This season's RuPaul's Drag Race is rife with hasty editing, which has the unintended effect of laying bare the process behind the product
has been a through-the-looking-glass reflection of pop culture zeitgeist. The early seasons were clearly a tongue-in-cheek parody of, with Ru lampooning the megalomaniacal host and her family of judges with an even lower-rent panel of the “industry insiders” than those who sat next to Tyra.
Similarly, week nine’s episode accidentally delved into issues the show might not have prepared for, and certainly didn’t prepare to explore. It all started innocently enough: the mini-challenge asked all the queens to do their best cat impersonations in a bit of kitty litter sponcon. After having a poor showing in her first few weeks, Crystal Methyd seems to have figured out how to play to the strengths of her character.
At the makeup tables, Gigi once again lamented that the news was too difficult for her to watch while Jackie, who is a Canadian citizen of Iranian descent in America on a Green Card, confessed that she was glued to the media, as Trump’s travel ban makes it impossible to see her family. Widow confessed that she feels unsafe as an out gay man in parts of Kansas City, while Crystal told the workroom that her parents are unapologetic Trump supporters.
Goldblum’s inclusion in the judge’s panel altered the dynamic of conversation in myriad ways, as Goldblum seemed to have never heard of drag before his guest appearance. At one point, he paused the judging to ask where Gigi Goode’s dick was, a question she gamely explained wasn’t really appropriate for television. But the episode was so rife with odd moments it’s difficult to note them all.
Overall, this week’s episode felt important for what wasn’t said rather than anything that was. And the week’s frontrunner is this season’s hasty edits, which have the unintended effect of accidentally laying bare the process behind the product.
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