Drag - Combing through the big wings of show business

Since man first walked the earth-in heels-no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as drag. After thriving underground in the twentieth century, drag artists now have sashayed their way into the mainstream, snatching the crown as the reigning queens of popular entertainment. Through fabulous essays and fascinating interviews chronicling more than one hundred years of drag around the globe, Drag : Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business takes readers on a Priscilla-like journey from Bosom Buddies to RuPauPs Drag Race, Some Like It Hot to Pink Flamingos, La Cage Aux Folles to Kinky Boots, and beyond. Packed with the drama, joys, and love that make up a life in wig and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca Del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Lady Bunny, Jackie Beat, Lypsinka, Charles Busch, Dina Martina, Sasha Velour, Varla Jean Merman, and, of course, RuPaul. Plus, it features the impressions of such unexpected drag performers as the award-winning actors Wesley Snipes, Robert Morse, and Denis O'Hare. Drag presents gorgeous photos - some not seen in decades and many from the artists' personal collections - and a comprehensive (and often hilarious) timeline of drag "herstory." As someone sickening would say, "Gentlemen, start your engines..."

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