How You Get Famous

Ten Years of Drag Madness in Brooklyn

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Beschreibung

<b>A “funny, poignant, dishy, and even enlightening” adventure through a tight-knit world of drag performers making art, mayhem, and dreaming of making it big, this book is “the story of America now” (Alexander Chee, <i>The New York Times</i>).</b><br><br> In <i>How You Get Famous</i>, journalist Nicole Pasulka raucously documents the rebirth of the New York drag scene, following a group of iconoclastic performers with undeniable charisma, talent, and a hell of a lot to prove. In the past decade, drag has become a place where edgy, competitive showoffs can find security in a callous and over priced city, a shot at real money, and a level of recognition queer people rarely achieve. But can drag keep its edge as it travels from the backroom to the main stage?<br><br> A “joyful and scrappy” (<i>Esquire</i>) portrait of the 21st-century search for celebrity and community, <i>How You Get Famous</i> is “dripping in plush detail and drama” (<i>Mother Jones</i>) and “stitched together with great respect and love” (<i>The Guardian</i>). It’s the story of an aimless coat check worker who sweet-talked his way into hosting a drag show at a Brooklyn dive bar, a pair of teenagers sneaking into clubs and pocketing tips to help support their families, and eclectic performers who have managed to land a spot on TV and millions of followers…all colliding in an unprecedented account of a subculture on the brink of becoming a cultural phenomenon.<br><br><b>“If you like to have a good time, you want to read this book!”—<i>BuzzFeed</i></b>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781982115807

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

213 x 142 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Simon & Schuster