Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the creative duo behind the 'RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ franchise, will receive The Hollywood Reporter’s Impact Award at the Banff World Media Festival.
Bailey said the targeting of drag performances has only grown in size. “I do think what happened in 2016 fundamentally shifted what’s going on in the country. And the idea that it went away in 2020, that was a delusion. … They’re just growing and amassing. And we ignore it at our peril,” Bailey said.
Bailey said giving visibility to drag queens and other members the LGBTQ community should be encouraged not legislated against. “Why should anyone be invisible? Visibility can only be objectionable to people who aren’t used to seeing certain people and then suddenly see them and they’re, oh, I don’t like that,” he said.’s Impact Award at the Rockies Gala on Tuesday evening.
“We’re queer. We’ve been queer for a very long time, since the beginning of time. And last century, when we started making stuff, we always made what we wanted to make. Back then, we didn’t think of ourselves as niche. We saw what we were interested in as what we were interested in,” Barbato said.Crazy Rich Asians, but found broad audience and critical appeal.
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