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Drag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers.Since man first walked the Earth...in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment.Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag Race, films like Some Like It Hot, To Wong Foo..., and Tootsie, and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots.With stops in cities around the globe, and packed with interviews and commentaries on the dramas, joys, and love that "make-up" a life in wigs and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch.
About the Author
Best known for his years as the flamboyant movie critic on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Frank DeCaro is heard each weekday morning on his own live national call-in program, The Frank DeCaro Show, on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, which now boasts 20 million subscribers. Both a writer and performer, DeCaro also pens the "Icons" column on classic television for CBS's Watch! magazine. The author of the pioneering memoir A Boy Named Phyllis and the coffee-table biography Unmistakably Mackie: The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie, DeCaro previously wrote the "Style Over Substance" column for The New York Times. His work has appeared in such magazines as Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Martha Stewart Living, GQ, and Vogue. Visit the author at frankdecaro.com and deadcelebritycookbook.com, and on Facebook, and follow him at twitter.com/frankdecaroshow. Photograph by Erica Berger at www.ericaberger.com.
