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    There’s Only One Way Monét X Change Would Return to Drag Race“This being my last time, I just wanted to wrap everything up in a nice bow.”
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season-Finale Recap: No ContestDoes this winner-deciding lip-sync smackdown feature some questionable judgment calls? Yes! Do they diminish the fun of watching it? Only a little!
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: StarstruckA huge twist changed all expectations we had going into the penultimate challenge.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Boom! Roasted!The season has been long, and our frontrunners might be running out of steam.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: On-brandA Rorschach test of a challenge allows the queens to get one of the last stars before the final four.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: I Know What You Did Last ChristmasWith only a few challenges left, our one-star girls better step it up.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Holy TrinityY’all … is Trinity going to win this whole thing?
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Bringing Up The RearWith a satisfying last-to-first place situation in this episode, the competition in All Stars is more level.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Happy GraduationWhy try untested challenge ideas during the all-winners season?
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: I’m FranticThe improv challenge remains a tough sell despite the cast of strong performers.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Fortune Favors the QueenQueens are scheming and plotting.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Monsoon SeasonJinkx has reached the apex of what it means to compete in Snatch Game.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season-Premiere Recap: A Winning TwistThis season is already one of the best we’ve seen from the franchise, and it shows no sign of slowing down.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: And the Winner Is …While the winner will probably come as no surprise, it’s nonetheless quite satisfying.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: The Final FiveA first in Drag Race finals history.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Bossy RoastyAs we catapult toward the end of the season, let’s rank the queens on their chances of winning.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Villain ErasBefore the queens make their Rusical debuts, they must settle on a cast list — and therein lies the drama.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: LollapaRuzaThe (mostly one-sided) feud brewing between Jasmine Kennedie and Daya Betty gets its day in the lip-sync arena.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Snatch Game of FlopsLet’s talk about what makes a good Snatch Game. Or, rather, what makes a bad one.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: DragCon ArtistsThe annual DragCon challenge results in a lip sync to remember.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Up the Ladder to the RuThe ’60s-girl-group challenge is a rock-solid concept, but it isn’t quite enough to pull up a tough midseason episode.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: One Hand, One FartA delightfully surprising episode reminds us that Drag Race can still make remarkable TV magic.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: No Time to DayaOne of the queen’s glaringly obvious insecurities proves positively ripe for excessive prodding.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: RuPaul’s Worker’s Comp RaceA shake-up nobody wanted opens up a fourth front-runner spot for the queen quick enough to grab it.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: All Tease, All ShadeA couple of meltdowns and a great reveal leaves us wanting more from the season.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Willow-PilledDrawn-out, early-season shenanigans and a new way for RuPaul to emotionally torment the girls? Drag Race is back, baby!
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Jorgeous Jorgeous Girls Love DragAnother premiere, another talent show, another front-runner.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season-Premiere Recap: The Season 14 VariantCan the keystone of this franchise remain fresh and innovative despite the global proliferation of the Drag Race IP?
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season-Finale Recap: And the Winner Is …Kylie shows us what it means to be a true star: “To have that power means nothing if you’re not able to help people.”
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Recap: All About Eve (Ensler)Now that we’re down to a real final four let’s indulge in good old-fashioned power rankings.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Recap: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like SilkyThe entire point of All Stars is redemption. And Silky Nutmeg Ganache’s redemption story belongs among the best in all of Drag Race history.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Recap: Drag Tots in TiarasThe “game within a game” has arrived in what is otherwise a weaker episode of the season.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Recap: In the Name of LoveWith queens at the top of their games dueling with their best impersonations, we’re in for a thrilling Snatch Game of Love.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Recap: Girl GoneThe gag of this episode’s ending. It’s horrifying, it’s entertaining, it’s shocking … it’s drag. No notes.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Ryan Murphy’s LawThe lack of a clear front-runner this season is making for exciting television and some unexpected narratives.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: RuPaul’s Milgram ExperimentJan is just going to be psychologically tormented for the duration of this All Stars season, isn’t she?
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Rudemption SongIf there’s one thing Drag Race is gonna do, it’s overproduce a highly entertaining episode with questionable judging.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: HustlerzA bunch of even, middle-of-the-road comedy sketches produce a challenge winner that will have you saying, “Sure! Why not?”
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars Season-Premiere Recap: StreamgirlsThe competition enters a confusing new era on Paramount+ with a glut of megamixes, some high-caliber looks, and a tough early elimination.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season-Finale Recap: And the Winner Is…Condragulations to our newly crowned queen, long may she reign.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Battle of the Front-runnersIt’s the final competitive episode, so let’s lay out the case for and against each of our finalists.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Growers and ShowersA lengthy but entertaining acting challenge cements the narratives our final four will ride into the finale.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Let’s Get This Roast A’Cookin’This season’s “Nice Girls Roast” will go down as one of the most perfectly average stand-up challenges in Drag Race herstory.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: LLC QueensA branding challenge finds the queens starring in commercials heavy on the “no jokes, just vibes” school of comedy.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Trading FacesSeason 13 has found its footing again with a satisfying spin on a dependable challenge and some high-stakes shake-ups.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: To Freedom!!We’re only at mile 13 in the marathon that is this season, but thankfully Snatch Game has arrived to sustain us.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Social WerkThe dark side of Olivia? Auditions in the werkroom? Annie Hathaway spilling Devil Wears Prada tea? This episode truly has it all.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: RUCB 101The baffling choices are beginning to pile up this season.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Herstory LessonsCome for the dancing and pageantry, stay for a valuable history lesson on a pioneering form of artistic queer expression.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Bag LadiesOur latest ball episode gives us some necessary rankings shake-ups and the beginnings of what could be a season-long conflict.
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