It’s just a lot of “pretty good.”Īlexis goes first, and she is the definition of okay. Clair’s page flipping, or even Alexis Michelle’s own green moment. Part of the fun of the stand-up challenges typically is how sink-or-swim they are, but nobody produces anything as funny as Farrah Moan’s sighs, Blair St. For a top-four episode, there’s very little intensity. There are no continuing story lines other than Jimbo’s continued dominance. It’s all at a pretty similar emotional plateau. Everybody seems a little nervous but not terrified. They all get coached by Michelle Visage and Alec Mapa, then promptly take their notes without any drama.
But the thing is that all of their strategies to do better are pretty much the same - put their heads down and work. Jessica is apparently too nice to roast, Kandy is trying to live up to the quality of her season-13 roast, and Alexis is attempting to get past the memory of her season-nine roast. The other queens do have arcs this week, even if the Jimbo situation tends to take up the most air, because it supposedly has the largest stakes. To an audience that’s already seen this impression, the anticipation is significantly lessened. But because I sincerely doubt Ru has ever seen an episode of Canada, that’s not a question that gets asked. Now, “Is RuPaul going to care that Jimbo seems to have potentially run out of tricks and is repeating old ones?” could be worthwhile, especially given her lip sync.
“Is Jimbo going to be good at impersonating Joan Rivers?” is not a thought-provoking question. They acknowledge that previous performance on the show, but because Ru and Michelle have never seen her do the impression, we end up with tension that doesn’t fully make sense. But, if you’ve watched Canada’s Drag Race, you know that Jimbo has a killer Joan Rivers. The artistic tension of her performance that was presented to us is that it’s a risk for her to take on embodying Joan Rivers in her roast because she’s such an icon. That’s especially true because no part of me ever believed that Jimbo wasn’t going to turn it out. Jimbo could still go home next week, or at least be in the bottom, but in terms of this episode, it’s a pretty disappointing story line. And guess what - she wasn’t! Again! When the entirety of the dramatic push of multiple episodes in a row is that one queen is so far out in front of her peers that if she ended up in the bottom she would probably go home but then she doesn’t and, in fact, widens the gap between herself and the other girls, it doesn’t make for thrilling TV. The drama of “Jimbo might be in the bottom!” was not particularly exciting, especially because it has been the drama for so long. How many ways do I have to say that? I’ve been repeating it all season. When a show’s best strategy to make you interested in its current season is to remind you of a better previous season, that is not indicative of a healthy show. Don’t get me wrong, I love Katya! But as I watched her flop around the Werk Room, I couldn’t help but think, Dear God, this is not a good season. It just kind of existed - like a limp attempt by the producers to make something worth talking about. Did the Katya segment add anything to the episode? Not from my vantage point. Not to give advice, announce anything in the competition, or judge anything, but just because the producers seemed to think the season has not been delivering. This week on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, Katya showed up partway through the episode. It’s never a good sign when they have to call in backup.
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