![]() ![]() However, “pretty good” is simply not good enough for me this far into a season. She looks pretty good, she dances pretty good, and her runway look is also (you guessed it) pretty good. In the Rusical, she is cast in the Billie Eilish role, and her costume and vocal affect translate as such. Utica is competition, honey, and she’s finally acting like it.įrom a technical point of view, Elliott succeeds this episode. She doesn’t win, but it’s still a mental breakthrough for the lovable weirdo. She nails her patter solo and whips her skinny little limbs around in an adorable Anything Goes costume. She whips her proverbial stapler at Denali’s head and makes it clear that she will not be relinquishing the role, don’t ya know! And it pays off. Denali attempts to scoop the part out from under her, but Utica is firm. When it comes time to cast, the rusical, Utica stakes her claim on Lady Tweets. In the ball challenge, Utica helped every queen with their looks only to lose to Gottmik, and last week she gave up the star-making mime role to Olivia only and landed in the bottom three. And she’d like to see how your edges would fare in a blizzard, Olivia Lux! Utica is sick and tired of acquiescing to the needs of the other queens at the expense of her performance. That’s right: Friendly Minnesota Mom Utica is dead, and terrifying Amy Klobuchar-lite Utica is born. Our midwestern sweetheart undergoes a transformation this episode. Let’s break it down, one queen at a time. But as is often the case, the backstage drama is even juicier than the challenge itself. But if you think I’m giving anything less than five stars to an episode where Utica raps a Gilbert and Sullivan parody about Twitter while dressed as Patti LuPone as Reno Sweeney, you are sorely mistaken. Does the level of performance excellence stack up to last season’s Madonna the Rusical? Mmm … not really. Even the Rusical itself is quite a lot of fun. The dark side of Olivia? Auditions in the werkroom? Annie Hathaway spilling Devil Wears Prada tea? This episode truly has it all. Oh, hell yes! A season that felt like it was becoming a procession towards a Symone crowning gets a much needed shake-up in this episode. ![]()
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