It’s not like there’s some secret ironclad rule book or Dog Show-liked breed-specific criteria anyway. Though, if there’s one thing we’ve learned watching Drag Race all these years it’s not to get caught up too much in the judging criteria or outcomes of individual challenges. So we’re left to judge performances based on, what, lip movements? It’s sort of like watching a tennis match where the ball is controlled by a drone and then declaring the winner based on who gripped the racket the best. By Taylor Swift‘s new BFF Todrick Hall no less, but still decided for them. The choreography was mostly decided for them.The lyrical performance was pre-recorded.While queens are giving an idea of what kind of outfits that should bring to the show, they aren’t informed of what context they’ll wear them in, meaning they’re mostly stuck with what they brought unless they’re particularly quick and crafty.Especially knowing how little input the contestants had in actually making their own decision. The idea of a bunch of drag queen dressing up as legendary pop divas and lip syncing to spoofy covers of RuPaul songs in a choreography extravaganza? Yes, please, sign me up! It’s the kind of thing I want to see on TV if only just to know that it was once even allowed to be broadcast on TV.Īsk me to think about it in a way where I’m forced to evaluate the queens’ individual performance against each other? Eh, not so much. Such was the case with tonight’s Vh1 Divas Live tribute. It’s even more jarring when these challenges make for thoroughly entertaining television moments, but don’t actually lend themselves to clear and fair rules of competition. Sometimes a RuPaul’s Drag Race challenge comes along that is such an utterly brilliant idea that must have been forged in the middle of a very divine gay fever dream, that it almost seems unfair to both contestants and viewers that the ensuing spectacle has to be muddied by the thought of competition and eliminations.
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