Where to begin? Art can’t stop saying “noonie,” and is horrified that her sequence involves so much “noonie-touching,” while the choreographer gives Karen the decidedly unhelpful advice that “Karen is dancing like a Karen … Karen needs to dance like a Ka-RON,” which I’m not sure means anything at all. When it comes time for the queens to be coached through their dance moves, we get this episode’s requisite messiness. Afterwards, Art seems genuinely shaken for the better it’s a sweet, tough-love moment from Ru and Michelle, the kind of un-produced interaction this season could have used a lot more of. This portion of the competition is always emotional, but rarely has there ever been an interaction as two-way as this one, where one of the judges actively counsels a contestant like this. But it’s Art’s interview that hits hardest: As she’s talking about being the main breadwinner of her family, Michelle cuts her off and tells her that she needs to start looking after herself. air pollution.) In Scarlet’s sit-down, she opens up about the support she’s received from her mother and partner in Karen’s, we hear about how her mother, who did actually work in finance, inspired her character and in Kita’s, we learn about how her parents’ divorce, during which she was forced to live with her father and separated from her sisters, caused her lasting harm. (Let’s chalk it up to the fact that Ru and Michelle don’t have to contend with all the L.A. I’m not sure why, but these conversations seemed more raw and, surprisingly, less produced than they usually do. As always, the top four queens get a chance to have a sit-down “lunch” - this time consisting of a Jaffa, a local spin on the traditional Tic Tac lunch - with Ru and Michelle. That last element is, to me, what makes this episode feel so special. The challenge, the obligatory Rumix and dance number, is a classic there’s a little cattiness, but it never swerves into all-out bullying the outfits are, by and large, gorgeous and it genuinely feels like there’s a connection between the girls and the judges, which hasn’t always come through in Drag Race Down Under. In many ways, this grand finale feels a little like a vision of what this season could have been. There was fun to be had, no doubt - these are undoubtedly some of the wittiest and nastiest queens to ever grace the Drag Race stage - but as we look upon our top four at the beginning of this grand finale, it’s hard not to think about how often this season felt like a missed opportunity. From Art’s elimination and speedy return to Elektra’s near-constant presence in the lip-sync to Ru’s polemics on cancel culture to Rhys Nicholson’s incessant anal sex jokes, this season has often felt like the Groundhog Day of Drag Race seasons, with me as the gorgeous, talented blogger forced to watch the same episode over and over. Season 13 of Drag Race may have actually been the longest season the show’s ever produced, but Drag Race Down Under season one, despite having half the episodes, certainly feels like it’s been the longest season ever. Well, we’ve made it: After eight fun, sometimes infuriatingly convoluted weeks, we’re finally at the finish line of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under season one.
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