{"product_id":"9781982115807-how-you-get-famous","title":"How You Get Famous","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen Years of Drag Madness in Brooklyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA “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, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA “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, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow You Get Famous\u003c\/i\u003e, 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A “joyful and scrappy” (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e) portrait of the 21st-century search for celebrity and community, \u003ci\u003eHow You Get Famous\u003c\/i\u003e is “dripping in plush detail and drama” (\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e) and “stitched together with great respect and love” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e). 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“If you like to have a good time, you want to read this book!”—\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57356429853046,"sku":"9781982115807","price":8.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31827752.jpg?v=1771875946","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781982115807-how-you-get-famous","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}