Reality competitions are supposed to be about competing to find the best of the bunch. This is accomplished by setting challenges that test their abilities that likely mimic real world scenarios. Y’know how bake-off would have a different theme every week cos to be a good all-round baker you need to know these different elements of baking? Well, drag race decided that designing and hosting (?) a hotel room was an adequate challenge of a drag queen because, as we all know, a drag queen that can’t design and host a hotel room might as well call herself a hasbin PHONEY. Then again, maybe they’re just doing what’s best for the queens and trying to diversify their portfolio. In this economy, it pays to be versatile.
Having played hours and hours of Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer, this would be MY challenge. Or would it? Because it seems when drag race says it’s a design challenge, they really just mean comedy challenge. Acting challenge? It’s actually comedy. Dance challenge? Do a funny shimmy! Runway challenge? Your outfit better make my sides SPLIT!
So, the rooms. Personally, Shea, Cracker, & Mariah’s miami kitsch was a clear winner for actually having a unique and solid theme unlike The Glamazone jungle which may or may not have been in Laos depending on who you ask, and The Golden Palace which just felt like Donald Trump’s bathroom.
The last 10 minutes of this episode had me at the edge of my seat (edging, you could say). Tensions are high as the queens ponder, is this the potential downfall of Shea? So soon?? Well no. It turns out 2020 is not completely cursed as Shea lives on to finally win the crown. Unfortunately, Mariah Cardiff Balenciaga leaves us without really getting much of a storyline.
Jujube really had a fab week. That infectious, off-the-cuff comedy just shon through this episode. Hopefully, this trajectory continues upward. This was a bad week for India but, somehow, I’m not mad. There’s something about her that i’m drawn to. They say opposites attract and let’s just say, I have small gums. But seeing her survive week after week reminds me that you don’t need to be loud and in ya face to be a famous drag queen. You can just be a quiet queen with a propensity for bad hats.
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