Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race

Put on your best leprosy print and pass the hummus Mary, because Season 12 is H-E-A-R! Well, sort of. In the first of many goops, only 7 of the 13 queens competed this week in a drag crash course of fashion, group choreography, and rapping in front of Nicki Minaj. Despite Heidi’s surprise aversion to kale, Nicky’s mental jet lag, and Jackie’s five o’clock shadow, this week was not about cutting do...

We come to the end of our off-season with our discussion on the back half of AJ and the Queen (which was an improvement on the front!). We discuss the show’s treatment of pageants, find connections with The Comeback and The Wizard of Oz, Running-With-A-Purse-In-The-80’s acting style, RuPaul finding his groove, and we praise Latrice Royale as the series’ best actress. With all tha...

On this episode we discuss RuPaul on SNL, a couple of episodes from AJ and the Queen, the Oscars, and share some more thoughts on Season 12 of Drag Race. Mary, start your engine cuz Season 12 begins *next week.* Last Chance Lip Sync link: https://soundcloud.com/aayize/u-will-nvr-b-mine Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyals...

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This week, we erect a digital billboard celebrating the gay satire “Adam and Steve” from 2005. Throughout this movie, you get a healthy dose of why Parker Posey is the perfect indie film star, a choreographed line-dancing scene that’ll have you waving your color-coded bandana, Jackie Beat contributing in the lowest way possible, and a plot line that mocks gay men’s collecti...

We’re hitting the road with Ruby Red Ru and her angry small companion for the first three episodes of AJ and the Queen! We discuss Ru’s acting in and out of drag, Izzy G’s rage readings, the cavalcade of cameos from Ru girls, clunky lines, tone deaf blind jokes, chirpy music cues, Adrienne Barbeau, what happens at drag shows, and why you should keep watching. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary E...

Hey Mary! We present to you a little bonus clip from an interview Justin Long did with Kristen Bell on his podcast Life is Short with Justin Long. On the podcast, Justin chats with famous friends about how we spend our time in a fast moving world. Subscribe and listen to Life is Short with Justin Long and other great Wondery shows on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to pod...

It’s that time of year again, Mary’s! A new batch of queens have arrived for Season 12, and whatever Drag Race fatigue we were feeling disappeared through the gap in Heidi N Closet’s teeth. Once again, New York is heavily represented in the workroom, from the refreshing Brita to the batty Nicky Doll. But Missouri loves company, so we’ve got two queens representing the state...

The season 7 reunion/finale double feature is a great reminder that a lot of the season’s charisma was eliminated each week. The top 3 perform final lip syncs that are, well, FINE, Trixie tries her Ru impression out on Ru, Kennedy’s mom doesn’t do audience participation, Ginger has robot feet, Max gets one last drag, Kandy is candente, and Katya is the clear winner of the season. Season 7 has offi...

And the rest drags on as the Top 4 performers act, dance, lunch, and bicker their way through the final challenge. Guest instructors Candis Cayne and Mathu Andersen are worn down by wig mishaps and flat line readings, Ginger backtracks and back combs like a true pageant girl, Kennedy trades pride for wrath in Untucked, Violet doesn’t like drag competitions and Pearl proves, despite her age, that s...

Hello Kitty, Goodbye Katya. This week we’re revisiting one of the oddest balls in Drag Race herstory, the Sanrio-sponsored Hello Kitty Ball. Santino returns with his no drag knowledge mouth, Kennedy bows under pressure, Violet is giving us chastity cage realness, Pearl serves face on stage and faces in Untucked, Ginger Minj is on the fringe, and Capitalism conquers Communism with the fall of this...

The top six pair off in a trio of dancing duos, mashing up two genres and two genders for one just FINE episode. So fine we spent about twenty minutes discussing Oscar predictions. But it’s an interesting look back at baby Trixie, Untucked at its un-produced best, Alyssa Milano in diamond studded maternity wear, Ginger in her element in the lip sync and a rabbit hole fantasy of wartime era husband...

Happy New Year Mary! This week, we’re taking a holiday break for travel and posting a Free Skate Matreon Episode of our discussion of the 2005 Christmas movie, The Family Stone. We praise the performances of SJP, Diane Keaton, and Rachel McAdams, we analyze and break down a couple of our favorite scenes, and criticize Everett for being a creep who always gets what he wants. If you’d li...

We’ve finally arrived at the John Waters musical spoof episode of season 7 and we couldn’t be more pleased. C’mon Dawn! Where’s your Christmas Spirit? Special shoutout to Katya as the Cowardly Lion having an identity crisis during untucked and that Mrs. Doubtfire reference when Miss Fame leaves to go to the bathroom. Was it truly Ginger’s challenge to win this week? We weigh in on who else could h...

Just like the first seven eliminated queens (“Tempest?”), we are back… covering Drag Race Season 7 until All Stars Season 5 and Season 12! While the results of this challenge have us torn, we are completely attached to this mini reunion of a star-studded cast. The true drama and power this week exists in this episode’s Untucked where Kennedy’s affixed on her pageantry...

All fingers point to ten in this week’s special off-season episode where we countdown the top 10 best fingers of Drag Race. We’re serving finger puns, nuanced digits, and two palmfuls of love for these special finger pointing moments throughout the seasons. Did we miss any, Mary? Feel free to point them out and we’ll add them to our index. Thank you, five, no- thank you, ten! Pat...

Spoilers ahead, Mary! Turn back before it’s too late!  It’s finale time, and you know what that means—shady choreography edits, fake podcast interviews, claims of this being everyone’s dream Top 3, and the queens telling a framed photo of themselves at age 5 that it’ll get “much better”! While The Baga de Campo form a tight top trio, the real winner of the season was not The Vivienne, but th...

Mum’s the word this week as the Top 4 turn their moms and sisters into drag family members. Divina is having a divine time of it with her sister, The Vivienne’s mom showed up in camo, the Chipz are down for Baga and the Holes must navigate some pitfalls in costuming. While Sacka Spuds emerges as the unlikely BSA, we also spend some time recognizing the true mom of Drag Race—Michelle Visage—and exp...

Things get a bit slippery for this week’s commercial challenge. The final five are selling branded water to the masses and spilling scalding tea in the workroom. Divina is feeling salty over The Viv’s shallow opinion of her, Blu might be in over her head, Baga’s getting a bit swampy, and Cheryl is keen to make a splash in front of her namesake. The judges’ decisions may not have left us drippin&#8...

There’s a bit of uncertainty on Confidence Corner as The Vivienne goes from front runner to back of the pack in this week’s girl group challenge. Crystal struggles to shine, and Cheryl not only holds a note but carries her group. Meanwhile, Team Blu Baga de Campo delivers a performance so good (that legography!) that they not only nab three Ru-Peter badges, but a top spot on iTunes! The runway is...

The cornerstone of a Drag Race competition is finally here (and wow, did it make a splash in the pond): Snatch Game! The Vivienne trumped them all while Baga Chipz stayed strong as iron, Blu Hydrangea’s runway was eye-opening while her snatch game character was blue, and Crystal’s Rue wasn’t so clear. Davina honked her way into our hearts despite some traffic around Confidence Co...

Spoilers ahead, Mary! The Dragula Season 3 supermonster was crowned and we have celebratory thoughts. It’s good to be king! Landon Cider landed in the top as Season 3’s official supermonster. (In the words of another supermonster, we’re so proud to see it!) Dollya delivered impeccable glamour and THAT SKIN DRESS and Priscilla made us sick with filth, but Landon downright deconstructed a queer clas...

It’s a Toot or Boot Sale in the workroom this week as the Top 8 try to style trash with panache. The Vivienne fast forwards with another blockbuster of a look, Baga gives us a sack’a scrubbers, Vinegar goes out of print, Cheryl (Chaz!) gets fingered for her fashion, and Davina assembles an ingenious idea out of IKEA. Sum Ting’s look wasn’t that wrong, but her lip sync was just right. Patreon: www....

The Hell Mouth is coming to a close, but before it does, we have one last supper (or drink in this case) with our dearly beloved Dragula monsters. We discuss Landon’s energy, Dollya’s maturity, Hallow’s meme being, and Louisianna’s precision. The second half of the episode we provide a post mortem going back through our favorite looks, challenges, and quotes of the season a...

And the BAFTA goes to…well, maybe no one in this week’s Downton Abbey inspired acting challenge, but Baga Chipz certainly did MUCH BETTER than some of her fellow queens. The Vivienne continues to be the doyenne of the workroom, Divina’s divinely inspiring and just doesn’t see it yet, Sum Ting Wong does some things very right this week, at least in talking about her coming o...