Kori King, who spent the entire werk room segment bragging about her "improv training," does a stand-up comedy routine about farts. Literally. Five minutes of fart jokes. When a joke bombs, she points at the audience and says, "You guys don't get high-brow humor." Troye Sivan whispers to Michelle, "Is this real?" It is real. And it is tragic. Untucked: The Wig Snatch Heard ‘Round the World The Untucked lounge becomes a war zone. While the top queens celebrate Jewels Sparkles, the bottom queens turn on each other.
A- (Minus for Kori King’s comedy; plus for Jewels’ stilt-walking and the wig-throwing.) RuPaul--39-s Drag Race Season 17 - Episode 2
Here is a breakdown of the ten performances (not all 14 queens perform in this episode; the premiere’s rate-a-queen twist continues, but Episode 2 focuses on the remaining half). Hormona Lisa strips off her Victorian gown to reveal a body stocking covered in... pickles. She performs a striptease to "Raspberry Beret." It’s campy, weird, and slightly uncomfortable. Michelle Visage mouths, "I smell a dill-lemma." Safe. Kori King, who spent the entire werk room
Jewels does a "broken doll" acrobatic routine. She enters on stilts, collapses, and then contorts her body into a human cube before springing back up to do a death drop from a ladder. It is physically impossible. It is dangerous. It is perfection. RuPaul declares, "You have raised the bar for the Variety Show." Jewels Sparkles wins the challenge and a cash tip of $5,000. The Bottom 3 (The Bloodbath) Joella (Low Safe) Joella attempts to sing a power ballad about her hometown of Los Angeles. She is flat. Not just a little flat—geologically flat. She forgets the second verse and yells, "WOO!" to cover it up. It doesn't work. She survives because two others were worse. When a joke bombs, she points at the