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It was a fun experiment but not something Id ever want to see again.
Snatch Game works best as a ratcheting up of the pace and a divider of the season.
Even one of the presumed filler queens got the boost she needed this week to have a full arc.
Its a gladiator battle without anything but your wit to help you.
This shit is hard, and the show is all the better for it.
By now, the one true rule of Snatch Game is firmly established: Make RuPaul laugh.
), Snatch Game is the test.
Its a constant, its a difficulty, and its what keeps Trixie Mattel up at night.
Anyway, enough ink has spilled for 15 seasons now on the idea of Snatch Game.
The real question is how this crop did.
Ultimately, Id say they were pretty good.
Despite some transcendent individual performances through the years, no Snatch Game is as great as you remember it.
There are always flops, there are always some decent performances, and there are always middling queens.
Not a bad track record.
Would it be better if some of the meh was either good or flop?
But I laughed both with and at the queens, so Im satisfied.
My Snatch load has been blown.
For what its worth, I knew immediately that Xunami was sunk.
Ru seems into her Gold Tooth Fairy, which is wrong.
She never articulates her angle, only that she is free to choose any angle she wants.
Also, Im not into made-up characters.
Okay, onto Snatch.
I do not care for Qs comedy.
She is a competent queen, but lately Ive come to find her competence dull.
Eight weeks in, I feel confident saying it: She is just not interesting enough for me.
Xunami is so bad it is funny, while Nymphia is mostly just sad.
Xunami has no idea what shes doing, and Nymphias idea isnt funny.
That could be the weakness that loses her the competition.
The final member of the top row is Dawn, who is fine.
Her issue is that rather than play Meghan McCain, she criticizes Meghan McCain.
It would be both funnier and sharper commentary not to be so blunt.
Our first great Snatch of the episode is Sapphira as James Brown.
She has yet to screw up.
You couldnt think of a time to yell at somebody about a phone, girl?
Morphines Anna Delvey is just boring, and Youre poor does not a character make.
Mhiya gets a lot of credit this week for her performances as Trinas cousin Shaquita.
Its great to see her do well.
Im happy that her trajectory has changed, and I hope she keeps it up.
Also, I dont think this performance wasthatgood; it was mostly just surprising.
Finally, theres our winner.
Slavic accents are,sorry, often inherently funny in the way that the accents onDerry Girlsare inherently funny.
When they ended the game, I was disappointed I wouldnt get to see more of her.
The runway category this week is Dancing Queen.
Q is the robot, which Im pretty sure translates to I already had a robot costume.
This week falls into the latter category.
Dawn has the unfortunate onus of following Nymphia, but her polka look is cute enough.
Morphines Flamenco outfit is adorable.
Mhiya continues her good week with a solid 90s hip-hop look.
Planes Latin ballroom outfit is a little underwhelming.
Ultimately, Plane wins out, even if Sapphira was right at her heels with the better runway.
Plane says some shit that gets people annoyed.
More strategy talk this week with the potions thing!
I cannot imagine Plane using it on someone else unless its the last week.
Top-Four Predictions:The top three are clear with Nymphia, Sapphira, and Plane.
Nymphias gotta have more than a bad Snatch Game for me to lose complete faith in her.
Against my will, I will stick with Q for the fourth spot.
His advice: (1) Land your jokes!
(2) That lady is seasoned; she loves a classic.
stash your new shit for TikTok!
Gothy continuing to be there while having the runway walk shes got is insane.
Sorry to say it, but theres no love lost for me with Jonbers going home.
Just not my kind of queen.
Still, I reiterate: This is primarily a Marina and LGD stan account.
