Where Farrah was evasive and tended to look down at her notes, Peppermint catches Michelle’s eye and makes clear that this is all in good fun, even as she congratulates Michelle on her 90th birthday.Īnd it helps that Peppermint looks like 5 million dollars in a sparkling gown and huge wavy hair that would have won Best-in-Show on a pageant-themed runway. She’s instantly engaging - she even gets a laugh out of a sarcastic “Thank you, Farrah” at the top of the act. You need to think about the reference to get it, but you don’t need to think too hard, and Peppermint delivers it with a confidence forged while working the bar scene for the last decade and change. “Not since Destiny’s Child has a Michelle become so famous for riding somebody else’s coattails.” That’s a fun little joke. Michelle is a parasite.ĭuring her portion, Peppermint gets at the exact same thing, but crafts the joke way more carefully. She calls guest judge Tamar Braxton “Toni Braxton’s less talented, more annoying sister.” When going after Michelle’s sidekick status, she just says that it’s a “ood thing she’s been sucking RuPaul’s dick for so long.” And that’s the joke. But mean jokes only work if there’s some kind of twist, some way to find humor in the insult. Farrah’s jokes are mean, which is fine - this is a roast. Farrah Moan and Alexis Michelle bomb their way into the bottom this week, and in both cases, it’s because their jokes land wildly off the mark. It’s easiest to understand why the failures failed. This week, the queens have to write jokes for a roast of Michelle Visage, and while some earn laughs without breaking a sweat, others flatline. This episode makes you think about them, though. Those questions are beyond the scope of this review. What makes a joke work? Can anyone deliver a good joke if it’s crafted well enough, or does the person have to have some panache? How blue is too blue? How direct is too direct? How can two comedians deliver the exact same joke with different results? “RuPaul Roast” gets a lot of mileage out of exploring it. There’s a lot of space between landing a good joke and hearing it thud lifelessly on the floor.
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