It’s outlandish enough that Elektra seems to be an instant multi millionaire—her behaviour isn’t just “rich behaviour” but SUPER rich behaviour—and I’m not even sure what her friend who introduced the mafia to her does for them, but that they are now at her beck and call?

The episode was directed and photographed like one of those mini-musicals they often shoehorn into the final seasons of many shows these days — some for the better, and many for the worse — to better showcase the cast members’ real range of talents. They really should have gone this way: we could have had an…

It’s a pity that the A.V. Club doesn’t have one-off minicaps of the entire seasons of each of the international verisons of Drag Race. With possibly the exception of UKDR2, all of these versions of the show have been problematic in their own ways, and it would be fascinating to do a dive into each to discuss why that…

I actually preferred this episode to the great one last week, as the outcome of “The Trunk” just seemed that it was going to be a little too preordained from the outset. Pray Tell’s journey, in comparison — with the exception of the leaden Vernon subplot — felt fresh, and it didn’t lead to any quick conclusions,…

Pose is maddeningly difficult to find — especially outside of the U.S. — for such a fabulous series. I ended up buying it on iTunes because it’s not airing on either one of Canada’s queer networks. I’d bet many potential viewers aren’t even aware that the third season has started airing.

 “For me, it was [worth it]—definitely, 100 percent,” Heidi, who recently released “GAP,” her first single, said. “I literally came from poverty to where I am now. I didn’t have much to lose from going. I was like, If I go and get eliminated first, at least I can say I was on it, get a couple gigs, get an increased…

I feel really, really badly for the S12 and S13 queens. The pandemic has prevented them from monetizing their Drag Race runs, and that must be devastating for those already economically marginalized. And we all know that interest in the queens declines in proportion to how much time has elapsed from the final episode…

Personally I would even argue it’s beyond time for the show to end, even more so as every consecutive win makes the title less and less meaningful for winners past and present.

You two make an excellent point bringing this up, as it’s a fascinating issue. This is a very calculated look and one that was chosen to help her sell a subversive political and artistic statement to a middle-class, largely conservative audience by inverting their expectations of how gender and sexuality should be…

That said, I hope the animosity directed at her online dies down soon.

The storylines were so mangled this season that I’m going to have to — maybe in a year or two — watch it again so I can enjoy it for what it was. And I shouldn’t have watched Untucked at all, which just manipulated me into following those same stupid storylines without any real payoff.

I saw that I should have clarified that sentence, but couldn’t edit it by that point. This was Rose’s best overall combined runway of the season, and I wanted time to appreciate That Special Moment. I’m certainly not suggesting that it was better than the looks Gottmik or Symone presented this episode or, really,…

I agree with you up to a point: Kandy has, and most certainly will, receive a lot of unwarranted over-the-top, incendiary, and cruel comments for her drag race performance this season, but a lot of that is primarily the show’s fault. As I’ve mentioned, the show created her terrible edit, and showed it to viewers…

Our long national Drag Race nightmare is over.

“step into the cool waters of Darienne Lake”...*shudder*

And I still think that she knew that she wasn’t going to win. Rose’s over thirty, and I really don’t think that Ru likes theatre kids, which is rich coming from someone whose own persona is so rehearsed and manufactured. RuPaul essentially told her that her prize was going to be the ability to gloat to Jan that she…

Believe it or not, that was actually RuPaul’s attempt to be nice and brand her into an instantly recognizable commodity that Lawrence herself could use to sell pencils on the street corner in 19th century London. Except that that P.T. Barnum style hucksterism went out with the Edsel. And, of course, she failed.

And in Kandy’s defense, the producers are partly to blame.

manipulated fuckery

Voting allows the show to gauge the popularity of each of its finalists. Production has learned that it risks some pretty harsh blowback if an unlikeable queen is chosen as the winner, and that not even they can guarantee that an early favourite will maintain momentum (and likeability), so this is a valuable tool for…