She kind of went after Vanessa for having what she perceived as an advantage in the competition because she’s a trans woman a situation Tabitha likened to having to compete in a swim meet against Aquaman. Tabitha, at 46, is the oldest queen in the group and we got the impression that her size and her age are making her just a weensy bit defensive. Her talent was a burlesque-inspired strip tease, which was really more about doing a succession of reveals. Is it us, or is this gaggle of queens more anime-inspired than most? Vivaldi is 22 years old, a little full of herself, and likes to present herself as an edgy, artsier sort of queen. My Little Puny delivered some super high-impact drag in her entrance look and is our pick for the cutest boy in the group. Honey, if you can’t handle the stilettos, are you even a drag queen? She performed a sort of rap and claimed her talent was all about posing, but then she failed to do much posing – and she clearly can’t walk in heels, which is a fatal deficit in drag. The other queens had their claws out for her, as performing queens tend to do when faced with looks queens. Juicy Kutoure is a young, inexperienced Insta-queen with no stage experience who says she took her inspiration from Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Britney. Anyway, since we don’t know the new girls all that well (and presumably neither do you), we’re going to run down our first impressions, based on their entrance looks and talent show efforts. Sorry, girls! That’s what happens when there are seventy-nine (rough estimate) Drag Race seasons over the course of a year. It was also great to see all of the queens from season one return even if we only remembered about half of them. Supremme won us over as the host of Drag Race España by being much warmer and more maternal than Ru ever was, but Fred is the most energetic of the Drag Race hosts and it’s refreshing to see someone who’s as into the whole competition as any of the competitors. He clearly got the “I saw myself in high-definition on TV” freshening up. We ended the hour fairly well versed in the dolls, with some clear ideas about who’s likely to be among the front runners and who’s looking like cannon fodder. But that all worked out in our favor, since the episode was clearly designed to give the viewer the lay of the land, with each queen serving three looks and one minute of whatever talent they figured could impress the judges most.
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