RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars enters the Ryan Murphy-verse with a lackluster acting challenge
The queens give it their all, but not even a Trinity/Eureka showmance can make up for bad writing and paint-by-numbers producing
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There have been exactly zero seasons of
RuPaul’s Drag Race that have not, at one point or another, felt at least a smidge over-produced. Sometimes it works out great Bebe vs. Ongina in season one, for example, when Ru had to “leave” the judges’ panel because the decision was too difficult. That was exactly the right amount of extra, leading to a heartbreaking elimination that didn’t seem completely out of left field. There have been many such moments Sharon and Phi Phi being forced to team up on their season, some of the RoLaskaTox vs. Jinkx drama, “Wait, Kandy, come back,” etc. They’re an unavoidable element of reality television. The problem with this season of