Super Drags

I was pleasantly surprised to see this pop up on Netflix and Quickly started watching. My happiness waned as I watched because the humor is incredibly stale and dated, like something from a old style burlesque show or a early 70's naughty sketch comedy movie. A cartoon like this wouldn't be made in the U.S., not because it is too risque, but because it is childish to the point of being offensive while simultaneously being marketed directly to adults. These jokes are little different than the Ambiguously Gay Duo from a generation ago. Bulging crotches and gay stereotypes are things I've outgrown. As much as I want to like a show about drag queen superheroes, I'd rather not have my intelligence insulted.

Has some good/funny bits but really not that entertaining.

Weird storylines that lose their way frequently. Odd. Just odd.

Just horribly written and cringe-inducingly unfunny. It's also very actively promoting a very regressive and arguably problematic picture of gay people, and of drag. Within the first few minutes of the first episode one of the drag queens grabs the crotch of an unconscious man that she KNOWS would not have consented, and then lets a terrorist go after he tried to murder a bunch of people because he was handsome. I'm not an easily offended person and it's not like I was traumatized by any of that, but ffs you can only go to that sort of length if it's actually in support of something really, really funny. To have it pop up somewhere that is so absolutely devoid of laughs really just highlights how gross it is.

To the people who made this show: you're better than this. If you're not better than this, please step aside and leave this stuff to someone who is.

Really stupid but but when it gets funny it does it well.

Where. Do I. Begin?

Oh well how about the only 10 minutes of the first episode I pained myself to watch. Let's start:

A bus full of gays being driven by a homophobic terrorist tries to kill himself and all the gays by driving off a cliff. Wow. PULSE much? Real good guys. Once again over the top gays proving we have no room to demand respect. Moving on.

So one of the over the top "heroes" dives down to save this terrorist, which ok seems like the best thing to do despite him being a terrorist, we're not stooping to his level... oh no, but when IT sees the terrorists big "bulge" what does IT do? What does it do while the terrorist is unconscious? Molests him, straight grabs the cartoon dick and balls. I get this is a portrayal of a terrorist but this is a display of molestation/sexual harassment. Moving on to my final issue before I had had enough and literally tuned out, let's talk about what happens next.

This "hero" then takes the mask off the terrorist and sees that this cartoon figure is apparently super attractive and developed a crush enough to LET HIM GO!

So cool be a sexy terrorist and you get off (and keep your immature puns to yourself).

ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING SHOW.