In trying to appeal to international audiences, the British spin-off offered a simplified vision of British pop culture, like an A-to-Z book for tourists.
f the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was your only introduction to British culture, you’d be forgiven for thinking that every person in the country worshipped the Queen, only listened to the Spice Girls and was obsessed with period dramas.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series two has been a triumph for the franchise, showing that it excels when it trusts the queens to do what they do best.
Part of bringing Drag Race UK back to Britain was almost certainly a matter of circumstance.