'RuPaul's Drag U,' hardly a drag at all

[Shana A]

'RuPaul's Drag U,'
hardly a drag at all

Logo series pretends to be about self-improvement

By Tom Conroy
Jul 19, 2010

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reviews_21/-RuPaul-s-Drag-U-hardly-a-drag-at-all-.asp

Many reality shows claim to be changing their participants' lives, but we've all seen too many "Bachelor" finales and follow-ups to believe that anything that happens on TV will necessarily have lasting repercussions in the real world.

Logo's new series "RuPaul's Drag U" follows the self-improvement template but subverts it along the way with self-mocking humor. What's most important is that the participants have a good time while on the show. They do, and the fun is contagious.

In the show, drag queens, under the supervision of the famous cross-dresser RuPaul, teach drab women how to be glamorous and self-confident. The women learn this by dressing and behaving like drag queens themselves.