Drag Race All Stars 3 Episode 5 Pop Art Ball

Past Kevin O'Keeffe

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Pop art takes over the "RuPaul's Elevate Race All Stars″ Flavour 3 workroom this week, as RuPaul and her top six All Stars pay tribute to Andy Warhol in a Ball challenge. The queens create two looks: a soup tin can (in tribute to Warhol'south Campbell'due south Soup Cans) that shows off their brand, and a Studio 54-inspired disco look. But while a couple of the girls channel their inner "ARTPOP," others simply plow into fine art flops.

Trixie Mattel, who briefly saw the eyes of God every bit Shangela faked her out during last week'south elimination, heads into this week confident ― but non cocky. She loves blueprint and branding, and and then the Warhol Ball seems correct up her aisle. Indeed, as before long as her "Pep/Abysmal" soup tin can hits the rail, it's articulate she's won the claiming. Her voiceover paired with the tin is reminiscent of her creative partner Katya's all-time All Stars piece of work: "Just like my soup, I'm inspired past rainbows, niggling birdies, and the reemerging dark recesses of a rocky childhood."

Even more impressive, though, is the Disco Barbie look she puts together. Her neon pinkish jumpsuit perfectly fits both the challenge cursory and her frame. It'southward mayhap the best Trixie has ever looked — and it'due south a look she put together on the spot! I'd never accept guessed one-act queen Trixie would bomb "Snatch Game" and win a design challenge, only props to her for beating the odds and coming out on top.

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Joining her in the top 2 is undercover 10th queen Bebe Zahara Benet, who also takes her first win. In that location's a splash of drama during critiques, as Ru asks Bebe if she fabricated the outfit herself, to which Bebe responds affirmatively. However, we meet during the workroom segment that Aja heavily assisted Bebe with sewing. Aja visibly reacts negatively when Bebe doesn't credit her, and understandably so. Quite bluntly, the design — a fringe-heavy affair perfectly paired with big hair and a face beat for the gods — likely would've given Bebe the win fifty-fifty if she were honest about Aja'due south assistance. Every bit a event, our original queen but looks ungenerous.

That isn't the finish of the Aja drama, though. Despite a beautifully constructed runway expect, Aja gets knocked for the period-inappropriateness of it, and she really fumbles her explanation. Beginning, she doesn't know how to pronounce her pattern inspiration France Joli, saying it "Frances Jolie" instead. And so, she incorrectly cites Brigitte Bardot equally a '70s inspiration, which Ru corrects her as being more '60s.

"You're 23 years erstwhile, right?" Ru asks Aja. "Obviously, y'all weren't here for a lot of history of humans on this planet. But nosotros're queens. It's important to know popular culture and things like that. I just expect queens to do a bit more research."

That's a tough lecture to receive. Aja's been doing remarkably well in this competition considering how poorly she fared in Flavor 9. Just here, Ru knocks her non for just a simple mistake or slip-upwards. She'due south saying Aja hasn't prepared when information technology comes to her history, and that'south something that takes more than time to gear up. Information technology's a tough break for the comeback kid, but Ru'southward criticism is very fair.

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Shock of all shocks, BenDeLaCreme doesn't win this week! She's but safe for her genius can and too-pedestrian disco expect, and quite frankly, she looks over it on the runway. Both judges and fellow queen Kennedy Davenport note how tired Ben seems. Her response to this is an odd mix of whiny and resigned. I'm not sure where this Ben edit is headed, to tell yous the truth. She seems to be put out by what "All Stars" expects of her — performing well every week, sending girls habitation — and withal she still wants to win. I'd not exist stunned if she doesn't make it to the finale. That'd be a shame, considering how extraordinarily she'south performed this flavor, simply something smells fishy.

I don't have much to say about either Kennedy or Shangela this calendar week, largely because their efforts are mostly middle of the road. Shangela's Halleloops soup tin can is perfect, and Kennedy's disco diva look is flawless. Only Kennedy's soup tin is more of a graphic symbol-based item than the judges would like, and Shangela's disco diva look is a mess of gold tinsel strips and fake records. The latter is more offensive (though not the worst look ever seen on "Drag Race," every bit Trixie hyperbolically calls it), which puts Shangela in the bottom for the first time this flavor. But to be honest, it never feels like she's in real danger of going dwelling house. Last week she just saved Trixie, who would await similar a real heel if she chopped Shangela the very adjacent challenge. Bebe, on the other hand, adores Shangela. In some universe, she may accept sent Shangie home, simply not this one.

The lip sync is set to Diana Ross' "The Dominate," and in telling you that, I've already told you who won. Trixie puts up a good fight, but Bebe just is Diana Ross. She's got the dress, she'south got the hair, she's got the perfect facial expressions and movements. It's like when Ru gave Latrice Royale an Aretha Franklin song: Sometimes, i queen is only prepare to slay.

During deliberations, Aja notes that Bebe isn't letting her get a word in edgewise, and I don't think that was a error. Similar I said, Bebe wasn't going to send Shangela dwelling house. Better to give Aja a monologue most how much she's grown than let her argument to stay autumn on deafened ears. And then the Season 9 queen sashays away. She'due south got nil to be ashamed of, though — she's grown exponentially in an incredibly short period of time. With a trivial more experience, she'll exist known as ane of the modern elevate greats. I'm absolutely sure of that.

You want final thoughts? I've got enough!

• At that place was a mini-claiming this episode, for the kickoff time since the premiere! Aja won it for a perfect pop art Polaroid wait. I feel like almost mini-challenges are arbitrarily decided (save Reading Is Fundamental), but Aja looked great, and so this was a good choice, and a good note for her to get home on.
• The queens have nothing simply kind words for Chi Chi DeVayne as they wipe away her mirror bulletin at the top of this episode, a nice alter of footstep from the more tense postal service-emptying chats the terminal ii episodes. Chi Chi is truly a class act.
• I similar knowing which queens actually watch "Drag Race." Raven, for example, is a loud-and-proud "Drag Race" fan who watches every episode and spouts trivia with the best of them on her webseries "Mode Photo Ruview." And so it's fun to hear Bebe tell Aja she watched season 9. The OG has her eye on these younger girls.
• "On Flavour 7, I lost a lip sync to Pearl. Do you know what information technology'southward like to lose a lip sync to a partially sedated twink from Brooklyn?" TRIXIE! When I tell you I screamed!
• With this latest loss, Trixie's "Elevate Race" lip sync tape is 0-iii. Trixie now has the worst lip sync record in "Drag Race" herstory, beating Carmen Carrera's two losses and one necktie. Both share the distinction of lip syncing three times without ever sending home another queen.
• Invitee judges Shay Mitchell and Tituss Burgess both acquit themselves well this week, particularly the latter. His "Peeno Noir" banter with Ru is an episode highlight. They besides benefit from an episode that feels nowhere near as rushed as concluding calendar week's.
• With three episodes left of "All Stars" Season 3, I'd say Shangela is best-positioned to win at this point, assuming this Ben edit is indeed going somewhere. But if Trixie and/or Bebe can rack upwardly at least one more than win, they'll exist in solid shape headed into the finale.
• Bebe mole update: Co-ordinate to the original theorist's logic, Bebe was never supposed to win a claiming. Giving her power to brand an elimination choice feels like it debunks the theory. Ah, well — it was fun while it lasted.

Next week'due south episode promises the payoff of the "Handmaid's Tale"-themed twist of the season. Who returns, if anyone? Who goes domicile? We'll detect out when "RuPaul's Elevate Race All Stars" returns next Th, February. 22, at 8 p.m. Eastern on VH1.

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