‘God Save the Queens’ Film Review: Dismal Drag Comedy Bobbles the Laughs and the Drama

Tribeca Film Festival 2022: LGBTQ indie dips its toe into complicated topics about sex and gender before sashaying away

God Save the Queens
Tribeca Film Festival

God save the audience for “God Save the Queens,” a muddled drag artist-focused comedy with zero laughs that also features some implausible dramatic interludes.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which popularized and mainstreamed drag for the masses, has now been running for 14 seasons; the show has become a sort of institution, still zealously watched and dissected by fans, but drag artists find themselves in an increasingly awkward position in the current landscape of heated debates on gender and sex. That awkwardness is sometimes the very tentative subject of “God Save the Queens,” which retreats into vague uplift whenever a truly serious side of this issue might emerge.

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