The queens get into a screaming match, coming to a climax as Jasmine yells, “This is your moment! Have it!” (It’s the safest bet in the world that makes its way into the Untucked intro next season.) It ends in a hug-one Jasmine initially tries to run away from-but it’s clear in the lip sync itself that their animosity is unresolved. There’s a bit of regional conflict here, too, as Maddy bristles at Jasmine bringing up New York. In the other, you have Maddy, who has technically already sent a queen home (though I’d argue June Jambalaya sent herself home more than anything), and is insulted that Jasmine sees herself as above Maddy. In one corner, you have Jasmine, who is not worried about beating Maddy in a lip sync because she dances every week in New York City bars. This annoys Jasmine, who responds to Maddy with a blunt “Are you done?” Angeria Paris VanMicheals, truly God’s gift to Season 14, then stirs the pot ever so slightly with a question to Maddy. Basically, in hyping herself up after landing in the bottom for this week’s unconventional materials design challenge, Maddy says she’s ready and able to beat Jasmine in the lip sync. There is absolutely no build-up to this fight anywhere else in the episode, and upon actually watching Untucked, it’s clear why: it’s a rivalry out of nowhere. In what is perhaps the best production choice made all episode (although as we’ll get into, that’s not a high bar), the prelude to a Jasmine Kennedie versus Maddy Morphosis Lip Sync For Your Life is a quick supercut of an upcoming fight in Untucked. That’s evident while watching the most recent episode, in which a lip sync that seemingly has no narrative stakes suddenly becomes must-watch TV just by using a brief flash-forward to Untucked. RuPaul’s Drag Race may be an older queen at this point-14 seasons and counting, and that’s only if we ignore All Stars and all those international spin-offs-but she’s still got some new tricks up her sleeve.
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