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Drag icons come together for new satire series Drag House Rules
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"What's the drag house without a little drama?" Manila Luzon asks in the preview for the new show.
Get ready for a new drag TV obsession!
On Wednesday, February 19, Entertainment Weekly released an exclusive preview of a new satirical drag competition series titled Drag House Rules that brings together six RuPaul's Drag Race alumni and one The Boulet Brothers' Dragula winner into a house to compete for a "mysterious $100,000 prize package that may or may not come with a few caveats."
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Drag Race superstars Jujubee, Manila Luzon, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Laganja Estranja, Rock M. Sakura, and Tammie Brown join Dragula winner Biqtch Puddin' in the new show, which is set to premiere this Friday, February 21 on OUTtv.
"Drag House Rules raises the stakes with seven legendary drag queens living under one roof, battling it out in a competition full of alliances, betrayals, and jaw-dropping moments," the show's synopsis reads. "The game sounds simple enough, but what begins as a glamorous high-strakes competition quickly unravels into pure, unpredictable chaos. Secrets are exposed and alliances crumble as the queens fight to stay on top — in ways no one saw coming."
EW's exclusive has a lot of indications that the show is not a straightforward reality show. Quotation marks in phrases like, "this 'competition' series might not be all that it seems" and "this peculiar 'contest,'" as well as the information that the show was written and directed by Trixie & Katya Live – The Last Show co-director John Mark Hostetler, and the preview itself all indicate that this is a scripted series spoofing drag reality shows.
The trailer is full of the queens hamming it up with host Tony Moore, getting into fights with other crew members, dragging one another across the floor, and coming up with all-new catchphrases.
Drag House Rules premieres February 21 on OUTtv.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
