"HERstory of the World" | |
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 3 |
Presented by | RuPaul |
Original air date | September 8, 2016 |
Guest appearance | |
"HERstory of the World" is the third episode of season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars , which aired in 2016 and features a musical theatre challenge (known within the Drag Race franchise as a Rusical).
"HERstory of the World" was the season's first hour-long episode. [1] In the Rusical, Alaska Thunderfuck, Alyssa Edwards, Detox, Ginger Minj, and Roxxxy Andrews portray a Britney Spears-inspired Eve, [2] Annie Oakley, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Eva Peron respectively. [3] [4] Katya portrays Princess Diana, [5] and Phi Phi O'Hara portrays Helen of Troy. [6]
"Herstory" refers to the history of Drag Race. [7] As of early 2021, the Rusical was among the top five most-watched RuPaul's Drag Race performances of all time on YouTube, with approximately 4.5 million views. [8]
Stephen Daw of Billboard wrote, "While it was far from the first Rusical, HERstory of the World certainly helped cement the Rusical's status as a mainstay challenge on Drag Race, thanks to how exceedingly well it was executed." [5] In 2020, Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant deemed the Rusical among the show's worst and said "HERstory of the World" was "messy". [9]