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Hi Ugly, it’s me, Bussy!
And welcome back to Hot or Rot!
And today we’ll be reviewing episode 5 of Ru Paul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 6.
Our queens split themselves into groups and were challenged to discuss serious topics
around the pink table.
And on the runway, category was Clash of the Patterns.
We’ll be going queen by queen to break all of that down and then at the end of today’s
video, we’ll be taking a look at the messy judging.
And taking a look at the bottom queen’s track records to see if Ginger did indeed
make the fairest decision.
Mirror mirror on the wall, is Ginger the fairest All Star of them all?
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Now, let’s get into it.
First up, let’s talk about sex baby.
It’s Trinity K. Bonet.
Firstly, I wanna say that I’m super proud of this person for sharing their story about
being HIV positive and operating in the gay community.
She handled this tough topic with maturity and also approached it from the angle of education.
Sharing facts with us if you’re undetectable, you’re un-transmissable.
This was a moment that made me go, wow, Trinity has grown up so much since her original season
and truly is an All-Star.
This was Hot.
On the runway, she says she’s paying homage to the king of Wakanda.
I really love that she was both literal and metaphorical with this runway category.
She’s I think maybe the only one to truly take the word clash to the next level.
Connecting it to Black Panther and bringing us into the war zone of Wakanda.
And on top of that, the silhouette, the patterns, the little cape thing matching, the dress
skirt at the bottom.
Super, super elegant.
And I also love when a queen rocks a super short hairstyle.
Trinity K. Bonet forever.
This look is Hot.
Next up, Eureka, who was acting as the moderator of team s-e-x.
This was a shining moment for her as well.
I think she had excellent chemistry with A’Keria and Trinity.
She was able to keep her group on track and crack jokes where appropriate.
She used to in previous seasons be known for talking over people, taking too much camera
time, and just really being in you know, everyone’s face and I think this was an excellent example
of her personal growth.
She was really letting other people speak and share their story and that is a good moderator.
Eureka, this was Hot.
On the runway, she’s got patterns and cutouts aplenty.
This um, is giving me Ursula went to the pageant world, and I’m not sure why, let’s just
pretend that her head isn’t there.
Oh my god, the gown is gorgeous!
And I think she wins the award on the runway for using the most clashing patterns.
Like everyone else is kind of mashed and she really said you know what these are not gonna
match at all, but the dress is still gonna look damn good.
I really love how her outfits always use pieces that draw your eye in to certain parts of
her look.
Like the little poofs on her shoulder down to the bottom.
Or the separate piece of fabric in the center that all the different pieces connect to slimming
her figure but also proportioninzing the right parts of her figure.
This look is Hot.
Sorry, Ursula stole my voice for a second.
Next up, A’Keria C. Davenport who was also super well spoken.
And she was brave enough to share her story about previously living life as a trans woman
and then learning that her true identity was as a man who does drag.
A’Keria, this was Hot.
On the runway though, girl, trick-or-treat, I mean hey, I’m right there with ya.
She really did try to do a lot here.
She didn’t just try here, she did do a lot here.
Some of it maybe not so successful though.
We got like half of a face-kini and all over her body in the body suit there are markings
which I think are kind of a play on the plastic surgery markings stuff.
And then there’s the layer of the body suit and everything actually looking like mannequin
like barbie doll parts and then on top of that she’s got hair and a corset made of
measuring tape which is complimented by the pin cushion full of needles that she’s carrying
down the runway which is kind of meant to look like an actual trick-or-treating pumpkin.
This for me is a case of doing a little bit too much and I’m not sure she really clashed
patterns so much as she clashed concepts.
And instead of bringing cohesion to them, everything looked a bit disjointed.
This look did not measure up for me tonight.
It’s a Rot.
And our next three queens were a part of group motherhood.
Mother has arrived.
First we have Raja O’Hara, who I think was the best of this group.
She was able to communicate with the other two members and also share a really deep personal
story which was very moving.
She shares the difficult relationship that she’s had with her mother, starting out
strong when she was younger, and then gradually her mother kind of started to not sort of
accept her sexual identity.
And this is not only like super moving, but super relatable to I think anybody that’s
a part of the LGBTQ+ community or really anyone that has felt othered by their own family.
I was really happy to see Raja open up and I think that just made her so much more beautiful.
Her performance in the main challenge was Hot.
And on the runway, she’s giving me fashion darling, fashion.
It’s fashion.
Is it fashion, wait but is it fashion?
She’s giving us pants, a head wrap, and a crop top.
Which, just describing it that way, makes it sound really simple.
And the thing is, it is really simple, but in Raja’s unique way, she’s able to transform
those really basic pieces into something super super chic looking.
And I really love when Raja does these simpler looks like she did back in the Blue Ball,
because no they’re not hit you over the head top wham bam glam thank ya ma’am, but
you look at them and you realize wow, you don’t need to be way over the top to have
a killer runway.
This look was Hot.
And as for the group’s moderator, Kylie, by moderating standards, was she a little
bit quiet?
Yes, but I think you could also argue that she was allowing the other two members of
her group to really speak and share their stories, both of which had really long stories
to share.
And her personal connection to motherhood, was her sharing her story about her dog, which
was sweet, but I really would have liked to learn a little bit more about Kylie Sonique
Love’s backstory.
And my favorite part of what she did tonight, was when she grabbed Raja by the hand and
she said, “don’t let that hurt child, make your grown up decisions.”
And when she did that in that moment I was like oh my god I feel the motherhood energy
from her, I loved that so much that I can overlook her being a quiet moderator and give
her a Hot.
And on the runway, meow.
Fur clash of patterns.
Did she actually use multiple patterns?
I’m not so sure.
It’s definitely some leopard.
And in some spots, maybe cheetah?
Considering that, I think she maybe toed the line of what this runway demanded.
And the thing is, I’m ok with giving her a pass on that, because the outfit is loud
and visually assaulting in the way that you would expect a clash of patterns runway to
be.
If that makes sense?
I love the little like vinyl ruffle pieces that were put all over this outfit to enhance
the silhouette.
And that hat?
Totally like early-2000s Kevin Federline vibes.
#freebritney.
Except you know she pulled it off like a million times better.
To improve this and maybe match the category a little bit better, I think she could have
added one more animal print or done the hat in an actual animal print I dunno, like zebra
or something.
Regardless, I do think this cat in the hat is Hot.
And finally in this group, Scarlet Envy, shared her story about growing up with two mothers.
Her love for her mothers was absolutely beautiful and I enjoyed her story, although I can understand
what the judges were saying about her, kind of going in and out of telling a personal
story and trying to make it light hearted.
She didn’t quite know how to deliver that together as a cohesive thing.
But it certainly didn’t make me feel uncomfortable like Ru said that it made her feel that was
really harsh I think.
And because the story was so important to hear, I think I’m going to go ahead and
give this a Hot.
On the runway, she’s serving me The Notebook, Lost at Sea, there’s like some nautical
vibes to this I think that like blue and white really taking me there.
Parts of her clash of patterns are actually I guess xeroxed and made into fabric love
letters from her grandparents connecting to the mother’s story that she told in the
main challenge.
Too bad they didn’t help her get a happy ending.
But anyways on a serious note, I loved that she continued to tell her life story on the
runway and I actually think she looks f-ing beautiful.
I mean, girl the hair and makeup I don’t think anyone else can touch it in this competition.
And in her gown she’s got stripes, polka dots, and sequins.
She understood the assignment and made it personal.
This look is Hot.
And the final group.
Do you like my body?
Firstly we have Jan. Ok.
Jan, jan jan jan jan jan.
My biggest issue with Jan around the Pink Table was that it kind of felt like she and
Pam which we’ll get to in a second, were interrupting Ginger’s story about her bowel
obstruction when she was younger and the difficulty she faced with that throughout her life.
For like 6 months, and that is the vulnerability the judges are looking for!
She was just like making weird jokes about it and I was like girl, let Ginger finish,
and then you can make the jokes.
I don’t know.
It just felt a little um, well, you know like she was living her Jan-tasy.
I gotta give this performance a Rot.
And on the runway, Jan might be an outfit repeater, but I am an outfit rememberer.
This actually, dunno if you clocked it, is a dress that she wore during her season 12
press week and look.
I don’t have a problem at all with queens wearing looks that they haven’t yet worn
on Drag Race, however, this doesn’t even make sense for this runway category.
Like it’s just one pattern.
If it were at least made up of a couple different patterns, great!
But instead, she decided to add accessories to complete the runway assignment, like she
got these weird sparkly glitter chap things and strange heels, and I’m like girl it’s
nah nah nah.
It’s a no from me dog.
And also differently patterned shopping bags, do not an outfit make.
I do like the hair with the hearts in it though.
But, she took a cute dress and made an ugly outfit.
This is a Rot.
Next up, we have Ginger Minj, the moderator of the group.
She brought us all the way up to young Ginger, talked about that early surgery she got and
how it affected her for the rest of her life and her different struggles with her body
image and how she’s often not accepted even by the fans of Ru Paul’s Drag Race for just
being who she is.
And I think she did an excellent job of not only communicating all of that, but keeping
her group on track, you know she was able to bring Jan a little bit down to earth and
make up for Pandora’s lack of energy.
So she’s gonna be the only one in this group that gets a Hot here.
And on the runway, she is giving me Lisa Frank meets Animal Crossing going bug hunting realness.
I love this look.
It’s campy and fun and unique and we have seen bugs on the runway, plenty of times.
Jasmine’s butterfly, Shea Couleé’s moth, Dala’s fly, and Silky’s thing.
But, we’ve never seen a bug catcher.
I think it’s the perfect blend of campy and cutesy, and also kind of weirdly fashionable.
And I think Ginger looked very pretty tonight.
Ginger took me on a safari and yall know up in the jungle, it gets Hot.
And finally in the body group we have Pandora Box.
She shared her experience with agism in the gay community, talked about body labels such
as twink can really affect your psyche.
And I did enjoy what she had to say, but overall, she felt so withdrawn almost like she was
just really letting Jan be off in wonderland and Ginger make all the jokes.
And I was like Miss Pandora, where’s that personality, that host that I know is in there?
It was just a little strange for me.
Like she was making all the motions, but failed to connect to her group members.
This was a Rot.
And then on the runway, she’s giving me like Diet Tim Burton.
She clearly was going for a Sally in Nightmare Before Christmas-inspired vibe.
And the thing is I love spook and I love glamour, so this is really right up my alley.
But she really didn’t go all the way on either of those concepts.
Like I wanted the little skirt on the dress to turn into an actual train on the ground.
And then the makeup to actually give me a Sally fantasy.
Like bring in some of those stitches that are cross woven into the dress into your makeup
to look more like the character.
And overall I feel like this look is representative of Pandora’s run on All Stars so far.
Good, but where is the great.
She did clash patterns, but I don’t think any of them won in the end.
This is a Rot.
Now, let’s talk about the messy bottom… placements.
Ru Paul tells team S-E-X that they are the top group of the week and then he gives the
win to Ginger.
I gagged.
I literally rewound the episode and I was like did that actually just happen?
What in gay hell is happening here?
Like Ginger did great by herself, but her team did the worst overall.
And if we’re gonna judge as teams and make one team totally safe, then why are we pulling
a random person out of another group to give them the win?
Like let’s at least try to be consistent and judge everyone as teams if that’s how
were gonna start the judging.
But alas, this is Ru Paul’s Drag Race, not Bussy’s.
Maybe someday.
And then it gets gaggier, Ru puts Jan, Scarlet, and Kylie in to the bottom.
It just felt very apparent to me that the producers don’t like Jan and they don’t
like Scarlet and maybe they were just like let’s throw Kylie in there just for funsies.
Ru Paul, is that pearl vendetta showing?
Like was Kylie a little quiet and was Scarlet a little awkward, sure.
But not enough to be in the bottom.
My bottom picks would have been Jan and Pandora.
And maybe even Ginger even though she did great.
It was her job as the moderator to make sure the chemistry between the group read well
to the audience.
Like how is this gonna be a group challenge and you don’t even worry about what your
two sisters are doing?
Plus, Jan and Pandora’s runways really cemented their bottom placements for me, and since
the first team was the best, I probably would have given the win to Eureka and she was an
excellent moderator, but it is what it is.
And then out lip sync assassin comes out.
It’s Bianca Del Rio, wait no, it’s Mayhem Miller.
I guess Bianca was just like walking down the street and Ru on her lunch break saw her
and was like oh my god Bianca I just shot my Season 13 promo.
Did you catch that?
Why don’t you just come on in, we’re doing All Stars today and we could have a little
gag where we fake out the girls and they thing you’re gonna lip sync.
At least that’s how like in my mind that’s how it happened but it was nice to see Bianca
if it was a little random.
In lip sync Ginger beats Mayhem and wins $30,000 for a lip sync.
Girl, that is insane.
If she planned her run right, she hopefully just paid for her outfits.
But now she’s gotta send somebody home, which puts her between a rock and a hard place.
But Bussy, how hard is it?
Well, let’s take a look at the numbers.
I calculated each bottom queen’s points per episode until episode 5 using a formula
popularized the YouTuber u. and this is what I found.
Kylie has three safe placements and one high placement back from the blue ball giving her
a total of 13 points.
Jan has 2 safe placements, one bottom and one win, from the halftime show last week.
And Scarlet Envy has four safe placements which I mean honestly is a hate crime that
she hasn’t at least been put in the top once, she’s been killing All Stars, but
that’s not what this video is about.
She also has 12 points.
So if Ginger is to pick fairly, then Kylie is not even an option.
We got Jan and Scarlet and in Ginger’s shoes, if I was Ginger, I would have chosen Scarlet,
because A) Jan was my teammate and B)
I don’t want the Jandom attacking me forever.
Like seriously, I’m already saying prayers, to Satan, to the queen that has to eliminate
Jan, because that is not going to go over well in this fan base.
But, being an outsider, I would have sent home Jan here instead of Scarlet.
I think Scarlet is displayed a lot of growth since her original season and is a totally
different and more confident and fierce queen than she once was.
Jan has I think proven that she is still very much the same queen she was on Season 12 but
with a bigger budget.
And that’s not a bad thing, she was excellent then, she’s excellent now.
However, I love to see growth.
And she’s still seems to be clouded by the Jantasy.
But let me know what you thought.
Did you agree with this episode’s outcome?
Who would you have put in the bottom and who would you have given the win?
And who would you have sent home?
Overall despite the funky judging and the little awkward segment where each table group
had to open up a box that had a toy in it, that was weird right Like it made sense for
the S-E-X group but why the motherhood and body group?
Anyways, casting those things aside, it was a great episode because we got to learn a
lot more about these queens.
And that is when I love Drag Race.
When I can have a more personal connection with the people I’m falling in love with.
As for my hottest Hot on the runway, I am a little bit of a slut for Animal Crossing
I must admit so I’ve gotta choose Ginger.
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