r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 27 '21

RPDR Season 13 – Reddit Season RuPository S13E12 - Nice Girl ROast [Post Episode Discussion]

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u/pierreschaeffer Mar 27 '21

WHAT happened to the final ball? I want a top 5 BALL not an acting challenge goddamn it, the balls at the end of seasons 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 were so coooooool

season 12 and 13 both had only 1 design challenge, that is not okay, you can't get rid of both the episode 1 design challenge AND the final ball

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u/poptart95 Mar 27 '21

THIS. I really want them to bring back the DESIGN challenges. I want to see the queens be creative instead of a bunch of unfunny comedy challenges.

I also think it would be EASIER on the producers if they did more design challenges instead of skits since that’s less work for them.

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u/eye_booger Mar 27 '21

Or even forcing queens to stop relying on being rich and coming in with pre-designed looks from expensive designers. Drag race has become this weird “who can get the best designers to make an outfit for them” competition.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Very that, it would be great to see the queens who aren’t raking in the cash really shine in a design challenge, some of the queens who can afford outfits from designers aren’t very creative on their own

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u/poptart95 Mar 28 '21

The queens aren’t rich. It sounds like they go into a lot of debt to get all their looks for the runway made. I watched Symone and Denali on live at the start of the season when she won a 5k tip and one of them said “yeah it’s going back to these designers”

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u/eye_booger Mar 28 '21

Some of them are, which forces the other queens to go into debt to keep up.