![]() ![]() Aiden decides to portray Patricia Quinn, most famous for playing Magenta in Rocky Horror Picture Show. On the other end of that spectrum, we have Aiden and Brita. Only Sherry Pie as a geriatric Katherine Hepburn comes close, but Gigi’s ability to play off every one of Ru’s robot commands pushes her into the lead. She shines as a physical comedian, she’s quick on her feet, and she can “volley” with the best of them. “I’m going to,” says Gigi, with a self-assured calmness that only comes when you’re that gorgeous, that talented, that 21 years old. Ru doesn’t buy it but encourages Gigi to try to make them laugh anyway. “I understand your concern, but I do not have the same concern,” she says. “It’s a lot of rapid-fire stuff.” Gigi pauses and smiles, looking effortlessly chic in her gender-fluid Steve Jobs Werkroom drag. “A robot doesn’t really volley,” Ru explains. Not to mention that if the last five episodes have taught me anything, it’s that I trust Gigi’s taste implicitly. Gigi’s concept is too niche, extremely bizarre, and sounds way too high-concept for the format. In the Snatch Game, she misses the mark, predictably unable to land her jokes or “volley” the improv Ru is lobbing her way.įinally, Miss Gigi portrays “Maria the Robot,” a rights-friendly version of the famous robot citizen/publicity stunt Sophia the Robot. Crystal leaves this tête-à-tête no better off but does receive a coveted and rare hug from RuPaul (that’ll be $5,000). Ru’s suggestion? Do El Debarge! A musician Crystal hadn’t heard of until Ru pointed out they have the same haircut. The concept seems solid, but Crystal is unable to express exactly what she will do to make Poppy pop. She’s doing Poppy, a pop star/cult leader/YouTube sensation who’s Ava Max-meets-Jim Jones. Her best moment is her callback to Widow’s infamous ugly shoe, which she managed to smuggle in from the Werkroom.Ĭrystal, on the other hand, could certainly use a guiding hand. ![]() Heidi wisely chooses not to take this advice and delivers a solid Leslie Jones. To whom, you might ask? Why Phaedra Parks, of course! A celebrity Heidi has never heard of from a show that she has never watched. However, somehow Ru interprets Heidi’s conversational ease as evidence that she should … switch her character entirely. Heidi is riffing with Ru and Vanjie, and she’s even fashioned an exact re-creation of Leslie’s runway ensemble from two weeks ago. Allow me to use it in a sentence: “I hope my favorite queens can successfully volley Ru’s jokes back and forth, even though he spends the first half of the episode giving them insane, unactionable advice.” As he is wont to do, Ru leaves a trail of chaos and tears in his wake as he sashays around the room chatting up the girls with his partner in anarchy, Miss Vanjie.įirst up is Heidi, who plans on doing Leslie Jones. Ru relies on the word “volley” to explain how to nail this iconic challenge it’s his Word of the Day. In the great tradition of, um, RuPaul’s Drag Race, it’s time to play the Snatch Game! I cannot put into words exactly what makes a successful Snatch Game, but apparently neither can RuPaul. But I also love Jaida, Crystal, and Heidi, and I would be much more excited to watch the rest of this season if I didn’t feel like we were performatively going through motions and ignoring the fact that we have an unbeatable front-runner. It’s hard not to! She rises to every challenge, slays every runway, and this week was no exception. That’s right, Gigi is this season’s SecRutariat! (I am so sorry.) While that’s lovely news for Gigi Goode, it does not make for compelling television. And since one of those “horses” is a serial catfisher disqualified for posing as a “horse” casting director, that means we have ourselves a one-horse race. So at this point in the season, it’s pretty clear that we have a two-horse race. Okay, I’m exaggerating, but only slightly! In the last four episodes, Sherry and Gigi have won every challenge, and, in their respective premiere episodes, both queens were in the top two. ![]() Congratulations, Gigi! Readers, it’s been an honor recapping this season for you. Wow! It’s hard to believe we’re only six episodes into the season, and we’ve already crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar: Gigi Goode.
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