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Originally Posted by Shaun
Just watched it! Great episode in all, really enjoyed the debate even though it felt a little rushed and hectic. I know Sherry is obviously cancelled but I have to say I'm confused at her being chastised by judges and viewers for doing "Katharine Hepburn / the old lady" shtick for a third challenge again when there were:
- Jokes about Crystal/El DeBarge for the 900th time
- Heidi whistling through her gap for the second week in a row
- Gigi being a robot again
At least Sherry was funny with her answers and engaged with Rachel and Jeff well  (don't get me wrong, Heidi and Crystal deserved their high placements, but we need the consistency hunnies!) I especially adored the queens' overreaction to Widow's closing statement  and also Heidi falling over and being unable to keep a straight face re: Heidi's "LOOK OVER THERE"s, and Rachel/Jeff were particularly good (although  at him taking the time to reflect on Islam's approach towards women/the gays when Jackie literally just wants her ****in' aunt to come over)
Jackie did a good enough job... her Canadian missteps were mildly funny and not at all predictable, and her runway should certainly have saved her for the political statement alone... but Gigi had her entrance look in a different colour and a producer's dick in her ass, so, whatever.
I do wish the queens were allowed a little more room to be political instead of being told at gunpoint to trot out the same dick and drag jokes for RuPaul's senile ****ing head to cope with, but maybe one of them would have brought up fracking so perhaps it was for the best... but no in all seriousness, Ru's workrooms now are just.. mean. Shutting queens down immediately with a [THAT DOES NOT COMPUTE WITH MY SAME 4 JOKES] "MAKE IT FUNNY" is really not even remotely constructive, and although Raven was a little helpful it just... was a massive waste of camera time altogether.
As was the Dahlia broccoli moment again. When will this show learn to stop trying to force a meme upon the first eliminated queen? No one remembers Soju, no one will remember Dahlia. Let it be.
As for the lipsync... Twitter fans really oversold it double shantay? Girl. Calm down. Widow completely emulated a different song and Jackie was just... camp and acting the lyrics out literally at points. That ain't special  |
WOW THIS TEA.
Everything in this post is spot-on. I agreed with Sherry being read for the Katharine Hepburn regurgitation but why is it ok for Heidi to whistle through her teeth every episode but not for Sherry to also repeat what has worked for her in the past?
I thought Jackie had some great jokes/puns with regards to her Canadian shtick. The Trudeau comment, poutine gag and national anthem mix-up were all great examples of how Jackie used her existing knowledge to create clever jokes beyond glitter or shablamming.
I didn't like how promptly and aggressively Ru shut down Crystal's arts and crafts idea before even listening to what she had to say. Unfortunately, as amazing as Crystal is doing in the competition I get the sense that Ru is really clipping her wings and making her think the only way she can impress the judges is to reference her hair.