Something old, something new, something borrowed, something halleloo: It's the runway of the brides, except this white wedding has a gender-bending twist. The females is decked out in a tux and their husbands-to-be are transformed by the remaining quees into beautiful(ish) brides.
Move over, Macklemore and Queen Latifah, there's a new marriage equality master in town, and RuPaul be her name.
Before we dove into wedding planning, tonight's mini-challenge
celebrated marriage equality by creating "twerks of art." The ladies
covered their bodies in paint and then rolled all over a giant
canvas.
It was strange. After that, the ladies thought they were going to be
paired with biologically female brides for the main challenge, only
for it to be revealed that they'd actually be giving the menfolk a
drag makeover. Turns out, some of these queens could give Vera
Wang a run for her money. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
joined the panel to judge the final six.
1. Tonight was a clean sweep for Bianca Del Rio. First, she took
the nonsensical mini-challenge (possibly the most meaningless
challenge in recent memory), and then her bride was the heads and
veils above the rest. The resemblance was strong, the dress was
well-executed and Bianca still snuck some of her trademark barbs
into the runway. ("Don't call me mommy in public.") She lucked
out being paired with such a cooperative (and pretty) groom, but
Bianca's clearly a pro, and I think she might be unstoppable.
2. After a short slump, BenDeLaCreme is back on track and on
the path to the finals. The mother-of-the-bride look was on-point
without being too matronly. (I also loved the unique walk.) She and
Bianca are the yin and yang of the competition -- she's "terminally
delightful" and Bianca's charmingly caustic. I don't care if the
crown goes to the good witch or the bad witch, as long as one of
these two is named this season's next drag superstar.
3. Once again, I find Courtney to be just OK. (Her Southern belle
bride was more South Carolina than Louisiana, was it not?) When
I'm not bored by her, she comes off sort of shrill (not a great thing
for a singer). She seems likely to take that third spot, unless
Adore's underdog narrative is fully realized and she surges from
behind.
4. Speaking of Adore, boy, this was not her week. She can't sew;
we know this already. Her bride-daughter was a horrible mess, yes,
but it was an expected horrible mess. Still, I just can't help but root
for her. And, to be completely honest, I'd much sooner pay to see
an Adore Delano show than Darienne or Joslyn.
5. In all fairness to Darienne, I think she achieved the greatest
transformation with her groom. When you look at the two of them
side-by-side (above), it's striking. Darienne's look though? Yawn.
NPH called it cocktail, but I think it looked a little Wal-Mart.
We're at the end of the line now, and I don't think Darienne has the
star power to make it beyond next week. It'll take a real
catastrophe from one of the top four girls to keep Darienne around.
6. We righted last week's wrong and sent Joslyn Fox home. She
had a rough go this week with a very uncomfortable groom. Poor
guy couldn't even get through the runway without puking. (And no
one even mentioned meaty tucks!) Though her look was slightly
better than Adore's, her lip sync definitely was not. It was beyond
time for this Fox to head home. Oh, Joslyn, you sweet, sweet idiot,
you were somehow better and worse than everyone thought.
How would you rank the queens this week?
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