This past Monday marked the premiere of RuPaul’s Drag U. The show follows previous contestants from RuPaul’s Drag Race, as they transform biological females into their fabulous counterparts. Overall, it’s a hilarious and totally campy spinoff of the original series, and the women on the show seem to be empowered by the experience.
On the other hand? There were moments within the first episode that made me feel entirely uneasy. While Drag Race toys with the ideas of gender and masculinity, Drag U seems to force preconceived notions of femininity onto its subjects. The contestants are told that wearing their boyfriend’s clothing is wrong. And it seems awfully hypocritical coming from a dude in a dress.
In the end, this wouldn’t make me stop watching the show, but it’s still kind of confusing. Why don’t you watch the first episode, and let me know what you think? It’s full of some great one-liners from Drag U professors Jujubee, Raven and Ongina. Of note, my favorite line: “But do you feel like a powerful sausage?”
– Dewitt
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actually i think the comment was about the girl’s bf borrowing her clothes(because they’re so masculine), not the other way around
I watched it last night. I don’t know if it was just my mood at the time, but it really didn’t hold my interest. I found myself paying more attention to you (Manhunt) then the TV.
Yeah. you shouldn’t share your clothes. lol
I liked it for what it was. Draq Queen For A Day!
Not as good as drag race but fun enough. I think it’s more for straight women than gay men to be honest.
To answer the question –
BORING! Degrading, infantile and plain silly.
Such a waste of RuPaul’s talent. Come on, LOGO, you can certainly come up with better programming, afterall, some of Hollywood’s best writing talent is “family.”
Again, Ru Nailed it…GREAT SHOW…POSITIVE ATTITUDE…! LOVED IT!
Great concept. The only flaw: Camp finally over the top. In this case, less would have been more…………
I think it’s just an excuse to get our favorite queens back, and I’m 100% ok with that
I would have preferred if the show were about teaching new drag queens the ropes I would have been there taking notes!
I think the show would be better with less “personal story/struggle” — and should include a “realness” competition. Have the women compete in looks that they could actually wear/put together on a daily basis, in addition to a “drag” look.
I thought it was pretty good. I loved how all these normal people who seemed to be from the flyover states made drag seem like no big deal. I know my dad would have a fit if my Mom dressed up like and spent two days with drag queens. My one big issue is that Ru was in a suit the whole time. If he is preaching the drag he should come out for the runway just like in Drag Race. Overall it was fun, and I can’t help but imagine these normal people’s families watching the show in their own homes, and having their minds expanded.
i think “Drag U” would have been a better show if it was taking Drag Queen Wannabes and teaching them how to do it.
i kinda hated only seeing 3 of the drag queens at a time working on the 3 contestants, but other than that, this show is really endearing.
I was surprised by how entertained I was by this. I agree with the earlier poster that my one complaint was that I felt Ru should have some out in drag for the “Draguation.”
My friends and I made fun of how Drag was put in front of ANY word in the show to make it fit. This is not a Dragocracy it is a dragtation and I am the dragtator. I found it entertaining and the “fights” between the girls obviously showing the women how to be powerful was funny. Is it AMAZING no but it was very entertaining and I do plan to watch more of it.
Not wasting my time watching this stuff (Logo’s original content is really getting desperate). I worked with enough drag queens during my stripping days; these guys need help.
I actually found the real women a little hard to watch, they were not nearly as interesting as the Drag U faculty. I also feel like they were going through a lot emotionally, taking some big steps towards life change which is not something frivolous…but to then be graded and possibly fail seems like a harsh and thoughtless way to help someone.
I still love Ru and his girls though!
And yeah….”but do you feel like a powerful sausage” has been making me laugh ever since I saw the episode.