Druski Should Win the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

When I first started getting videos of Druski dressed up as “That Guy Who Is Just Proud to Be AMERICAN” in my feed, I quickly scrolled past them because I assumed some weird right-wing content was leaking into my feed. I didn’t want to see videos of men who reminded me of my uncles and various other extended family members. As someone who had a grandmother who had NASCAR-themed decor in her home, I was more than familiar with this type of guy. 

It wasn’t until the fifth time the video appeared in my feed that I realized I wasn’t looking at a video of some random guy attending a NASCAR race but rather, Druski. 

Druski, a Black comedian known for his viral sketches, did a very convincing sketch portraying the average fan attending NASCAR events, fully made up to appear as a white man. It was, without a doubt, the best version of makeup like this I have ever seen. It beats out what was accomplished for the Wayans brothers on White Chicks and what Eddie Murphy accomplished in the Saturday Night Live sketch “White Like Me.” 

The racial cosplay was just so finely detailed — it was a real character study. Not only did he manage to get color-matched to the exact shade of alabaster dusted with freckles so many of us Caucasians sport, but he also managed to perfect the sunburn-from-a-white-tank-top that many of us fairer complected people suffer from. Then, layered over the pale skin makeup are the kinds of tattoos you’re bound to find on a beer-crushing NASCAR fan: American flags, American eagles, an anchor in an American flag, an American eagle in an American flag. 

The nipples, the mullet, the flushed cheeks — these are the observations made by an expert. 

Immediately, this Druski sketch went viral, amassing over 83 million views in less than 24 hours. Not only because he was going around pretending to be a racist NASCAR fan and was accepted by other white NASCAR fans, which upset a certain annoying sect of white people on the internet who lack self-awareness, shame- and self-reflection, or because he really, really nailed a very specific type of American — but because the makeup was just so convincing. In the comments, numerous people suggested that whoever Druski’s makeup artist is deserves an Oscar. 

And you know what? I agree. This is a level of costuming and makeup that goes above and beyond. The body makeup somehow held through Druski holding someone’s drunk grandmother, a foamy cheering of Budweiser and the long and sweaty days of walking around the race track. This is Oscar-winning work without a doubt. 

I don’t know who spent long enough looking at a white man’s nipples to get the color down so perfectly, but I certainly don’t envy the job. And hey, Theo Von? Don’t even think about it. It won’t be funny (you don’t possess the range), it will be racist (there’s no such thing as reverse racism), and you don’t have access to the makeup artist who provided this level of accuracy. 

Even this response is racist. What, are you mad that you have the same sunburn right now? Invest in some SPF.