MTV: RuPaul's Drag Race

[Paul Raven]

Bye bye Miss Susie Toot.

OK her thing was 20s flapper. That's fine but you better be damned good at it and know how to elaborate and elevate so the essence remains in all the challenges.

Which she didn't. The Las Vegas showgirl was Broadway chorus girl. And her level of deluded confidence didn't help.

The judging is all over the place and shifts to suit the predestined outcome.

I'm now seeing Sam Starr as the winner. Really like Onya but she doesn't have the extra oomph that Sam does.

Jewels has received the Vegas gig as a consolation and Lexi delivers great looks but her personality is too volatile and the trauma porn is too much for me.

 

 

[alwaysAMC]

That bolded part!  Toot was good at what she was good at, but it was a little too one-note.  She had a couple good weeks in the middle where she branched out, but that's it.  Her confidence was cute in the beginning, but it became too much as the season kept going, especially in the Untucked episodes.

Unfortunately Sam Starr is just as bad and I can't wait for him to grow up a little more and mature a bit.  Once he's grounded, he'll really be a great drag queen.  But you're right, I could see him getting it slightly over Onya.  OR, Onya gets it and Sam grows up a bit and comes to All-Stars in a couple years and wins.

True about Jewels - total consolidation prize, which she deserves and I'm happy to see.  I think for Lexi, the experience and affirmation is what she'll get out of it, which is exactly what she needed to feel accepted and whole.