"RuPaul's Drag Race" House of Fashion (TV Episode 2023) Poster

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6/10
Very confused by the judging and still too short episodes.
BulmaPunkRocker29 January 2023
This episode was definitely better than the last one, with a classic mini-challenge that unfortunately didn't show us much of the girls, because they're still many (I'm not complaining about it), but they edited the segment very short, so we didn't have too much time to enjoy it.

The main challenge was one of those I look forward to each season, yet we didn't get to know how the teams were picked, if it wasn't for some of the Queens' narrations that it was randomly assigned.

I do appreciate that the directors did included a little bit of RuPaul's feedback with some of the teams in the workroom, unlike the past episode.

I really love to see the Queens doing their magic, arts and crafts in the workroom, we got some of that, but not much. The time is still lacking for all of them.

Now, what I really couldn't understand was the placements. I feel, based on the main challenge, that the right person won and the right person went home, but I honestly feel that the other 2 bottom placements didn't belong there, purely based on the execution of the main challenge. And I know about this, I pay bills with wath they did. 2 people who were safe I honestly think should have been bottom. Also, some safe should have been high too.

It's so confusing because of this decision of having so many Queens with 40 minute episodes. It's a very bad move and both, production and the broadcaster should make arrangements regarding this issue. Besides the dumb decisions of not broadcasting the episodes on the same date on international MTV channels (like all serious channels do to avoid piracy, like HBO, Fox, AMC, etc), it takes knowing one person with WoW+ and you can organise a viewing whenever you all can/want. You know I'm not gonna pay for my own subscription when you're not giving quality and you're being disrespectful to the artists.
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8/10
Best ball of all time.
zakisgamers28 January 2023
Still hindered by the 40min runtime House of Fashion is still able to deliver a drag race bundle of entertainment with drama from the queens and strong challenge performances and and overall well deserved win. Each queen did well in their own respect and the worst look was still amazingly high quality. Overall, this episode was a good step back to the roots of drag race, however we need our hour long episodes again to get more development for queens on the season. The short edit had all but erased a few queens including a bottom queen to favour more continued dramas, this needs to be fixed each queen is fierce and it is not fair to the effort they all put in to get their own stories sidelined. Good episode, needs to be much longer.
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5/10
It's Rotting
jamieaholding29 January 2023
From here it is quite clear just how much of an impact the 40m run-time is having on the show. The producers are working damn hard to try and throw something together when ultimately they know it'll never be as good as the original 60m.

We finally got a mini-challenge this week, but don't worry, almost all the queens only had time for one, yes, one, read.

It's sad to see such a promising season being cut at the knees and left for dead. The run-time issues are present in every single part of the show and it's rotting away at the potential.

There is very little positive to say here. The judging was fair (not that we get to see deliberation) and the designs were pretty good.

I just hope they get back to 60m as soon as possible, because I'm now struggling to watch such an amazing show being mutilated into a rushed 40m mess.
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5/10
Looks were good, but..
gusthgr-5784431 January 2023
40 minute episode still feels rushed and weird. Maybe this will get better in the last episodes when there will be fewer queens. The unlucky queens that will leave in the first episodes will barely get any screen time, which is really unfair considering how much they spend on looks and taking time of their own lives to go on the show. As a viewer, I feel really bad for them, and It's not the feeling I'm looking for on a show like this.

In this particular episode the looks were actually good. The cast is amazing. What threw me off was the reading challenge: with only one rushed read for each queen it was one of the most annoying things ever on the show, on my 10 years of watching it.
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