Episode 498: RuPaul's Drag Race S17 Ep 12 - Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Monologues

Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race

Colin Drucker & Johnny Also

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4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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As a wise woman once said, this is interpretive dance. The Top 6 are pairing up to present their childhood traumas while their partners shimmy and slither their version upstage. Things then get ugly on the runway. Become a Matreon (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-811386/episodes/e-90268786/edit/patreon.com/alrightmary) at the Sister Mary level to get full access to our recaps of "The White Lotus" this season, plus movie reviews and past seasons of US Drag Race, UK, Canada, Down Under, Espana, Global All Stars, Philippines and more.Join us at our OnlyMary's (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-811386/episodes/e-90268786/edit/patreon.com/alrightmary)level for our recap of Season 5 of Drag Race plus even more movie reviews, brackets, and deep dives into our personal lives!Patreon: www.patreon.com/alrightmary (http://www.patreon.com/alrightmary)Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Instagram: @alrightmarypod (http://instagram.com/alrightmarypod)Johnny: @johnnyalso (https://www.instagram.com/johnnyalso) (Instagram)Colin: @colindrucker_ (http://instagram.com/colindrucker_) (Instagram)Web: www.alrightmary.com (http://www.alrightmary.com/)

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0:00.0	A pussy.
0:04.0	All right, Mary.
0:18.0	Now, in the dance, I was disappointed.
0:20.0	And I wanted to just see more facial and I wanted to be dragged up more.
0:25.2	I just thought that the dance was a little too earnest.
0:28.2	You know, this is a drag competition.
0:30.2	And Ernest ain't got no business around here.
0:33.2	So a short clip of the week, but I felt like this was just like, all right, Mary Catnip.
0:38.7	This was a rabbit under a rabbit under a box.
0:41.6	I'm a rabbit under a box.
0:42.6	This is a carrot under a box.
0:44.3	And I am a rabbit.
0:45.6	And I was like, ooh, earnestness on drag race.
0:50.1	earnestness in drag.
0:51.3	I totally agree.
0:53.7	And I think it's a really like, I think it was a running theme in a lot of the performances this week.
0:59.8	But then I was thinking about, and I'm not saying that this is earnest, but I think it's where you can have both.
1:05.5	But then it made me think about, and you know it's coming, the Laetrice Royal lip sync of Natural Woman.
1:13.4	Oh.
1:15.1	I feel like it is in and of itself a totally earnest performance.
1:20.8	But the drag of it is its Latrice Royal in pregnancy drag singing to her unborn baby.
1:29.3	Let's forget about Kenya Michaels taken off her wig and everything else. I think that is one of the few examples where it's
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