Drag Race has a variety of improv challenges, but Snatch Game is byfar the most famous. Let's take a look at one. instagram: @katelynforrester #improv #dragrace #LGBT #lgbtqia #commentary #reaction #rupaulsdragrace
The fact that Jinkx was paired with Dave, like, more than a decade ago and they talked about that crazy Judy Garland story, that she then referenced here AS JUDY is just, next level.
I loved it, too. It also did - in the silliest way possible- capture what I thought was the spirit of some of his more interesting interviews. So I don't think she did as bad as a lot of people say she did. That's just my opinion though 😅
i have seen some of Prince's interviews, and you can definitely see the mannerisms come through and was pretty accurate most of the time. it's just that the answers didn't land much
I am OBSESSED with her concerned tone and face when she says it too, it’s so funny. She’s so concerned that he doesn’t know it’s a set and that just SELLS the joke so much harder
@@katelynisspooky 1) you should do a top 5 or 10 of snatch game performances, Jinx’s Judy is my number 3 of all time, 2nd is Alyssa Edwards’ (version of Faye Dunaway’s) Joan Crawford (from Mommie Dearest). Ru got this winner wrong. 1st was the incomparable Bendela Crème’s Maggie Smith (as the dowager duchess). This was a huge upset as I’m sure everyone thought Bianca Del Rio’s Judge Judy had it in the bag. And she was great, but Bendela was improv goal. 2) talk about your favorite Whose Line episode, mine is the one where Richard Simmons just pops in. It’s unending laughter from start to finish.
@@RLucas3000 I 100% agree with Alyssa's Joan being one of the best SG ever - however Alaska won that fair and square, she absolutely killed it too. also Viv's Trump, Dela's Paul Lynde, Chad's Cher, Gottmik's Paris Hilton, Jimbo's Shirley Temple = other crème de la crème picks (honorable mention - Jujubee for the hysterical thermostat reply)
Madame is an iconic ventriloquist puppet mostly from the 70s and 80s, created and voiced by the late great Wayland Flowers. She was known for her wit and puns
The absolute genius of Jinkx able to do one of Judy's traits which is singing which is always something difficult to do because of copyright on Drag Race is to just sing RuPaul songs.
As an older gay man who gets the old references in gay subculture I wish that you had done a quick Google search on Waylon flowers and Madam and on Diana Vreeland they were both gay icons of the past. Diana Vreeland was a magazine editor at Vogue I believe and then became the head of the metropolitan museums costume collection. Waylon Flowers and his gang of puppets performed in gay bars and TV shows as well as having her own series called Madams Place. The reason I say this is because if you had the information you would have seen how amazing Raja’s performance was.
I agree 💯! If you're going to do a reaction vid, atleast look up the actual people that are being referenced in video. Raja did a Fab job! I understand that if people don't have time to do research on the stuff, life n such.
People saying, "I never head of that," or "I don't get the reference" in the era of Google is kinda baffling to me. Especially in this genre of video-making.
Isn't it an expected responsibility of someone putting out their opinion as content to at least use the opportunity to educate themselves and the viewers about what they are reviewing???? 🤔
@@boogiebear3027Truly! While I appreciate the video and I’m not out here making my own RU-vid content, so I’ll keep the critique short. She really should have looked up the characters she didn’t know, especially because with the exception of Monet’s Mike and Martin (and Jaida’s Prince) she didn’t know any of the black characters. As an improv coach I would have thought she’d give insight on how to improve their impressions.
I'm not even a part of the community and I know who Waylon Flowers and Madame are because I grew up in the '70s and '80s and saw them on TV all the time. I loved Madame's Place when I was a kid. Personally I think younger members of the LGBTQ+ community should know their history regardless of whether or not they're making videos. The other day I was watching someone's RU-vid video about the history of drag and she didn't even mention the documentary The Queen. Like, I'm a straight person and even I've watched that documentary. 🤷🏻♀️
The absolute GALL it took for Jinx to do another bit after Ru had called an end to the show. I was on the floor the first time I watched it. She was absolutely brilliant.
Jinkx's Judy had me in TEARS; what i would give to experience this snatch game for the first time again Jinkx is the perfect example of a masterclass of how to impersonate and hone the character; i wish i could even have a sliver of that talent
She was brilliant. She played into a character's over the top traits without being one note or downright insulting like some previous queens, I'm looking at you Gia Gunn.
Two snatch games that immediately come to mind are the one with Maria The Robot and the one with Melania because of the surprise factor associated with the performers.
The "China" joke Melania had is maybe my favorite moment on the whole Snatch Game realm, Aquaria was SO FAST for that! She couldn't have prepared that beforehand
Snatch game would be the one improv challenge that people think of on drag race, but one of my favorite challenges in all of drag race was All stars 3 “The Bitchelor”
The Bitchelor was so good. Trixie was robbed because Milk was just so bad of a partner. And if anyone ever doubted that Kennedy Davenport is fucking hilarious, her performance in the challenge was the perfect reminder.
@@thirdeyyye this made so mad! Trixie had it in the bag with the character and was ruined by Milk. Maybe a good reaction from this channel so she can give tips of what to do or react to how she handled this situation.
As an American I'm familiar with other Catherine Tate roles or her as a person and I felt like I didn't get any of the references. It must be because I don't know that character
It's like when Tayce (UK S2) did Jane Tuner as Kath from Kath and Kim. I loved it, because I'm Aussie and loved that show but I imagine it was lost on Americans and probably a lot of the Brits, it was certainly lost on Ru.
Viv was my biggest disappointment in the AS7 Snatchgame easily - not because she bombed or anything, but her Trump is easily one of the best snatchgames ever so expectations were crazy high. sadly I think neither Patsy (icon but NOT easy to do), nor Nan were imo good picks (luckily Viv recovered with a bang in 'Fairytale Justice')
I figured out what Jada was missing with her Prince impression. Her jokes are funny because Prince was sexy and confident, but he wasn’t much for eye contact and she’s staring straight at Ru with her lines. If she would’ve avoided eye contact or just stared at the camera with a mild sexual intensity, all of her lines would’ve been funnier.
When I was a very little girl (I'm 51 now) my mom would send me out of the room when Madame would be on comedy shows because she was a dirty-talking puppet voiced by comedian Wayland Flowers (thank goodness for google, I didn't know his name!).
Diana Vreeland is the former editor in chief of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and was a fashion columnist. Madame was a puppet on a show from the 80s titled Madame's Place, but it was a more adult-oriented humor puppet show.
Jynkx used the echo of the Frank Sinatra joke later in the season during the set where the queens were roasting each other. She said she was sniffing a line when she had time to stop and consider: "have I become my mother?"
A lot of the references people don't get are older references from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, because that was what was popular when Ru was a kid, back before there were so many shows and the internet, there was a limited amount of entertainment. People from that era have all watched and loved the same things for years. That is why Raja picked Madame, because Ru would love it. The entire point of the Snatch Game is to make Ru laugh. That's how you win it!
See the thing about snatch game isnt always to understand the character but its about making it funny. Like when Jinkx did little Eadie no one knew who that was
As an amateur, one of the things I noticed about Jinx’s Judy Garland, was how she juxtaposed seeming obliviousness with smart jokes. She played into Judy being a bit out of it, which could be a combination of her drug use and just being from a different time, making the smart comebacks and jokes hit that much harder.
I found Trinity's Lucifer to be just such an obvious choice? Like it was cohesive for sure and there were funny moments but every joke was SO obvious, there was never anything I wouldn't have anticipated. Whereas say Monet's Mike Tyson was funny but I wasn't expecting "penis-cillian" as an answer 😅
I was rolling in laughter with Trinity and got shock and the judges said it was obvious make Lucifer gay. I mean… Since when? Not even before in the show that happened before. I think the whole omg I’m gay jokes are def safe or obv, she’s really just saying just of bunch of gay phrases but mixed it Lucifer drag it makes at least my brain go malfunctioning. I was really dying of laughing.
Your comments aren’t wrong for the audience but ultimately you should be doing who you think Ru knows and will make him laugh. So what if a viewer doesn’t know who a character is, if Ru thinks you’re funny that’s literally all that matters.
Yvie’s Rico Nasty is an accurate portrayal, but you’re right. The jokes just don’t land. Comedy and acting isn’t really her strong suit, her drag is much more about the aesthetic impact of her character and her lip syncing capabilities, which is up there as one of the strongest in the entire DR franchise.
I think if you’re gonna do more RPDR a video on the read challenges and more specifically going into the meta process of joking about others in your improv group and setting appropriate improv boundaries around what is or isn’t okay could be a neat topic
You Skip the BEST part, the end after Ru's "time it's up", with Jinx singing the opening of Drag Race "may the best woman win" and Trinity interrupting with "They changed to Drag Queen" 😂. That's THE moment on that Snatch Game. I quote "They changed It to Drag Queen" too much, It was superb comeback. For reference: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HFWhb1V3Sp8.htmlsi=rV8QMc6cUjlxNkoJ
I think some of the characters were also just not given enough air time, or their better jokes were edited out for the sake of the story line. I really liked Raja's Diana Vreeland, but it's clear that she wasn't given much time to develop or play up her jokes.
Don't know how this video was recommended to me... but as a drag queen who dreams they can be on RPDR (and currently taking improve classes) I am glad it was! Love the brakedown, useful. I definitely need to check out the rest of your channel. More please
Good luck WHEN you get on RPDR….it can turn a job into a career. Positive energy. The first step in Improv as I know it is “Yes, and….” Good God Get It Gurl! -Stella Zafella (retired old drag singer from SF)😎💋
I just had such a face/palm moment with why it's called the Snatch Game! I didn't know the old game show was called the Match Game in the US (it's called Blankety Blank here 🇬🇧).Suddenly it all makes sense!
You should absolutely watch season 5 snatch game, jinx’s little Edie is damn good and it was one of the first out of left field characters that proved people wrong
I agree on Jada' Prince not working as Prince but I think Jada took a good approach to that by giving into how it wasn't working and starting to make fun of herself in the performance. She chose to be in on the joke of how she was bombing and that's a much better option than the queens who aren't connecting with their performance and just keep trying to work it the same way.
The Lady Chablis was a singer in Savannah, GA. She became fameous for the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. That movie was about a journalist (played by John Cusack) doing a story on a society murder involving an "everybody knows he's gay but it isn't publicly said" socialite played by Kevn Spacey. The murder was a real one in Savannah history, and the filmmakers made the movie in Savannah featuring real people who are local color in town. The Lady Chablis was one of them. She played herself in the movie, as it was determined that (a) she was still alive, and (b) she sure as heck knew how to play the part. It didn't matter that she was X years old when making the movie, but she had been X-Y when the events originally happened. She was compelling and delightful.
The rainbow piece was only funny because we know Judy was an actress/singer. There was nowhere else for Jinkx to go with that, really, to make it memorable! Chef's kiss!
I'd love to see ur break down of Bendela's appearances on snatch game. To this day I still didn't get over the "Excuse me, we invented the language!" line 😂
Thank you so much for this reaction video. I fell in love with Jinkx in Season 5 Snatch Game when she did little Eddie. I didn't know of Little Eddie until that, (so relate t what you said when you are unaware of who they are portraying). Jinkx is my Queen of All Queens and sooo deserve her title.
It’s absolutely no shock that Jinkx is Queen of the Queens. My partner and I have been huge fans of hers since her original season. So much of a fan that she inspired our dog’s name when we rescued her. Shes a beautiful pit bull and we named Jynx.
i really liked this video and hope you keep making more of these. however, i'd love to see MORE of your insight and knowledgeable commentary on the material you're watching, please don't be afraid to interrupt the piece you're analyzing, that's i think why most of us are here for.
Jinkx's Judy Garland overshadowed everything this season... No one will ever top her performance. Monet was underrated here- watching it back I see she did great. But Luci is so smart because the guests and hosts know how to play with that character- improv is an interaction. If no one knows how to play along its not as fun.
Ngl, your videos kept popping up in my algorithm and even though I love improv podcasts and stuff, I was always like “Oh I’m not gonna watch an improvisor watch improv, its just gonna be them saying something is funny and how they would do it 🙄” but I was very wrong, and deeply appreciate your breakdown of the craft! I shouldn’t have assumed. I’m gonna go watch the rest of your videos now. Sorry kween ❤
As an improviser, drag artist and drag race fan, I love this video topic! But imo snatch game isn’t really very improvised compared to most improv theatre/comedy. Esp the people who do well at snatch game actually pre-prepare a lot. You can see how they mould their answers to fit any question. A lot of them have gags with props. Little bits are improvised sure but not loads. A lot of the queens are great at improv, I saw jinx recently do an actual long form improv show and she was PHENOMENAL. And many who have never taken a class are still great from all the hosting / crowd work and just quick wits. But imo snatch game isn’t really a full reflection of their improv abilities. I think a video about some of the improv acting challenges on drag race would be interesting. Cus IMO those show a lot of “bad” improv habits. Like who can shout the loudest or be the craziest in order to steal attention. They also build into the challenge the competitiveness present, and queens are often criticised when they don’t shine as much as others. Whereas actual improv theatre/comedy is a at a base level a supportive team game, where the support moves are just as important as the funny characters. So it’s interesting to see competitive improv. Reminds me of American beginner improv jams in a bad way lol. I suppose the closest thing I can think of is some short form / theatre sports where there’s less teamwork and it’s more just about throwing out funny witty lines.
Trinity was the devil because it’s rumored that she was anonymous on Reddit with the name “She Devil By Night” (I think that’s the name). It’s been a running joke in the RPDR world! 😂😂😂😂
The issue with Viv playing Nan isn't that it's a niche character - lots of fan favourites have been characters that most haven't been familiar with. It's that Nan isn't a fully developed character, she's a sketch character with two jokes recycled weekly with new words (like most sketch characters). Viv started off painted into a corner.
imo the boogieman double meaning is clever; the gay devil is just very safe because sure it's gonna be funny because trinity's just making the devil a caricature of herself. Then she switches to Leslie Jordan and is even more literally herself, with her own voice and just saying what she would say apart from a couple short jokes (since her defining characteristic of both characters seems to be that they're gay).
I think it would help to at least google come of the characters. Diana Vreeland is very well known. Madame puppet had many appearances in many shows. Granted I'm older; put a little research would be helpful for someone too young to understand who the characters are/were
Season 4 snatch game has the most chaotic ones in all of drag race. All Stars 2 is probably the best. All Stars 4 has some great and terrible ones. Season 13 is one of the best ones among the normal seasons.
Problem with Viv’s Nan is it’s also not a particularly good impression of Tate as Nan. Lauren would have been a better choice of a Tate character, because even if you don’t know the character she could have got laughs. A better choice would have been Cilla Black.
The problem with doing Catherine Tate, rather than doing a character of her, is copyright issues, supposedly. So the work-around for it was to become one of the actors characters, leaning towards either the most well known, or just the one that the contestant feels the most comfortable with.
“No one has ever met Lucifer” Speak for yourself lol.. JK - I’m a recent follower and truly enjoy your breakdowns and evaluations of improv across all these landscapes! Thank you for sharing your genius comprehension of quick humor!
@@Rawrmuffin0I don't know the source, but the only joke I found kind of funny was the money one, and I think even most of that was the participation of the other Queens. I wasn't super impressed with this first round. Only a couple made me laugh. The next group cracked me up.
Eyyy Edinburgh Festival mention! I didn't know that Monet had done a show there -- I went to see Jinkx's in 2022 and also saw her live there earlier in the year.
It's funny you say you knew Martin because it was on at home all the time, but you didn't get the Lady Chablis reference (or Diana Vreeland or Madame). I understood Lady Chablis immediately, Ru even says it as from the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. That was an amazing movie! And should be known in the LGBTQ+ community... it has a gay main character and had drag queens and the charm of the south. I've been watching Drag Race for years! If there's a character I don't know, I Google it. Growing up in the 80s I knew who Madame was. I don't watch the Office and I only started watching Doctor Who in the last couple years, so I don't know Katherine Tate, but with any character, if they make them funny, it doesn't matter if we don't know. Reminds me of Jinkx's Little Edie from season 5, I didn't understand that reference at all, but I was so intrigued I had to find out.
