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RuPaul's Drag Race: Old Friends Gold (2023)
MTV is killing this show
Seriously, we only get one minute of runway looks? And just when I thought the pacing had gotten better. MTV airs 6+ hours of Riculousness every day. Would it kill them to add 30 back onto Drag Race? The sped-up pace of the show is NOT working. We don't get to see half the things we'd regularly see in previous seasons because MTV wants to shove a show full of privileged gays that no one wants to see down our throats. Shortening the episodes (and therefore excluding some queens' screen time entirely) is not fair to the queens who have worked this hard to get on the show and in this spot in their career, let alone all the money they have to pay for runways. We should at least get to admire their looks some more, right? This condensed time is especially awful considering that this season has the biggest cast ever with all sorts of personalities, taking valuable time for storylines and getting to know these queens.
As for the episode itself, the judging was MESSED UP this episode. I don't agree with who won, and the judges seem to be treating a few queens too harshly for no reason. The guest judge also was awful and not funny.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Catwalk (2022)
Everything just felt right
The performance was great, and I thought everyone in the top 5 have done a great job. Any of them could easily be the winner, and that's good that you can't see a clear winner. It keeps the tension going.
As for the elimination result, I was happy with the decision. All of all of these girls, and it would've been heartbreaking to see any of them go home.
RuPaul's Drag Race: The Ross Mathews Roast (2022)
Terrible roast
I found everyone very "meh" or worse. This might be the worst roast in the series. It just wasn't that funny.
I really liked the mini-challenge. It was fun, entertaining, and different. There need to be more mini-challenges like that.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Moulin Ru: The Rusical (2022)
Will this season ever end?
This is the SIXTH episode where no one was eliminated. The season is getting a little exhausting. Also, Bosco getting the golden bar feels very...set up. Sure, Bosco is one of my favorites, but it feels like obvious favoritism from the producers.
On the other hand, I thought the rusical was AMAZING. I think everyone did a decent job. I also thought the cinematography was also pretty great in this episode. The episode was very entertaining nonetheless.
Also, they need to stop using remixes for lipsync songs.
RuPaul's Drag Race: An Extra Special Episode (2022)
Good lipsyncs!
This seemed like a fair way to determine who does home after the atrocities last episode. The queens got to make their own decisions on who to lipsync against/what song to choose. It was balanced. As for the lipsyncs themselves, I thought they were great! Good song choices, entertaining, and the CINEMATOGRAPHY this episode was captivating. Glad this episode wasn't a bust.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Snatch Game (2022)
Worst. Snatch Game. EVER.
I expected way more from this cast because of how much they've been killing it this season. Saying this was a disappointment is an understatement. No one was funny (except Deja). Deja pretty much carried the entire episode. If I had a redeeming quality, Dove Cameron gave some pretty good critiques, but she and Deja were the only good things about the episode. Also, this is the THIRD episode without an elimination, which is making this season become exhausting. As for the twist at the end, I don't have many thoughts on it. It makes sense I guess.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Menzeses (2022)
Things made sense
I don't have much to say about this episode. I agreed with the placements (for the most part). As for the lip sync, that had double shantay written all over it. We had two lip sync assassins in the bottom, and it was a great lip sync. The challenge was good. It's becoming harder and harder to determine placements, because everyone is doing pretty well.
RuPaul's Drag Race: 60s Girl Groups (2022)
Bad judging
The placements this episode were all over the place. Daya the winner? Jorgeous not in the bottom? Bosco and Willow not in the top? Camden in the bottom? Nothing made sense. I find it hypocritical that the judges never judge Jorgeous for wearing the same lingerie outfit in different colors and solely relying on her body, yet they judged Kerri for relying on her body? The favoritism seemed blatantly obvious this episode.
This isn't rated lower because the challenge was pretty good. Overall, this episode was kind of boring.
RuPaul's Drag Race: The Daytona Wind (2022)
Delightfully weird
A lot of queens killed it in this episode! The only thing I found questionable was adding the farts. Toilet humor just isn't my thing. The runway was also a good choice. It was fresh. Initially, I had low expectations for this episode, and I was happy to be proven wrong.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Big Opening No. 1 (2022)
A solid start!
I liked all of the queens, and I liked the talent show. It felt more unique, and I was glad to see more than just lip-synching. I'm also glad that we're going back to an elimination happening in the first episode. I never understood why the US version likes to stall the first elimination as much as possible while other franchises don't do that, so I'm glad to see it.
RuPaul's Drag Race: A Pair of Balls (2022)
Producers found a new way to screw with the competition
I'm over the production's obvious favoritism and "twists." Why did Daya and Orion return? So those first two episodes were for nothing? I also don't like this golden ticket idea. It feels like an easy way for production to plant the ticket when their favorite loses the lip-sync for your life.
There was too much happening in this episode. A ball with every contestant competing feels like a little much. If each queen has to show three looks, that's 42 runway looks in one episode, which feels like way too much to accurately assess each queen. It also makes it harder to remember what each queen did.
The final thing I'd like to add is that I still don't like the way Ru is treating Maddy. He "outed" Maddy to the group AGAIN to the girls from the other premiere, again going against Maddy's wishes. I also don't like how it feels like Ru is trying to "convert" her to not being straight.
Basically, what I'm trying to say is Maddy's sexuality shouldn't be her entire character. I want production to show more of her than just "straight."
RuPaul's Drag Race: Big Opening No. 2 (2022)
Basic talent show, Ru makes drama
I wish we could have more to the variety shows than just lip-synching. Of all seven of the acts, only two of them didn't involve any lip-synching. It was kind of boring. Despite that, I did enjoy all of the queens in this episode.
One thing I'd like to bring up is RuPaul's interaction with Maddy during the walkthrough. I didn't appreciate that Ru essentially "outed" Maddy to the cast. Maddy literally said during her introduction that she wanted her fellow contestants to judge her on her drag first and not her sexuality, and Ru essentially took that away from her. It went against her wishes as a competitor. I don't like the Ru has been like, "HEY CHECK OUT THIS STRAIGHT PERSON OVER HERE!" I feel like Maddy's going to get some very awkward treatment throughout the season.
Not much to say about placements. Sad to see the eliminated one go so early.
RuPaul's Drag Race: She's a Super Tease (2022)
Great acting challenge for once, but suspicious judging
This episode was hilarious! It goes to show that the queens really need more freedom when it comes to challenges like this. The skits were actually funny because the queens got to write the scripts! I also really enjoyed how meta this episode was. The teasers felt like a parody of the actual show's teasers. I enjoy that self-awareness and 4th wall breaking in TV. I also found it clever that several clips from the fake teasers ended up in the actual one.
As for the placements, I don't think Kerri deserved to be lip-synching. Kornbread was worse, as much as I adore her. I actually agreed with guest judge Loni Love on what she said to Kornbread: Plus-sized queens are always making food jokes, and it's getting old. So far, Kornbread only seems to have food jokes, and I'm glad Loni pointed it out to her.
For the lip-sync, Kerri definitely didn't win that. Alyssa danced circles around her and sold the song. Then again, Kerri didn't deserve the bottom two to begin with.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Save a Queen (2022)
A very fun episode!
These past two episodes show that the producers need to give the queens more freedom when it comes to acting challenges. This episode was really funny! The queens come up with such great ideas, and giving them this freedom truly shows how talented they are.
Pretty much agreed with everyone's placements.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Glamazon Prime (2022)
Horrible judging, weird editing
The way the producers edited some of the queens in this episode felt a little off. Daya got a bit of a villain edit and came off as very bitter throughout the entire episode. The episode leading up to the runway didn't feel right, Daya's edit was the only thing I could identify.
Now for the judging: I want to preface this by saying that I'm not hating on any of the queens mentioned. This is my opinion that's based on judging and production.
Jorgeous absolutely DID NOT deserve to win. If I had to pick, Lady Camden deserved the win. She was amazing and even did what Ru had asked of her. Jorgeous wore just a curtain with cookie cutters attached to it. It really feels like the judges only like her just because she looks good in stuff instead of actually looking at the concepts she brings.
Kerri should've been in the bottom. Her look was poorly constructed.
As for the bottom two, I agreed with it as well as the elimination.