‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars’ And The Franchise’s Imperial Peak

Drag fans the world over got a special treat on July 15th thanks to the surprise announcement of RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars, the newest iteration of the ever-expanding Drag Race repertoire. With a dozen queens from a dozen different countries (and, in turn, a dozen different drag cultures) serving up a new competition on Paramount+, Global All Stars marks one of the franchise’s biggest risks yet. But, for diehard Drag Race fans, this kind of imperial phase escalation was to be expected.