Carrying on from that - I found it interesting that we got both S-’s commercial and her runway.

I’m not of the opinion that Jan can’t also be sad for Brita. But the text that we can go off of tonight presents that arc in a progression that’s not so favorable - which we might be able to ascribe to editing, perhaps, but here ‘tis, in order:

As a source of confidence, I don’t think it’s inappropriate for queens when they roll in to have legitimate pride in being successful, but also doing so in some of the larger more crowded markets for drag talent like New York or LA or whatever.

After being a Gigi denier all season I thought her commercial was way better than the judges did.

To my mind, I think tonight’s the clearer indication of Jan’s Tracy Flick, Rachel Berry arc. For her legitimate talent and skill, the judges aren’t wrong to focus on the manic energy she brings to her commercial reading as desperation.

Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not, HEDWIG. I mean - Random ‘pinions!

I’m reminded of Katya’s ill-fated Princess Diana Spencer of Wales from Bad Bitches of Herstory in AS2.

Historically, simple math was the single biggest determinant of winning the season: most wins minus lipsyncs. Of course, that all went out with the Lipsync Thunderdome introduced to the finale of Season 9.

We have quite a few instances in recent memory of front-runners painting themselves with a target for added scrutiny. It’s not quite clear to me that Gigi’s reached that level of runaway success. But as far as serious competition - if we expect to see less of S- through the remainder of the season (save her strongest…

This ain’t Paul Hollywood’s Best Friend Race!

Arguably, Trixie fits the bill.

Full disclosure: I’ve seen Madonna live eight times. I even shelled out a pretty penny for the most recent Madame X tour - a birthday present to the BF. I’ll admit to being a fan. But whereas I love m, he looooovvvvves her.

You had me digging through the wiki matrices to see if I could find it, ‘cuz it sounds familiar but I can’t pull it from memory - the closest seems to be Yvie - who had only one Win in S11.

More and more over these past several seasons, I’ve been finding myself more interested in who rounds out the finals. To me, the greater excitement feels like it’s coming from those third- and fourth- (and maybe even second)-place slots.

But for one, I am grateful of such a talented roster in this season. And this episode was packed with talent thanks to that.

I’ve been thinking about this - mostly because the “not Madonna enough” critique made sense to me in the moment upon hearing it.

Ladies, and gentlemen, the face of sobriety.
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Makes a lot of sense - it at least fits what textual evidence we do have.

Shelter in place, ‘cuz it’s time for another set of Random ‘pinions:

I’d only add that the best case for Aiden having survived the Ball Challenge - to my eyes, the single clearer case of Rigga Morris this season was that she had been intended to fill the ingénue niche, right up until it became apparent that was going to be unsustainable.