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Hi ugly, it's me [ __ ] and welcome back to Hot or Rot! And today we'll be reviewing episode 5
of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK season 3, which in my opinion was the most chaotically judged
episode yet. I think I speak for more than just myself when I say that the outcome of
the episode left me scratching my head. Or maybe that's just my lice? Who knows?
Our queens were split into two teams and then challenged to market a Draglexa,
a parody of “Alexa” and the runway category was xpenny henny, which is Ru Paul for
expensive looking drag. And since y'all have been enjoying my rankings so much we’ll be breaking
down those runways all the way from Rottest Rot to Hottest Hot, then we'll dissect that
main challenge and take a look at Scarlet's breakdown. We've got a lot to talk about.
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Now let's charge up daddy's credit card. First up is Choriza May, Ru Paul's favorite meat.
Miss Choriza is sitting at the bottom of my list at Rottest Rot today because this outfit did not
strike gold. She's kind of serving me like Ashley Tisdale hits the red carpet back in the 2000s
vibes with this… there's just something about boo and a mid thigh-length skirt that does not flatter
many people. Myself included. And this look actually really surprised me coming from Choriza
considering she has such interesting taste, which usually turns out pretty good on the runway. Worst
of all though I think it just doesn't even meet the runway category of looking expensive – it
kind of gives me like Carmen San Diego Party City costume vibes… sorry, this look is gonna be a Rot.
Next up, she evidently gives a great blow dry. It's Crystal Versace. It kind of hurts me to put
Crystal this low on my list tonight, and don't get me wrong I think she looks gorgeous, but she
always does. I think we've been so consistently impressed by Crystal throughout the competition so
far, and she has set the bar so high for herself that something like this just doesn't really,
I think meet her own standard. I do agree with what the judges were saying – it is slightly
club wear, and this would look amazing on a stage, like to see her lip syncing in this,
the way the stage lights would bounce off all those crystals would be stunning. But,
expenny henney, I’m not necessarily buying it. Plus I was a little thrown
off by the shoe not matching the outfit, so this one is also going to be a Rot.
For the runway category, I think she's gorgeous.
Next up, Vanity Milan. This is certainly not the first time that Kim Kardashian's moogler
dress from the Met Gala has graced the Ru Paul’s Drag Race stage, but it may be one of the best
interpretations thus far. I think the trouble with recreating such an iconic look like the one that
Kim wore to the Met Gala is that it's always gonna be less stunning than the original – no
matter what you do. That said, I am confidently ranking this look as looking more expensive than
both Crystal’s and Choriza’s. And the judges are right – vanity's makeup game is definitely
improving and I think she looks very pretty on the runway tonight. If I were gonna improve this
look to make it look just a tad more expensive, I probably would add more crystals. And maybe turn
it from a cat suit to a gown. What she's serving though I’m gonna go ahead and give a Warming Up.
Next up Miranda Priesly on the runway: groundbreaking. I caught the reference
as soon as she stepped out to the stage and I bought it. No she's not dripping in jewels
or crystals or anything like that but, I think she looks the most chic of the looks
that we've seen so far. I really enjoyed this different take on looking expensive,
and she is kind of giving us like that older Meryl Streep vibe from The Devil Wears Prada
which I love, but maybe it's just because I love the movie so much. The judges told her
that she could have done more with this look and Michelle was like, you should have brought your
cane all the way down the runway, and like sure, but like also the silhouette of this
is absolutely amazing and scarlett looks gorgeous. Scarlett, this look is red Hot.
Next up make sure to look back at it, it's Ella Vaday. She says she is wearing her Gwen
Virgin-inspired wig. Which is referring to a Broadway show called Sweet Charity,
which is very appropriate for Ella I suppose. This dress I do have this sign on the list because I
do think it looks more expensive than anything we've seen so far. But I still had a couple of
issues with it here and there. Michelle says that this wig ages her a bit and I do want to
say there is something about Ella's style that feels slightly older than she actually is. And I
don't think that's a bad thing at all, because it can definitely be played into and I think
drag of all ages should be represented. Whether the queen behind the age is actually that age
or not. For example, bindula krim kind of plays this older motherly character and I live for that,
but the problem with Ella is that she's giving this like very specific style that I think her
personality isn't quite yet matching. Although to say I actually really did
enjoy this look especially when we saw the Ruveal when she turned around and bam! An
entire chandelier cast getting down her back – who would have thought? Ella this look is Hot.
Next up, penny for your thoughts it's Kitty Scott-Claus. Kitty is another queen who
interestingly is looking more beautiful and beautiful every single week on the runway.
There is just something about this adorable updo and that cat suit and the way all those
little copper things are just dangling from different parts of her body that makes her
look really really beautiful. And I think with Kitty we really are starting to see the
intersection of personal style and expenny henny and the actual look come together,
which is why she's in this spot on my list. Kitty this look is Hot.
Next up, you want thingamabobs? She's got plenty. It's Charity Case. On the runway, girl,
this outfit is completely insane in all the best ways. She says she is giving us evil tooth fairy
coming to steal all of your mother's jewels. And this is one of those looks that gets better and
better the more you look at it – the details on it all those things and jewels and gold pieces glued
to every single inch of the bodice and the crazy wings and the hat – I’ve never seen anything like
this grace the Ru Paul’s Drag Race runway. And not only is everything that she's wearing gorgeous,
but she has also brought a fun character to the runway. I love seeing her little weird
creepy fantasy world come to life on the drag race stage, and definitely going to miss her.
Spoiler alert… Of course tonight Michelle took the opportunity to tell Charity that
what she was doing was amazing, but what if she had come out here in full glam?
What if? Which from a viewer's perspective I felt like that was a little bit of a slap
in the face to Charity because she has come out in full glam. Y’all remember that orange
dreamsicle look she wore? And the judges told Charity that the look was wearing her. I mean
the amount of versatility showed by Charity throughout the competition so far has been,
in my opinion, quite high, so that critique felt very misplaced tonight. I think tonight it became
very apparent that the judges didn't really see Charity as the representative that they want of
Ru Paul’s drag race for whatever reason. But my dear Charity, this look is absolutely Hot.
And finally my Hottest Hot tonight goes to River Medway.
She really is sneaking through this competition, like girl she's getting quiet as a mouse,
oh wait that Scarlett's line. (gay cackle) But I really do feel like River is going to sneak and
surprise her way into the top four like before anybody knows that they're gonna look around
she's gonna be standing right there and maybe she'll even take the crown if she keeps turning
looks like this and performing the way that she did in the challenge, I definitely see that as
a possibility. Anyway on to the actual look – she says she is representing her heritage
in east southeast Asian culture, and is wearing the colors red and gold because they represent
wealth. And if any look on the runway tonight does look expenny henney, it's this one.
And I also asked my patrons to vote on their Hottest Hot over
on my Patreon at patreon.com/bussyqueen and they too voted for River Medway.
Now let's go ahead and take a look at that crazy challenge. It kind of felt to me like whatever
the queens were supposed to do was not properly communicated to them, or maybe they didn't have
enough time to actually execute their ideas. Let's take a look at what happened. Team Scarlett's
approach to the Draglexa commercial was to physically manifest Draglexa as each of them
throughout the different scenes, which yes to the judge's credit, it felt like a total fever
dream to watch this because I’m trying to figure out like who's who and why they're switching so
many times in different scenes and overall I will say it felt like maybe each queen wrote their own
script and then they tried to put them all together and then it came up with this: My opinion
on how the queen's performed in team Scarlett was that Ella and Kitty were the best of the group,
and both Choriza and Scarlet had strange, almost confusing, energy. Like I think maybe they had a
certain character in their mind they were trying to deliver that didn't translate through the TV.
I would say the commercial as a whole gets a Rot, but I would still give Kitty and Ella a Hot,
because I feel like they did the best they could. And my favorite part of this group was the awkward
laughter from Kitty at the end because like I guess she thought they did pretty good,
and then Ru and Michelle just like throw everyone the dirtiest nastiest looks.
I do also want to bring up a really strange critique that we heard from Michelle that
I’m honestly kind of surprised that the editors left in. She points out that Kitty has a really
thick accent and that she could have used her accent and ability to speak Spanish in a comedic
way. And I will say queens in past seasons like Yara Sofia and Alexis Mateo have used
their Spanish-speaking abilities and accents to their advantage in certain challenges. However,
it always seemed like they did it at their own will, whereas I feel like asking somebody that
speaks Spanish or has a thick accent to try to make their thick accent the butt of the joke…
I don't know. It just came off a little strange for me.
Team crystal's commercial as a whole felt way more coherent – I knew what was going on and I even
laughed. I thought Vanity was the funniest and I think River definitely deserved more credit than
the judges gave her for what she did as the voice of Draglexa. Interestingly we hear from Michelle
that she thought Vanity is still too quiet – which uh, she was literally yelling in the commercial…
screaming! And I was like what? Like it almost sounded like Michelle was reading from a list
of storyline characteristics that were supposed to be about Vanity rather than actually watching
and critiquing the commercial. And then Alan Carr critiques Crystal for using I guess like a cliche,
or too cheap of a joke about blow drying her hair. I was literally just sitting there like what is
going on? Like they were not that bad… I feel like they're just looking for random things and not
even making sense. And then everything started clicking when Ru Paul told the queens there was
a twist. There was going to be no winner and everyone was considered up for elimination.
It was clear to me at this point that the whole thing kind of felt like manufactured drama. The
main critiques that Ru gives the girls is that she's really disappointed and she's seen it
all before. Just really kind of vague general things. And I’m like okay well yeah of course
you probably have seen it all before we're about to go into our 14th U.S. season – we've done six
seasons of all stars – and this is the third UK season and the second in the same year. Again,
all very bizarre, and I think this episode is a great example of how the producers could
spin a narrative in the direction that they want the rest of the season to go,
simply by throwing a wrench in the plans of finding a winner like this.
And Ru Paul does take some of the blame saying that she should have spent more time going over
the team's storyboards and less time looking for Choriza’s sausage? Perhaps? And then the final
twist of this episode is that Ru asks everyone who they think should go home. There are five
votes for Scarlett, two for Charity, and one for Vanity Milan – which naturally leads us to
Scarlet's breakdown. I think her reaction here was very normal… I mean I probably would have felt the
same way if five of the queens who I thought were my friends threw me under the bus like that too.
And the whole situation really starts to heat up when Ella and River tell Scarlet that she needs
to listen instead of talking over people. Scarlet then leaves untucked, cools down,
and comes back – at which point the rest of the queens do try to console her a little bit,
but it's clear here that Scarlett has fully let that inner saboteur take over. Even saying
she felt like the people that she loved and respected didn't love and respect her back.
And I’m breaking all this down because it was so heated in that untucked room and Scarlet got so
angry. And as a reminder, this is a super high pressure environment, so like, think about how
you would react in a situation like this where you are pretty much every single day
working your ass off sometimes spending, what 10 12 hours in drag?
And finally back on the main stage, we learned that Charity and Scarlet are our
bottoms of the week, which if you remember just happened. Deja vu anyone? This to me,
as the rest of the judging did tonight, felt a little strange. Sure, it does appear that they
just picked the queens with the most votes, but I think having two is hardly a majority or reason to
put you in the bottom. Especially considering that the team captain of Charity’s team
Crystal allowed Charity to take over the team captain responsibility instead of actually
performing the lead role. And then a challenge like this where both teams are being told that
they did not give what was supposed to be gave? It just makes a whole lot more sense to me to
choose the team captains as the bottoms. This of course was all made even stranger by the
fact that the only critique Charity received in her performance in the challenge was that
she was beautiful? Like there was just no reason to put her in the bottom. We do get an
encore lip sync from Scarlet and Charity and you can catch my reaction to that over on my Patreon
at patreon.com/bussyqueen. That's my members-only website where my Patron family gets exclusive
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But yeah this was definitely a tough one and this one I think was actually more deserving of
the double shantay than the one from last week. My overall opinion though is that Scarlet won,
Charity gave a really creepy strange performance of this – it actually made a lot of sense,
but Scarlet's was even better – she was literally fighting for her life. It is really difficult
I think to see somebody emote their face properly when they have most of it covered
by some sort of prosthetic – which is kind of how I felt last week about her lip sync as well.
Anyways, Charity sashays away and we are left with uh, an interesting group. Definitely not
the top seven I probably would have picked from the jump, but lots of talent in there. However
I feel like we're still waiting on story lines to develop – like it almost feels like we are stalled
in this season like where are we going to go? When are we going to get a good group challenge? We've
had Dragoton and now this one kind of flopped. And I’m not necessarily blaming the queens,
but maybe the rushed production schedule for allowing things like this to fall flat.
But anyway I would love to hear y'all's thoughts on this so please sound off in
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