# Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business - Hardcover

by **Frank DeCaro** (Author), **Bruce Vilanch** (Foreword by)

**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. It includes more than 100 photos--many from performers' personal collections, and a comprehensive timeline of drag "herstory."

### Author Biography

**Frank DeCaro** hosted his own live national talk show _The Frank DeCaro Show_ every weekday on Sirius Satellite Radio for over 10 years. For nearly seven years, he co-wrote and hosted the popular _Out at the Movies_ segments on the Emmy Award-winning _Daily Show with Jon Stewart_. A much sought-after pop culture pundit, he has appeared on numerous programs including TV Land's _Tickled Pink_, Logo's _The Evolution Will Be Televised_, CNN's _Showbiz Tonight_, NBC's _Dateline_, VH1's _The List_, E! Entertainment Television's _The E! True Hollywood Story: The Sopranos_, and Bravo's _Bravo Profiles: RuPaul_. As a journalist and fashion editor, he wrote the funny-but-chic biweekly column Style Over Substance for _The New York Times_. His work has appeared in myriad publications including _The New York Times Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Vogue, USA Weekend, Metropolitan Home, In Style, Time Out New York,_ and _the Advocate._  
**Bruce Villanch** is an award-winning writer and performer

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 10.1 x 8.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 22, 2022

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