Drag Race Season 12 Makeover: The Emotional Connection'

When queens get critiqued on their makeover skills, the judging often sounds like gobbledygook. However, it's essential for these queens to develop an emotional connection with the very idea of drag. Drag Race wants its queens to be ambassadors of drag, and making people comfortable with this art form is a task that a winner must take on.

The makeover challenge is unique in the Drag Race continuum, with two primary goals: one of which is never really stated outright. The first obvious part is the emotional connection. A queen's ability to foster an emotional connection with the audience is crucial for their success.

In this episode, we're whittling down the top eight or so queens to the best group. Although this arrives in the glory section of the season, it's a bit of a letdown. The finale will be overblown and set in a ginormous theater, where the queens will deliver varying levels of 'serviceable' performances.

The episode will be filled with talent, but Drag Race's penultimate episodes are typically staid affairs. Next week is the RuMix, which means it's unlikely anyone in the top four will go home. This marks the true end of the season, and after a run of two truly fabulous episodes (minus one lip sync) in a mostly fine season, we end on an appropriately middling note.

Drag Race wants its queens to be ambassadors of drag, making people comfortable with this art form is crucial for their success. The makeover challenge is unique, with two primary goals: emotional connection and quality work. In the end, it's all about fostering that emotional connection with the audience, which makes a queen stand out as an ambassador of drag.

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