE EMMYS! I don't care what else airs, this episode should win all of the Emmy Awards this year. I challenge you to find a more entertaining hour of television. We started with gigantic asses, got to drag queens body-slamming each other, and wrapped things up with a human gumball machine getting her ass stomped during a lipsynch. No other show on earth can give you that. And then on "Untucked"; we got a PSA about the dangers of black-market plastic surgery and the importance of loving yourself. I'm not even kidding!"
Bonus:
1st queen eliminated interview: "Well, when they picked the top and bottom, I knew that my outfit wasn't the most couture in the group, however I did know that mine fit the theme more so than others."
Ology interview with the second kicked off queen: "For me, I really want to say that I think it hurt me, because they want us to bring girly girl couture. Well, not even girly girl couture, they just want us to bring girly girl drag. And for me, I don't do girly girl drag. Like, everything that I do is just drag like hardcore--big and crazy."
After Elton: Bonus behind the scene photos of this episode!
Willam's Blog: "My body is like a big blue ribbon i won because i had to work for it. At 13 years old, I was 5'3" and 207lbs. So yea. I'm gonna be wearing hoe-tastic shit and have my body out."
Sharon Needles' Official Tumblr:
( sharon gif under cut )