Back when the first reading challenge was presented, part of the reason Jujubee gave the best performance to this day was that she embodied her reads vocally. Also, nobody does it with panache anymore. Generally, I’m not a fan of modern reading challenges - they’re edited within an inch of their life, and the one queen who gets the most reads in the edit always wins, which takes some of the fun out of the proceedings. Following the beginning of the episode, in which Mhi’ya says more words than she’s gotten out the entire season, we get the reading challenge. My Snatch load has been blown.īut before we get to the performances themselves, I should note that the episode crams in two iconic challenges. Would it be better if some of the “meh” was either good or flop? Of course! But I laughed both with and at the queens, so I’m satisfied. Tonight, there were two legitimately good performances, one surprisingly okay one, some meh at varying degrees, and two tragedies. There are always flops, there are always some decent performances, and there are always middling queens. Despite some transcendent individual performances through the years, no Snatch Game is as great as you remember it. Ultimately, I’d say they were pretty good. It’s a constant, it’s a difficulty, and it’s what keeps Trixie Mattel up at night.Īnyway, enough ink has spilled for 15 seasons now on the idea of Snatch Game. Sometimes a queen will truly innovate in the challenge and up the stakes, like when Kennedy did a man, Bob did two characters, or Gigi actively went against Ru’s advice, but most of the time the challenge is as it was. The smart queens choose a character they know Ru will like, and the smarter queens are funny even if she doesn’t. In a season that has been rife with strategy and where the queens are actively and occasionally tiringly playing into what they think the show wants from them (would they be constantly calling themselves dumb if Ru didn’t like it?), Snatch Game is the test. This shit is hard, and the show is all the better for it.īy now, the one true rule of Snatch Game is firmly established: Make RuPaul laugh. Even queens who are clearly prepared can end up tanking during Snatch Game, something that doesn’t happen with pre-made makeover looks or a pre-written verse. It’s a gladiator battle without anything but your wit to help you. The iconic performances are funnier, and bombs are more tragic than any other challenge because the queens have no room to move. Part of the reason Snatch Game works so well as a divider is that it is, in fact, really hard. Even one of the presumed filler queens got the boost she needed this week to have a full arc. We’ve been in a bit of a lull this season - the contenders were fully established but there was still some filler - but now it’s full steam ahead. Most seasons can be separated into BS and AS (Before Snatch and Anno Snatch), with the before being filler and the after being the main characters. Snatch Game works best as a ratcheting up of the pace and a divider of the season. It was a fun experiment but not something I’d ever want to see again. It’s Snatch Game! Woohoo!! Everybody’s favorite challenge that inevitably turns out to be worse than you remember (then romanticized within a few months) is back, baby! Last year’s Snatch Game left me with Snatch blue balls - they did the episode with 14 queens, dividing them into two crews.
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