Samir: Oh god I love the sound of this episode’s description, to quote from my DVR “The queens are challenged to produce a pre-flight safety video for the first airline run by drag queens.” If this doesn’t instantly make you want to watch, it makes me instantly not want to know you.
Margaux: Amen! I’m really hoping the airline is Virgin America, they always do wacky pre-flight safety video.
Samir: At least they didn’t waste time finding some drama, not heavy bitch drama, just people being human, Sasha Belle and Pearl apparently had been friendly until Sasha called her out on the runway.
Margaux: Even I was a slightly disappointed that the queens were only going to get blown by the pit crew…with leaf blowers…whomp, whomp.
But it made for a really interesting challenge! Minus the Moby appearance. I’m surprised ‘leaf blower’ isn’t an Instagram filter.
Samir: I must share with you my secret shame…I always nursed a little crush on Moby. And I still do when I saw him tonight as a li’l silver fox. DON’T JUDGE ME! Regardless, I found myself thoroughly gobsmacked by just how much hilarity this simple idea brought me. My closest friends know of my love of watching crazy crap in slow motion. I think my YouTube slow-motion captures of Tyra’s epic freakout on America’s Next Top Model have amassed thousands of views over the years, so I LIVED for this mini-challenge.
Margaux: Well, your crush on Moby notwithstanding, I do agree it was a stupidly simple idea that always bares hilarious end results. And two of our favorite queens, Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel come out victorious in the mini-challenge and automatically makes them team captains for the safety video challenge.
Samir: And Violet is almost chosen last despite winning the last challenge, which looks like it smarts a bit. Kandy Ho is naturally chosen last, saying that everyone’s underestimates her. What a shock since she was almost eliminated the previous week.
Margaux: The bottom and the top of last week, without a team. But I’ll bet Trixie will regret her choice of Violet, if she already hasn’t- I mean, she gets all school teacher on her within minutes of the teams breaking off and practicing lines. In contrast, I do think Ginger is the stronger leader of the two teams, she brings the funny and iron fist with which to rule.
Samir: As she says “The other team looks like Aryan Airlines.” She’s not worried, and Trixie is getting a bit condescending to Violet. Violet is admittedly self-centered, but I think in a borderline- charming way. “I have the smallest waist in Drag Race History.”
Margaux: There’s your further confirmation on Ru-Corset-Gate 2015!
Samir: This choreography is causing fits for Miss Fame, Pearl and Ginger Minj and Jaidyn. But I have a feeling most of it will turn out okay, well naturally for everyone but one person really.
Margaux: Welp, it didn’t take long for everyone to take a throw away comment of Ginger Minj and turn it into an opportunity to point out Miss Fame’s weaknesses.
Samir: And while Violet and Trixie are sharing photos with each other, Miss FAme’s photos bring her back to some painful memories. She just revealed a personal tragedy and longing for family that is the death knell for competitors on any reality show! I hope this is not the end of Miss Fame…
Margaux: It ain’t good for Miss Fame, we know that much. And it seems like Ru isn’t all that impressed with Team Trixie or, Miss Fame and Pearl’s performance during their Glamazonian Airways trip down the runway.
Samir: IT was definitely Team Ginger Minj that took this one away hands down. That was one surreal airline advertisement, it changed tones so many times, like a drag pop-culture mashup musical. With the undies-clad Pit Crew as passengers. But there is also a “Jet-set Eleganza” Runway look. Is it just me or does Sasha Belle seem like this season’s prettier version of MiMi Imfurst? And Max was a perfect Old-Hollywood jetsetter.
Margaux: And Miss Visage seems to agree with us, Ginger Minj’s team was just the show stopper. Unlike Ginger Minj’s jetset ‘eleganza’ dress, I’m not seeing Liz Taylor cause that wing under her dress is distracting but, she always saves it with a joke, “SANDY!” (to guest judge Olivia Newton John) – I need to follow that bitch on Twitter.
Samir: She is hilarious on Twitter. The other queens say how much they miss watching her smoke there. It looks like so much fun to be on that judges panel. But they always call it like they see it. And they see Sasha Belle, who supposedly “cracked the code” of this show, in the bottom two. She should’ve worked on cracking the code to entertaining people instead. And Ginger Minj as the winner! Let’s raise a toast to the minj. My heart dropped into my stomach when Katya was in the bottom two.
Margaux: If anyone was going to pound the crap out of that runway and keep her ass on the show, it was gonna be Katya. Sasha Belle was sort of forgettable this episode and her lip-sync, although very earnest, wasn’t enough compared to Katya’s slow splits. Seriously, that muscle control is fucking insane. WERKWERKWERK.
Samir: Thank goodness Katya owned that stage, to ONJ’s own song right in front of her. I knew she was more entertaining than Sasha Belle by a longshot, but my heart was still beating fast. I noticed that close-up on Pearl’s face as Sasha sashayed-away. She was a little sad to see her go.
Margaux: I liked seeing Katya lip-sync well, sort of redeeming herself from the botched challenge but, I really hope we don’t have to see her in the bottom two anytime soon.
What’s your star count, kitten?
Samir: I say 4.5 stars, I thought the right people were on top, and the right competitor was eliminated, the challenge was unexpected and classic at the same time, and I’m salivating for more. Did you notice the allusions building up to Violet’s corset too… Luckily, Untucked will be available tomorrow, on YouTube, to satiate the appetite.
Margaux: I completely agree with you on all fronts, probably why we love writing together, and we even got a little slice of drama along the way. I can’t wait for the internet to do its thing and provide countless gifs of this episode to sustain us through the week.
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