Why The First Spoken Word Lipsync On RPDR All-Stars Is Important
The queens of RuPaul's Drag Race are known for having to lip-sync to iconic songs, but two queens on RuPaul's Drag Race: All-Stars 7 have performed a spoken word lip-sync instead for the first time in Drag Race herstory. In a normal season of RPDR, the bottom two queens are forced to «lip-sync for their life» in order to continue competing, but on this all stars, all winners season, the queens «lip-sync for their legacy» without facing any elimination. Without the stakes of elimination, RuPaul took the chance to try something new with a spoken word lip-sync.
The best and worst lip-syncs on Drag Race often feature songs iconic in gay culture. They either hold deep meaning for RuPaul or the LGBTQ+ community as a whole. Lip-syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race have featured songs from artists such as Ariana Grande, Diana Ross, Cher and Britney Spears, but never before has a lip-sync included a monologue from a television show until now. Sticking to the roots of the show, the monologue chosen is an iconic moment in sitcom herstory.
Related: RPDR: Why Trixie Mattel Says She Will Never Compete On Show Again
In episode 9, season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the lip-sync was a long monologue from the classic long-running sitcom Designing Women. It comes from an infamous scene in which Julia Sugarbaker (played by Dixie Carter) passionately explains the story of «the night the lights went out in Georgia.» The Drag Race queens challenged with the task of taking on the show's first spoken word lip-sync were Jinx Monsoon, who still can’t sew but is easily capable of anything theatrical, and Monét X Change, who proved to have yet another talent of which many fans may have been previously unaware.
Both Monét and Jinx nailed this lip-sync,
Read more on screenrant.com
