User blog comment:IFosterI/Something legendary happened. And it involved RuPaul./@comment-24045334-20170316031228

I don't think you understand the point of the show, drag, or what drag means in the LGBT community as a form of expression and activism/resistance to discrimination. It's just as you said, drag queens are characters. On the surface, it's no different than an actor playing a role. Where drag goes farther, is that it is an art. Drag queens create "personas" that make up their character's aesthetic, personality, and style. According to your post, your main problem with "RuPauls Drag Race" is that

" It's the personalities that are behind the shell of someone's character that they're dressing up as, and that's the problem with RuPaul's Drag Race, is that no one is nice to one another."

The thing is is that, while queens are not fulling acting on RPDR, because the show is about being a drag queen, which to them, is a job, they ARE playing out their drag style during the show. Part of drag culture as a whole (not just RPDR) are "reading" the other queens. Every once and a while, "reading" or fights that are mostly lighthearted do get personal, but usually it's just queens doing drag. Here's a common quote in the drag industry: "It's not personal, it's just drag." These played up fights are common in lots of reality TV, but when it comes to Drag Race, it's part of the performance. All and all, most of these times, these people are not truly fighting, other than in the context of their performances and their persona.