On August 13th, the official Dungeons & Dragons Twitter (X) account posted the image above with the tagline, “The life of a showgirl.” This prompted a number of reactions and has been the subject of a great deal of discussion online.
I must be way too old because I have literally no idea how anyone could think that Showgirl thing was a million miles adjacent to D&D. Apart from it’s obviously by one of the current D&D staff artists (or AIs).
I think it might have worked if they went with a Medieval performer in the art, but that's an Art Director issue and the person who was in that position at the time was let go (likely) because of delays and errors in the Deck of Many Things project.
I'm 67 and got the Taylor Swift reference immediately. But regardless — I thought the joke was rather harmless. Our tribe needs to lighten upon a bit.
I must be way too old because I have literally no idea how anyone could think that Showgirl thing was a million miles adjacent to D&D. Apart from it’s obviously by one of the current D&D staff artists (or AIs).
Thank you for the very careful analysis.
I think it might have worked if they went with a Medieval performer in the art, but that's an Art Director issue and the person who was in that position at the time was let go (likely) because of delays and errors in the Deck of Many Things project.