{"id":1616568,"date":"2022-08-19T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616568"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:33:06","slug":"born-naked-and-the-rest-is-drag-rupauls-drag-race-producers-discuss-why-the-show-is-so-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/born-naked-and-the-rest-is-drag-rupauls-drag-race-producers-discuss-why-the-show-is-so-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Born Naked And The Rest Is Drag\u2019: \u2018RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u2019 Producers Discuss Why The Show Is So Successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborn-naked-and-the-rest-is-drag-rupauls-drag-race-producers-discuss-why-the-show-is-so-successful%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/rupauls-drag-race\">RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/a>\u201d is one of the most well-known, long-running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/television\">reality shows<\/a> in the history of the genre, and producers Randy Barbato And Fenton Bailey have some thoughts about why that is, giving credit to \u201cDrag Race\u201d for pulling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drag-queen\">drag queens<\/a> into the mainstream and appealing to \u201cfamilies, kids, grandparents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">series<\/a> features a revolving cast of drag queens competing for the approval of the eponymous host. \u201cDrag Race\u201d received 11 Emmy nominations this year, putting it in the running to become the fifth most Emmy-winning TV show in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been on television for 14 seasons and spurred multiple spinoffs in that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bailey delved into the popularity of \u201cDrag Race\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/08\/rupauls-drag-race-randy-barbato-fenton-bailey-interview-emmys-1235093528\/\">Deadline<\/a>, boasting it comes at an \u201cimportant time\u201d in history. Conversations are heating up over the morality of drag shows, especially for young audiences, as drag becomes mainstream and gets promoted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ny-library-hosts-events-for-young-teens-to-learn-the-art-of-drag\">local libraries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-makes-move-against-florida-bar-that-held-sexually-explicit-drag-shows-with-kids\">restaurants<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/four-colorado-elementary-schools-dei-groups-teamed-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-hour\">public schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing an attempt to turn the clock back to stereotypical values,\u201d Bailey says. \u201cTo a time when women weren\u2019t empowered, when there wasn\u2019t marriage equality \u2014 there\u2019s been a huge sort of retrenchment. And this show is the antithesis of that, because the message of \u2018Drag Race\u2019 is: \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid to be yourself, be who you are.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The producer points out that even in Catholic-majority countries such as Italy and the Philippines, \u201cDrag Race\u201d is popular. He says it\u2019s \u201ca counterbalance to conservatism, bigotry, and homophobia, and all those other unpleasant things that make everyone\u2019s life so unpleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey goes on to claim that \u201cdrag is universal\u201d and that while some consider it niche, he believes that everyone is participating in drag simply by getting dressed in any clothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, people thought, \u2018Oh, drag is great, but drag\u2019s for the margins, drag\u2019s a downtown thing.\u2019 But, really, you\u2019re born naked and the rest is drag,\u201d he insists. \u201cEverything you put on is some kind of statement of identity about yourself. It\u2019s like kids in the attic playing dress-up. It\u2019s as old as time and everybody\u2019s done it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDrag Race\u201d producer goes on to say drag is for everyone, including children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Drag Race\u2019 isn\u2019t what I think it was originally perceived to be, which is a niche LGBTQ+ show. It isn\u2019t. And that\u2019s I think the secret of the success,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever been to RuPaul\u2019s DragCon, but you\u2019ll see from the people there it\u2019s not just LGBTQ+. I mean, obviously we\u2019re queer and that\u2019s our core being, but at DragCon you get families, kids, grandparents \u2014 it\u2019s multi-generational and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barbato agrees, saying \u201cDrag Race\u201d is \u201cabout love and self-expression and openness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like we\u2019re on a mission. \u2026 It does feel like we\u2019re answering to a higher drag being,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Many critics are becoming concerned about the mainstream nature of drag culture, especially as it\u2019s being marketed to children. They point out how the overly-sexualized performances are not appropriate for kids, especially as now some are being encouraged to participate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In June, a Dallas gay bar came under fire for hosting an afternoon drag show for children where kids were invited onstage and tipped performers in front of a neon sign bearing an obscene message, The Daily Wire originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dallas-gay-bars-drag-show-for-kids-obscene-sign-draws-angry-protests\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d is one of the most well-known, long-running reality shows in the history of the genre, and producers Randy Barbato And Fenton Bailey have some thoughts about why that is, giving credit to \u201cDrag Race\u201d for pulling drag queens into the mainstream and appealing to \u201cfamilies, kids, grandparents.\u201d The series features a revolving &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1616572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}