‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Matters Now More Than Ever

Jan 7 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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If you would’ve told me in 2009 that RuPaul’s Drag Race was going to be one of the most popular reality programs of all time in 2023, I might’ve laughed in your face. The show where drag queens competing for a cash prize had to work even harder to show off their makeup skills through a vaseline-smeared lens? The series where a ladder once lingered suspiciously in the foreground of a shot, like a leggy sixth contestant? That...

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