RuPaul’s Drag Race, and already the show has attracted harsh criticism. Besides its obvious borrowing of the Drag Race premise, activists have attacked the show for not including LGBTQ contestants, and for ignoring the plight of queer people in Eastern Europe.Royal Cobras launched on YouTube last week, and bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain other drag-themed competition series.
The show comes complete with lipsync battles, campy comedy and lavish fashion…all between cisgender, heterosexual women. The show is the brainchild of Nastya Ivleeva, a Russian Instagramer and blogger.