![]() ![]() Her performance this week was perfectly pitched for the character, and she did well with a role that wasn’t her first choice. What’s great is that Luxx is also killing the competition while she does this. Be it dressing in a RuPaul tribute look or making her-admittedly divisive- Drag Race references, Luxx is a student of this show, and she’s making her mark. It’s this kind of understanding of how to not just play Drag Race, but play the Drag Race metagame (a game within a game?), that sets Luxx apart this season. Imagine her getting to pick a lipstick! The absolute performance we would get as she revealed which queen she chose to get the chop would rival Shangela faking out Trixie Mattel in All Stars 3. No, Mistress could’ve easily won this week on performance alone-and this isn’t the first time she’s missed out on what could’ve been a win.Īs a friend of mine noted after the episode, Luxx’s monologue on the main stage was practically her proof of concept that she’d be amazing on All Stars. She made a great villain, and as Orville Peck noted, her head-to-toe transformation when she came out for the gloves runway made her overall package this week all the more impressive. Still, none of this takes away from how Mistress did this week-she was excellent! She had one of the biggest roles, and tore into it with vigour. And more to the point, we are seeing both of those things from other competitors. But there’s neither the kind of gushing appreciation from our host, nor time given to Mistress to make her case for the win, that have come to define how we can identify modern winners. I get the sense that Ru finds Mistress very impressive, and the story editors clearly consider her their main character. But those two, particularly Willow, were getting fawning praise even when they weren’t winning. True, we’ve had one-challenge-win crowned queens before in Yvie Oddly and Willow Pill. The fact that Mistress didn’t win this week, when she had a standout performance and runway, is an indication to me that the show is not investing in her as a potential victor. And after Luxx’s monologue, it was hard for the judges to shake the idea that Loosey needs to … “ Let Loose.”Ĥ. Unfortunately, she turned in an A-/B+ performance in a season with almost straight As across the board, and wore a “Creature from the Black Lagoon”-inspired runway that felt unresolved on the bottom half. In terms of her performance this week: Loosey did really well! She would’ve won a lot of other Rusicals. Instead, before it ends, Loosey snuck in that she actually led Luxx to a win last week in the comedy challenge. If the conversation had ended there, with Salina hearing Loosey out and offering good advice on how to interact with them moving forward, it’d have been a great moment of potential growth. Salina (correctly!) pointed out that it’s Loosey’s defensiveness that makes her an easy target for the two other queens. Loosey had every right to feel frustrated by her tiff with Mistress Isabelle Brooks and Luxx Noir London. Take her conversation with Salina this week as an example. While I do think the Loosey pile-on has gotten too severe in recent weeks, I also feel like she routinely gets in her own way. So, paired with her name being mentioned twice on the main stage during our latest round of Who Should Go Home Tonight and Why?, it was a clear choice on Ru’s part to send her home. And while Salina did well this week, so did everyone else. It’s rare to find a Jujubee, Ellie Diamond or Jonbers Blonde in the finale, making it there despite not winning a single challenge. Fair or not, Drag Race really does start making decisions in the endgame based on how queens have done all season long. I know she bristled at the mentions of her track record, but truly, Salina needed another undeniable performance to keep her in despite her report card. ![]() Salina EsTitties (last week: 3)-ELIMINATED For the first time this year, we’re starting to believe in an alternate ending to this season-although you’d still be unwise to bet against Sasha Colby. Welcome to RuPaul’s Drag Race Power Rankings! Every Tuesday, we’re debriefing the week’s new episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 to determine which queens are riding high, and which need she-mergency care.
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