Fake TV Critic

The game has changed! After immediately revealing everyone's identities (I was right on 4 out of 5, thankyouverymuch), the contestants on season 2 of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race perform together in a group number from the Vegas live show (because what is Drag Race if not one giant franchise marketing tool) and then each individually perform RuPaul songs. The results are mixed, with some strong showings from the usual crop and a very disappointing turn from one of our favorites. But we're one step closer to finding out which celebrity is taking home the crown and the $100k for charity, and next week we're getting SNATCH GAME!

Also, I was back on Small Town Failing today, one of my favorite podcasts with one of my favorite podcast hosts, so make sure you give our episode about the Hallmark Mahogany movie Unthinkably Good Things a listen wherever you listen to your podcasts (just click that link).

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Welcome to a no-edits episode of Fake TV Critic! I was too lazy to edit out the chaos of this week's discussion with Ande of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race, so you get a conversation about downloading audio so we don't lose content and a really long math lesson where we try to figure out how old we were in middle school. Other than that, it's business as usual over VH1, until the surprise twist ending, that is. Tune in next week to find out who's underneath the makeup and wigs!

This week's episode of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race had a bunch of special guests, but you're stuck with just me and Ande recapping, dissecting, and rambling on about episode four: "Drag Duets."

You know what's fun? This season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 7: All Winners: Queen of All Queens (could we fit another subtitle in there?). I'm talking about the finale (spoilers ahead, obviously) and the season, as a whole, and why it was such a joy to watch.

You know what's not fun? Getting COVID again. But at least it gave me some time to watch the TV I'd been missing, so I'm touching on a bunch of shows I've streamed in the last week that deserve your attention.

Also not fun? Anchor got rid of my bongo transition sound, so.... yeah, I guess I have to experiment with new ones to see if I find one that doesn't suck and isn't 20 seconds long.

This story is developing, but I jumped on to record immediately because I was too amped not to! Jen Shah of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, whose Shah-rrest on charges of wire fraud and money laundering we've been covering for over a year now, submitted a surprise, last-minute plea of "guilty" in the SDNY courts today. Let's talk about it!

Also, I was on Small Town Failing today, one of my favorite podcasts with one of my favorite podcast hosts, so if you're here because you listened to that... welcome to the chaos!

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This is a very different episode, and I apologize for that. But I can't not talk about what's going on in regards to gun violence. So this week's introduction is a plea for everyone to take action and get involved instead of feeling hopeless.

But this is a TV podcast, so I'm covering Stranger Things 4, which I was hoping would help me escape the overall grossness of the world but fell short. Sorry about it.

Call your reps! 202-224-3121 (script available at https://5calls.org/issue/gun-safety-reform/

What a good gay week! We got the season three premiere of Legendary on HBO Max and the long-awaited, much-anticipated premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 7 (AKA All Winners). FINALLY! The holy grail of reality competition shows comes to Drag Race!

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The CW axed more than half its lineup this week, and Jessica Biel plays a woman who axed her best friend on Hulu's miniseries Candy. I'm talking about both of those, as well as Starz's boring-ass comedy/horror/drama/mystery Shining Vale. It was a mediocre week for television viewing, but at least Drag Race Espana is still having fun.

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