Excuse me does anyone know where I could find some empty tomb? It's me Busy and welcome back
to Hot or Rot, where you can have it my way. And today we'll be rYviewing episode 8 of rupaul's
drag race all stars season seven. Today our queens were challenged to act in the campy holiday horror
film Santa's School for Girls, and the runway category was 'Knitty Knitty Bang Bang'. So we'll
be going queen by queen to break all of that down as well as taking a look at a video that's
been circulating the internet that features raja calling out Violet and Gottmik but before we get
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start there and then the world now let's open up these tombs first up the Vivienne
on the runway the first thing I thought was like gorgeous candyland marshmallow field dreams
the thick cable knit ball gown is 100 to the brief done with style polish glamour and elegance to the
maximum the other thing that i love about the Vivienne is she's not afraid to have fun
with it and add campy elements to her looks for example today we've got these beautiful little
knitting what are they called knitting knitting what i've never had to say that word out loud
needle yeah knitting needles okay knitting needles in her hair which beautifully complements this
gown this look is hot also girl she said this was 100% wool i get overheated behind this camera
wearing nothing but a crop top and basketball shorts i can only imagine how she feels and in our
family-friendly holiday loose parody of mean girls the Vivienne played headmistress 'Nutmeggin' or
Nutmeg, if you nasty ... and girl i'm feeling nasty she approached this with the Fae Dunaway
as Joan Crawford in mommy dearest mindset which i think was a really smart character choice
because rupaul loves joan crawford girl play to the judges she's smart no more wire hangers
thank you every time she was on camera she was stealing focus she was acting at a level
that i'm not sure anyone else besides Jinkx even was aware of in the room and my only
small critique for viv in this role was there were a few moments where she slipped into that
comfortable for her trump character granted it seemed like the writing did kind of want her to
go that way with the let's make christmas great again reference but i think this role still would
have shined even without the element of orange tinting that one scene this performance was
hot next up play kool-aid on the runway today this is what she wrote about her look on instagram this
is by far one of my favorite runways when we got the theme i went on a deep dive researching
anything that spoke to me that's when i came across the incredibly beautiful style of the
independent people of south africa known for their brightly painted homes they decorate the
exteriors with vibrant symbols and expressions that portray communications of personal prayers
self-identification values emotions and marriage one of my favorite compliments that didn't make
the final cut was ross matthews saying he felt like this look belonged in the smithsonian the
thing i love about this look most is that it has both cultural and historical significance
mixed into a modern drag interpretation i think it's cool that she did this in her own color
palette and there's a whimsicality to the knitted neck rings and leg warmers that she's wearing i
just had a lot of fun with this look that said if i were looking for areas of improvement on this
runway i would say the shoes were probably not the right choice for this look given the
original reference and bright color palette of the rest of the look i also would have looked
for a way to elevate the blue plastic bowl that is attached to her head given the runway category
i think this would have been a great opportunity to include some sort of knit covering around that
that matched the knitted dress she was wearing but all things considered this is a great look
and shea should be proud of it this look is hot i'm not sure if this was just a happy accident
or part of the plan the whole time but i have to point out shay referenced the Ndebele people
on the same episode they did an acting challenge parodying mean girls where need i remind you in
one of the most famous scenes of the movie Cady's mom asks her this is the fertility boss of the
independently people doesn't that mean anything to you and Cady in her rebellious phase just says
no but it probably all just was a coincidence shay plays the role of noel who basically would
be the Cady Heron the new girl to the school who is kind of wandering around with doe
eyes like oh you'll do that here oh you worship santa here but really though her role here is to
serve as a sanity litmus check against everyone else's crazy characters as they overact and give
extreme exaggerations of themselves overall i think Shea did a fine job in the challenge but
i don't think she transformed the role in the way that so many of her peers did tonight like
i found myself really wanting her to push the envelope in some of the scenes where she just
did what was basically a good job so i'm gonna leave this one at a warming up next up welcome to
the odd side of the world it's Yvie on the runway girl girl girl she gave us immaculate drag on the
runway tonight this type of look is the reason i love Yvie oddly it's reminiscent of those
crazy things she did in her original season like with the jellyfish look her artistic prowess is
shining through here she made this whole thing dip dyed it made the matching hair and that headpiece
to die for this is so creative so boundary pushing and different and it goes without saying this look
is hot and i would make a joke about how she probably shouldn't wear this look around any
cats because they'd tear it up but she's already serving so much the oh i see i'm funny sometimes
in the challenge she is playing the role of mary with an e this character would basically
be the Regina George of the group of girls and what i liked most about what Yvie did
was that this was different from what she has been giving us so far in the competition
this was Yvie being the queen bee the popular girl who gets what she wants but also she found ways to
integrate some of her weird little mannerisms into pieces of the role and that i think is
what really made this regina special and for that reason i'm going to give her performance in this a
it's Jinkx Monsoon wow i just realized how hard it is to do vocal fry in a loud tone but we'll
get to that in a second first on the runway she is giving us reference to Marlene Dietrich who was
famously played by sasha velour in snatch game we know she's gonna give us some old hollywood
glamour we know she's gonna ham it up on the runway and all of that but this reference that
she is giving is a near direct copy of Marlene Dietrich's outfit and no less found a way to do
this type of look on a knitted runway with this like knitted fishnet oversized-esque glamorous
gown and i just want to celebrate how beautiful glamorous and old-school opulent Jinkx looks here
so was i surprised no but i did have a yarn fall with this look and i think it's hot in
the challenge she plays the role of Holly the role was basically written as an airheaded shopaholic
but Jinkx was quote admittedly not happy with her role and so she completely subverts everything
about this play and probably what this character should have been according to the writers and just
does her own thing and for that i commend her i think what really sold me on this character was
the devil possession moment and when she like snapped in the middle of the art room there is
i think literally no one else in the drag wace - drag wace? baby drag race queendom that could have
taken such a small role and done so much with it like she did so much with it which in some
cases was kind of bad because you don't notice literally anyone else on the stage and it's not
something you would probably want to do if you were actually acting in a film or on stage but
given this is a competition it's exactly what you want to do Jinkx wants to win and i think she
proves it every single week but as oscar worthy as this performance might have been she didn't secure
the win we'll talk about why i think that is later but for now i'm gonna give this performance a
next up trinity the trained actress tuck on the runway when i think of knitwear and a drag
queen doing knitwear this is really exactly where my brain goes but what i think none
of us could have expected was that she would have this undergarment with leopard print and
leopard print spray painted into her wig that was a gag she's carrying what she calls a grumpkin
down the runway that a fan apparently made for her and i love how fashionable that she has made
knitwear feel but if she were looking for that top runway position the leopard print part of the
garment maybe could have also been knitted i still don't know what a grumpkin is but this look is
girl is a grumpkin related to a blumpkin don't google that don't google that in santa's school
for girls she plays the character of joy who basically would have been the dumb
blonde stereotype karen from mean girls and this is where i have to highlight Janicza,
the guest judge's presence in the directing room she was giving advice to the queens that was
actually helpful so often i feel like Michelle or Ross as good a job they do as okay a job they do-
they're not directors Janicza is actually a movie director - and I was vibing with the
flow of her energy and critiques for example she told trinity to take pleasure in her absence which
completely changed the direction of trinity's character and landed trinity in like the top
three for me tonight she was so delightfully dumb and completely both nailed and transformed
his character into something way smarter than it was originally written as this performance
was hot next up it's one of the baddest bees in kindergarten Monet X Change on the runway she is
giving us knitwear meets streetwear i absolutely adore the multi-tone yarn that was used but the
way the different colors enter mix and are woven together to create a little houndstooth pattern on
like the jacket phenomenal detailing there i love the bow in her hair the high-waistedness of the
shorts and she just looks so cute and one critique on this look is the shoes they do feel a little
bit like an afterthought she kind of just glued some puff balls to some ankle booties this look
though is still hot also conspiracy theory i'm full of them tonight maybe her promo with the
puffy jacket was actually a reference to this runway because she thought she was robbed of
winning this challenge anyways in the challenge she played the role of miss toe first name camel
and girl the exchange rate just went up the hair love to see it and this role was won by Monet
through the strategic alliance that she has with trinity they did the little auditions on the couch
but trinity still gave the role to Monet i love that she is honoring that alliance though i've
gotta say and even though the couch auditions and rehearsals were a little flat i think she
really turned it out in the final performance she gave us a character that was to me reminiscent of
professor trelawny from harry potter meets that 70s show and she shared what was i think the
best scene of the entire parody movie they made when the Vivienne is trying to slay her and they
just are taking turns air dodging air dodging air dodging and then gets her oh you didn't get her
she's still alive and then finally she does get her i'm acting as great as that scene was though
i think she had trouble securing the win because in her other big scene which featured pretty much
every other queen they were kind of taking turns showboating and doing new and different things
while her character was just one note there this performance was like totally next up pillow fight
it's Jaida on the runway she's giving us a direct reference to big comfy couch a kid's show from
many moons ago only millennials won't remember and i think this look shows off my favorite thing
about Jaida her attention to detail the look is immaculate head to toe the afro hair puffs the
headband the little cutouts in her yarn onesie and the way that those cutouts and pieces are
creating different shapes and colors throughout the look keep it very visually interesting plus i
thought it was so nice and sisterly the Vivienne just lent her entire gown to use as a shawl to
perfectly complement this look jade is there room for one more on that couch this look is hot in
the challenge Jaida asks for some of the smaller roles and ends up with hannah the nerd character
she really nailed it for me with the mannerisms like when she would just stand off to the side
i can't even do it but she would stand out to the side looking like the humpback of notre dame
the method acting we love to see it plus this role was i feel very different from what we've
seen from Jaida in previous acting challenges so i applaud her stepping out and turning a new
leaf that said she could have gone bigger and bigger is not always better but when you're in
a room with a Vivienne trinity Jinkx girl the challenge becomes not just can you act well but
can you overact their overacting this performance though definitely deserves a passing grade it was
next up why are you gagging so she's carrying a gold medal chain ball it's Raja! Girl get
out of here get out of here with this look she's giving us intergalactic barbarella space queen but
really done in such a fresh way she's giving us hard armor lines with those boots perfectly
contrasting the knitwear gold chain mail that she has draped across her body and she has perfectly
accessorized this with those beautiful gold cuffs on one arm the face mask girl this is a look this
is a look she is turning a look i actually think the runways this episode were maybe some of the
best of the entire season so far the looks were solid across the board from all the girls but
raja found a way to put that cherry on top put my cherry on top baby raja thank you for gracing
us with your presents today this look was hot in the challenge she plays the character of scrooge
which is short for lisa of course and she says her acting inspirations in her approach to this
character are nancy from the craft and lydia from beetlejuice but did she act well or did she act a
fool girl the thing is her character was written to be a scene stealer people always connected the
outcast in choosing this role in a movie like this where so many of the other characters are
uniform and not only uniform but wearing uniforms was so smart because as interesting as some of
the other roles were they did kind of blend together i close my eyes and i think of raja
giving her boyfriend a frosty and revealing the pumpkin in her dorm bed and the thing is i don't
think raja's raw acting skill was the best in this cast but i think her performance in
the role was the most memorable and one that i had some of the most fun with and i think she found
really interesting ways to blend in her cool mom energy into this alternative character scrooge was
not one cent short this christmas this performance was and we'll get to the drama with raja here in
a second but i just want to say i think his acne challenges was one of the better that we've seen
recently lots of girls tried different things they had an amazing guest judge come in and help direct
and the writing wasn't hell-bent on constantly referencing quotes from older seasons of drag
race plus i think the new things they tried with this worked well like adding in those confessional
moments where the queens broke the fourth wall and where Jinkx literally chased down the cameraman
like a demon and sure maybe it was a little reductive to parody mean girls but then again
it is my favorite movie and a cornerstone of gay culture so i was happy to see it and overall this
was yet another episode where the judges had a near impossible time i think picking a top two the
Vivienne an obvious choice she was the lead role and absolutely slayed the house down boots yes god
i think the second window could have been given to raja Jinkx Monet or even trinity who
all had excellent moments in this parody they were also totally like fetch that's what the kids are
saying right that caught on imagine the alternate universe that exists parallel to ours where fetch
became a popular term wow i wonder what would have been different but our second win does go to raja
and again i think that made total sense because her character and performance was so memorable
and different from everyone else's raja and viv each gained another legendary legend star and
lip sync and i did react to this lip sync over on my patreon at patreon.com that's my members only
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join by clicking the link in the description of my video see you there but dare I it? I think this
was one of the best lip syncs we've had so far i loved the juxtaposition of the Vivienne's absolute
desperation to win this lip sync with licking raja's armpit doing a solo wet t-shirt contest
and literally throwing the kitchen sink at the lip sync next to raja's cool calm and collected energy
she was like i'm not playing that game i'm not getting that messy
and that is like why i think she definitely deserved the win there and we in the episode
with Jaida getting blocked but with three stars and with everyone else but Monet and shea having
two stars they each have one and as promised here's the video of raja that's been circulating
the interwebs where she calls out Gottmik and Violet and unless you've been hiding under a
rock lately you'll remember that Violet got into a little bit of hot water when
she booted raja's first two runways i can't wait to see what she says about this one
but it is also very clear to me at least that she is being a little shady a little catty she's
having a little fun with her drag sisters and i don't read this clip as having any animosity or
true negativity wrapped up in it never forget all press is good press press press press press press
that's my hottest hot this week i'm going to give it to raja on the runway and the Vivienne in the
challenge i also asked my patrons to vote on their hottest hots and this week they've chosen as i
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