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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Each week, we dive deep into our favorite awards show category--the Best Supporting Actress--and discuss the winners, nominees, and all of the acting choices and moments worthy of recognition, even if it's just our own.
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Each week, I explore micro-moments, acting choices and all of the magic in the minutiae--the nuances, if you will--that make a scene great. Take a drink every time I talk about a Best Supporting Actress nominee.
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Episode 232: Bonnie Hunt - "Jumanji" (1995)
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We’re kicking off what has turned into an annual tradition because we’ve now done it twice, Family Movie Month! This week we’re buying an old mansion with Bebe Neuwirth, rolling the dice with Kirsten Dunst and remembering a time when Bonnie Hunt was seemingly always on our televisions with 1995’s “Jumanji”! We also get a pitch perfect Patricia Clar…
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A month of international interpersonal dramas between the Real Housewives of New York ends with the Season 4 melodrama that is Morocco. We’ve got all the original wives, including Alex fighting with the strength of ten out of control camels. (Or perhaps a herd of buffalo.) Kelly is here to make it weird, Jill Zarin digs up two seasons of resentment…
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Episode 462.5: Canada vs the World S2 Ep 2: The Hole (PREVIEW)
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We talk about the husband, the Hole and even the husband's hole this week. Mrs. Mateo’s second act and JLo’s small bag of chips get a lot of air time, in addition to the actual challenge at hand. Join us on Patreon to hear the rest of the conversation! Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to Canada vs…
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Episode 462: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 12: Grand Finale Variety Extravaganza: Part 2
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It’s time to stop counting badges and start crowning queens as we carry this season through charity to its relatively surprising conclusion. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to Canada vs the World Season 2, movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and mor…
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Episode 230: "The Blue Stone Manor Chainsaw Massacre"
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We’re headed up to the Berkshires this week for another girls trip gone awry at Dorinda’s infamous and possibly sentient Blue Stone Manor. Ramona spends the afternoon dodging Elyse as an opening act before Luann takes center stage in, once again, a cabaret related drama, this time with an underpaid and overserved Sonja. Luckily the lady of the hous…
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Episode 461: Canada vs the World S2 Ep 1: Drag Pop
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Canada hosts another friendly competition with a couple US stalwarts, some UK geese, one French dip and Kennedy Goddamn Davenport. Brooke Lynn is back with a new North face and old pals Traci and Brad. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to Canada vs the World Season 2, movie reviews and past seasons…
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Episode 460: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 11: Grand Finale Variety Extravaganza: Part 1
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A mini-makeover, party games for cash, a round robin of Tic Tac lunches, babysitting some backup dancers and picking the lipstick for your life keeps the queens busy before the actual finale next week. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to Canada vs the World Season 2, movie reviews and past seasons…
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Episode 229: "Life is Actually Not a Cabaret"
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Things go south in South Beach this week as we take another trip with the Real Housewives of New York, specifically Season 11’s “Life is Not a Cabaret.” Highlights include coercing Sonja to go to an AA meeting with recently sober Luann, which sends her spiraling out over a sandy cabana an hour later, poor little Barbara K trying to get in the game,…
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Episode 459: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 10: Lip-Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown
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Everyone lip synced, no one went home, Shannel had a bit of a Megami moment, Roxxxy got to maintain tradition--including never losing a lip sync--and we found a way to talk about Shelley Duvall and Sasha Colby for a little bit. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to past seasons of Nuance, the Alrigh…
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The only thing we love as much as Best Supporting Actresses is The Real Housewives of New York, so we will combine the two whenever possible. And there’s no better example of that than the Season 7 episode “London Calling” when cool Carole and a debut season Dorinda go to London to retrieve the ashes of Carole’s late husband. It’s an A24 movie begg…
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Episode 458: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 9: Rosemarie's Baby Shower: The Rusical
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This is no dream, this is really happening this week as the queens take on a Rusical of Rosemary’s Baby (with a bit of The Exorcist, Poltergeist, IT and of course, Megan thrown in). We have a lot to say about horror movies, nothing to say about periwinkle and plenty of feelings on the SLMing of Shannel. Plus that lip sync just had us putting our ha…
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Episode 227: Kathleen Quinlan - "Apollo 13" (1995)
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We’re just over the moon that Kathleen Quinlan got an Oscar nomination for playing Marilyn Lovell, the heart of 1995’s “Apollo 13”. But it’s also babe city with Ed Harris in that vest, Gary Sinise leaning against that car, Kevin Bacon’s elusive butt, a southern fried Bill Paxton and a baby faced Tom Hanks post-Gump and that line of hair. We also gi…
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Episode 457: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 8: Make Your Own Kind of Rusic
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Music makes the people come together, but it also makes drag queens design looks based on (the titles of) RuPaul songs. Shannel continues to get nothing for Christmas, Gottmik gets a three way hug with a dress form, Nina has clearly never made construction paper turkeys as a kid, Angeria is VERY Ashford & Simpson, and Vanjie loves cats. Jorgeous do…
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Episode 456: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 7: Meeting in the Ladies Room
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It’s truly a Night of 1000 Divas as RuPaul channels Joan Crawford, Faye Dunaway playing Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall and more stars of the 20th century in this week’s camp cinema inspired acting challenge. (Though the jury’s still out on The Boys in the Band when it comes to camp, but having Jorgeous play Harold is certainly an inspire…
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Episode 226: The BSAs of "The Birdcage" (1996)
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Not only do we queen out on “The Birdcage” this week, we also discuss some of our favorite Diane’s, a couple of Ron’s, at least two Mames, one singular Bonnie, a piece of Jason Alexander and just buckets of veteran actresses in lightweight ensemble comedies. Join us for The Best Supporting Aftershow and early access to main episodes on Patreon: www…
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Episode 455: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 6: The National Drag Convention Roast
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No one’s safe at a roast, chickens—unless it’s a charity season and no one goes home. Want even more Alright Mary? Become a Matreon at the Sister Mary level to get access to past seasons of Nuance, the Alright Mary aftershow, movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Philippines and more. Join us at our OnlyMary's leve…
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Episode 225: The BSAs of "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" (1997)
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We’re ordering two businesswomen’s lunch specials this week and discussing the 1997 cult classic “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion”! Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are iconically indelible (especially the Romy voice), but we also get cigarette acting from Jeneane Garafalo, Elaine Hendrix as a power lesbian Sue Snell, Julia Campbell’s cruel Chr…
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Episode 454: Drag Race All Stars 9 Ep 5: Property Queens
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Roxxxy Andrews more than earns her commission in the final minutes of this week’s episode. After a series of real estate commercials that weren’t necessarily fighting off bidders, some workroom drama about Florida accents, Jorgeous's Mommy and me moment on the runway and a pretty hairy lip sync, an anguished blind crab walk was just what this episo…
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Episode 224: The BSAs of "American Fiction" (2023)
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This is a bestseller in our hearts! 2023’s “American Fiction” earned writer/director Cord Jefferson’s screenplay a much deserved Oscar, Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K Brown underdog nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, and introduced us to Queen Coraline, Ten Perfect Minutes of screen time from Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae in that co…
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Episode 453: Drag Race All Stars 9 - Ep 4: Smokin' Hot Firefighter Makeovers
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Makeovers meets the girl group challenge with a healthy dose of daddy issues in this week’s episode. We have much to say about Shannel, including the fact that she is iconically badgeless, not as much to say about alliances and cliques and lots of feelings about that pole dancer, Ross’s commitment to making/not losing these references, and why All …
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Episode 223: The BSAs of "The Graduate" (1967)
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Our sampler of the 60s ends this month with “The Graduate”! We get to see Annie Sullivan in a whole new light as the OG cougar Mrs. Robinson, one of our favorite Stepford Wives as her unwitting daughter Elaine, the mayor from Jaws in a surprisingly fascinating role as the spurned husband, Roz from 9 to 5 and Mr Feeney putzing around in the pool, a …
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Episode 452.5: BONUS! All About Yvie (w/ Yvie Oddly!)
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Alright Yvie! This week we talk to Season 11 winner, All Stars alum and beloved oddball of the Denver drag scene, Yvie Oddly! We discuss the honor of cat ownership, facing imposter syndrome on national television, the Drag Race you don’t see, navigating the seas of toxic fandom, celebrating temporary drag and so much more! Their new book “All About…
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Episode 452: Drag Race All Stars 9 - Ep 3: Snatch Game of Love
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We get twice the tickled ivories this week when two Liberaces show up on Snatch Game of Love. Personally, we have dibs on Marla Gibbs and whatever she’s got in that shoulder bag. Thanks to Shannel, we spend some necessary time on both the expression and the movie “in the cut” and Jorgeous inspires us to revisit an internet legend. We also figure ou…
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Episode 222: Patty Duke - "The Miracle Worker" (1962)
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We’re staying in the 60s this week and with Patty Duke, but instead of sparkling as Neely O’Hara she’s learning to fold her napkin and beating the crap out of Annie Sullivan in “The Miracle Worker”! Duke and Anne Bancroft deservedly both won Oscars in this portrayal of Helen Keller’s arduous journey to learn not only how to read and speak but the c…
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Episode 451: Drag Race All Stars 9 - Ep 1 & 2: Drag Queens Save the World / The Paint Ball
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Sisters are doing it for charity this season of All Stars, and the stakes have never been lower! But honestly, it’s kind of nice to just watch a variety show for the next couple months, especially with a cast this solid. Episodes 1 and 2 both dropped in the wee hours of the morning so we’re covering both in a supersized episode this week. We got tw…
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Episode 221: The BSAs of "Valley of the Dolls" (1967)
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We are ascending the Mr Everest of camp this week to plunge into 1967’s “Valley of the Dolls”! While not necessarily a good movie, it is still a GREAT movie, with Patty Duke absolutely sparkling as Neely (especially when it comes to conquering Cystic Fibrosis!), Barbara Parkins laying on the beach briefly, everything Susan Hayward does in that bath…
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Episode 220: Adriana Barraza & Rinko Kikuchi - "Babel" (2006)
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We’re wrapping up a month of early 2000s prestige pictures that Nick potentially owned on DVD with the quintessential modern classic, 2006’s “Babel”! Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi joined a competitive race for Best Supporting Actress against Abigail Breslin’s Rick James inspired dance moves, a scandalous Blanchett shoving Judi Dench into a cred…
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Episode 450: Patreon Preview - Cruel Intentions (1999)
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This week, we're bringing you the first 20 minutes of our discussion about a movie that must be included in the gay canon! If you want to hear the rest of the discussion, check out the link to our Patreon below! *Cruel Intentions* (1999) may mostly be about the heterosexual pursuits of Manhattan’s filthiest and richest, but it’s overwhelmingly quee…
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Episode 219: Marcia Gay Harden - "Pollock" (2000)
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We were so full of Marcia Gay Pride from last week’s episode that it was time to break a decades long blacklisting of “Pollock” to discuss her dark horse Oscar win as Lee Krasner in Ed Harris’s punch drunk biopic of Jackson Pollock. We also get Amy Madigan going full Ullman, Jennifer Connelly as Worst Supporting Ruth, John Heard from "The Sopranos"…
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Episode 449: Drag Race S16 Ep 16 - Grand Finale
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It’s time for Ru to pack up the pink limousine and peel out, but first—an uncanny valley version of a live finale! The Top 3 perform signature songs we’ve never heard before, and two of them are actually pretty great while one of them is sort of growing on us. (On an unrelated note, we do a full autopsy of “Bodysuit” this week.) We get some much we…
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Episode 218: Marcia Gay Harden & Laura Linney - "Mystic River" (2003)
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We’re shipping up to Boston this week for 2003’s modern day Greek tragedy, “Mystic River”! Sean Penn and Tim Robbins both took home Oscars for their rag-wrung performances, and Marcia Gay Harden was well and truly robbed of her second Oscar as the tortured Celeste. We’re of differing opinions on Laura Linney’s low-key Lady Macbeth, but eye to eye o…
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Episode 448: Drag Race S16 Ep 15 - LipSync Lalaparuza Smackdown - Reunited
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Instead of hashing out old fights while perched on stadium arranged bar stools on either side of the stage, the queens of Season 16 are reuniting to face off in a lip sync bracket for $50,000 and, in Megami’s case, a total rudemption arc. It’s a brand new stage (from Secret Celebrity Drag Race?), a playlist of top tier lip sync songs, Bruno just ha…
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Episode 217: The BSAs of "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006)
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It’s the Little Movie That Could of 2006, “Little Miss Sunshine”! It shined at the Oscars, including a frankly totally deserved Best Supporting Actress nomination for Abigail Breslin and equally wholly deserved wins for Michael Arndt’s screenplay and Alan Arkin as dirty grandpa. But there’s also the way Toni Collette eats that popsicle and Greg Kin…
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