RuPaul's Drag Race is returning to its roots by reinstating multiple sewing challenges, a hallmark of earlier seasons. This shift allows for a more fair evaluation of contestants' design skills rather than letting queens with resources win by purchasing outfits. Recent seasons have included more challenges that test sewing abilities, which helps to identify candidates who are truly talented. These design challenges serve both as eliminators and narrative devices, illustrating the importance of creativity and skill in competition.
Adding additional sewing challenges refocuses the competition and makes it so girls with money can't just skate through by paying designers to make them nice outfits.
Including these late-stage sewing challenges makes it so the girls' design abilities can be judged harshly, not just on ability, but on taste.
Eliminating Plasma was a thrilling choice by the show - she was more expendable than we realized, because there was still enough top-level talent for the endgame without her.
This week's extra sewing challenge showed its value as a narrative device for the top performers.
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