RuPaul's Drag Race S10E6
Didn't u just die at that "facts are facts" / "all right, brown cow" / "your back is ashy" / "your talent is bottom two" banter with Monique-Asia-Monet early in the episode? The season 10 queens have such sharp friendly-but-competitive chemistry. And there's so much bonafide talent that there's already no filler remaining! We revert to the often anticlimactic "Snatch Game" next week but we've been pleased to see the show coming up with new angles and challenges lately. This episode began with the hilarious "sitting on a secret" game. Asia O'Hara proved the most sensitive bottom, accurately guessing the most things she was sitting on whilst blindfolded -- even a fax machine! It ended with a hat challenge where most of them had great looks though Asia's dandelion look was tops.
Inbetween those delights the maxi-challenge was even better as the nine queens had to hold three mock Drag Con panels to shill for RuPaul's latest entrepeneurial success...
You're a winner, baby
Team Eureka, Monique Heart, and Kameron Michaels -- who banded together because the others didn't want them -- got sweet revenge by not being fussy or depressed about it and just living their best selves. Their #proportionizing panel to accentuate and love whatever kind of body you have was terrific. Wouldn't you actually lineup for that? Eureka won for the second week in a row with Monét X Change obviously a close second.) She's back, bitches! Actually they're back. Let us never speak of those awful moments earlier when both were doubting themselves because they're excellent when they're confident / living large.
That should be a lesson to all of us really.
Sashay away
Blair St Clair receded into nothing on her panel whilst sandwiched between two larger personalities The Vixen and Miz Cracker. After their face-plant panel (in which they imparted next to no information despite a great topic: wigs!) Blair revealed that she had been raped in college. And in that horrible but touching moment we learned that The Vixen, who rarely has been caught on tape saying nice things about the others, actually really holds Blair close to her heart. Why didn't we see more of their friendship in the edit in previous episodes?! Still The Vixen was forced to lipsynch against Blair and handily won despite barely rehearsing as she assumed that she was safe. Never assume on this show. The judges can be unpredictable.
In truth we wanted Miz Cracker to be in the bottom two if only to see how she managed to dance or do a "white lady split" in her Eliza Dolittle Ascot gown...
What a frenzied moment that was
Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace?
'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling
Running of the ascot opening race 🎵
Can Monique Heart just narrate all our lives, please?Quotable Bitches
“Twirl for Peggy!” -I forget who in Untucked
“And, yes, I do take the EBT” -RuPaul
“I came to this competition with glitter and Jesus.” -Monique
Name dropping
Guest judges: Kumail Nanjiana and Emily Gordon, recently Oscar nominated together for their autobiographical comedy The Big Sick did the honors and did it well.
Pop culture references this episode: My Fair Lady, Mamma's Family, Lady Gaga, comic book superheroes, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Hello Dolly!, The Kentucky Derby, Hattie McDaniels, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Rankings
Shifts from last week indicated with arrows...
| PREDICTION | PREFERENCE |
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| Subject to change as we get to know them | |
| 1. 🔺 Asia O'Hara (on scale of 1-10 how 11 was that dandelion hat? Love her.) |
1.🔺 Eureka (currently flaming. Can she keep up the heat?) |
| 2. Eureka | 2. 🔺 Asia O'Hara |
| 3. 🔻 Miz Cracker | 3. 🔺Monét X Change |
| 4. Monique Heart | 4. Monique Heart |
| 5. 🔺The Vixen | 5. 🔻Miz Cracker |
| 6. 🔺 Kameron Michaels | 6. Kameron Michaels |
| 7. 🔺 Monét X Change | 7. Dusty Ray Bottoms OUT |
| 8. 🔻Aquaria | 8. 🔺 The Vixen |
| 9. 🔻 Blair St Clair OUT | 9. Aquaria |
| 10. Mayhem Miller OUT | 10. Yuhua Hamasaki OUT |
| 11. Dusty Ray Bottoms OUT | 11. Blair St Clair OUT |
| 12. Yuhua Hamasaki OUT | 12. Mayhem Miller OUT |
| 13. Kalorie Karbdashian Williams OUT | 13. Kalorie Karbdashian Williams OUT |
| 14. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo OUT | 14. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo OUT |
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