RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE - ALL STARS 5 (w/ Spoilers) — Page 5

That was a bizarre episode for me. I thought Blair should have been in the bottom, no doubt. Michelle talked to Mayhem and India about "one note", but I thought Blair was even more one note and was completely overshadowed by Juju and Cracker.

I personally enjoyed Juju more, but understand Crackers win. What I don't understand is the double lipsync win. From my point of view I thought Morgan ate up Cracker, but you know what at the end of the day, good for Cracker.

I just want to say that I started this season off completely unimpressed with and ready for Mayhem to leave, but tonight I was very sad watching her go. I thought her exit was very classy and I loved the mindset she left with. Much respect for her. 

Also, and perhaps this is controversial, but as someone who hasn't watched season 9, I am so far quite unimpressed with Shea. I know she was seen as a clear front runner coming in, and I feel like I'm not seeing what everyone was talking about. She's been doing well, and I will say her "I'm in Love" verse and especially that episode's runway were absolutely fantastic, but nothing else has lived up to the hype for me. I was expecting her to come in and sweep up, but maybe that's on my own misconception. 

And I'll just say, what the heck is going on with Ru's runway looks?

 

 

Updated On: 6/26/20 at 10:10 PM

What a painful episode. Deeply, deeply unfunny. You would have had to wring that one hard to find the humor in it, because yikes.

That being said, what little juice you’d get was all thanks to Cracker and Juju, but particularly Cracker, who was 100% driving that team’s ship. Her runway was just okay, but it was a pretty solid runway overall.

This season, you guys. What a weird vibe. It’s a little like milk that you don’t realize has gone bad until you’re a couple spoonfuls into the cereal. Something is just off about it. The drama feels particularly manufactured and also has a noticeable spotlight. This is mostly due to the usual format of having a built-in Untucked episode like previous All Stars season, plus the additional full-length Untucked episode. So it almost feels more like a backstage drama show than a reality competition drag show. It’s clearly been making this shift more and more since the transition to VH1, but this season is relying a liiiiiiittle too heavily on it and it’s just not sitting right.

I hope the Snatch Game rights the ship next week, because this has been a real dud to watch every week after the excellent season 12.

Updated On: 6/26/20 at 11:49 PM

I'm also incredibly disappointed with this season, especially after a terrific season 12 which was probably the best since season 6. 

I haaaaate the lip-sync assassin twist, it's way too over complicated and completely interrupts the flow of each episode. It also feels like with each all stars, the lip-sync is taking more and more attention off who lands in the bottom 2. Think of the Alexis vs Yara lip sync on season 3 which must have been a reality tv producers wet dream. Instead now we're lumped with a random queen from a previous season who has absolutely nothing at stake in the competition and shows up and vanishes again within the space of 2 minutes.

I hope they wait a few years before another all stars season although they could easily make up half the cast with queens from season 12 - Heidi, Crystal, Gigi, Widow. Throw them in with Asia, Tammie, Acid Betty, Nina BoNina Brown, Darienne... sounds great to me!

Updated On: 6/27/20 at 10:33 AM

I have no real problem with the season. There have been better and worse seasons. Coming right off of 12, which was a phenomenal season, of course this group are a let down. But hardly one of the worst seasons.

The queens are all of a pretty good quality, though there IS the absence of a real comedy queen. I like Jujube, but I don't find her funny. She's drag queen sassy, but not witty or clever, just sassy. And her drag is off the rack. I really like Cracker so I'm looking forward to last night's episode.

ArtMan said: "I really like Cracker also. But why is she wearing that pink coat over and over again? In next week's episode, she is wearing it again. I would have thought many queens don't like to be seen wearing the same getup multiple times."

It's just a branding thing which she has adopted for her boy look this season. Plenty of queens do it. In Cracker's case, she's just wearing the hell out of it and making it a... piece. I like it, it's cute. Wouldn't be surprised if she drops a single titled "pink fur" or something.

I'm low-key mad that Blair is still here. I don't find the season bad, but it does seem quite stale when it comes to actual challenges.

I don't mind this season. Am I excited? No. But it's kind of nice to not have "front runner. " In Bob or Bianca's seasons you knew they were going to win. So, in this, I really don't know who is going to win. I mean, I'm team Shea, but she's been bumpy. So, yeah, I'm curious to see what happens. 

Alexis Mateo posting “Roll the tapes!” on social media tonight makes me think she’s telling the truth because they know there’s video to back this stuff up. But really I thought Alexis should have won. And also - enough of doing men on Snatch Game!"

If India was been truthful, she could have brought it up long time ago. Not when she was at the bottom for the fourth time and about to leave.

The only thing this did, was ruining Alexis' chance to win.

Alexis' best moments as Mercado were mean little putdowns of India -- she never delivered the astrological jokes she said she was going to center on, and the one joke she did in the workroom was a particularly tired jest about Uranus.  She did nothing to equal Jujube's inspired riff on Eartha Kitt.  

I'm okay with the queens doing men on Snatch Game, as long as they're outlandish outsized men with outlandish outsized personas like Mercado and Flav.  Basically, to paraphrase Anna Russell, they can do whatever they want, as long as they're FUNNY.

I'll be interested to see where the whole India thing goes.  Was she lying, or did she just misunderstand something that was said?  Can't say I care, as long as she's gone.  Her only significant moment on the show was being picked up bodily by Mimi Imfurst.

 

Updated On: 7/4/20 at 08:59 AM

At least, the time went by faster, than previous episodes.  Shea and JuJu were the best.  And they both made me laugh.  (With Shea on top).  I believe India, but found the timing of her reveal questionable.  Alexis just came across in her body language and eye contact as someone who was not telling the complete truth.  Michelle looked really good in this episode.  Her makeup and hair were flawless. She looked 10 years younger.  I wonder if the same person does it weekly.