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A face at what went down during RuPaul ’s Drag Race Season 17 Episode 4 : " Bitch , I ’m a Drag Queen ! " - like , where was all of the singing ?
RuPaul ’s Drag Raceis finally getting move after beam the first faggot home on last week’sball challenge . The machine , of course of study , being the " badonka dunk " which consist of 10 lever , two of which economise the eliminated queen and keep them alive in the competition . The maxi - challenge is a " singing challenge " though I ca n’t really call it that with what was establish and how it was judged . The prescribed synopsis : " The poove are tasked with singing song ground on iconic rants and legendary moments from Drag Race herstory . “What we saw was the queen directing their own musical section to make a commercial message for " Now That ’s What I Call Drag Race " album . The songs seemed pre - recorded and we go through zero of the musical operation in party favor of the directing and filming portion . If you need to make it a directing and sass - sync challenge , just say so ; that ’s okay , but pretend it ’s about singing on the rail while showing zero percent of that feels cheap .
This workweek ’s runway was " quilted , for her pleasure , " and the looks ranged from " yikes " to " just O.K. . " Nobody did anything groundbreaking or particularly gaggy , and on the heels of a challenge that was just alright , this episode felt pretty makeweight .
The top queen mole rat this workweek were :
Onya Nerve – Black excellence , political party of one ? The feel is good , particularly as an African interpretation of quilt , though again , it does n’t really read as patch - together cloth owing to the fact it ’s so surmount down pattern - wise . The comfort , in order for it to really read from the runway , should be a larger , bountiful pattern . Her sash looks like a mark of different nautical flags on a sail ship Jamaican Nox , but I depart . She did gain the week between that rail and her sofa singer idle words bit , which was honorable , but personally I think the judges are vote more on personality demonstrate through , but that does n’t intend the win was undeserved this week .
Crystal Envy – Miss Envy ’s look this hebdomad go with a look that used a quilted fabric ( i.e. many layers of fabric that are stitched together , like the puffer coats ) instead of a piece - together mantle case situation , and it ’s sickening , but it show " comforter couture " more likeUtica’ssleeping pocketbook look instead of comforter , which is the runway melodic theme interpretation .
Suzie Toot – Performance 10 , runway 2 . It does not read comfort , and it ’s just a sort of generic figure , though I , like Michelle , do appreciate how she ’s not marry to the vintage - manner composition and count week after workweek . Her performance in the challenge was very Willow Pill / Joan Jett coded and I ’m here for the versatility , mama .
Bottom queens :
Arrietty – Her look did not say " quilt " at all , the pattern was reminiscent of a quilt pattern , but necessitate to be bigger to take . As for her functioning , I ’m not sure why the judges put her in the bottom , likely just because they call for someone to rank low as it was fairly clean who the bottom two this hebdomad were . She did a duet withJewels Sparkles , and the Book of Judges ranked her low on account of Jewels " outshine her , " despite Jewels only being secure this week and not a top . Their figure was cute , but for a " tattle challenge " where we did n’t see anything musical aside from filming mini - music video recording montage , it palpate like the streak was set somewhere and then promptly disregard .
Kori King – Her performance felt pull and it was perplexing and did not read , though she try and it was moderately funny , for no other reasonableness than the cobwebby slapstick of her acting like some kind of a weird volaille . Her aspect at least read quilt , though there are some proportion issues styling sassy that we need to see betterment on , or Michelle will be take her for it again next week .
Joella – For starters , she should n’t be here – yes , I am still sulphurous Ru send homeLucky Starzzzlast week and subject us to another lustreless , unoriginal queen for another week – but personality apart , this absolute piece of trash runway was enough to cement it , and I ’m beaming she was post home with no dunk tank production slickness to economise her . She came out wearing a jumbo mattress with a tiny face hole cut out of it , and the reveal was a elephantine portrayal of RuPaul on the back of it . No taking anything off , no showing physical structure or anything – just a elephantine cover and a sycophantic plea for RuPaul to wish her . Goodbye Miss " being a Katy Perry superfan is my only discernible personality trait " Joella .
Other queens of note this week :
Sam Star’srunway seems like something we ’ve seen at first ( hello Courtney Act , you want your look back ? ) but the more we see of it , the more unique to her it feel . Nothing ground breaking , but execute in a way that feels like a remix as opposed to a repetition .
Hormona Lisa , Acacia Forgot , andLydia " Butthole " Kollinsall go with a genuine interpretation of the track and look like they raided an Amish market on the direction to the church potluck on Easter , which is a pick . Not one of the judges ( or many people ) appreciated it , but they did make selection and were all secure .
Next week ’s challenge is the return of the " SNL - style " RDR Live , which will most probably continue the lackluster challenge bar . Can we please get back to challenges with a stage and the drama that ensue from them ?
RuPaul ’s Drag Raceseason 17 airs on MTV onFriday nights .
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