Burlesque - review

On Tour, Mathieu Amalric's recent film about middle-aged, overweight American strippers performing at provincial clubs in French ports, was a genuine slice of old-fashioned burlesque, that low form of unabashedly vulgar entertainment for urban working-class audiences that flourished in the States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its recent revival as "the new burlesque" is altogether smarter and generally aimed at trendier audiences, and the movie Burlesque features the form thought ac...

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