How RuPaul’s Drag Race Became Mainstream in a Way No One Ever Thought Possible
It all started with an Emmy win.
Or maybe it was the move to VH1.
Or perhaps it was the Lady Gaga appearance.
It's hard to pinpoint exactly when RuPaul's Drag Race made the leap from queer cult favorite and straight into the zeitgeist, but made the leap it has.
While Mama Ru has been known to downplay the potential for drag culture to ever truly go mainstream, it's harder still to argue against the idea that a show that's been around for nine seasons and counting, launched two spin-offs, an aftershow and a yearly fan convention, had one of its more entertaining elements ripped off on another reality show, been parodied on Saturday Night Live and introduced the country to a lexicon previously...
