Yeah, I may never complain about how queens suck more and more at Snatch Game every year. Because that was just sad, especially considering it's an All-Star cast. I was surprised at how unfunny everyone was. Even the bits with Ru and Mama were corny and fell flat.
There were no winning teams tonight, just individuals. I did enjoy Yara's Charo and I get why she basically won the challenge, but it is interesting to see such an off-color impersonation get the win, considering that Charo has been on the show before. I think this is the first time this has happened.
I think Michelle Visage needs to give Shannel a break; I thought her Lucy was pretty good. It's hard to do anything but the iconic crying when you don't have anyone else from I Love Lucy to riff off of.
I suppose Chad's Bette Davis was good, but for me it was a lot like Nina's La Lupe - I don't know enough about the original to appreciate the impression. It was a little one-note. And Nina...too bad she was on the show before funny was really a requirement. Nina is nice and doesn't really know how to say no, but she's never had to be funny before.
Poor Jujubee will never look like anyone except sort-of Kimora Lee Simmons. Wasn't feeling the Fran Drescher impression either. And Raven was just bummed-out Raven dressed as Bea Arthur. She had several opportunities to riff off some classic BA, and she didn't take them. Like the pie gag with the Pit Crew, for heaven's sakes. That would have been a perfect opportunity for Raven/Bea to pull out Maude: "God'll get you for that, Pit Crew!"
The look of Madonna was there for Manila, which is a plus because I honestly didn't think she could pull it off. But honestly the funniest thing about Madonna was Vicki Lawrence saying that she was full of shit. Latrice's Oprah was just Latrice; I wonder if maybe it wouldn't have been funnier with props a la Oprah's Favorite Things. I was thinking that she should have run with Ru's throwaway line suggestion of being Paula Deen, but Paula Deen is pretty one-note too. And Latrice probably wouldn't be comfortable doing fat/fatty food jokes, given her dust-up with Santino last cycle.
But for the most part Santino was right, and I fucking hate admitting that Santino can be right about anything. No one was really funny; in fact, the funniest bits were the queens fucking up their timing. The only joke that actually stayed with me was Shakira, Charo, and the bag of cocaine and possibly a ham sandwich.
You know, I used to have a little sympathy for Tammie Brown in season 1, since she was clearly so unprepared to be judged in a competition. But it's gone now. Clearly the only thing Tammie Brown is good at is being Tammie Brown, and if you want something else then it sucks to be you. The only reason she's so rah-rah-individualism is because she has nothing else to offer. It's all the same crazy Tammie Brown old Hollywood grimace-face, wincing around the place on unsteady legs, and non-sequiturs because bitch won't listen. This is not a failure to recognize the wondrous individual; it is a failure on the wondrous individual's part to motherfucking follow instructions. Because if Tammie Brown doesn't fucking feel like it, she's just not going to do it.
And really? You call that a lip sync performance? Tammie Brown was "watermelon cantaloupe peas and carrots"-ing almost every line in that song. And it's not like she got contemporary R&B or a club banger this time around - Ru threw her Ethel Merman, for crying out loud. And she still just wobbled around the stage in her Tammie Brown way, wincing away doing Conan O'Brien's nutcracker-mouthed impression of Mitt Romney. Because Tammie Brown cannot perform in any way that does not involve just being Tammie Brown. I can't believe I'm saying this, but *Mimi* deserved to be on here more than Tammie!
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Date: 2012-10-31 10:16 am (UTC)There were no winning teams tonight, just individuals. I did enjoy Yara's Charo and I get why she basically won the challenge, but it is interesting to see such an off-color impersonation get the win, considering that Charo has been on the show before. I think this is the first time this has happened.
I think Michelle Visage needs to give Shannel a break; I thought her Lucy was pretty good. It's hard to do anything but the iconic crying when you don't have anyone else from I Love Lucy to riff off of.
I suppose Chad's Bette Davis was good, but for me it was a lot like Nina's La Lupe - I don't know enough about the original to appreciate the impression. It was a little one-note. And Nina...too bad she was on the show before funny was really a requirement. Nina is nice and doesn't really know how to say no, but she's never had to be funny before.
Poor Jujubee will never look like anyone except sort-of Kimora Lee Simmons. Wasn't feeling the Fran Drescher impression either. And Raven was just bummed-out Raven dressed as Bea Arthur. She had several opportunities to riff off some classic BA, and she didn't take them. Like the pie gag with the Pit Crew, for heaven's sakes. That would have been a perfect opportunity for Raven/Bea to pull out Maude: "God'll get you for that, Pit Crew!"
The look of Madonna was there for Manila, which is a plus because I honestly didn't think she could pull it off. But honestly the funniest thing about Madonna was Vicki Lawrence saying that she was full of shit. Latrice's Oprah was just Latrice; I wonder if maybe it wouldn't have been funnier with props a la Oprah's Favorite Things. I was thinking that she should have run with Ru's throwaway line suggestion of being Paula Deen, but Paula Deen is pretty one-note too. And Latrice probably wouldn't be comfortable doing fat/fatty food jokes, given her dust-up with Santino last cycle.
But for the most part Santino was right, and I fucking hate admitting that Santino can be right about anything. No one was really funny; in fact, the funniest bits were the queens fucking up their timing. The only joke that actually stayed with me was Shakira, Charo, and the bag of cocaine and possibly a ham sandwich.
You know, I used to have a little sympathy for Tammie Brown in season 1, since she was clearly so unprepared to be judged in a competition. But it's gone now. Clearly the only thing Tammie Brown is good at is being Tammie Brown, and if you want something else then it sucks to be you. The only reason she's so rah-rah-individualism is because she has nothing else to offer. It's all the same crazy Tammie Brown old Hollywood grimace-face, wincing around the place on unsteady legs, and non-sequiturs because bitch won't listen. This is not a failure to recognize the wondrous individual; it is a failure on the wondrous individual's part to motherfucking follow instructions. Because if Tammie Brown doesn't fucking feel like it, she's just not going to do it.
And really? You call that a lip sync performance? Tammie Brown was "watermelon cantaloupe peas and carrots"-ing almost every line in that song. And it's not like she got contemporary R&B or a club banger this time around - Ru threw her Ethel Merman, for crying out loud. And she still just wobbled around the stage in her Tammie Brown way, wincing away doing Conan O'Brien's nutcracker-mouthed impression of Mitt Romney. Because Tammie Brown cannot perform in any way that does not involve just being Tammie Brown. I can't believe I'm saying this, but *Mimi* deserved to be on here more than Tammie!