Yvie Oddly Calls Out Capitalism And Greed In The RuPaul's Drag Race Franchise
May 30, 2023 9:36am
Yvie Oddly is grateful for her time/exposure on RuPaul’s Drag Race and All Stars; however, she has issues with the “rich old gays” profiting from a “fake competition.”
The lip-sync assassin called out the behind-the-scenes team that is profiting from drag queens and culture wars.
The tweets:
The RPDR season 11 winner took to social media to share her frustrations with the franchise.
Let me be clear: I am so so SO thankful for Drag Race!
That show changed my life LONG before I was ever a part of its fiber, but I’m hopeful for a future where queer people have opportunities to flourish outside of a fake competition to make a few rich old gays richer https://t.co/3ZHulYG6D1— Yvie Oddly (blue checkmark) (@OddlyYvie) May 29, 2023
Yvie, who was a regular in RuPaul’s Drag Race Live show in Las Vegas, reminded her followers that the show’s magic comes from its talent.
1. These queens are remarkable!
The drag artists are and have ALWAYS been the lifeblood of what makes this franchise great https://t.co/dVpmBdohsu— Yvie Oddly (blue checkmark) (@OddlyYvie) May 29, 2023
The RPDRAS7 competitor called the production team out for their avarice.
2. The producers are often the greediest, most-calculating, capitalist culture thieves. https://t.co/B0LlD8LlgQ
— Yvie Oddly (blue checkmark) (@OddlyYvie) May 29, 2023
Yvie didn’t stop there. “They fuck with real people’s lives, career opportunities, and health. They drive themselves home in their luxury cars when their contestants are sleep-deprived, depressed, and DRASTICALLY underpaid for their contributions to the cultural phenomenon.”
Ask any of the drag kings who’ve never been cast. Or the trans contestants who were barred from being themselves until a few years ago when they realized how lucrative that representation was in the culture wars https://t.co/NpUXDOrpfi
— Yvie Oddly (blue checkmark) (@OddlyYvie) May 29, 2023
Then they tell themselves they’re good people for showcasing queer content and creating opportunities for us while ignoring the irreparable damage they cause, and creating a chokehold monopoly on how drag artists can succeed
— Yvie Oddly (blue checkmark) (@OddlyYvie) May 29, 2023
Plot twist:
P.S. they took over a year to pay me my winnings because they conveniently kept forgetting they owed me 100k 🖕🏽
— Yvie Oddly (blue checkmark) (@OddlyYvie) May 29, 2023
Shout out to our anti-capitalism queen for not paying for Elon Musk’s blue check on Twitter. Yvie chose to add the phrase ‘blue checkmark’ in parenthesis after her name. We stan!
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