RuPauls Drag Race
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Someday theyll teach in schools that the penultimate (non-reunion) episode of aDrag Raceseason used to matter.
Or at least used to create some dramatic tension before the finales big gay climax.
Aquaria: Holding Water
How can you argue that this queen should not win?
But you have to hand it to this queen.
She won the Snatch Game and the Ball challenge.
She was never in the bottom two.
Her narrative arc this year started troublingly and on the wrong side of a conflict with The Vixen.
She came in with a target on her back; she was the Instagram Queen and probably nothing more.
Were won over, and so are the judges.
Their final assessment of her performance on the season is telling.
They know shes the winner.
Ru even said Madonna.
Bitch, shes Madonna!
Working for her:Her track record.
On paper, she wins.
Asia: All Over the Map
Working for her:No one like her has ever won.
Oftentimes, she has had a den-mother quality that makes you love her.
She was front and center for many of this seasons gaggiest moments.
You wont forget her.
Working against her:Her competition has more consistently gagged the judges.
Her low points were very low.
Eureka: Fully Realized
Girl, she found it!
There is an obvious case to crown this queen.
Characteristic of her narrative this season, Eureka frets over the challenge and knocks it out of the park.
There simply has never been a queen like her on this show.
She is a character for the ages.
it’s possible for you to compare Aquaria to Violet.
you might compare Asia tomanyqueens.
Who do you compare Eureka to?
When she gets the opportunity, she brings it to you.
She is obviously a favorite of RuPauls.
The pointing bit when she exits the runway isnt that funny, but it tickles Ru.
And it is time, on paper, that a big girl wins.
In a lip sync tournament, she is going to slay you.
She will be in that final.
Can you really picture her losing a lip sync?
Working for her:The finale format seems designed for her.
Out of the four, she has the most passionate love from fans of the show.
The narrative is probably too good to resist: started from a torn ACL, now were here.
Seeing her crowned would be emotional and thrilling.
It also rules her out forAll Starsand … we have had a lot of her already.
When the going gets tough, Kameron getsgoing, honey.
The runway looks were terrific all year, and the performance challenges were never out-and-out bad.
We know shes fierce.
We know she does the work.
We know she is, in the words of Todrick Hall, Fine!
But how would we feel if she won?
Because she really can, and does that feel right?
We may not love the finale format as much as we did last year.
Working for her:That she slays when she needs to.
That shewilldo the assignment well in the finale.
Weve seen what shes capable of.
Working against her:Her lip syncs are a little repetitive.
She definitely has go-to moves.
Also, the winner of RuPauls Drag Race should stand for something.
What does Kameron stand for?
We dont buy that talent is enough.
Charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent is the rubric.
How does Kameron truly score?
Heading into the finale, it seems to be a two-horse race between Aquaria and Eureka.
But last year was pretty decidedly a two-horse race between Trinity and Shea.
We mean … lip sync the best.
Until next week, bitch!
