Alright Mary: All Things Rupaul's Drag Race

As much as things have changed lately, we can still rely on one thing staying the same: a classic round of Snatch Game on Drag Race. Gigi solves a problem like Maria the Robot while Jackie Cox pulls out all the props as Mrs. Harry Hamlin. Apparent New Yorker Brita gets close to being told she is in fact going with her jaw-y Jennifer Holliday, Aidan is rocky horrible as Patricia Quinn, and at least Crystal didn’t try to do El DeBarge. Then it’s Disney on ice on the runway and the season’s biggest feud ends as expected in a flurry of a lip sync. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

Pick me, choose me, crown me! This week’s acting challenge is inspired by the emotional triage of Grey’s Anatomy. But the real code red is in Untucked this week, where Heidi puts the room in the ICU with some well-placed FU’s. Meanwhile Nicky struggles to show her funny bone, Jackie continues to be benign at best, and Aiden puts Brita into near cardiac arrest for being safe. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

This week’s elimination certainly rocked our expectations for Ms. Sakura this season, but this isn’t the first time Drag Race has had a surprise elimination that got everyone talking. While Gigi Goode continues to do well, Jaida truly bubbles over in this week’s Ball Ball. Meanwhile, Brita falters, Aidan avoids a penalty for her rough referee, Nicky insists she’s more than just a doll, and Leslie Jones has the time of her life, your life, and everyone else’s life as guest judge and Untucked Oprah. Buy books through Powell’s Books’ union partner link: https://www.ilwulocal5.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

While the World’s Worst wasn’t the world’s worst episode we’d seen, it certainly lacked the X-Factor of past improv challenges, with many of the queens idle at best. We’re not saying Season 12 doesn’t got talent, but Dahlia’s wilted broccoli was a no for us, dog. Also, this definitely wasn’t Shark Tank, so we’re not sure why Widow’s team was selling nut butter. Then it’s appliqués on the runway with buttons, bows, and blousy sweater dresses. Crystal’s method is questioned, Heidi nose how to charm the judges even if they hate her name, and Nicky is hanging by a thread. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

It’s deja vu all over again with another Season 12 premiere! 5* more queens enter the workroom/public eye this week and are put through similar paces as the first 7, with a fashion show, a stage show, a runway show and a legacy lip sync in front of the artist/judge. It’s a lower key premiere, including a mellowed out Robyn on the judges panel and a stripped down cellblock tango, but we’re excited for Jan’s *beep*, the zaniness of Aidan, Rock M’s role in the room, Jaida’s whole essence and Dahlia’s armpit hair. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 down the competition. Is this shaping up to be a kinder season of Drag Race or are we counting these North Carolina chickens before they’re snatched? Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 that said… we’ll see you “in season” next week! Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

Hey Mary! Here’s a little preview of the podcast: Dying For Sex! If you like it, subscribe where you find your podcasts or find out more here! Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 collective worst fear. This one had us boisterous and giggly, Mary! Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 podcasts. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 this season, plus a San Francisco treat full of tricks, the Essence of Milwaukee, a bedroom queen from Georgia, a sinful sibling from Aja’s drag family, great drag from a Goode queen and the revelation that is Heidi. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 officially come through, and we’re so proud to see it, again. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 she really does know how to condone herself. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 season’s Siberian pizza queen. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 husbands in house dresses. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 like to get a movie/TV review *every week,* head on over to Patreon and subscribe to our $5 level! Link below. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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 have reigned Divine this week.  Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com

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, Tempest connects the dots on a conspiracy theory, and the coupling of Ginger and Sasha brings us the type of behind the scenes buffoonery we show up for week after week. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) Web: www.tasteofreality.com/alright-mary/ www.alrightmary.com LOLA promo code for 30% off: AlrightMary