S14 E10: Snatch Game

[K.C.]

Wtf did I watch? Everything was upside down.

So wait. Another episode with no elimination AND we've still got the golden ticket?!

 

[Nancy]

After such a strong first half to the season, this is now feeling so saggy.

 

[RS]

So when it turns out the whole thing was planned the way it was, I wonder how many of them could have been made to look funny/passable with the right kind of editing.

But yeah none of them were any good, and I thought Angeria was by far the worst. She had the easiest character and she didn’t get anything right.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Oh you’ve got to be kidding me, they ALL sucked and yet no one is going home? Fuck off Rupaul, now you’re just killing a rather good season with your antics.

 

[Sheena]

Seriously, what a fucking terrible episode. The Snatch Game was APPALLING and don't get me started on that runway- only about TWO of them were remotely HOLY. WTF was that MUSHROOM about?

But yes, WHY THE HELL did no one go home? I'm always up for a lip sync SMACKDOWN, so looking forward to the next episode, but two weeks in a row again when NO ONE ACTUALLY LEAVES. This is FARCICAL!

 

[Sheena]

Interesting that Deja is basically the front runner now, having been top three weeks in a row and with the (deserved) win this week. I totally had her down as filler...

 

[Dark Carnival]

Anyway, what a bunch of bottoms. This was bad. Even Deja was ok at best. Angeria is probably the one I’d rank lowest. I mean you already take the easy way out doing another drag queen, try to educate us about who Tammie is and then turn out THAT perf? She had so much to work with yet even the look wasn’t there. Where were the Tammie eyebrows?

 

[RS]

two weeks in a row again when NO ONE ACTUALLY LEAVES.

There is that golden chocolate too. But they’ll probably send at least two queens home next week…?

 

[Sheena]

There is that golden chocolate too. But they’ll probably send at least two queens home next week…?

You have to HOPE so but fuck knows with this season, considering how RIDICULOUS it has been so far...

 

[RS]

And yes, why didn’t they say anything about that mushroom dress?

 

[Sheena]

And yes, Deja was OK rather than GREAT but easily the only one who deserved saving. I didn't laugh once during the whole game.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I get that they might have felt the pressure of a strong group where everyone doing well, but that still doesn’t really explain the runway?

 

[Dark Carnival]

And yes, Deja was OK rather than GREAT but easily the only one who deserved saving. I didn't laugh once during the whole game.

Any other year she would have been middle of the pack at best. Yet her runway sucked. Another ill fitting oversized dress.

 

[Sheena]

Any other year she would have been middle of the pack at best. Yet her runway sucked. Another ill fitting oversized dress.

I thought ALL the runways sucked apart from Bosco.

 

[Sheena]

And despite not knowing who she was, I do think the guest judge was good- CLEARLY knew her stuff

 

[Sheena]

It would be more of a fun twist to let Deja sit on the judging panel next week…

 

[Dark Carnival]

I thought ALL the runways sucked apart from Bosco.

They had such an open high way to go so big or really anywhere they want, yet all we got is yet another church lady and that sad mushroom thing.

 

[straightorbroken]

Not even an "excuse your mouth"?

I was actually wondering what a Tammie Brown snatch game would be like just yesterday. And I still am today. This was such a disappointment.

Lady Camden should have considered doing Jinkxx. She had the look and faces down quite well.

Deja would have been safe on any other Snatch, but would need the usual bombs to pass through. It just wasn't a winning performance by any stretch, but she seems nice. Her runway was terrible.

For me, many this week, like Deja, Camden, Willow and Bosco all show how hard it must be to budget for this as I feel like we're seeing their looks become somewhat limited by expectations vs financial realities. Camden in particular looked like she had this outfit already and just hoped for the best.

I do hope Lip Sync Lollapalooza wasn't planned as Snatch should not be interfered with, but maybe the shark jumping crap will provoke a better rival show if it continues to gaslight the audience it once credited with having a familiarity with how fake reality TV is.

 

[K.C.]

The only way to make this all worth it is if Ru eliminates 2 queens, but one of them draws the golden ticket.

 

[Phoenix]

If you pit 8 queens against each with one safe in your hand, two get eliminated but one has a gold bar and one dies out of sheer boredom with this endless season. How many drag queens remain?

 

[Diddy]

HMM!! I was thinking earlier in the week about how I don't agree with people complaining about no eliminations - it's a cast that I like (for the most part), and I'm happy to get more of that "gay shit". However my approach is a harder sell when they all tank as much as this What a shitshow, and some real disappointments from my funnier favourites.

I mean honestly, I look forward to Snatch Game, but I definitely don't expect much from it any more. Which is weird because it's sort of the only part of the show that you know is coming so it SHOULD be the segment where people can watch the past games and get a decent strategy, and yet here we are. Latter-day Snatch Games are often sort of wilfully forgetten about, even though there have been some great ones, but it's always the "golden age" season queens who get lionised for it. But yeah this was a turd.

Deja... ugh I've been waiting for the flush, and now she's going to be safe next week? I guess it would be a bit harsh not to, given the circumstances but it feels a bit crap that she's the champion - sure, she had the ONLY competent Snatch, rounded off with a runway that was rotted, even for HER! She always has this blank stare and unenthusiastic clenched smile too. That WIG! Those shoulder...things.

I don't have the energy to go through everyone, but:
Snatch Game: Anjeria, WTF did she think she was doing? Interesting someone said she should've done Jinkx, she basically DID via Shakespeare via Patsy via the Deluuuusion Jinkx. Everyone one else was shit for different boring reasons.

Runway: HOLY COUTURE - did anyone even listen!? I think Anjeria was the only one who really hit both beats but in the most dull way. Jorgeous sort of did it with the .. weed Pope? It would've made sense without the blunt, and I loved the jeweled hair. Deja looked like a jumble sale, Daya looked like Lady MehMeh, Jasmine .. I don't really know what being a Gemini had to do with holy, but it looked lovely. Camden dressing like a Spice Girl (again) but... why? Then Willow with the fucking mushrooms and nobody said anything?! WTF DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH HOLY COUTURE!? Bosco (BOSCO!) probably had the best on-message runway but how many strappy non-outfits have we seen her in now? She even had one in the mini challenge!

Assuming there are 16 episodes, a top 4 and a reunion, I guess we ARE on track if someone goes home next week. So I guess that HAS to be a double elimination with a chocolate save?

 

[Diddy]

And as much as the producers are obviously doing everything they can, I really don't see how they could've staged this. I mean there was a good chance they had the Lalaparuza lined up next week, and this pretext to have one fell in their laps. I mean it would have made more sense to have 8 competitors so I don't know how they're going to get around there being 7 people.

 

[Diddy]

Oh and I meant to say I thought the judging was good this week - Dove, whoever she is, gave some really good critiques, Carson gave an unexpectedly great Ozzy impression, and even Ru & Michelle didn't turn it into a shade-rattle shitpile and were quite kind. Ru didn't half talk some shit in the werkroom though.

I did at Ru talking to Jasmine, Jasmine saying "does that make sense?" and Ru just offhandedly going "no" without any reaction from anyone CAMP!

 

[Nancy]

If you pit 8 queens against each with one safe in your hand, two get eliminated but one has a gold bar and one dies out of sheer boredom with this endless season. How many drag queens remain? Yeah

 

[COB]

Allegedly the actual prompt given to the queens for this episode was something like "what do you worship" rather than "holy couture" specifically. This seems to happen quite often in recent seasons, they tell them one thing then call it something else in the episode... I wonder if production do it on purpose

 

[Diddy]

Allegedly the actual prompt given to the queens for this episode was something like "what do you worship" rather than "holy couture" specifically. This seems to happen quite often in recent seasons, they tell them one thing then call it something else in the episode... I wonder if production do it on purpose

But to what end? If the judges don’t mention it, there’s not much story to go with.

In fact didn’t Ru say what it was in the werk room too?

 

[Generic Account]

There did seem to be a bigger disconnect between runway theme and the actual outfits than there's ever been before.

I genuinely thought the theme was mushrooms or fungi when Willow was having her mirror moment until the runway actually happened. It was so confusing.

 

[Diddy]

The themes have been a bit odd recently. Like the shoulder pads one, a fairly open concept they can do anything with, but 80% of them didn’t have shoulder pads!

 

[COB]

But to what end? If the judges don’t mention it, there’s not much story to go with.

In fact didn’t Ru say what it was in the werk room too?

He did, but before the filming starts the queens are given a list of potential runway themes so they can bring looks with them. That's what can sometimes be different from what's said during the episode - Ru saying the theme in the workroom doesn't really change anything unless it's a design challenge (or a queen is crafty enough to be able to alter an existing look to better fit a theme, which they would also have to fit around doing whatever that week's maxi challenge is so it would add a lot of pressure onto them if they tried it).

 

[Diddy]

I meant to say that Camden was giving me more Maid Marian vibes

Also this happened - not totally sure why but very swish, is that one shot?

 

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

I kind of appreciated Ru and Michelle acknowledging that they are a really strong bunch of queens who have been GREAT so far, instead of slamming them all to try and create "good tv". This season has proved Drag Race is at it's best when the queens are given chance to succeed and prove how good they are, instead of tripping them up (see also: UK season 2).

I guess they possibly could have edited Bosco and Jorgeous into a positive Snatch Game portrayal to shuffle them into the top - but probably realised that doing it this way round would be a more interesting (?) tv show narrative.
From memory the season 8 Snatch Game was pretty awful also aside from Bob as Crazy Eyes, but they edited a couple of others (adding a lot of canned laughed in the process) to make them feel like they were also in the top.

If they aren't eliminating anybody I kind of wish they'd kept Kerri Colby around for Snatch Game. She was naturally pretty funny Adore Delano-style, and I imagine she had a decent Snatch Game in her had she been given the opportunity.

 

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

Lady Camden's Shakespeare reminded me of whatever Miss Cracker's weird Snatch Game S10 was where she went into it clearly thinking she was about to nail it...only to fall flat on her face

 

[RS]

If they aren't eliminating anybody I kind of wish they'd kept Kerri Colby around for Snatch Game. She was naturally pretty funny Adore Delano-style, and I imagine she had a decent Snatch Game in her had she been given the opportunity.

The only thing that would have saved her from coming last is answering ”A dragonfly?!” to all questions.

 

[K.C.]

So many iconic Tammy Brown lines gone to waste.

"Come on Teletubby, TELEPORT US TO MARS"

(followed by Manila's equally as iconic WTF )

 

[Christian]

"HAH! HAH! I'm ACTING"

could have been shoehorned in ANYWHERE

 

[Christian]

Tammie Brown had true Alyssa Edwards Does Joan Crawford As Mommie Dearest potential where Anjie could have just ignored any context or question and instead rolled the catchphrases on out

What a FLOP

 

[Christian]

Still, I thought this was another corking episode and it had me gagging and giggling away. The best bit was Ru realising he's on to a losing a game with his Exposé reference during the mini challenge. "I need to fucking retire. They don't know SHIT about what I'm talking about"

I was fine with another non-elimination, that Snatch Game was so rotted there could be no other result than to shove them all in the bottom. Deja winning was the icing on a foul cake with a Snatch Game that consisted of a single word and one of the worst runways I've ever seen. Shocking!

Having said that, I'd be more than happy with the show keeping them all in for another two months, or even bringing a couple of them back (Kerri! Maddy!) just for the hell of it, as they're such a good bunch.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Tammie Brown had true Alyssa Edwards Does Mommie Dearest potential where Anjie could have just ignored any context or question and instead rolled the catchphrases on out

What a FLOP

Bitch had the NERVE to lecture us on how we should know the OG when she clearly has no idea who Tammie is

 

[K.C.]

Most disappointed with Bosco's Gwyneth Paltrow. So much potential.

 

[straightorbroken]

Angeria came across like a drunk fan coming up to Tammie and saying the same line over and over