Alright Mary: All Things Rupaul's Drag Race

This week, we're talkin' about the floor fillers challenge on Drag Race UK Season 5. We discuss why it was a blessing in disguise to have the queens self-select their groups, what we're still missing from these girl group challenges, and of course what we think Tomara Thomas loves. To find out the rest of our thoughts, consider becoming a patreon subscriber (a *matreon*). Info below! Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our DRUK S5 coverage all season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.comThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/alrightmary!

We are finally navigating the Buffyverse for Alright Scary this week with the Season 4 episode “Hush”! It’s as much about fairy tale monsters stealing voices and hearts across Sunnydale as it is about Buffy confronting her intimacy issues, Willow navigating a sexual awakening, Anya learning the complexities of human relationships and how much of our civility is tied to our communication skills. But it’s also a genuinely scary episode and a great entry point if you want to dip your toes into this series or just queen out on Sarah Michelle Gellar for 44 minutes. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our DRUK S5 coverage all season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)

We're covering Season 5 of Drag Race UK exclusively on Patreon! Here is a sneaky preview of our discussion of this week's pet shop couture design challenge. Join us on Patreon for the full episode!Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our DRUK S5 coverage all season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com

Alright Scary continues with the controversial (summer) camp classic from the slasher boom of the 80’s, “Sleepaway Camp”! This video store staple is best remembered for a twist ending that hasn’t aged well, but there’s so much to say about Aunt Martha, Ricky, Best Supporting Queen Judy, the unabashed sleaze and overt homoeroticism, that distinct Jersey vibes, the unfathomable hotness of Gene, Susie Snell, and how else to interpret what this movie could (hypothetically) be saying about Angela. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our DRUK S5 coverage all season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com

We're covering Season 5 of Drag Race UK exclusively on Patreon! Here is a sneaky preview of what to expect as we get to know ten new queens off to the camptown races for badges, screentime, meme potential and maybe even a guest spot on a future season (hey Sminty!). We acknowledge the eleventh elephant in the room, despite some seriously slick work by the editors, swoon over Best Supporting Kristen and waste no time picking potential faves. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our DRUK S5 coverage all season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.comThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first

This week we discuss 1992's camp horror classic Bram Stoker's Dracula starring Gary Oldman as the highest drag queen in Transylvania opposite the everlasting 'Nona Rider. We praise the performances of Sadie Frost as the vixen Lucy and comment on the 90's aesthetic of showing gratuitous breasts. We go off about the costuming and the "naive" in camera effects and fantasize about the possibilities in Dracula 2000. Enjoy and happy October! Hope it doesn't suck! >:-E Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com

We’re kicking off Alright Scary with the mild, uncomplicated thrills of 1991’s “Sleeping With the Enemy.” Julia Roberts goes on a journey of identities, hairstyles and cross-country bus travel to escape from her abusive husband Patrick Bergin and start new life in Iowa and perhaps also in the hirsute arms of Kevin Anderson’s Ben, who will not stop jump-scaring her. Jerry Goldsmith’s score classes up the joint, and we have much to say about baths, carnival scenes, Nancy Fish on the bus, the cast of “Enough”, foyer finales and whether Laura/Sara could be arrested for faking her death. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alr

Alright Travis! This week something told us to not discount Miss Geist, and frankly, as if. We’re finally discussing Clueless! We have much to say about the queer and cringe of Christian, Dionne being the smartest person in the room, Best Supporting Brittany Murphy and the critical importance of Ambular, who would never wear something from Judy’s. The Cher and Josh love story may always feel like a bit of a Monet and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones may be a glaring reminder of the 90s ska craze, but this movie is an otherwise total Betty that we will certainly see again, and we hope not sporadically. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comI

We’re kicking off back to school season with the ultimate day off in Chicago. While this movie is technically about Ferris, it’s really about Cameron, and of course Jeannie. To say nothing of the perils of Ed and Grace! And then there’s Mr. Bueller’s outings in that red Audi, Katie Bueller’s fashion choices, Best Supporting Simone, that girl from “Legend”, the well-endowed garage attendant, a Comeback cameo, a one scene Sheen, Nurse Florence, a potential future telenovela star, a gay maitre’d, and of course that girl on the bus with the hot gummy bears. In some ways, this movie is about everyone but Ferris. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast

We’re headed to Kellerman’s for three magical weeks of summer lovin’ in the dreamy arms of a significantly older man. There’s gonna be class struggle, queer subtext, abortion, watermelons, THAT SOUNDTRACK, Jerry Orbach’s eventually donated eyes, the grandma from Gilmore Girls, kid sister Lisa, fertile college boys with toxic hotness, a resident cougar and klepto old lady (who we'd play) and of course, Best Supporting Penny stealing the entire movie before she retired and married Richard Marx. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightm

The time has come…*thunder sound effect*...for us to talk about lip syncs that we love! And while we couldn’t possibly discuss them all in one episode, we’ve each chosen five potentially under-celebrated or overlooked Drag Race lip syncs that we think deserve a moment of appreciation and perhaps even a rewatch. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.comThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/alrightmary!

We rollerbladed to the theaters this weekend to see “Barbie” (and “Oppenheimer”!) and we have much to Mary out about. Naturally we have a lot of formative memories of Barbie as a coveted childhood toy and, of course, Ken’s mound, but we also queen out on Weird Barbie, America Ferrera, the Ann Roth moment and Margot Robbie’s fantastic in plastic performance. We’re of varying opinions on Ken, but we can agree that it’s good to see Rhea Perlman. We also find time to discuss Ben Shapiro’s bear face, popcorn monsters and what Barbenheimer says about the state of America in 2023. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmaryp

Enough clowning around, it’s time to crown a winner this week! Besides the requisite Tic Tac lunches and choreography rehearsal, we get to see the 9 semi-finalists sit around and win money out of a pink box, RuPaul putting her back brace into it and some pretty stellar finale looks across the board. (Except for some questionable wrinkles and that little wig!) Lala’s impeccable experience this season comes to a famous conclusion before Jimbo and Kandy funk it up for shits and giggles one last time and the best of the breasts takes home over $260,000 in Canadian dollars. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJoh

We may be a week away from what seems like an inevitable victory for this season’s frontrunner, but the real winner this season is Monica Beverly Hillz for not being a soaking clock. We spend like 20 minutes on her variety show performance alone and at least another 15 minutes on a tangent about Mom Rock and Teacher-as-Savior movies, but we also have much to say about how Jimbo would have won again this week, the power of the LaLa Ri Experience, Jaymes Mansfield finally having her moment and whether or not we should talk about “Bring it On” on this podcast. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnny

This season’s makeover challenge brings some much needed lesbians to the workroom and a much appreciated Priyanka at the 11th hour. Kandy bakes a perfect Kookie and gets the obviously inevitable honor of picking the very last lipstick. We cover just about everything this week, including the occasional mention of Johnny’s trip to Spain, but certainly stick around till the end for an impassioned look back at the cast of 2003’s “Mona Lisa Smile.” Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.comThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Ge

This week’s roast features a toast from a ghost that truly does the most. Alexis and Kandy continue to play chess with their lipstick alliance while Jessica skis right into the top three like it’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s fucking back. We have a lot to say about your uncle’s girlfriend Katya, Jan in Untucked, the Roscoe’s viewing party, Abby Lee Miller going to Baskin Robbins and of course, Alexis Michelle. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on the shows we're watching currently, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com

The race to the finish line takes a dramatic turn at the tail end of this week’s design challenge. Jimbo’s facekini was one big red herring as Alexis made pinkie promises with LaLa Ri that ended up being middle fingers, Jessica continued to give a masterclass in staying under the radar, and all signs pointed to a much dreaded bottom two spot for Kandy Muse. When Nicky Doll’s boots aren’t quite made for assassinating, it looks like curtains for Kandy. Alas blood is thicker than Bubly sparkling water, and the LaLa Ri Experience is brought to a bittersweet end.  Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on this season of Drag Race España, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnya

The queens are making a scene this week, and we’re not even talking about the challenge itself. Emotions run high early in the day and Best Supporting Ru makes an emergency visit to the workroom to keep more queens from quitting the show through the power of proselytizing. The true crime improv challenge itself is a slickly produced step up, and while no one is dead on arrival, there were likely culprits for bottom two. The winner of this week’s runway pageant was, in the words of Alyssa Edwards, not on this stage, and Jorgeous punches the clock more than the ghost as our guest lip sync assassin. It ultimately ends up being a really good week for Lala Ri, and frankly, it’s about damn time. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on this season of Drag Race España, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into

Tina, bring me the acts! It’s a Rusical this week as the surviving seven don their Mommies dearest for an Aunt Leland and Uncle Adam extravaganza of the ups, downs and Dunaways of Joan Crawford’s career. While no one was box office poison, Jessica went wild on those rose bushes, Lala was Mildred Fierce and Alexis gave Faye a run for her money. The judges go crazy for Kandy’s wire hangers and overlook whatever happened to Jimbo’s runway. We can handle the socks, but is there rigor morris afoot? Barbara, please. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on this season of Drag Race España, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)We

It’s love and war this week as our Top 8 seek Las Culturista connections in the Snatch Game of Love. Hearts are broken in the workroom when Heidi decides to go towards the light (and exit the studio), but of course none more than Alexis. The ruveals on the runway may have been big on bodysuits, but Jimbo’s Adam and Eve is a revelation. (To say nothing of that twisted Shirley Temple.) Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to our thoughts on this season of Drag Race España, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's level for EVEN MORE movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmaryEmail: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @alrightmarypodJohnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com