Rose’s age (a hundred and ten in Drag Years, remember) will likely take her out of contention for the title. The title’s only gone to a winner over thirty four times, and we just had someone from that demographic win last year. I’d guess that Gottmik has the momentum at this point, and a part of me is cynical enough…

Symone’s photo address was the most raw, honest, and sincere speech that I’ve seen in one of these episodes in years. She’s so wonderful.

Also: another week, another terrible runway. And Symone.

Truly ‘Lucky’ ‘Sucky’ is a contender for worst finale song alongside the slow mix version of ‘Super Queen’ for all stars 4.

I thought Gottmik had a fantastic look, although that jewellery dress was a little hard to read on the runway. The problem for me was that the pockets were just a neat detail instead of being the central focus of the outfit; they only became apparent when Mik did a reveal to hold open her trench; and were merely props…

I guess we all have our favourites!

Manila was Barbra Streisand on All Stars. Her performance was praised, and I love Manila, but that one was rough. Most of her competitors downright sucked, though, so I’ll agree that it was a comparative win.

This is part of the show’s structural problem. RuPaul has consistently emphasized that she expects her queens to have a thorough and insightful knowledge of contemporary pop culture...and then consistently places them in a comedy framework which is most definitely not. Yes, I know that the Match Game was revived again…

I hear you, but it’s hard to understand the motivation for introducing this theme beyond “just because”. S3 “Boobarella” and the S7 John Waters Rusical were also made with little but inspiration through desperation, and they turned out surprisingly well. And they had a definite connection to drag/queer…

And we’re all welcome to our opinions here. Welcome!

That’s something that the panel has never done, and probably never will do. This show has let the queens proceed with presenting broadly offensive cultural stereotypes as “edgy comedy” (I’m thinking of Manila’s lazy racialized characters, as much as I love her) and often has tacitly approved its use because production…

I don’t know what her drag is about

I am not trying to come for Gilda Radner, whose comedy I liked far more than that of her vastly overpraised (and unfunny) male co-stars. It was just that reference from Michelle, which underlines two problems with the way that this show approaches comedy: one, we’re given a cute concept (well, usually cute, but this…

This should be the A.V. Club “Weecap” of the week. You know, like the ones TWoP used to have, or the 1 minute “quick” version of stories on the Christian Science Monitor website.

And “Honey I Shrank the Drag Queens” is an homage to the 1981 stinker “The Incredible Shrinking Woman”, starring Lily Tomlin. I mean, why reference a classic when you can give a nod to a garbage retread of an original idea?

I’d feel better about that if AS wasn’t such a shit show at this point. Olivia, having come in fifth place, would also have no chance of winning, so she’d have to want to appear in order to market herself. And she’s doesn’t come across as much of a Branding Queen.

It’s an interesting debate, and one that deserves a place in discussing this show. Reality shows in general edit real people into cartoon charicatures of themselves and offer them up for public judgment; this show, among many, has done an incredibly poor job of protecting them from toxic fan behaviour once the show…

Kandy’s high final placement wouldn’t have drawn nearly as much ire, though, if she hadn’t been so grating and obnoxious and had actually performed well during the first half of this long, long season. And she called herself a “villain” tonight, so she’s clearly well aware of reality show tropes, and is willing to use…

For me this has always been Symone’s race, but Mik has a lot to offer too.

The Judges have been surprisingly kind to the contestants this season, even though they’ve consistently produced some of the worst looks we’ve seen on the runway since they very first seasons of this show. I still can’t quite believe that the British queens were treated so harshly on UKDR2 in comparison.