She was my favourite coming into this season, and I’ve found myself unable to wholly endorse her work this time around. Her runway also looks a good bit too costume-y even for a challenge like this. She doesn’t recover from losing the Kim Cattrall part to Trinity, and it shows. Monét kind of registers as just average all episode, and were it not for another queen, would probably be the worst. I’m even more thrilled that her seasonal sister Monét X Change will be joining her, although in less celebratory fashion. I’m delighted that Monique has made the final four, considering she continually got short shrift in Season 10. Her work safely lands herself a spot in the top two, and thus in the final four.

In truth, I bet Monét’s Kim would’ve been better, but it doesn’t matter: Trinity does well with it, especially in the scenes where she’s playing Kim instead of Samantha. Trinity knows she has to kill it this week, so she fights for the Kim Cattrall role with Monét and wins. Thanks to the Ru Hollywood Story framing, the queens are actually playing both actors and characters, which makes this harder than the typical Drag Race acting challenge. It helps that the girls are playing iconic characters - though, for rights-related reasons (we assume), the women are referred to only as their actors’ names.

The framing is inspired by the real-life turmoil around Sex and the City 3, and the script is a good bit better than Drag Race’s usual unfunny fodder. The premise is that they’re shooting a Ru Hollywood Story about the failed production of Sex and the Kitty Girl 3. The fear does give Trinity a giant kick in the ass moving into this challenge: an acting task.

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