Drama Queen: The Gay Man's Guide To An Uncomplicated Life

As all gay men know theres drama and then theres drama. Being genuinely torn between two lovers for example versus having slept your way through your entire zip code. Minor spats with your best friends versus a web of allegiances grudges and hearsay approaching Versailles in the era of Marie Antoinette. Or being a few days late with the rent versus your landlord asking Gucci and Prada to shut down your credit. For those queens who cant tell the one from the other--you know the ones who live their lives like some high-volume hybrid of Valley of the Dolls Absolutely Fabulous and Titanic (the sinking ship part not the love story)--dramatologist Patrick Price (Husband Hunting Made Easy) has written a rehab guide to every aspect of a gay mans life susceptible to a high DQ (thats drama quotient). That is friendships and family dating and relationships money and career self-image and attitude and aging (which the drama queen obsesses over so much (s)he doesnt know its possible to do it gracefully). The books not quite as funny as youd like--its full of anemic gay twist jokes (there are times youd swear your life is a rerun of Dynasty and everyone thinks theyre Alexis or Sammy Jo--yawn) that make you hunger for a little more bitchy pointedness. The advice is so general and thin it could apply to anyone straight or gay. And its overall PG-13 content--disappointingly free of even veiled references to wild sex rampant drug use or anything else that makes gay life truly interestingly tragic--leaves even the tamest of Will and Grace episodes looking racy by comparison. But its that essential wholesomeness and common sense--not to mention a plethora of irresistible Cosmopolitan-like Test Your Own Drama Quotient quizzes--that makes Prices book one that even mothers could safely give their drama queen sons...or perhaps more fittingly the other way around. --Timothy Murphy For many gay men drama is an essential spice of life.Theyll spend the