If she let their digs roll off her back, they wouldn’t dig at her anymore. Salina makes the point that, by being so quick to get defensive, Loosey is practically waving a red flag in front of Luxx and Mistress. But the core problem these queens have runs deeper, and is likely not to be fully resolved until this season’s reunion.ĭuring Ru’s walkthrough-while he’s talking to Sasha, specifically, and you can hear his cackles echoing in the background-Loosey talks with Salina EsTitties about her frustrations. Loosey, from what I can tell, really does think she’s being genuine-and, at least in this argument, I do think the other two are picking an odd point to be sticklers about. This week, Luxx and Mistress cite that Loosey isn’t directly saying she wants the Heaven role because it’s the lead as the issue. The heart of this and every conflict these queens have with Loosey is that they don’t perceive her to be a genuine person. Lady Camden fight over a role in “Moulin Ru!,” but while that argument stayed mostly passive-aggressive, this one gets more intense, with Mistress Isabelle Brooks jumping in on Luxx’s side. During role selection for the Rusical, which Ru leaves up to the queens, Luxx and Loosey both go for the lead part of “Heaven Bacon.” This is an echo of last season’s Bosco vs. Salina EsTitties, Luxx Noir London and Loosey LaDuca perform in the “Wigloose” Rusical Credit: Courtesy MTVįar from being a heavy-handed affair, however, this episode delivers on drama in a way I’ve personally been waiting on for seasons. In that moment, though, there were defences of Ru and the show: give them time to say something on the show, not just on social media.
And even quite recently, RuPaul was criticized by some (including Season 7 alum Max) for not speaking out against the drag ban bills quickly enough-though he ultimately did post a video statement about the issue shortly after. The show’s previous lack of specificity, relying on twirling “” signs during episode sign-offs, has been a consistent pattern across its decade and a half on air. I’ve written before about how Drag Race often seems ill-suited to responding to critical political moments. And while the solution in the Rusical is a bit pat (I can’t imagine bigots being won over by the power of performance, to say the least), it presents a fantasy future that illuminates the importance of keeping up the fight in real life. The story resonates with what’s happening in our world, as the radical right in the United States launches an all-out attack on freedom of expression and speech through their so-called “drag ban” bills. The songs are all, at minimum, catchy, with one ballad actually being quite beautiful in its chosen queen’s hands. Not only that, but “Wigloose”-a parody of Footloose in which drag is banned instead of dancing-is far better written than your average Rusical.
#Rupauls drag race full#
Mistress Isabelle Brooks stuns in a glove-themed runway category Credit: Courtesy MTVīut this group, full of great lip sync performers, actually thrives in this format. But even that starts to dissipate this week, with one queen taking her harshest swipe at Sasha yet, and another slowly, quietly making the case that perhaps she will be the one to be America’s Next Drag Superstar instead. The amount of quibbling we’ve seen from queens like Loosey LaDuca and Luxx Noir London over who was actually second in a challenge has been mystifying, considering second place brings with it exactly zero prizes. Sure, there’s been some frustrating resignation on the queens’ part that they’re competing for second place, as Sasha Colby has remained dominant all season long. This group has had to genuinely fight for their spot in this 12th episode of the season, and they’re not done battling. For some perspective: at this time last season, Bosco had just found the golden chocolate bar. By this point in Season 14, RuPaul had sent home just six queens, with a seventh (Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté) withdrawing for medical reasons. It’s pretty surreal that, after this week’s episode, we’ve seen 11 queens eliminated.
A big credit goes to the top six queens, who are not letting up on the gas as this season enters its last leg.
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