Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race

It was a big week, Mary's! We talk about how things feel since discussing That Interview with Ru, Michelle's great interview with Vulture and some plans for our upcoming Patreon bonus episodes!

For your consideration, Mary! The Top 5 queens are gunning for Oscars and headed for Razzies in one of the most convoluted acting challenges in Drag Race history. Trixie shines as Sharon, Shangela and Bebe play themselves in wigs, and Kennedy plays the role Ben was supposed to send her home and play. Oh yeah, and Morgan stopped by. We spend an inordinate amount of time remembering bird themed runway looks, discuss the etiquette of meeting the queens at the airport, and of course talk about Shangie's fat suit.

RuPaul's recent comments about trans and cis female drag queens in his latest interview in "The Guardian" have been making waves on social media for all the wrong reasons, and we are here to break it down, Alright Mary style. We also take a deeper dive into BenDeLaCreme's self-elimination and other nuances we may have missed in our Hot Take recap of the last episode, answer some Mary emails and send you out with a Last Chance Lipsync you might recognize.

Oh hey kitty girl! It’s a special “hot takes” episode of Alright Mary—we’re queening out as the drama unfolds (well, in breathless (Mahoney) discussion during commercial breaks) when the eliminated queens return to not only get a chance to return to the race, but also to get some things off their chests (spoiler: it's not their breast plates). We discuss Morgan the adult, the downright curdling of Milk, Bebe’s nuance, and of course BendelaChrist, Savior of Drag Queens.

On this week's Nuance, the Alright Mary aftershow, we discuss the Best Supporting Actresses of Snatch Game through the seasons before diving into our hot takes on the Season 10 queens, based mostly on their Meet the Queens videos and what scattered knowledge we already have of the queens.

Soup's on, Mary's! This week the queens are literally designing soup cans, instead of any other possible pop art inspired design challenge they could have done for All Stars 3. We come to Aja's defense after RuPaul made her the scapegoat for all the Millenials she wants off her lawn, spend an inordinate amount of time describing what a Shop Rite Can Can Sale is, and celebrate the nuanced perfection of Bebe's second Diana Ross of the season. (There goes the Mole Theory...)

This week, we're talking about the recent Slate article regarding racial bias in the Drag Race community. We also explore the ongoing morality theme in the eliminations, the perils of pleasing the judges and the case for a potential top 3 this season. Plus: some upcoming Matreon episodes announced!

It's not a party without punch and it's not a season of Drag Race without Snatch Game! (Looking at you, All Stars 1....) The theme this season is Herstory: queer legends like Paul Lynde and Crystal Labeija, legendary divas like Grace Jones and Jenifer Lewis and royal queens like RuPaul and M(a)ya Angelou. (Also: Phaedra Parks, a queen in the making.) We have a moment of appreciation for Aja's Crystal, break down what went wrong with Trixie, debate the validity of Notegate aka "Get Out of my Station" and nominate Chi Chi as the unofficial Miss Congeniality of the season. (PS: leave the USB.)

We're bringing you a separate Alright Mary Untucked again this week! We discuss what Trixie's really doing back in the race, issues with the Handmaid's Tale allusions and an interesting theme emerging in these eliminations.

Our queens are looking for love in all the wrong reality shows this week with a pitch-perfect satire, "The Bitchelor." Bendelacreme and Kennedy get roses from us, but Milk's crazy stalker and workroom delusions about her performance were, well, a little thorny. We dig into everything that's wrong with "The Bachelor" franchise, our troubles with Trixie, Aja's runway redemption, those Game of Thrones references, and Kennedy's stellar work in that lipsync.