America’s Next Drag Superstar needs to know how to brand. Sadly we are not talking with a red-hot poker. No. Branding Hello Kitty-style. The five remaining queens had to make some sort of outfit out of a pile of litter stamped with Japan’s favorite pussy while some minion in a Kitty costume looked on and posed disturbingly.
Ru dragged back Project Runway star Santino Rice from wherever they keep these people to advise on what really was, after-all, a Project Runway challenge. Santino even stole Tim Gunn’s line “Make it work!” And then Ru pulled another Runway classic by springing a second look on the girls – not only did they have to come up with “Hello Kitty Eleganza”, they also had to create a big-headed new BFF for HK.
Violet Chachki purred into first place with a PG-friendly friend for Ms Kitty and another waist-cinching outfit, this time accompanied by a Gaga-esque metal face cage covered in pink fun fur. Katya and Kennedy were this week’s bottoms and had to bust a move to Katy Perry’s Roar. Sadly our favorite Russian housewife/sex kitten had to sashay away.
Dom: Did I take the wrong meds and fall asleep dreaming of Drag Race? Was Hello Kitty really a guest judge? Are RuPaul and Santino Rice the same person? Did they really send Katya home instead of Kennedy? So many questions. That was such a weird episode. Enough with the sewing already. I’m surprised they didn’t drop in at Mood. And Hello Kitty? Sponsored by Absolut Vodka and in between the Boy Butter and Nasty Pig ads. It’s enough to give the supreme court second thoughts. And then there was all those severed kitty heads and stuffing everywhere. It was like Game of Thrones for plushies.
I’m sad that Katya got axed. She was funny and I thought seemed to being getting stronger as the competition went on. She had so many good lines through the season. Remember: “I’m trying to just serve sexy and confident whore. Slutty cougar on the prowl. Third-rate Faith Hill impersonator. Eighty percent sex, 20% disgusting.” Drop the Faith Hill and who among us hasn’t felt like that?
Brian: First of all, can we talk about the Nasty Pig and Boy Butter ads for a second? They’re kind of the highlight of my viewing experience. And yes, the judging this season has been totally bonkers. Sure, Katya’s look was not the best this week, but it was way better than either of Kennedy Davenport’s. I feel like she’s just sliding through this competition without much talent or originality and keeps getting by for no reason whatsoever. Does she have a RuPaul sex tape she’s threatening to expose? Anyway, I’m going to miss Katya, who was one of the most madcap characters ever on this show.
Dom: I am obsessed by the ads in Drag Race. There was one for nappies the other week. And no, not adult diapers. Then there’s one for the General or something that I think may be insurance but could be some daddy fetish outfit. Who is this show aimed at: “Oh honey – that reminds me. Can you pick up some Pampers when you go buy that new leather jock?” Maybe we should just cover the ads next season.
So here we are – the final four. I was really expecting Katya to go all the way (she seems like she would). Now I’m not sure who will make it to the final. I thought Kennedy was weakest. But she can really move and has proved weirder than I thought she would be. Her Little Richard impersonation was historic. Then there was that outfit based on what she would look like if after “a night of hooking, I got attacked and thrown into a fire and crystalized”.
My heart belongs to Minj,but she’s been showing a sentimental streak recently (yuck) and she needs to glam it up. After Katya’s exit maybe Ru is fed up with funny? Pearl could be a contender. Violet hasn’t been on the top all season (insert own joke). Oh Brian! I’m confused. Which queen will reign supreme?
Brian: I honestly think at this point it’s going to be Violet. She has been getting the redemption edit, going from the girl that everyone hates to a team player. She has consistently had amazing looks and performed admirably in some of the challenges, and I think that she’s probably the most polished of the remaining queens. I think that Ginger and Pearl both pose decent threats, but in the end Pearl is too boring and Ginger is a little too pageant. But if they really factor fan votes into this thing, Ginger could still take the crown.
But still I think the real atrocity this week was that Katya went home too early. Well, that and Michelle Visage’s blonde bangs.
Dom: Miaoowwww! Hello Kitty would be proud of you.
Best lines
Katya: Regret is a dish best served cold. Oh wait. That’s revenge.
Ginger as Hello Kitty’s new friend “The Country Cow”: “I dream of one day becoming a designer handbag or a filet mignon.”
Ginger: Take your Metamucil girls. This is going to be a rough one.
Kennedy: Violet looks like human gaydar.
Rebecca Romijn Lettuce: You’re just overflowing with kitties. You look like if you bent over, more kitties would pop out.
