Can you find the hidden metaphor in RuPaul’s new video?

By Jeremy Feist • February 8, 2013 11:22 pm EDT

Pop quiz, everyone! Here’s the new video for RuPaul’s new song, “Peanut Butter.” Can you find the hidden metaphor in the song?

All right, think really hard about this one, because it’s hidden really deep in there. It’s like if they turned Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” into a dance song and half the lyrics were “COCKROACH COCKROACH COCKROACH COCK-COCK-COCK COCKROACH COCKROACH COCKROACH.” What I’m trying to say is that this song is as deep as fuck.

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