She is a diva, she’s not just being difficult. What more could you want? Jaida’s brand of divadom works for me because it feels like part of her persona. Jaida gave you looks on looks on the runway (obsessed with her fall ensemble), drama in the rehearsal, a killer performance in the main challenge and a dynamic lip sync. If someone doesn’t get that you were referencing Fergie’s iconic National Anthem performance when you said “Let’s play some basketball,” that’s their loss! You don’t need to hold their hand, Jan! 1. One thing I worry about: Her tendency to explain the joke. It’s OK to tip your cap to your inspirations-it doesn’t make your drag less uniquely you. There’s a long legacy of spooky and weird queens not just on this show, but also on Dragula and in the drag world as a whole. One thing: I wish she’d stop talking about how no one does what she does. There’s clearly a spirit of fun in Aiden, as could be seen in her spring and fall runway looks. I still think she’s a bit self-serious for a drag queen-I think she’d come across better if she lightened up even a little. She killed the performance, fully embodying the spirit of a Fosse challenge and quickly shutting my skeptical mouth up. Imagine a fairly large gap between Dahlia and Aiden, because me putting them next to each other implies a level of closeness that isn’t fair to Aiden. Her runways alone were enough for me to give her a pass, but I’m not sure how she’ll fare in an even bigger pond next week. (Seriously, I closed my eyes at one point and just listened to her talk, and I could’ve sworn I was listening to Aja.) Across both premieres, Dahlia’s is the only performance I’d call out-and-out bad-her nerves clearly got the better of her, and she came across as unsure. But her performance style and voice make her sound more like Aja’s twin than her daughter. She’s more immediately polished than Aja was in Season 9, and has a more feminine aesthetic in drag. It’s unreal how similar Dahlia is to her drag mother Aja.
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