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From ‘Hereditary’ to ‘Glee’, these are the spoken word lip-syncs ‘Drag Race’ should do next

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so into monologuing right now.On the most recent episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7, herstory was made when Ru announced that the week’s winning queens—[spoiler!] Jinkx Monsoon and Monét X Change—would compete in a “spoken word” Lip Sync For Your Legacy for the first time ever, opening up a gag-worthy new world of opportunities, 13+ years into the franchise’s run.Related: Why ‘Drag Race All-Stars 7’ is THE season to watchInstead of the requisite modern pop bop or classic gay anthem, the queens were asked to prepare a lip-sync to Dixie Carter’s iconic monologue from a 1986 episode of Designing Women dubbed “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia.”What followed was something fresh and exciting for Drag Race—a whole new avenue for these legendary legends to show off what makes them so, well, legendary—as Jinkx and Monét went big, bold, and had a ball mouthing along to Carter’s Julia Sugarbaker dropping some pageant knowledge on her rival, Marjorie Lee Winnick (Pamela Bowen).Watch the queens hilariously ham it up below:So, how did this spoken-word lip-sync experiment go over?

Well, the second it ended, 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated Jinkx and Monét’s tear-stained faces!Related: The 10 best lip-syncs from ‘Drag Race’ Season 14 rankedMonologuing and lip-syncing along to notable video clips and audio cues has long been a part of live drag, and the Designing Women scene has a special reverence within the community.

Though Drag Race has incorporated spoken lip-syncs into challenges in the past, never before has it happened on the Main Stage in the vaunted queen-versus-queen arena, so the moment was enthusiastically received by.

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