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Originally Posted by Shaun
Watched the full episode now and... yikes that was a bad rusical. The whole thing was framed around an incredibly boomer perspective on what social media is and does, and seemed to be written by an AI who has been force-fed buzzwords like "cancelled", "bots" and "clickbait". The queens pretty much all performed it fine, but there was just... very little comedy or memorable moments. Stand it up to last year's Madonna musical, or Bitch Perfect, or the Herstory one from AS2 and it's just... a dud. Even worse than the Kardashian one.
I love Jamal Sims, and his enthusiasm and passion for seeing the queens succeed is really something the show needs more of. No celebrities drawn in for a quick buck or some exposure, and no real work ethic (Todrick, Alyssa  )
I'm surprised Tina was in the bottom primarily for her performance and not for having a ****ty discount version of Elliott's runway. I feel she performed better overall than, say, Elliott or Utica. The bottom two was fair, and the top three were too.
I'm just watching out of habit at this point, in the vain hope that there's a stellar lipsync or a stand-out performance... because most of the cast bore me. There's something to be said of the manufacturing line of Drag Race USA... too many of the queens feel rehearsed and fake. I know living in LA and being a professional make-up artist is going to make you sound affected, but I am yet to see a single genuine or heartfelt interaction involving Gottmik. There's no denying their talent, but... god everything is so fake and scripted (and I have to look back and cringe at that moment during the Condragulations episode, where he rips off the headphones and fakes an "Oh no!" look because he hasn't brought up his trans storyline for the cameras yet). Olivia is so inoffensive to the point of blandness, Tina's punchlines are visible from the International Space Station, Kandy has run out of KeepingItRealKeepingIt100 ****TheHaters cliches already, Symone is the model protege, Elliott's got the underdog edit down to two Ts, Denali and Rose are the Jans frustrated at not being forced through by production and Utica is just... there.
I also had to restrain myself from rolling my eyes too hard when Ru ventured into the "overcoming your saboteur" territories with Gottmik during the critiques.
I don't know... sorry if I'm boring all of you with these complaints lol but it's just such a crap season full of inauthenticity. |
I mean, you kind of wrote what most of people feel about this season.
From what I can read online, it seems forced and not authentic at all.
It's just not warm or entertaining from beginning to end even though individually this cast is pretty solid.
It's also tough having a definite favorite? Not that I enjoy stanning a queen over the others, I like open field seasons. But really I find myself having a hard time ranking them and liking one more than the others?
I want to like Symone a lot for instance, but she sucked at the Rusical.
AND she cannot make an outfit but has a whole designers team behind her. I wish we had another good solid fashion queen like Raja or Violet who could turn looks on a dime and be unforgettable. It's a bit of a turn-off for me.
At least Gigi was good at other challenges other than the fashion ones.
(but I somehow still consider Symone more fun than Gigi)
I wanted to like Tina because we need a very good comedian for once (since...Bob The Drag Queen in fact), but she's not delivering anywhere!
I actually have a soft spot for Elliott....who is probably going to be eliminated in two episodes anyway. (not a spoiler, I haven't read anything this year)