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The contestants are incredibly talented.

The average contestant on a fashion design competitive reality show is way less talented than the average fashion designer on Drag Race.

The same goes for dance and comedy and more.

RuPaul’s contestants are basically the top performing drag artists in the country. He has the market cornered!

Ah! Somehow I completely missed that they're supposed to be fashion designers. Thanks.

> top performing drag artists

Well I guess then that to understand the appeal of ‘Drag Race’ I'll have to finally watch ‘Drag Race’.

If you skip ahead to Drag Race All Stars you get the real cream of the crop!

The appeal of the show is drag queens are entertaining. Literally... that is their job. Drag queens are paid entertainers. It's a show about entertainers, entertaining.

Okay... thanks for the effort, at least. I've been meaning to get somewhat into early-ish burlesque, Brecht, that kind of thing. Maybe then I'll be able to watch drag shows with vague understanding.

This HN thread is not really the place to explore your interest in the diversity of human sexuality with repetitive comments.