RuPaul's Drag Race - Season 7 — Page 11

Fame definitely didn't know the words at the start. By the end, who was even watching her?

Have we really come down to 6 queens (again) and there hasn't been a SINGLE sewing or creating-an-outfit challenge? It baffles me, as in past seasons, there's always been such an emphasis on knowing how to sew.

I'm just not rooting for anyone. I mean, Trixie KILLED me in that Anne Frank bit, but that wasn't even on the show. Tonight she was terrible. She didn't ... do anything? She brought some basic schitck. I think Ginger is the only consistently funny one, but tonight she felt a little flat to me too. Katya is funny, but I don't know that I'm rooting for or that she's on the same level as Bianca or even Jinx.

I am definitely team Katya, with a side of Minj. I actually liked Fame a lot after the intro interviews before the show aired, but she has been so meh! And somewhat clueless. That was the worst lipsync since whatsername picked up the other queen seasons ago. Once she and Pearl were in the bottom two, I knew it was going to be dreadful. They are both beautiful, but boring with no real talent. Pearl redeemed with her Big Ang, but that was it. I expect her to go soon.

The music for the challenge was pretty bad, but didnt the girls write their own lyrics? That shouldn't be laid at Lucien's feet.

Ah...thanks Kad. Then Lucien did a poor job!

This might be the first season where the queens finally got the memo and actually brought everything they were asked to bring. Every other season has had queens admitting afterwards they didn't bring half the stuff because they thought the producers were joking or that the challenge wouldn't happen. That's why there's been so little sewing. In other seasons, that death challenge would have been a sewing challenge for most of the contestants. Same with ugly dress.

Perhaps it's the fact that the first episode of this season so heavily featured garments that the queens brought with them, and that the "creating a nude illusion" was something that many of the queens had prepared for or could easily accomplish makes me feel as if sewing or creating new looks isn't a big factor in the competition this year.

Both the Dead Queen and the Ugly Dress could have been their own maxi-challenge, not just the runway look. Replace one of the number of acting challenges we've seen this season and have THAT be the challenge - to create the look. I'm guessing that's what the Final Ball challenge will be - as in previous seasons - but it seems too late.

If you look at the past 6 seasons, every premier episode was a challenge where the queens were given some sort of raw material and had to create an entire outfit (often something high-fashion) on the spot, generally with a theme. That's a challenge that I was really missing this season. It also helps me see how some of their minds work and what they can create under pressure, given a surprise theme.

(Correct me if I'm wrong, but I am under the assumption that the first challenge of past seasons, the queens had no idea what to expect, just that they would most-likely have to create some sort of outfit on the spot using provided materials. If someone is "in the know", I'd love to hear what they're told.)

As much as I love a Project Runway, it does seem kind of moot to have a create your own dress challenge. I'd rather see a Queen who can work a room and land a joke than sew a dress. I'm paying to see you entertain me, not make a cute outfit.

And what is Tyra and Rasha up to these days? I know Rasha was on America's Next Top Model beforehand as their make-up artist.

Raja is Iggy Azalea & Adam Lambert's makeup artist as well as still touring. She also is hosting Raja Drawja & Fashion Photo Ruview with Raven on the WoW Youtube channel.

Someone on Reddit brought up the problem with all of the performance challenges this season, they're all pretty much pre-scripted and how well you do or shine depends almost entirely on what role you get. Like with Ginger & Trixie this week Ginger's role was the star and Trixie was just her scene partner. Aside from Despy's & the Parody episodethey've been told exactly what to do in every challenge. They don't really get a chance to be bring themselves to the show because they're always being asked to be someone else.

As for wanting to see a queen who can entertain rather than make a dress? They're not independent of each other. Performance episodes show their skills performing while the sewing challenges give the show more on screen queen interaction. The challenges we're given now... aren't good. All they show is that queens can deliver pre-written lines without ****ing it up. There's a few exceptions to that, but for the most part that's it. Season 6 only had 2 episodes where the performances weren't created by the queens Season 7 is coming up on 5. That's so boring.

In addition, this season to me has come off so gimmicky with the Runways. Bearded. Green. Ugliest Dress. How did your drag character die?

That's why this season has been frustrating to me because I like a lot of the queens this season, but pretty much none of them have been able to show off any of their assets because they're stuck being told what to say and how to perform.

Updated On: 4/30/15 at 02:55 AM

It was pretty dull stuff; the mini-challenge was mildly funny, but the winner seemed to be a rather arbitrary choice (to me). That main challenge was just yawn inducing.

I barely remembered anything about last night's episode this morning, which I attributed to being a wee bit tipsy when I watched. Turns out, it just isn't memorable. Thanks for making me feel less Promises: Malibu, kids!

It's just SUCH a good show. But this season does feel lackluster. I wish they'd do more super-size episodes like Project Runway or something. And I hope there is an all-stars.