Alright Mary: All Things Rupaul's Drag Race

Alright Scary! This week we're diving into the ooky-spooky world of Dragula with a double header of Episodes 1 and 2. Our Season 2 supermonsters are bringing backstory to the boudoir from day one--Abhora abhors Biqtch Puddin', James performs Her Majesty, Monikkie is shameless and Kendra gives us military grade ghoul. Victoria and Abhora shine in both floor shows, Felony makes a fatal flaw, Disasterina serves monstrous mother in her babies dress and the Boulet Brothers host the hell out of the whole thing. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) www.alrightmary.com

This week, as we come down from the high of Drag Race Thailand and before we gear up for Season 2 of Dragula, we're catching up on things like: plans for DragCon, delayed thoughts on Pearlgate, Colin's latest feature on In the Details and Johnny's trip to Barcelona, plus some movie recommendations, a moment of appreciation for our sister podcast and a little Mary'ing out on sobriety. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) www.alrightmary.com

Our Top 3 Southeast Asian sensations are back for one more round of challenges before the crowning--only this time, it's in front of a live studio audience! Drag Race Thailand's finale may be one of the best--not only do all of the eliminated queens return for a brief reunion and get to give us multiple looks throughout the night, we get Pangina in performance, Art Arya running the show with an iron fist in a velvet glove, a host of past guests on the judges panel (hey Christoris!), a lip sync with ANOTHER twist and fierce final performances produced from head to toe by the Top 3 queens themselves before the winner is finally announced for "Drag Race Thailand debut season!" Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) www.alrightmary.com

Our Thai top four may be at the last 100 meters, but it's going to be an exhausting sprint to Top 3! That being said, Annee Maywong lives up to her nickname (the one we've given her, anyway) of Anne May Win, because she sweeps this entire episode, from makeup mini-challenge to Songkran goddess on the runway. All of the eliminated queens return for a mini-makeover/unconventional materials challenge before the whole cast puts on an extravagant soap opera that puts every other Drag Race acting challenge to shame. The game of musical chairs for Top 3 reaches an emotional conclusion on the runway for our resident pizza queen, but this journey to the finale ends with the same joy and positivity we've come to love all season. Come through, kind media!

Drag queens need to know how to market themselves--and what better way to practice than marketing some SIM cards care of Drag Race Thailand sponsor LINE Mobile! Our resident elephant queen sweeps the episode with her trunk and her charm, while Jaja gets a little coo-coo and Natalia Pliacam gives us flashbacks to the furry in "The Shining." The runway is influencer inspired (even if Chompoo was giving us more influenza with her under the weather appearance on the judging panel)before another shocking lip sync that had us crying, "You've made the wrong decision!" Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) www.alrightmary.com

The library is open and so are our hearts as we watch Drag Race Thailand's first ever Snatch Game! Amadiva blows us all away in her reading challenge, Natalia Pliacam gives us nuance nuance nuance as Miss Sumanee(that's three drinks, Mary), and B Ella blows us all away as she emerges as a comedy queen alongside JaJa. We comment on the first negativity from a guest judge toward Annee May Wong, find our disagreement with the runway/lip sync outcome (an elephant never forgets...), and of course... we are gooped, gagged, and waving our hankies at that intoxicating lip sync! As Pangina Heals says, "Thank F@#$%ing you!"

Mary, if you are gonna start Drag Race Thailand anywhere but the beginning, start here. We go in this week and love on the nuanced faces of JaJa in the mini-challenge, gag over every runway look (Every. Single. One) and name B Ella as the Pizza Queen we all need right now (Pizza = always good even when its bad). We also hail the production of the runway which sets Drag Race Thailand apart from RuPaul's Drag Race in a very important way. Get into, Mary!

Even without the Gone With the Wind reference, the curtain challenge is a classic example of resourcefulness and imagination. The Top 8 are turning drapes and panels into looks, looks, looks--but not before a welcomed return to puppet-based mini challenges. Art Arya is a hoot the whole episode ("Christoris!") and Pan Pan gets cuter by the draped blazer.

As soon as we both saw Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette," we knew we needed an entire episode to discuss... Get in touch! Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) and "In the Details: a Celebration of Nuance" on iTunes! www.alrightmary.com

Everybody say love! This week, we head back to the southeast Asian workroom as the remaining nine queens (well, nine once Morrigan comes back from having a terrible time in the bathroom) say "I Do" to themselves in a recreation of the Season 2 "Here Comes the Bride" photoshoot challenge before giving variations on the theme of "the power of love" on the runway. Apparently, that means being pregnant, resulting in this season's version of Kimonogate.

Before we officially close out the season, enjoy some nuanced BONUS content, Mary! Here is the extensive runway rundown we did with the queens from Grizzly Kiki during our Season 10 finale joint recap. Looks looks looks! Grizzly Kiki: @GrizzlyKiki (Twitter, instagram, Facebook) www.grizzlykiki.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) and "In the Details: a Celebration of Nuance" on iTunes! www.alrightmary.com

Before we say goodbye to a season that has truly been a production, often an ooh-ahh sensation, and occasionally quite brown cow stunning, we celebrate our favorite looks, quotes, moments, queens, and of course nuances of Season 10, and discuss what we'd love to see happen in future seasons. Facts are facts, America--this season may have not always known its words, and its wig may have fallen clear off its head at times, but you've got to give to Season 10: it, nevertheless, still wiggled. (And it also gave us Monique Heart!) Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) www.alrightmary.com

Let's have a kiki, Mary! We've invited the queens from the Grizzly Kiki podcast over to recap the finale of what has been a marathon of a season! Grizzly Kiki: @GrizzlyKiki (Twitter, instagram, Facebook) www.grizzlykiki.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) and "In the Details: a Celebration of Nuance" on iTunes! www.alrightmary.com

It’s family reunion time at RuPaul’s Drag Race, and let’s just say, sh*t got real. It truly is Asia O’Hara’s Drag Race when she stands up to Ru in The Vixen’s defense, reminding us once again that beyond the glitter and glam, this is supposed to be a community of people. Tears are shed with Dusty and Monique, Vanjie reminds us that she’s so much more than a catchphrase, Kalorie eats popcorn from a sandwich bag, Mayhem creates screen time for herself when none is given and Kameron is crucified in the 11th hour for her coyness. We of course spend a significant portion of this episode dissecting Ru’s interactions with Asia and The Vixen and where things went astray. Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary Email: alrightmarypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @alrightmary Johnny: @johnnyalso (Instagram) Colin: @colindrucker (Twitter) www.alrightmary.com

Oh beautiful for spacious skies, Mary! The final challenge is upon us fooling nobody with any suspense of the outcome. But we gotta let the kids play, right? Hate all you want on this follow-through episode, but we insist on its importance. We go deep into how these queens are positioned before the live finale, celebrate arguably the most important segment RuPaul’s Drag Race offers to its viewers, and Colin recounts meeting a rather grand “friend” in the lovely Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We're almost done with this season. Who do you *want* to win?

Episode 107.5: NUANCE - "Pose" Premiere + "The Boys in the Band" on Broadway by Colin & Johnny

Episode 107: Drag Race Season 10 - Evil Twins by Colin & Johnny

To quote the legendary Gia Gunn, we're just taking a little trip to Asia and landing like fresh tilapia on Drag Race Thailand! With a week off from Season 10, we're getting a head start on this little biddi-biddi TV show's southeast Asian sister by diving into the first episode. We still don't know who wins, but there are a few queens we're already excited about. (To say nothing of "big mama" Natalia Pliacam!) We also go on a tangent about gay cruises, Drag Race music cues, campy competitiveness and Project Runway Season 10 contestants. Our apologies for the sound this week, we only realized after recording that our mic's really failed us. Nevertheless, we wiggled!

In this week's NUANCE, we discuss this week's episode of Untucked, some thoughts on Hurricane Bianca 2, reacting to The Great British Bake Off, plus we condragulations to our Mary's in Ireland and get a whole rack of love from the UK.

Six camera ready social media mavens make for good TV in this season's makeover challenge. Cracker finally catches a break with Miss Cookie, who joins the legion of breakout makeovers (like Sarge...). We look back on previous season's narrators, spend an inordinate amount of time talking about ugly crying, theorize about the future of Miss Vanjie, thirst for Chester See and ponder a season without our bespectacled narrator as we say a fond farewell to Monet X Change.