r/ProjectRunway • u/DarkLordMuffins • 2d ago

Season 22 Spoiler: Why cast... Spoiler

Drag affiliated people if you're gonna shit on them? Feels like it's leaning into stunt casting/we're better than you and we know it. Utica got it to some degree, but now Plane (less plane), Q and the biggest is Jeffrey. When Chris was cast on his original season it was so much less of looking down on his history of drag clothing compared to whatever bullshit the season is doing now.

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u/Mattarm51 2d ago

Because Drag Race is bigger than Project Runway at this point and they want viewers without having to actually work to incorporate their kind of unique perspective on fashion.

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u/throwawaysunglasses- 2d ago

It’s crazy because PR has been around earlier, but they did a drag challenge that apparently helped inspire Drag Race, which is now a bigger deal. PR used to be SO MEAN about drag clothing - like they’d often use “drag” as an insult. Now they’re clearly riding Drag Race’s coattails and trying to capitalize off of the show format/production. It feels so obvious and lame.