For one thing, Nina is not free of culpability in the lather-rinse-repeat of her arc.

1) I've occasionally checked back in - there's clear talent that the show continues to offer up. It's more that the framework of the show has lost a great deal of its charm and edge for me in terms of wanting to invest in watching whole seasons.

Only that this show reshapes our expectation of drag. Trixie has this line, only half-jokingly, "Remember when drag queens were all poor and mean? Now they're all rich and nice."

Top of the episode, talking specifically about Valentina's elimination itself, then?

Oh, only the irony that "genuine" is a compliment for - well, men who dress up as exaggerated projections of femininity for entertainment value. That's it.

1) I haven't watched Project Runway in years. Pretty much since the move to Lifetime. It's so much less self-aware, I'd definitely have concerns about the points you make.

I've always found it a bit weird that each pairing over the years have converged to the point of using legitimately the same fabric across the pairing. At least the way it's come to be expected.

Just an observation - how is it we're at a place where "genuine" is a compliment we're holding for drag queens?

Thanks for the heads-up on the interview.

There's still a good reason for basic courtesy.

It's gonna need more than just meds.

DUNCAN, MY BODY IS READY FOR YOU.

The juxtaposition argument, I can definitely agree to. Of all the queens I'd expect to be edumacated enough to see that Nina has more serious mental health issues than she cops to, it should be Sasha and Shea.

Where are the espadrilles?!

There's definitely that upset dynamic to the makeovers, which is what makes them especially useful from a television dramatic tension perspective, particularly how late they typically come in the season.

I dunno - they've seemed quite sisterly in after-show appearances. Even to the point of Gia being adopted into the House of Edwards.

Also, the judged seemed to hate Peppermint and Winter Green's look.

…is it trademarked maybe?

Trixie uses this line about celebrating queens for what they're good at. Certainly that works in the wider world of drag. But this show oft times demands that we put very different kinds of drag in direct comparison - Sharon's gothdrag versus Chad's professionalism, Jinkx's classical theatricalism versus Alaska's haute…

You can just say "Sasha".