RuPaul drags her bloated franchise to the lands down under and the results are somewhat mixed - despite what appeared to be a fairly impressive cast of distinguished Oz & Kiwi queens, an impressively hefty roster of webcam-based star guests, and generally looking far glitzier than Canada's attempt it became quickly apparent that there was some sort of bizarre "narrative" in play right from the off, which muddied the fun considerably.
Bouyed by some endearingly brash antipodean queens and some great looks - the characteristically cheap editing and talking heads began to carve a strange arc which seemed completely at odds with the performances on show and the general vibe. Randomly bringing back a disqualified queen with no justification, never addressing the real-life context for a numerous awkward editorial decisions... yes it was a series made under crisis and it's a small miracle it ever happened at all but you can't help but feel the vibrant and passionate AUS/NZ scene deserved better from the flagging brand. Here straying, in many ways, as far from reality as it's possible to get.
(I'm preserving this S1 outrage for posterities sake but essentially S2 was promising, and S3 was excruciating. Something needs to be fixed here!)
Bouyed by some endearingly brash antipodean queens and some great looks - the characteristically cheap editing and talking heads began to carve a strange arc which seemed completely at odds with the performances on show and the general vibe. Randomly bringing back a disqualified queen with no justification, never addressing the real-life context for a numerous awkward editorial decisions... yes it was a series made under crisis and it's a small miracle it ever happened at all but you can't help but feel the vibrant and passionate AUS/NZ scene deserved better from the flagging brand. Here straying, in many ways, as far from reality as it's possible to get.
(I'm preserving this S1 outrage for posterities sake but essentially S2 was promising, and S3 was excruciating. Something needs to be fixed here!)