The real reason Trixie got eliminated; how dare she turn Ru’s catchphrase against her.

Basic blasphemers not wanted.

Except wanted actually because my heart was ripped in two with the elimination. Let’s heal together under the cut.

One of the things I totally missed last week was in Untucked during the argument about Miss Fame’s issues with verbosity was someone rasps out in Fame’s defense, “She has a brand!”:

Which is a line I want to use in defense of everything now.

Format: Potentially one of the most reusable lessons that these queens will ever learn during this experience is how to make a song parody considering it’s a lot of queens’ main act. Brava, challenge producers.

Let’s talk about some queens:

This week we have Ginger Minj and Kennedy Davenport safe from discussion.

Jaidynn Diore Fierce– Violet used to be scared of the dick, now she throws lips to the shit. Max, however, is still frankly terrified.

I suppose discussing Team Jaidynn’s video is a good place to bring up a critique that has been brewing over the past couple of episodes concerning this season and that is it’s over-reliance on last season’s humor. Throwbacks to the previous season happen every season with things like, “Backrolls” and “Going back to Party City,” but I feel like it’s a bit overwhelming this time around and getting in the way of this season developing it’s own identity.

Concerning this group in particular, I feel like there’s no way to really be exemplary when you’re using another queen’s well-worn shtick, and quite frankly, I don’t need to hear how funny last season’s queens were because I’ve already seen last season.

Kandy Ho– I think that pretty succinctly describes everyone’s feelings at her not being eliminated.

Like she’s fine, I think it’s getting more and more clear that her hotheadedness was fleeting, but it’s time to make space for this season’s larger presences.

Katya– For me, Katya was the clear winner of the challenge. I mean, I think her performance gave way to way more laughs which is the ultimate goal in a parody challenge.

Besides, she look like a winner on the runway with a gown that was once worn by a Miss USA finalist with a wig that once won, ‘Best in Show.’

Also, in my mind she’s probably already won Snatch Game? Anyone else? That or it’s going to be a fight to the death between her and Ginger.

Max– While at my viewing party someone mentioned that Max looks like a vampire, and the idea, while an easy enough joke, has really stuck with me.

It’d explain everything: the pale skin, her antiquated way of speaking, her Victorian approach to sex, but most of all her clear struggle with the impulse to kill Violet.

Also, how’s everyone feeling about Max’s Ellen Degeneres brand sense of humor? For my part, I’m mostly intrigued how this quirk is going to play out in the upcoming comedy challenges especially on a show that leaves no dick joke untouched.

Miss Fame- Truly the humble, down-to-earth queen this season needs.

Also, can we talked about how offended Fame was at Jasmine’s pop corns to feed the kids joke? She reacted as if the first thing Jasmine did after getting eliminated was go down to the homeless teen shelter and serve them the fruit from Jaidynn’s feet.

Mrs. Kasha Davis– Goddammit Ginger, couldn’t you have said something I could potentially forget and not be haunted by for the rest of the season?

However, not to be outdone, I continued the fancasting train:

Who knew a queen who just wanted to go back home could seem so….stank?

Oh and as if I could forget:

Truly wicked.

Also, can we talk about how much Kasha looked like everyone’s dad in this outfit?

Ok, maybe not everyone’s but certainly my dad; I mean it made me feel like she was going to turn to the camera and ask me what I plan on doing with my life. I never thought an outfit could express disappointment in my life choices until now.

Pearl– When I saw this look on the Season 7 trailer I’d assumed it was a dress and having seen it now I still wish it was a dress (which is what I tried to demonstrate above with my remedial Photoshop skills). Like with a different pose and some foam pads I think this look as a dress could be more jaw-dropping than it already was.

Don’t get me wrong, love the look, but I felt like the pantsless look could’ve been more something she could’ve stripped down to for a lipsync rather than the actual presentation itself.

Also, I felt like this lipsync was like choosing between boyfriend archtypes like Trixie was the dependable boyfriend who makes you laugh and Pearl was the rebellious bad boy who makes you scream. Except couldn’t we have just ditched Kandy the hot guy who irritates you with his dullness?

Trixie Mattel– I honestly don’t even know how to describe what went down this week. Luckily, I have Alyssa Edwards here:

Thank you for that report, Alyssa; you are as lucid as ever.

Anyway, it doesn’t even need to be said that this was the wrong decision; we’re being robbed a talented queen while Kandy the kannon fodder still lives to serve mediocrity another day. There really seems to be no strong reason for why Trixie went home when she did I mean [for God’s sake].

I do have to wonder if this was a planned move on the show’s part, that the fan-rage was intended to make the show talked about considering the mega response to Bendelacreme’s elimination last season.

My reasoning for thinking so is first of all in the presentation of Trixie as she was a strong presence during the episodes she was in, including narrative-wise which is important, and generally I find that we’re weaned off a queen through features of their struggles, either during the episode or over the course of a few, and left ultimately to believe in the judges’ decision to send her home whereas Trixie’s descent was quite sudden.

Also, I’ve heard it said before that Ru does consult with the producers before deciding who lipsyncs to see how the girls are functioning dynamic-wise because, let’s be real, an acting challenge could be recut to make a queen’s mediocre performance look like she struggled worse comparatively if she’s not a significant presence in the show (which I think of as the ANTM effect because you never really knew if that picture really was the worst one). In that case, it would’ve been all too easy to have Kandy go as was expected.

Which, if Trixie was eliminated for the backlash and the talk factor, I find it amazingly short-sighted considering the episodes depend on strong performers like Snatch Game for instance which will surely only suffer now. Also, now one wants to watch a show where strong contenders get eliminated early on and the boring are made to stay…like remember All Stars?

I’ll be honest, I’m surprised Trixie isn’t returning next episode or at least that’s not what the forecast seems to be calling for. Which, if she does return at any point, the severest of props to all involved for selling that shit because Trixie and co. seem pretty legitimately peeved.

For Trixie, this could actually be a great thing considering Jackie Beat, Lady Bunny, and a lot of the girls this season have publicly said that the decision was shit, so therefore it might give interest in seeing her a momentum she might not have experienced had she been eliminated later on.

Anyway, here’s a Trixie goodie bag to help soothe the wounds: [A Feast of Fun podcast from before she was officially on Drag Race which had me in stitches] and [her response to her elimination on her new Youtube channel].

Violet Chachki- Serving us someone stole her clothes at Mardi Gras so she tried to cover herself with materials from a float realness.

This queen is the most polarizing queen of the season, and I have to say I’m completely charmed by her ridiculousness; I mean her mocking Max was one of my favorite parts of this episode [See Max’s response here]. Plus, I appear to be immune her cuntiness thanks to my pre-season vaccination:

And that’s all for this week, join me next week as we all desperately look for glimpses of Trixie like it’s fucking Where’s Waldo in hopes that this week’s results were in factuality just a clever ruse.