I’m not upset that the show is showing us a softer side of Kandy at this point. She hasn’t used her time on the show at all wisely — she should be branding (and not in a crassly Tina Burner type of way) and building up her fanbase so that she can get better booking fees — but the show is still largely using her as a…

Lawrence Chaney: “I miss Veronica Green”

I think Utica is just a kindly, loving, adorkable person...who’s also kind of insufferable and priggish about certain closely-held values and will let you know it. Still: I wanted to clap and cheer when Utica climbed aboard the Appropriation Train this week. She got it right this time! Her concerns were valid! I’m not…

But he wouldn’t have known how to pick a better lineup unless he had seen them all perform those particular routines before, or that insistent persistence just comes across as condescending and a little arrogant. I mean, the entire kerfuffle is kind of funny in a cringey, “are they really doing this?” type of way, but…

And you are too generous, and kind, as always. But I’m Canadian.

I will say that the panel’s “raccoon” banter bit was awful and cringeworthy and should have been left on the editing floor. NO.

Kandy did a great job with the Gottmik aesthetic

And all the world has a crush on Bimini as if they were Julia Roberts in the 90s.

No, that “psychic” deserved to have her boring bullshit called out to her face. Someone...was raised on a farm? A cow...was once a calf? And it can be bottle fed? Inconceivable! I just wish Utica had said “actually, it was during an improv scene. I was working on an interpretative dance routine featuring farm animals,…

Tina would have been sashayed away, long ago.

I think the main determinant in the lipsync was the fact that Olivia won two challenges where a contestant was eliminated and Denali has won none . We’ve seen Ru save a queen with a better track record than her competitor even in the face of a strong lipsync, so this wasn’t a total surprise, although it was…

I have to admit that the episode was a lot better than I feared it would be. And Tina even seemed to show some character growth! And then she ruined that illusion by talking. And by putting Rose in that godawful schmatte.

Ru’s decision to judge the challenge as teams robbed Tina of a long-overdue trip to the bottom, and a lipsync. Rose’s “makeover” was clearly the worst.

I thought Denali was stunning! I mean, not Shuga Cain stunning, but that was still a great look for her. Plus, she clearly won that lipsync. I think Ru gave Olivia the save as a consolation prize for having to wear clown makeup on the runway.

Minus the psychic bullshit.

Seeing this reminds me exactly how much I hate the storylines this season. I have a hard time remembering Denali and Rose in any of the episodes, even though they’re having good-to-great runs, because they’ve been pushed in the background to focus on meaningless conflicts involving queens who aren’t a threat to take…

I think Utica lives in her own little bubble and doesn’t really have any real drag (or contemporary pop culture) references, and that’s part of what makes her both so charming and frustrating to watch. She’s just going to do her own thing right until it sends her out of the competition. She’s like Amy Adams’ cartoon…

And yet, for all of her many faults, RuPaul is one of the few queens who have been able to sell drag to a white, mainstream audience, which is still the most important market for many advertisers. The only host who has come close in charisma is Fred Van Leer...and he’s been equally questionable on trans representation…

Well that, and also be under thirty. There are many boxes to be ticked off if you’re going to be a winner, baby (including the background psychological trauma that can be carefully milked into a tender workroom moment), and that’s probably the biggest these days. This is what kills me: Ru expects you to look and dance…

It was a smart move. In addition, RuPaul seems very reluctant to boot contestants who portray “hot” social media stars, even when the performances suck (translation: Crystal and the Vixen), as he probably feels he’d alienate the young’uns, so it’s not a bad place to turn if comedy’s not your strong suit. In fact, I…