I agree that calling Tyra's win racially motivated is incorrect. Because it's not so much that "another black drag queen" won, but rather "another drag queen who is inordinately similar to RuPaul herself" won.
Personally I just feel "cheated" in a way because this competition turned out to be something completely different than what I saw it as last year. In Season 1 I genuinely bought the line that it was about whoever had the best charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent because Bebe (who has all four qualities and was an admirable contestant in all aspects) won. This year, Tyra - who is UNT, and arguagly just UN - won, because it's actually about finding the next drag supermodel, rather than an all-around drag superstar.
They snuck that one past us because Bebe is also great on the runway, on top of being awesome in plenty of other ways. With Tyra (whose only major "talent" is walking the runway) winning, the true standards of the competition are now much more obvious. And it's a fucking letdown.
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Personally I just feel "cheated" in a way because this competition turned out to be something completely different than what I saw it as last year. In Season 1 I genuinely bought the line that it was about whoever had the best charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent because Bebe (who has all four qualities and was an admirable contestant in all aspects) won. This year, Tyra - who is UNT, and arguagly just UN - won, because it's actually about finding the next drag supermodel, rather than an all-around drag superstar.
They snuck that one past us because Bebe is also great on the runway, on top of being awesome in plenty of other ways. With Tyra (whose only major "talent" is walking the runway) winning, the true standards of the competition are now much more obvious. And it's a fucking letdown.