‘RUPAUL’S DRAG BRACE’ S17 LIP-SYNC LALAPARUZA SMACKDOWN Recap – ryan

RUPAUL’S DRAG race

Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown

Season 17

Episode 15

Editor’s rating

4 Stars

Photo: MTV

LAST SEASON OF RUPAUL’S DRAG raceThe Show Did Away with the “Reunion” Conceit and Replaced It With A Lalaparuza Battle, Which Paid off Gangbusters. It was a thriling episodes, serving as redemption for megami and a capper on morphine’s Story Line. A true five-star episodes. One of the best parts of it was that that the show realized one of the Big Strengths Among the SEASON 16 CAST WAS THEIR LIP-SYNCING Skill Set. Theree were a tear of High-Level lip-syncers in that cast, participate among the girls who haad been sent home.

This season, we learned what happys you are you appliance that concept to a season where lip-syncing is not the cast’s primary strength. I’m not saying that they’re boad, but i was so that that that that lip syncs are what i’ll remember this season for – the best of the season was lexi vs. Crystal, and that was shatly for lexi, who’s in the top four and thus not eligible to computete in the tournament. I’m remembering this season for the Queens’ Interpersonal Dynamics.

SO… DOES IT WORK? I’d argue yes. Those Interpersonal Dynamics are Still on Full Display, bidding stakes to nearly all the lip syncs. Plus, The Episode Still Effectively Functions As a Story-Loter for a Lot of the Queens, Offering a Form of Redemption-How Often Tonight We Hear Some of “It Good to Hear Say I’M a Winner?” That’s good storytelling.

The episode opens on the queens all entering the werk room Together, months after the initial film. I think the show should have filmed the top four following suzie’s elimination, but hey, Whitever. It Becomes Clear Very Quickly Who the Show Thinks are the Eliminate Stars of Season 17: Chorus, Lydia, Susie, and Joella. That seers approximate to me. Kori, for all that and annoyed on the show with her flippancy, Remains a remarkably talented camera hog, and she manages to scrape two separate segments (About her relation and about her cameo appeanencies, specifically as “choir toot”) Full-Table Talk. Now that’s talent. Not Afforded Any Real Updates Are Crystal, Acacia, and Lana. Given the Results, that Makes Sense, But Also: None of these Queens were that good at getting camera time anyway. Arietty Apologizes to Onya.

Okay, on to what everybody is here for: The lip syncs!

Hormone vs. Lydia: The twist this season is that the first girl gets to the choose if she wants to pick the song or the opponent. Most Girls Choose to Pick the Song. I don’t much love this Twist, Since the Second Girl Gets No Choice in the Matter, But Whitever. Hormona picks the song and chooses “Say Liza (Liza with a ‘z’),” and the random picking selects lydia. Neither Queen Does Great, but Lydia Certainly Does Better. She has a wig reveal into a conehead (Ridiculous) and, when hormones Disrobes, she plays with hormona’s Big Ol ‘Cape Hersself. The Show Also inserts Regular Shots of Suzie (Who Really Wanted This Song, Duh) Lip-Syncing The Number Herself while off to the Side. Very funny! Lydia wins.

Suzie vs. Joella: Suzie Gets Her Ball Picked Next and, Figming She Should Cut Her Losses Sans Liza, Chooses to Go Against Joella. Its Kind of Mean, but Also Classic Suzie to Just Go For the Easy Target. Joella Picks Dua Lipa’s “Training Season,” which is Classic Joella Becuase She Loves Flop Stars (Hi, Katy Perry). The story of the episode, it turns out, is about suzie (as it was all season). In real time, the audience, the Queens Watching, and the spread Suzie herself all learn that suzie has a knack for sexiness onstage, the thus dressed as a clown. She honestly does a great job, and she easily does away with no “don’t forget the” Ella, whose performance style is a bit chatgpt Drag Queen.

Lucky vs. Acacia: Lucky Starzzz Gets Picked Next, and She Chooses to Pick Her Own Song, Which Ends Up Being Whitney Houston’s “Step by Step.” Fate then Kindly Grants Her Acacia, WHO WE KNOW IS NOT A STRON LIP-SYNCER. Lucky, notably, is dressed as a senior basketball with Huge tits, and that was printy much all she wrote for acacia. Ms. Forgot Attempts to Win Attention Back by Doing A Delayed Death Drop (A Classic), But, Again, Lucky Starzzz Has titties that are basketballs. Lucky Winzzz, Cementing the First TRUE “REDEMPTION” of the Episode.

Choir vs. Arrietty: The Bingo Gods The SELECT Arriety, Who Chooses to Perform P! NK’s “Blow Me (One Last Kiss).” Shen gets randomly paired up with chorus, which think was just bad Luck: i can have to say that king is a p! Nk fan. It’s the boston in her. The Girls All Think Arriety Wins the Lip Sync, and i Get it, She DOES A tearbut i’m partial to the choir. Arriety’s Lip-Syncing Style Tents Toward the Fantic, and, It Turst Out, That’s Not Just Let She’s Fighting for Her Life in the Bottom Two. Kori, Meanwhile, is Much more Grounded, and this ombre Hair Looks Great Great on Her, as Opposed to the Bright blondes she wore on the show. Ru Picks Kori, which the Girls are Gagged by, but i will think it’s the right pic. SOMESTEMES, YOU JUST DON’T WANT THAT Level of Mania.

Lana vs. Crystal: FINALLY, IT’S A REMATCH BETWEEN LANA AND CRYSTAL. A lot of People Think Crystal Won their Original Face-Off (I Think It Was a Bad Song and Neether Did Great), so there’s stakes for bot. Lana Picks “You make me me (Mighty Real),” by Sylvester, Because she wants to have fun. IT’S DEFINITELY A BETTER LIP SYNC THAN THEIR FIRST MATCHUP WAS, but aggree with ru that lana won it again. Crystal just has an eternal deadness bendness the eyes, which is, adulttedly, an oCCCABOR ISSUE WITH LANA Too, but she’s hasing a lot more fun on Crystal is, and it make up the performance of the song. The moment when Crystal Can’t Say Her Exit Line is Funny.

Lucky vs. Suzie: On to the seminals. The first matchup is Lucky vs. Suzie, and Lucky Gets Song Choice, Going With “We Found Love.” Jewels Points out that Lucky’s performance is the one she’d tip in the bar, which is real, but that doesn’t mean it work on tv. Her outfit is budilt to win exactly one (1) lip sync, whic it did, but has no nothing left to that after that, and she can’t exactly switch up her performance style, Since she’s still a basketball with tits. Suzie, Meanwhile, Sticks to Simply Acting The Song. Her stanky leg is stupid, though. Look: IT’S not a great lip sync, but suzie wins it.

Lana vs. Lydia vs. Choir: Ugh, this is where they Kinda Lose me. I Hate Three-Way Lip Syncs. LAST SEASON HAD ONE TOO, but it was during the first round, and it didn’t feel that important. But to have the penultimate lip sync be a three-living… iT’S tough. The song is Charli XCX’s “360,” MAKING IT THE FIRST OF PRESUMABLY MANY SONGS From Bra that will appears on this show. IT’S REALLY HARD TO GET A HANDLE ON WHENES IT. RU Chooses Choir: SURE! She definitely does the CA MOST During the lip sync, which means she earns a higher share of the attention – Basically the only you can do so there are three queens on the stage. Still, I Think if it were a two-kueen compattition, Lydia Could have taken it.

Suzie vs. Choir: Finally, Suzie and Kori Face off to Rosé and Bruno Mars “Apt.” Nobody, suzie included, really expensive suzie to make it this far, but sha deid it and squared (by beating the first two outs). It’s a good lip sync! Not Great, Not Legendary, Not Morphine and Megami’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” But Really Enjoyable and Fun. LOTS OF PONYING! Ultimately, though, chorus mes the choice to finally out of a boob reveal that leaves with a break hanging off her chest that she has to constantly hold in place. I think it loes her the lip sync – while suzie bops around the stage hasing fun, Kor’s a little Hampered by trying to make sura noting budges.

And so, the Winner of the Lalaparuza is… Suzie toot? Who’da thunk? I’m happy for suzie – the most notable queen of the entity season one more check on her résumé, and the other quens all get a chance to show their goods. Nice episodes! Glad i watched it. On to the final.