RuPauls Drag Race All Stars
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A legendary contestant was finally crowned.
Drama crossed over from our screens into real life.
Alyssa Edwards was in it.
But were happy to report that this premiere ofAll Stars 3has us gagged.
Were immediately off to the drag races onceTrixie MattelRollerblades into the werkroom.
Shes a self-anointed crownless drag superstar, and shes right.
Next up,#ZaddysHome!
(Figured wed get ahead of this hashtag.
)Milkis back, and an interesting choice forAS3.
Will she find a new rival to distract her from the prize?
Or will she let herself be the winner we know she can be?
How much could she have grown in the months between season nine andAS3?
She is a Bob Mackie fever dream, and its dangerous.
Ringing a big Texan bell?
Trixie sees a threat in Kennedy, who ultimately outpaced her in season seven.
She just keeps coming back!
Plus, we dont mind the Halleloos ourselves, so shell be fun to watch.
From the double doors saunters in the majestic, Oscar-nominated actress Ms. Angela Bassett.
Actually, no, its season oneDrag RacewinnerBeBe Zahara Benet, whose presence is immediately controversial.
Another day, another slay.
she asks in her airy timbre, turning her head toward the other All Stars.
Her delivery is chilling and the other girls are shook.
This feels similar to when Hathaway raps.
You have to remind yourself ofLes Mis.
Thats Ben right now.
Morgan mentions shell be performing to a new track she recorded, though she has never done it before.
Showing her hand this early is sloppy in a version ofDrag Racewhere its not enough to be good.
You have to be a fierce queenanda cunning reality-show contestant.
She wouldpreferto go first, baby.
Go easy on her for this.
She is new to being a Significant Gay Icon.
BeBe performs a mix based on her earworm single Cameroon.
Its Beyonces vision board for her album4.
Thorgy flaunts her skills as an incredibly gifted violinist, and its nice to see something different.
And that one-handed cartwheel!
Well blame it on the edit.
The performance is an revelation.
Aja has improved markedly and came to compete.
Shes one of the best queens in the world from a performance standpoint.
Ben offers a comedic burlesque number so realized and refined that even her critics will be impressed.
Her pasty-centric number imagines her as a hapless Dita Von Teese jot down.
Not everyone is great, though.
Chi Chi DeVayne clomping down that runway, baton in hand, is an inevitable, unfortunate GIF.
A flat wig, literal flat shoes, and a flat performance combine to create something … bad.
Thorgy remarks that she should know better, but maybe she just doesnt!
One of the lyrics is about how drag queensactuallyhave dicks.
It is quite lovely, and available to stream and purchase now!
Plus, she has enough goodwill going into the competition to take a risk like this.
Milk uses cutouts of various outfits and skips around moaning about fashion, dahling over an electronic beat.
The judges deem Trixie, Bebe, Kennedy, and Milk as safe.
All Stars 2showed how difficult it can be for queens to get on the same page regarding eliminations.
Chi Chis critiques were worse than Morgans, so shed be headed home if the judges consensus was Bible.
We finally arrive at an instant-classic lip sync to Nicki Minajs Anaconda, and we are BLESSED, honey.
Aja leans into Nicki while Ben leans into Ben and wins.
She gets that Anaconda is funny before it is sexy, and slays as a result.
But watch out for Aja, because this time she reallyis100 percent that bitch.
Its a shame, since it would have been interesting to watch how shes evolved since season two.
Until next week, hookers!
