Similarly, Gottmik’s choice last season to cannily weaponize her own vocal fry to deliver an utterly uncanny take on Paris Hilton helped cement her drag as being in conversation with notions of frilly femininity Symone’s funny bits as Harriet Tubman (yes, really) likewise placed her drag squarely in relation to Black history. And, more importantly, they told Ru something about Aquaria herself - in this case, that there was humor to be found even in the chilliest and unlikeliest of places. Like all great “Snatch Game” performances, the choice, the lines, the look and the delivery told a story. Knowing she’d be underestimated as a “look queen,” the eventual winner played not only to Ru’s comedic sweet spot (low-hanging political humor) but did so while delivering a just-skewed-enough version of the former first lady (“Any hole is a goal!”) that made her stand out. ‘Drag Race’ host and Emmy winner RuPaul breaks new ground with his Netflix series ‘AJ and the Queen.’ Television RuPaul has ‘done everything.’ Except this “So I thought I’d use my weakness to my advantage.” ![]() Aquaria, for instance, sailed to a win back in Season 10 by hewing close to her own personality: “Melania is just as cold and aloof as I am,” she explained. One need only look at recent winners of the challenge to witness queens who have navigated this tightrope of a walk with the requisite charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent the series demands. No matter the challenge, they’re called to tap into the self-revelatory aspect of drag. Bailey, after all, wanted to disappear into Judy, not shine through her.īut for “Drag Race” contestants, this is a desire echoed over and over again from the judges’ table week in and week out. What distinguishes these takes on pop divas, historical figures and reality TV personalities from those impersonators of yore (your Jim Baileys doing Judy Garland on stages big and small, for instance) is this imperative to reveal something of themselves in their performances. To show why they deserve a chance at the crown. To see how (and if!) they manage to fulfill the brief. ![]() Instead, he’s used this game show format as yet another way to test them. RuPaul has never asked his queens to become award-winning actors in the span of a television episode. One of the reasons “Snatch Game” looms large over this now globe-spanning franchise is how perfectly it captures what “RuPaul’s Drag Race” first envisioned itself as: a showcase for the best and brightest in contemporary drag culture that harkens back to 20th century queer culture while modeling and uplifting a decidedly 21st century queer sensibility. But the challenge also demands that queens excavate pop culture to deliver killer lines, all while illuminating something about their own approach to drag. ![]() This is because the challenge distills the essence of what a great drag queen - someone worthy of being crowned “America’s Next Drag Superstar” - needs in her arsenal. Since its arrival in the show’s second season, “The Snatch Game” has solidified itself as the moment in any given season when RuPaul and his fellow judges can suss out who can truly go all the way. When it comes to “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” there is no challenge more legendary - or more daunting - than “The Snatch Game.” A staple of the Emmy-winning reality TV competition, now in its 14th season, this “Match Game” riff allows the likes of Beyoncé and Liza Minnelli to share the stage with figures like Melania Trump and Marlene Dietrich as every drag contestant puts their impersonation skills to the test.
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