Thursday, April 18, 2013

'Super Troopers' by RuPaul's Drag Race

This week on Drag Race is the Top 5 challenge that resurfaces every year: the queens have to take men and put them in drag (Season 1 was actually butch women). A true test of a drag queen's skills is having them transform someone else into a woman because it's no easy feat. For the mini-challenge a personal trainer, Storm, is brought in and the girls have to do a series of exercises similar to the Season 1 mini-challenge. Coco, Roxxxy and Detox go out pretty quickly, and Jinkx and Alaska are left to fight it out. In the end, Alaska is the strongest (physically) contestant, and wins the challenge.
After the mini-challenge, five military men walk in and line-up awaiting their sentencing. We are told these men are former military members who also happen to be gay. As her reward for winning the challenge, Alaska gets to pair the girls up with their military man. She decides to be fair, and since "everything happens for a reason" she simply goes down the line and pairs everyone with their opposite. Jinkx gets stuck with the older man and Roxxxy gets the bear, while Detox gets the pretty boy and Alaska gets her identical twin. It should be interesting to see how this all plays out. In addition to transforming the men, the duos also have to perform a color guard routine.

Jinkx and Fortuna Monsoon
Everyone always thinks the girl who gets stuck with the older man is going to fail, but everyone always seems to contradict that in the end. Remember Raven in Season 2? She killed it, and Jinkx did so too. Fortuna was a great person, and I don't think anyone was expecting him to say that he may have killed Judy Garland. It's also great to have the "wise gay" on the show. I love Jinkx's concept for the mother/daughter duo, and I loved their runway looks. Jinkx turned it out!

Alaska and Nebraska
Nebraska was a great canvas to work with, and I think Alaska could have done so much more with her. I don't mind when the queens make them look like their twin, but I just didn't care for it being so obvious. I think the problem was that Nebraska looked so much like Alaska that it didn't seem like Alaska really tried. She just sort of phoned it in. And the padding was a mess. Nebraska's ass looked horrible. I loved their runway shtick, but it wasn't enough to get them the win in my eyes.

Roxxxy and Isabella Andrews
Roxxxy did a fantastic job turning this bear into her sister. Even though they wore the same outfit, unlike Alaska, Roxxxy's man was the complete opposite of her and so she had a huge challenge in front of her. I think her challenge was the second hardest behind Jinkx's. Although Isabella isn't the fishiest, Roxxxy turned her out and turned her into a presentable queen. Roxxxy deserves more credit than she's getting on this show.

Detox and Beth Adone
Detox and Beth Adone were my favorite of the week. Beth was a cutie and was a natural in drag. He could easily walk out there tomorrow and kill it in the clubs. Detox got lucky and had it easy this week, but I think it was her flag routine that did her in, as well as Beth's dress. I love Detox's dress, but Beth's just isn't that flattering. Detox's attitude in the flag routine kind of turned me off which is saying something because I live for Detox like no other.

Coco and Horchata Montrese
Go home, Coco! I'm so over you. You don't deserve to be in the Top 5 with that horrible attitude. And what did you do to Horchata?! Her face looks horrendous. Coco obviously doesn't know how to paint other queen's faces, and for that alone she should be sent home. Also, like one of the judges said, it looked like Coco gave Horchata her left over dress scraps. Coco may be a fierce performer, but she can't do much else...

As expected, Coco and Detox fell into the Bottom Two while Roxxxy became the second queen this season to win two challenges. Roxxxy's picking it up here at the end after quite a few less than stellar weeks. Detox lip syncs against Coco, and seeing as it's Coco's fourth time in the Bottom Two I think we all know who's going home. Coco really seemed desperate while performing which was a turn off. Detox completely slayed that song, and it was great to hear Ru tell her to shanté.
Untucked was great this week because Detox finally got a video message from her dad, twin brother and mom. It was great seeing that she has such a supportive family, and that she is so loved. It made me think of my relationship with my family so it really struck a chord with me. Nothing's better than a Detox-centric episode! Next week the Top 4 do their annual Ball episode, and this year the theme is candy. Get ready for some delicious outfits!

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