Spoof! (There It Is)

"**Spoof! (There It Is)**"
"Spoof! (There It Is)"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 7; Episode 4
Guest appearances
	Jessica Alba; Lucian Piane;
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"Spoof! (There It Is)" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[1]^[2]^[3] It originally aired on March 23, 2015. Jessica Alba and Lucian Piane are guest judges. Kennedy Davenport wins the episode's challenge, and Trixie Mattel is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync against Pearl.

Episode

Jessica Alba (left) and Lucian Piane (right) served as guest judges.

For the episode's main challenge, the contestants team up to create music video parodies to songs by RuPaul.^[4]

"Team Get Ready to Clock" (spoof of "Sissy That Walk"): Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Max, and Violet Chachki
Team I Got Paid (spoof of "Let the Music Play"): Ginger Minj, Kandy Ho, Kennedy Davenport, and Mrs. Kasha Davis
Team Tan With U (spoof of "Dance with U"): Katya, Miss Fame, Pearl, and Trixie Mattel

On the runway, the category is "Green". In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews is a judge and Jessica Alba and Lucian Piane are guest judges.

Kennedy Davenport (left, pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022) won the episode's main challenge; Trixie Mattel (right, pictured at the 2018 event) was eliminated from the competition.

Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Katya, and Kennedy Davenport receive positive critiques, and Kennedy Davenport wins the challenge. Kando Ho, Pearl, and Trixie Mattel receive negative critiques, and Kando Ho is deemed safe. Pearl and Trixie Mattel place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Dreaming" by Blondie. Trixie Mattel is eliminated from the competition.^[5]

Production

The episode originally aired on March 23, 2015.

Piane had previously been a guest judge on the fourth season's "Frenemies" and appeared in the fifth season's "Can I Get an Amen?" He was also a guest judge on the sixth season's "Shade: The Rusical" and the seventh season's ninth episode "Divine Intervention". Piane would later serve as a guest judge on the eighth season's second ("Bitch Perfect") and fourth ("New Wave Queens") episodes.

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B+'.^[6]

References

^ Ehrman-Dupre, Joe (March 25, 2015). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Season 7, Episode 4 — 'Spoof! (There It Is)'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ Boulet, Ruth (March 24, 2015). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 episode 4 recap: Spoof! (There It Is)". Channel Guide Magazine. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ Libby, Katie. ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 7, Episode 4: Spoof!". CITY Magazine. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: 'Spoof!'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ Carpentier, Megan; Moylan, Brian (March 24, 2015). "RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season seven, episode four – Spoof!". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^ "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Spoof!"". The A.V. Club. March 24, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

External links

Spoof! (There It Is) at IMDb
"RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE" RECAP: EPISODE 4, "SPOOF! (THERE IT IS)", Logo TV
IMDB entry for the corresponding episode of Untucked

[1] Ehrman-Dupre, Joe (March 25, 2015). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Season 7, Episode 4 — 'Spoof! (There It Is)'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[2] Boulet, Ruth (March 24, 2015). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 episode 4 recap: Spoof! (There It Is)". Channel Guide Magazine. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[3] Libby, Katie. ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 7, Episode 4: Spoof!". CITY Magazine. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[4] "'RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: 'Spoof!'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[5] Carpentier, Megan; Moylan, Brian (March 24, 2015). "RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season seven, episode four – Spoof!". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

[6] "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Spoof!"". The A.V. Club. March 24, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

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