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channel today we're gonna be reviewing Episode Five RuPaul's Drag Race All-Star Season Seven.
Condragulations you graduated. Our winners were challenged to give Condragulations
speeches to their peers and the judges and the runway category was Veiled It and the
stakes were raised ever so slightly this episode with the two winners taking home
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Now let's go ahead and get started in the order in which the queens gave their speeches. First up
Monet X Change. Now she was our blocked queen this week and she was responsible for placing
the order of the draguation speeches. She placed herself first and this was really surprising to me
at first, opening this type of thing. Especially it being a new challenge for Drag Race is really
really difficult because they're essentially being challenged here to do stand-up comedy while
injecting a sort of personal inspiring narrative, but in retrospect I think Monet putting herself
first in this challenge was more strategic than she let on. Because (A) she's blocked, there's
no way she can win a star. She might as well take the fall in the, you know “worst spot possible”
and (B) she can take the “worst spot possible” and potentially allow another queen who may win
this challenge to get a placement that they favor and win and maybe even give her a star to reward
her as a little thank you. Miss Monet thinks she's clever doesn't she? Now concerning Monet’s actual
speech, she definitely gave a speech. It was kind of meandering, wandering around and I think was
missing an overarching theme or narrative. She told a lot of jokes, some of which were funny,
but she was missing inspiration or a direction to really take this speech and unfortunately
one of the funniest moments was when the comb fell out of her hair. Anywho this speech was a
ROT but over on the runway the caged bird does sing. She is looking absolutely gorgeous
in this literal bird feather dress with a bird cage on top of her head. That baby blue with the
pink on the chest I think is absolutely gorgeous giving his little canary fantasy. The stones
on the caged vail also a great touch. The only thing that kind of confused me about this look
was when she actually originally hit the runway, she's got this pink sheet over the cage like you
would have for a bird that is sleeping; however she rips it off so early and it didn't really
match the rest of the look in my opinion that it kind of felt like maybe a missed opportunity to do
a bigger reveal or to have a more exciting moment later on in the runway so despite the awkward
moment I'm still gonna give this look a HOT Next up - do you want to be popular? Learn
from Shea. Now Shea's speech was I think both good and bad. It felt like she was stumbling
through this narrative of her being popular and always being popular but then she starts talking
about how she wasn't always popular in how she became popular when she sat at the popular table
and that timeline for me was like wait wait what? were you popular or not? But after she
got through this story there were a couple of jokes in there that I think were really strong
and to boot she had an excellent cap and gown look. Like we were just writing these speeches on
cap and gown she would be at the top. So with some editing this queen speech could have been HOT,
but as is i'm going to leave it at a Warming Up. And over on the runway she is bringing us
a little odd couture. This is a piece from Robert Wun’s 2021 collection inspired by the swallowtail
feathers and the original piece is absolutely stunning in fact the entire collection is just
gorgeous. In an interview with Perfect Magazine, Robert Wun said the collection is a tribute
to my grandmother whom I lost last year in October and Shea too was evidently reminded
of her grandmother by this look as she said it was a love letter to her grandmother and the
gardening that she used to do and I struggled with this look a little bit because the giant
blue silk shirt over all of the ruffles and accordion pleats of the original look
kind of threw me off. It completely swallowed the swallowtail ruffles. And I also didn't love
the other accessories that were paired with this look - those giant gold cuffs, this studded shoe,
they just felt very misplaced. So yes Robert's piece is absolutely HOT but the way this look
was styled by Shea on the runway was for me a ROT Next up Trinity the Train choo choo so I thought
it was kind of funny that both she and her twinner Monet started their speeches
off with the cliche - I was surprised I was asked to be here today ~conspiracy theory~
probably not. Trinity’s speech though, despite starting with that cliche I thought was really
really fun. She immediately went into a Hooked on Phonics joke which, by the way if you're not from
the US, this is essentially just like a reading program that started back in the 80s. I was a
little surprised though to see her get so heavy and serious with the middle content of her speech,
talking about her dying grandma and dropping out of school to take care of her but at the same time
I did really appreciate her injecting those real life elements into her story allowing us to see
a realer part of Trinity that I think she does often try to cover up with
perfection and pageantry. This speech was HOT. And over on the runway Trinity continues to
brand herself this season with the color red and wow wow WOW does she look good. She's giving me
bride meets widow meets scarlet letter. I'm loving every second of this look. She looks expensive,
beautiful, poised, well you know poise except for when she's stumbling because the train of
her dress is so heavy and you can just see the construction and attention to detail in this look
is phenomenal. And while I do want to absolutely give her kudos for not falling over because of the
weight of the train that she acknowledges, it you know was pretty obvious that she was struggling
to walk in this look. So while this maybe was a little too ambitious for Trinity tonight I still
absolutely loved it and her runways - can we just please give it up to her for what she has done
this season so far. She is giving us drag eleganza every single time. I'm in love, this look is HOT
Next up the stars have aligned, more for Gemini. So Raja coming in right at the middle of this
ceremony felt really perfect because her speech was so different from everyone else's. She gave
us like the five points to success from the sage and soothsayer of the class and I'm gonna say
I was really pleased with what she did but I was so distracted with RuPaul just scream-cackling the
entire way through on my first watch that I had to re-watch it a few more times to really listen to
Raja but she really had some great inspirational lines in there like - we're all gonna, die pay
your taxes, and be nice to the poor because you never know when there's gonna be a camera to
capture your good deeds. In this challenge Raja continues to prove that she truly is the whole
package and she is willing to take risks. This performance was HOT And over on the runway see the
latest of Raja. She is so brilliant, I love her mind so, so much. This runway is a campy play on
the cover of Vogue Magazine, instead of Vogue it says Voile which is the french word for veil and
one of the most important and beautiful details of this is the opacity of that back cover page
that is following all of her gorgeous ruffles and veil behind her. I love the beading, the story of
that fabric cascading down her body and just the cleverness, the campiness. It is everything and I
love what she's done here and most importantly Raja hasn't forgot that this is RuPaul's Drag
Race. She is bringing us drag, drag takes pop culture. Plays with it, remixes it and turns it
into something new and fresh. She has done that here and this look is HOT Read all about it!
Next up Jaida Essence Hall. She is someone who I have just really found myself looking forward to
every single episode. She has unlocked a comfortability, funniness, and relatability
that was there in Season 12 but is now amplified even more here. This I think could have been
a challenge for her to win but I do think she's maybe had a little bit of trouble translating her
style of humor into some of these challenges. Although it was a good first step and she had
some great moments. She had a very clear direction in her speech about becoming 30 years old looking
around and realizing that she wasn't where she wanted to be. But despite not having that same
success level that she saw others at that age having, she was able still, in spite of those
failures she had had, to find the success in her own way. Telling us that it is never too late to
join the party. Hold for applause. That was so funny. Jaida gave us a really solid speech
tonight, this was HOT. And over on the runway - blackvale brides anyone? The screamo kid jumps
out. So I like this look at first glance a lot more than I think I did after it sat
with me for a while. I think the silhouette was originally against that backdrop, really fun and
intriguing and I wanted to know more. Like I was kind of hoping for some sort of reveal
or some of the pieces to come off so we could see the beautiful queen underneath all that
fabric. But because she stayed completely covered up she ended up kind of giving
me like a piece of furniture in a haunted house with a permanent dust cover over it.
Like she's just shrouded in mystery. Who is she? Where is she from? What's her story? We may never
know and because she stayed covered up, maybe a few more textures or colors might have really
helped this look because I just felt like I was playing Who's that pokemon?
Rather than enjoying a beautiful garb so I'm gonna give this look a Soft Rot
Next up, Yvie Oddly Boo. So I will say thematically speaking Yvie had my favorite
speech of the night because I, like RuPaul did, really relate to that story of overcoming failure
to find success. I think the reason that she didn't secure a win tonight though maybe was that
she didn't have the funniest jokes but she did still land a couple. Like calling RuPaul Our Lord
and Savior. And talking about how all the checks the queens behind her cashed allowed them to get
new grills. Overall I think Yvie did a great job of blending her punk anarchist personality
into this challenge about motivation and deserves even more credit I think for being bold enough to
turn RuPaul's don't eff it up phrase on its head with her message. She gave me class president
speech vibes. You know, the speech that you want to hear at the graduation ceremony. This was HOT.
And over on the runway, she is giving us a gorgeous beaded fantasy. It looks so heavy
like when she spins around you can really see the weight of it and I love the way it's moving
around her. Kind of reminded me actually, I just read this article about Ginger Rogers
costume that she wore for one of her numbers with Fred Astaire that weighed over 25 pounds and it
would actually throw her off balance when she would twist and turn. Luckily for Yvie though
she maintained her balance on the runway and looked stunning in it. The only thing I probably
would have changed with this look would be that heel. I just don't feel like it matched this but
overall I enjoy the look and I think it's HOT Next up our lovable weirdo is now valedictorian
and giving speeches. Jinkx Monsoon and she approaches this challenge in the only way Jinkx
would, as a witch giving a speech at I guess some sort of school of wizardry. So I will say
Jinkx had the best opener of any of the speeches starting with congratulations to the class of
whatever year it is that you're watching this on YouTube was brilliant and had me screaming. And
overall I've gotta say I think she had some of the funniest jokes of any of the queens, which
was probably why she won tonight. But I've gotta say I didn't really relate to or understand the
middle part of her speech about getting hit full speed by a car going backwards in the middle of
Amsterdam. And then she goes on to connect that to the trauma of being born and being taken out
of your safe space and then finally ends with some more funny jokes. It just felt very valedictorian
trying to make his speech larger than life and too intellectual. So still a very HOT
speech but missing a Flame for those reasons. And over on the runway Jinkx Jinkx Jinkx she
is having me fully gigged bd and cd this season with her runways. So elegant, poised, perfected,
beautiful, perfect. I loved the detail, the butterflies literally holding up the back of her
veil as she walked down the runway and the color fit and silhouette of this gown is absolutely
perfect. The train touches the floor in all of the perfect ways and you really couldn't ask for more.
If I could though make one small change I might have made the veil just a little more see-through
so that we could see her beautiful face but could have just been the stage lights not really sure.
Plus who doesn't love a look where no butterflies were harmed in the making. This look is HOT
And finally closing us out of this Dragulation is The Vivienne. This queen's speech was I think
a sleeper hit and I was maybe overlooked a little bit so she did really really good. Her approach to
this challenge was to be completely sloshed and sure the first couple of sentences of setup that
she did were maybe a little too wordy exactly as the judges had critiqued her for in rehearsals but
once she got past those it was joke after joke after joke and she had me laughing continually
once she got her groove on. Jinkx was at the top of her class, Trinity was at the
top of her professor, and Raja won't get to use her degree because she'll be dead.
I thought this was an absolute home run from Miss Viv and she'd been a little more succinct
in the beginning maybe the judges would have seen that too but this performance was absolutely HOT.
And over on the runway veils and belts excite me. I can't say any of the words related to
the I guess subculture of this category of look because YouTube loves to demonetize me but it is
all of those things and more. There's a like pained elegance in this look that she carries
really really well. Like the performance of this look from her is just stunning,
visually speaking. She's giving me Lulu from Final Fantasy 10 with all the belts on her dress and you
would traditionally expect a look like this to be done in all black latex or leather or a mix of
those materials. Yes she's done it in a soft blue with all of this gorgeous see-through fabric to
construct a gown and it is so beautiful. Beauty truly is pain and pleasure. This look is HOT
Now concerning the winners who won the Legendary Legend Stars: Jinkx and Raja. Personally I
probably would have selected Vivienne and Raja or Yvie and Raja as my two winners of this challenge,
but I do think it's pretty clear when you listen back the judges mostly selected for this challenge
based on comedy and who they laughed at the most. After all they did have Nikki Glaser
there to give them feedback so it was pretty obvious that they wanted this to essentially be,
I think a replacement for a traditional stand-up challenge. Girl this ain't RuPaul's Best Friend's
Race. This is RuPaul's make RuPaul's laugh race. And may the funniest queen win! And concerning the
lip sync between our two winners this was one hundred percent Jinkx's lip sync to win. But I
did react to this lip sync and the challenge over on my Patreon at patreon.com/bussyqueen
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But yeah Jinkx was a lot more dynamic in this lip sync and Raja was very one note
and honestly this didn't really feel like a song that she was as comfortable as Jinkx performing
in. I will say though these lip syncs of this season eeh I feel like they're just happening,
they're just happening on the screen and I'm watching and I'm enjoying them, but I don't care
who wins them. Because we've already got two winners, both of them get their stars. They're
winning to win $10,000 which is amazing but it's like okay like yeah whatever there's no stakes,
there's no stakes. I want some stakes with these lip syncs. That is what makes a lip sync I think
a good lip sync. Turn up the heat a little bit but that's just me. I'd love to know what y'all
thought about this episode and the season so far. As for my HOTTEST HOT this episode in the
challenge, I'm going to give it to Yvie Oddly and on the runway Raja. Also asked my Patreons to vote
on their HOTTEST HOTS and they voted for Jinkx in the challenge and Raja on the runway. As always,
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