Drag Show Etiquette: The Dos and Don'ts

[@SydtheKyd]

“I am Jasmine Masters, and I have something to say - RuPaul’s Drag Race has fucked up drag. Bottom line, cut-and-dry.” - my biological mother, Jasmine Masters 😭😂😭

[@zoetevka4653]

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[@KittenKat1313]

I spent the whole video like this: 👁👄👁 I just can’t believe people do these things. Like grabbing the performers, walking in front of them while they’re performing, walking into the dress room uninvited, or making critiques of the performance - so rude and so weird. I’m getting secondhand embarrassment for those people.

[@x0x0lishx0x0]

My friends and I went to our first drag show and we had soooo much fun!!! Thank you for being an entertainer!

[@zachary1190]

Thank you so much for this, I love how eloquently you speak about everything! I dabble in drag off and on at my local club (At least I did until Covid hit) but I have felt a lot of pressure to do drag a certain way. I identify as he/him outside of drag, but don't really think my drag persona is necessarily "fem" or "feminine" all the time. I prefer to go by them, so that way I don't feel pressured to be a certain thing. And you're so right, Drag Race has helped in a lot of ways but a lot of people think they know everything about Drag now because they've seen the show lol. And alt drag is so much more fun and interesting in my opinion than what is typically seen on Drag Race. So yeah, great video! Sorry for the rant lol

[@PheonixStarsx]

When I’m older I wanna do drag king performance lol

[@citrine9686]

Honestly, same

[@morganovercashrealtor2324]

Thank you Oliver

[@francisp2131]

Please do a video about drag race lol it’s an interesting topic! Especially now, where the judges are enjoying masculine drag from drag queens but have yet to even consider allowing drag kings on the show. Wanna know what you think about that

[@romancandleofthewild]

I'm so glad I found your channel! It's so nice to see drag kings on KZbin!

[@queuequeer3030]

Great video and wise words!

[@greekb.9321]

Keep up the videos, your content is always funny, interesting and fresh, you are appreciated Oliver Branch!!

[@גלעדסוירזנסקי]

Thank you for sharing uncomfortable things that can happen as performers on shows and things people should and shouldn't do. Also your dog is adorable ❤️❤️❤️ and I love your outfit

[@alex_pearl]

Thank 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 this 👏🏻 video. I had people walk right up and "critique" me at Drag Con, and... 🙄😒 yeah. It's tiresome, tedious, and sad.

[@chrisjonahkrahe5979]

I am so glad I found you! You are so beautiful :) Great job! Can't wait for your new video :)

[@wyrmeleon2002]

Excited for the new video! Thank you for sharing your art.

[@burn1ngsh0pp1ngcart]

Your videos are awesome! Love them❤

[@cathyknusprig5954]

Love your videos!

[@XatxiFly]

I will live and die a silly little crossdresser

[@DivaLenne]

You look absolutely handsome!

[@rainbowknight744]

You are really beautiful and I want to give you a hug ❤

[@darklordoftheuniverse7803]

This video was really cool and interesting. Edit: I want to try drag.

[@JaysCollabs]

I'm subscribing off of that intro alone lmao

[@rachelsawyer4309]

This is so true. I luckily haven’t had this happen to me

[@dubudubudan]

thanks for the subtitles :)

[@ElixirSpice]

Those stages look so small in the clips you showed. Makes me nervous because how can you perform in such a small space.

[@BabyMango]

As a former stripper, wow there are a ton of similarities as far as etiquettes go 😂!! A real questions tho, is throwing money (making it rain) acceptable? Or does it throw off the performers?

[@OliverBranch]

As long as it's not a projectile hit in the face, throwing money is usually fine in my experience haha

[@BabyMango]

@@OliverBranch so no throwing wads of cash like ninja stars, got it 😂

[@lmv888]

i’m planning on going to my first drag show soon and honestly i’ve been so stressed about tipping correctly lolll, if you’re sitting far back and there’s no opportunity to hand the money to the performer, how do you tip them?

[@OliverBranch]

It depends on the show. If you're far back and can't reach the performer to hand them a dollar, you could crush the bill into a little ball or roll it into a little straw and throw it onstage. Some shows will also have the performers venmo or cashapp somewhere on the stage around them whether it's being projected on a screen or on the posters by tables.

[@lmv888]

@@OliverBranch thank you!! this was super helpful

[@shelbycardo7842]

At my local bar they have some of the staff walking around with buckets for people to tip if they can't reach the performer!

[@AVIANAESMERALDASZISTENNO]

Tip well. It’s 2023 and we’re extremely broke thxxxxx

[@kriboi23]

Thank you about clean up.... since when are the audience allowed in the back?? Now that's something new nothing that never happened in the past must be a drag race thing... oh FYI really love your outfit in thus video 🧡....