The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special

What a wonderfully offensive, crude and funny holiday movie. What more can one say about a one hour twist on classic holiday songs and new one as well. And there's a naked guy who may or may not be Jesus. If you have an hour to spare you should probably watch something else but if you have two hours to spare then save one for this little gem. It's lowbrow but fun.

I knew her from Drag Race of course, but when I saw INFERNO A-GO-GO! In Ptown, I left convinced that DeLa would at some point accidentally write the 21st century's answer to "Angels in America." That hasn't happened yet, but she's definitely getting closer with each outing.

DeLa's dedicated to silly puns and gags, but her ambition and perfectionism always pushes her to be more insightful than the campy dictates of the form demands. The most "blasphemous" joke even turns out to a little profound.

The half hour covers a *lot* of ground and a lot of costumes. Jinkx is certainly no second fiddle and is in fine voice throughout. The two play off each others' persona's with ease.

We definitely need more specials. There's a bit too many "whimsical" takes on alcohol abuse here but there's a lot of very sharp meta-commentary going on as well. Sometimes needing everything to be "just perfect" pays off.

Jinkx Monsoon and Ben de la Creme in a Christmas special that packs a punch, where nothing and no one is spared and the nasty jibes against everything that seems sacred to everyone at Christmas and yet is so hypocritically bypassed land at least 90% in the pit of the stomach and the laugh muscles at the same time. Add to that an amazingly good singing voice by Jinkx and the result is a brisk hour of good entertainment, provided you have a critical attitude towards church and religion anyway. Otherwise, you might want to throw Molotov cocktails into the TV.

Everything about this is so charming, fun, and witty. I laughed out loud multiple times. Jinkx, DeLa, and the ensemble are incredibly talented. The costume and set design was also wonderful- it's very hard to take your eyes off the screen. Loved the attention to detail and overall message too!

I don't know why but I can imagine rewatching this every year at an interactive movie theater like we do for Rocky Horror.