RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 only has one problem – it’s too nice
Drag Race UK), it’s a Champion Of Champions eleganza extravaganza – with one inspired change to the format.Rather than knocking contestants out week by week, all eight are allowed to stay for (almost) the entire duration; flaunting their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in each and every challenge – with a points-like system set to determine the final four, who’ll compete for the crown in a Lip Sync ‘LaLaPaRuZa’ in just a couple of weeks’ time.The whole thing has been an almost flawless triumph.
Any concerns fans may have had over which winners were and weren’t invited to take part have surely been allayed by the perfect blend of personalities we did get; and without weekly eliminations keeping tensions fraught, the focus is more on camp fun than heated arguments and apparent ‘villain edits’ – without losing the competitiveness.But if there’s one teeny-tiny problem stopping it from being totally perfect, it’s that maybe the show has been… well, almost too positive.It’s not that I want more arguments.
Whenever there is a fleeting moment of discontent in the werkroom, it usually comes from a place of mutual respect rather than outright rivalry, and it’s soon resolved.
No matter how p***ed The Vivienne is about being blocked, we’re never even close to being in Daya Betty vs Jasmine Kennedie territory, and I for one am relieved.It’s the relentless positivity of the judges that is jarring.Throughout the entire season, especially as it has progressed, there has barely been a whiff of criticism from the panel.
