A country music-loving drag queen who’s been a perennial favorite of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Trixie Mattel finally got her just deserts earlier this spring when she (spoiler alert!) won All Stars season three. Though the win has been controversial among Shangela stans, it was well-deserved, as Mattel has not only risen…
BenDeLaCreme dropped the mic on season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars by leaving the competition at the end of the last episode, and while that was a fantastic twist, the show doesn’t do anything with the momentum created by her shocking departure. I applaud BenDeLa’s strategy of bringing back Morgan McMichaels…
BenDeLaCreme is the winner of All Stars season 3. BenDeLaCreme might be the winner of all of Drag Race after what goes down in this tonight’s episode, a brilliant display of reality competition expertise that puts all previous players of this game to shame. Season 6’s Miss Congeniality came to All Stars with the…
Social media is a minefield for the spoiler averse; log into Twitter to live-tweet an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, and you could find out (or reveal) who done already done had herses. But the producers behind the reality TV series are not playing around with accounts that are devoted to spoiling the…
It’s a bad sign when a guest judge is the best thing about an episode of Drag Race, but Kristin Chenoweth does get much more than the usual guest in “All Stars Snatch Game.” Peeved that no drag queen has ever impersonated her in the seasonal Snatch Game challenge, Chenoweth decides that she’ll just join the panel…
Drag Race comedy challenges rarely leave me begging for more, but “The Bitchelor” deserves to be a Burning Love-style series on WOW Presents Plus. This parody of The Bachelor assigns each drag queen a different dating show archetype and pairs them up to improvise scenes with Unreal’s Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, and I…
It’s not a new idea that reality-show competitions are rigged by the producers, but Thorgy Thor is the rare contestant who speaks out when she sees that the odds are stacked in favor of some queens more than others. It’s an easy way to get eliminated, but in the case of this week’s RuPaul Drag Race All Stars, I can…
What’s the point of all star drag queens when the world is on fire? People’s rights are being trampled, the government is barely functioning, and we’re living in fear of a nuclear war ignited by social media. The big TV success story of last year was Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and with each passing day, reality takes…
RuPaul’s Drag Race might be the hardest show to get a skeptical viewer to watch, but it’s absolutely the easiest one to keep them watching. Sure, the concept of drag might seem impenetrable to the casual viewer, or maybe they’re just not all that interested in the pageantry of it all. But what tends to keep people…
The queens who get another chance to snatch the crown on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars are necessarily subjected to additional scrutiny, having learned the (s)lay of the land already. But season three looks like it’ll be extra challenging, thanks to a diverse lineup of guest judges.
RuPaul’s Drag Race has never had a reunion this awkward and stilted. In mimicking the format of Bravo’s Real Housewives reunion shows, Drag Race sacrifices its own character with a strangely under-produced episode that feels like a rush job put together to capitalize on the huge ratings of All Stars season 2. This…
Alaska Thunderfuck auditioned for the very first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but it would be four years before she finally appeared on the show under the more TV-friendly moniker of Alaska. She was easily one of the stand-out drag queens of season five, but despite a performance that kept her from having to lip sync…
No matter your feelings on the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 2, there’s no denying that this season has been a massive improvement on the show’s first All Stars attempt. No more pairs, new elimination rules, and a steady stream of drama have made this not just a great All Stars season, but one of the best …
“Family That Drags Together” is an emotional roller coaster. The makeover episodes are usually a lot of fun, but an influx of family drama gives this episode significantly more weight than past makeover challenges. Bringing in the remaining all stars’ female family members for makeovers is an inspired decision by…
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, October 6. All times are Eastern.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars has felt like a genuine Drag Race event this entire season, so it’s a strange sensation to watch an episode that feels more like a regular installment of the series. I can’t imagine what the show would have to do to top last week’s Ru-venge, and instead of trying to reach higher, the show…
Before the Ru-venge, an apology: Caught up in the whirlwind of Lil’ Poundcake’s return, I forgot to congratulate RuPaul on her much-deserved Emmy win last week, so this review is also going to function as an appreciation of RuPaul’s genius. “Revenge Of The Queens” shows why RuPaul won that Emmy. Drag is all about…
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is all about spotlighting familiar faces from this series, and tonight’s episode features the most exciting return of them all. Yes, the moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here: LIL’ POUNDCAKE IS BACK! Alaska introduced her and Lineysha Sparx’s puppet daughter to the world in…
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, September 15. All times are Eastern.
All hail Alyssa Edwards, bringer of drama and delight! Alyssa was entertaining in the first two episodes of this season (shame on me for not mentioning her face mask moment last week), but she significantly ups her game in “HERstory Of The World,” an episode that spotlights her overwhelming personality, deep talent,…
