RuPauls Drag Race
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RuPauls Drag Raceis in a pickle.
Shes confident, shes shady, shes a little weird.
Well get to the end of the episode later, but Ive got to admit: I like Irene.
Luxx Noir London: Cocky as all hell, which is just how I like my queens.
A drag queen without a borderline delusional level of confidence isnt a drag queen.
This argument is stupid and I love it.
Aura Mayari: Out of drag, Aura is extremely hot, which is great.
Marcia Marcia Marcia:Our resident Weaponized B.F.A.
Anetra:Shes a low-key personality, but I was struck by the number of quips Anetra landed.
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx:Fun and fab.
Entrance look (a fox-based gown) is cute.
Get loud, Malaysia!
Princess Poppy:This queen is a bit worrisome.
Sasha Colby: Last to enter the Werk Room is Sasha Colby, the icon of the group.
Most excitingly, though, her presence forces the rest of the queens to up their games.
You wanna win?
Youve gotta get through an icon first.
In other words: no notes!
Thrilled youre here, Salina!
Make those other bitches work for their screen time!
Amethyst: The first of three (why?)
Jax: My winner pick.
Jax is a former competitive cheerleader, gymnast, and diver, and she calls herself extremely competitive.
Shes adorable in drag, hot out of drag, and charming all the time.
Loosey LaDuca:The second of three (huh?)
(Marcia x3 better watch her B.F.A.-having ass.)
Mistress Isabelle Brooks:Another shit-talker, thank God.
Mistress is big, glamorous, and loaded with personality.
She also has tiny little biscuit heels, but Ive never been as perturbed by those as RuPaul.
Robin Fierce:The third of the Connecticut queens (why are there so many??
Still, shes stunning and sweet.
I like how unbothered they are whenever the queens shade them.
Look, would either Sugar or Spice make it on the show on their own?
Are they a fun gimmick inDrag Races 15th season?
On to episode two!
We open with compulsory choreography drama.
Chris, I hope youre watching!
Then comes the runway portion of the evening, beginning with the much-discussed group performance, which is serviceable.
Then we get 16 talent-show performances and 16 runway looks (the theme is basically signature drag).
Its a lot, but ultimately invigorating to have that much drag thrown at the audience.
Spice: Both Sugar and Spice perform to their own rap tracks while not moving much.
RuPaul seems to love Spice, but Im a bit more tepid.
Luxx Noir London: Luxx also performs to her own track.
Its definitely one of the better songs, and her progression of wide stances into the splits is fun.
Still, I cant get too mad at a little repetition 15 seasons in.
Mistress Isabelle Brooks: Mistress does yet another original track.
On the runway, she wears a bedazzled cowboy outfit.
I love drag queens.
Loosey LaDuca:Oof.
Loosey sings her track live.
Shes pitchy and she doesnt move very much, despite the song constantly repeating get loose!
On the runway, shes in a blue flight-attendant outfit inspired by Britney Spearss Toxic music video.
Its exactly the glamour/comedy combo this show rewards.
Robin Fierce: Robin lip-syncs to Now That We Found Love, by Heavy D & the Boyz.
Its good enough to get her through, but nobodys gonna win on just a lip sync.
With 15 girls still left, being the prettiest (and she is the prettiest) wont cut it.
Irene DuBois: Dumpster fire.
And it didnt have to be this way!
Its a funny enough premise.
When performing, though, there are simply no jokes.
Even the darkness that she seemed to be referencing with the quip about her distant mother is gone.
Anetra: The stunt queens got stunts!
Anetra lip-syncs to a track, sure, but the track is just a delivery system for stunts.
This quiet one packs a literal punch.
Princess Poppy: Princess Poppy does a ventriloquist number to a recorded track with a puppet parasite.
It is cute and funny, if unremarkable, which unfortunately describes most of Princess Poppys work this week.
I repeat: 15 queens left.
Wear some pants or something.
Salina EsTitties:Love this queen.
Love the way she pairs thigh-high patent-leather boots with a flowy lingerie minidress.
Love the way her tight little wig completely throws off her shape.
So glad shes here.
Amethyst: This is tough.
On the runway, the judges point out that she should pad, and they are right.
On the runway, she wears a Miss Continental gown with an accompanying headpiece and looks great.
Jax:Jax slays.
Like Anetra, she performs a lip sync, but lip sync doesnt really capture what she does.
On the runway, she goes full flygirl and slays again.
Anetra wins, and I would have gone with Jax, but thats fine.
The LSFYL is between Irene and Amethyst.
So Irene goes home, and Im disappointed.
Id rather have a risky, bitchy queen in the competition than out of it, to be honest.
Did she fail in the challenge and then lose the lip sync?
Do I think she could have pulled a Daya Betty if shed stayed?
Also onUntucked…
Hello!
Im a writer here at Vulture, and Im excited to take this journey.
There are twoUntuckeds this week, but neither is particularly scandalous or revealing yet.
In the one set during judging everybody seems cordial, but Im hoping that wont last for too long.
The one that follows the queens before they enter the Werk Room is impressively boring.
This recap has been updated.
