Well the government pass the legislation so yeah it’s them, but I doubt it comes directly from their own minds because I find it hard to imagine any of the Tory boys giving a flying fuck about drag. America will set the cultural tone and through whatever mechanism it filters down, it ends up here.
I don’t know what your asking for really - my overall sentiment is that if you look at anything we would consider as traditional then the current trend is for it to be considered bad or if not bad then certainly as unimportant or replaceable.
Yeah but panto and family films are deliberately sanitised because they are for children. it’s not the dressing up that’s the problem. With story times you do have to factor in the motivation of the story-teller because of the proximity to the children. I’d be willing to bet that most drag performers do sexualise it or otherwise why do it? Basically, they fail the babysitter test so no way near a kid. As for the performances, they aren’t anywhere near as sanitised as a panto or a family movie and also there isn’t anywhere near the same level of oversight.