An Emmy Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race editor has a message for the show’s enthusiastic fanbase convinced some queens get intentionally shady edits.There have been endless debates among viewers whether certain contestants are marked as ‘villains’ or ‘heroes’ by production, and then edited to fit the molds.
Some have even claimed footage is intentionally manipulated to create interactions among queens that didn’t even transpire.Related: Lady Gaga defied ‘Drag Race’ producers and changed the show forever, queens revealLongtime Drag Race editor Jamie Martin says hogwash.Martin, who has been with the show since 2014, told Refinery29:“On our show specifically, we really try to maintain the integrity of the queens’ stories.Related: ‘Drag Race.