meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race

Episode 53: Villains & Vulnerability + Wig Reveal Trivia + Remembering “Trick”

Alright Mary: All Things RuPaul's Drag Race

Colin Drucker & Johnny Also

Unknown

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

“We need to see more vulnerability!” didn’t start with Michelle Visage, as we discover this episode. While Akashia was self-producing as the villain, Shannel quickly learned she needed to self-produce some flaws in order to stay in the race. We discuss her epic wig reveal, plus a special round of Wig Reveal Trivia, a fond remembrance of the movie “Trick,” an unofficial Moment of Appreciation for Oprah, Bebe’s panther on the runway realness, and a couple last drops of Season 9 reunion T.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The All right Mary.

0:15.0

When I was 17 I got kicked out mainly because I was gay and so I pretty much to pin on myself and I do what I see fit and that's just who I am.

0:27.0

All right, so I pick this as our clip of the week because at this early part of the season,

0:32.0

Akasha is really our

0:33.5

you know she's she's our I want to say act one villain we say act one gun she's

0:37.2

our act one villain right because the long con hasn't really been revealed

0:40.8

yeah we don't really we don't really fully see Rebecca as yeah as the villain that even when we're

0:46.3

kind of talking about the Queens I remember when we did our Meet the Queens the

0:50.4

first episode of this like we even forgot about Rebecca totally yeah I mean and and it's funny because when I think about

0:56.3

watching the season when I like re-watched it and I think about the last few episodes she is such a present figure and a present storyline in the latter half of the season and oh it's all her

1:08.2

It's all waiting for her to go home. Yeah, I remember when I first watched the season like back in 2009 or whatever.

1:14.3

Yeah, we were just why she's still on the show.

1:16.9

Yeah, I mean it even it totally eclipsed all of the Chanel drama.

1:21.1

Yeah and in some ways it was like I didn't even I mean even though

1:24.9

obviously like BB and you know were doing great I almost wasn't even

1:28.0

thinking about them because like that was like okay well they're doing great

1:30.5

okay you know and so Akasha really you know in these

1:34.1

first three episodes I mean that's her storyline she's she's just you know she's

1:38.1

the villain character and she's the mean girl and that's who she's cast herself yeah she's

1:41.0

difficult and the challenges yeah but what I think is interesting and

1:44.4

I think drag race has done this in later seasons and and the reason I chose this

1:48.7

clip is we we get the villains backstory we understand humanize the villain's backstory. We understand... We understand why she's acting like this.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -2808 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Colin Drucker & Johnny Also, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Colin Drucker & Johnny Also and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.