

Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race
Colin Drucker & Johnny Also
Alright Mary is two parts Drag Race viewing party, one part queer studies lecture and a healthy dose of obscure pop culture references, all wrapped in a nuanced layer of dad jokes and pun-offs served weekly with a side of piping-hot tea.
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Jun 19, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 48: Drag Race Season 9 – Reunited Recap & Review
The Real Housequeens of the Workroom reunite to, quite frankly, tear each other to shreds. RuPaul's Best Friend Race has turned into RuPaul's Cage Match as they go in on Alexis Michelle's hypocrisy in the reading challenge, Nina's accusations of sabotage, Charlie's comatose lip sync, and of course, the #longcon of the season: the perfect, beautiful, model-resembling Valentina, her rabid fans, and whether she should have actually been crowned Miss Congeniality. (Turns out: no.)

Jun 11, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 47: Drag Race Season 9 – Category Is… Recap & Review
We’re down to the Final 4, Mary’s! This week, Sasha, Shea, Trinity and Peppermint are rapping, dancing and podcasting their way to the crown. And let’s be real. all four of them killed it. We talk about what each queen brings to drag as the Final 4 (spoiler alert!), our thoughts and questions on trans and bio queens and the reason this season was all about internal conflicts, before wrapping things up with Last Chance Lipsync you won’t want to lose.

Jun 4, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 46: Drag Race Season 9 – Gayest Ball Ever Recap & Review
This week, the queens go not quite balls-to-the-wall for the Gayest Ball Ever. Rainbows and unicorns and Village People, oh my! Shea constructs one of the best looks of the season, while Sasha deconstructs the rainbow and Alexis...well, we'll talk about Alexis. We discuss drag vs. fashion, queens holding back, the importance of selling it on the runway, and who we think will make it to the Top 3 (and is it really that obvious?) and wrap things up with a priceless Last Chance Lipsync.

May 28, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 45: Drag Race Season 9 – Makeovers: Crew Better Work Recap & Review
It’s Season 9 at its most meta—the queens are dragging up members of the production crew for this season’s makeover challenge. We discuss the inevitable conclusion of Nina’s self-sabotage storyline, the wonder that is Wintergreen (and Sarge…), the importance of three wins, Peppermint without her wig on, dropping appetizers and, of course, our predictions as we hit the home stretch. We wrap things up with a queer hipster Last Chance Lipsync in honor of Colin’s move to Brooklyn!

May 22, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 44: Drag Race Season 9 – Your Pilot’s on Fire Recap & Review
The queens team up to write, produce and star in television pilots that range from must-see TV to you-must-be-kidding-me. Sasha and Shea continue their reign as frontrunners, while Nina and Valentina concoct a fever dream of ad-libbing and literal pancake makeup and Trinity just steals the entire show (both her pilot and Drag Race itself). Then it’s an acid trip on the runway with an outlandish ode to club kids—but let’s be real, Mary’s, this episode is ultimately about one thing and one thing only: that MASK.

May 15, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 43: Drag Race Season 9 – RuPaul Roast Recap and Review
No one's safe at a roast, chickens--especially one this undercooked. This week, the queens practice first on each other, in one of the slightest reading mini-challenges of the series. (Well, unless you ask Alexis.) Then they set their sights on a supposedly unsuspecting Michelle Visage. While Peppermint hits all the right notes and Sasha's Jersey jokes leave us feeling very edified, half of the girls rely on characters that are nowhere near Ru's good cousin from the Brewster Projects. (To say nothing of a "wicked" dud of a closing act.) A lifeless lip sync only serves to remind us just how much better this challenge worked on Season 5.

May 8, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 42: Drag Race Season 9 – 9021-HO! Recap and Review
The queens are giving us 90’s nostalgia this week with “9021-HO”—a throwback to a time before Farrah Moan was even born. While Trinity is giving us spot-on Jennifer Coolidge realness, Nina continues to battle her inner saboteur and Valentina’s #longcon starts to show in new ways. We discuss the unfortunate edit Alexis Michelle is getting, the impeccable rise of Shea Coulee, and debate who really should have won that lip sync. Plus: RPDR meeting SNL, some fabulous drag we both saw this week, and an incredibly, well, 'satisfying' Last Chance Lip Sync.

May 1, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 41: Drag Race Season 9 – SNATCH GAME! Recap & Review
It is the high holy day of the season, Mary--Snatch Game! The queens are bringing their best celebrity impersonations to the panel. Alexis is Liza with a capital Z, Shea could throw a phone at us any day as Naomi Campbell and Nina has SOMETHING TO SAY! We discuss Peppermint's coming out, gender identity & the media, Ru's makeup, the brilliant banter in the Untucked lounge, and of course, THAT LIPSYNC.

Apr 24, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 40: Drag Race Season 9 – Reality Stars: The Musical Recap and Review
The kweens are keeping up with the kountry's kraziest--okay, enough of that. it's Kardashian the Musical, but the drama is off stage as much as on as Nina duels with her inner-saboteur, Alexis gets "tough Mom" on the girls in Untucked and the queens open up about impossible beauty standards in the gay community. (By the way, hey Pit Crew!) But the biggest gag comes from Momager Ru herself, with a surprise elimination that left everyone crying and dancing over the credits.

Apr 17, 2017 • 0sec
Episode 39: Drag Race Season 9 – Good Morning Bitches Recap & Review
Rise and shine, ladies! The pressure is on to have a personality as the queens are tasked with giving us morning show realness. Sasha and Shea finally get some overdue attention, while Aja and Valentina are being emotionally evolved Millenials in the workroom. We discuss the continued theme of kindness, which queen we think is playing it safe, share some parting words for Charlie and of course, discuss the origin of the expression "Alright Mary!"