"Spoof! (There It Is)" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] It originally aired on March 23, 2015. Jessica Alba and Lucian Piane are guest judges. Kennedy Davenport wins the episode's challenge, and Trixie Mattel is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync against Pearl.
Episode
For the episode's main challenge, the contestants team up to create music video parodies to songs by RuPaul.[4]
- "Team Get Ready to Clock" (spoof of "Sissy That Walk"): Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Max, and Violet Chachki
- Team I Got Paid (spoof of "Let the Music Play"): Ginger Minj, Kandy Ho, Kennedy Davenport, and Mrs. Kasha Davis
- Team Tan With U (spoof of "Dance with U"): Katya, Miss Fame, Pearl, and Trixie Mattel
On the runway, the category is "Green". In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews is a judge and Jessica Alba and Lucian Piane are guest judges.
Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Katya, and Kennedy Davenport receive positive critiques, and Kennedy Davenport wins the challenge. Kando Ho, Pearl, and Trixie Mattel receive negative critiques, and Kando Ho is deemed safe. Pearl and Trixie Mattel place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Dreaming" by Blondie. Trixie Mattel is eliminated from the competition.[5]
Production
The episode originally aired on March 23, 2015.
Piane had previously been a guest judge on the fourth season's "Frenemies" and appeared in the fifth season's "Can I Get an Amen?" He was also a guest judge on the sixth season's "Shade: The Rusical" and the seventh season's ninth episode "Divine Intervention". Piane would later serve as a guest judge on the eighth season's second ("Bitch Perfect") and fourth ("New Wave Queens") episodes.
Reception
Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B+'.[6]
References
- ^ Ehrman-Dupre, Joe (2015-03-25). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Season 7, Episode 4 — 'Spoof! (There It Is)'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Boulet, Ruth (2015-03-24). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 episode 4 recap: Spoof! (There It Is)". Channel Guide Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Libby, Katie. ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 7, Episode 4: Spoof!". CITY Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: 'Spoof!'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Carpentier, Megan; Moylan, Brian (2015-03-24). "RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season seven, episode four – Spoof!". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Spoof!"". The A.V. Club. 2015-03-24. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
External links
- Spoof! (There It Is) at IMDb
- "RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" RECAP: EPISODE 4, "SPOOF! (THERE IT IS)", Logo TV
- IMDB entry for the corresponding episode of Untucked
This page was last edited on 18 March 2024, at 21:53