Documentary takes skin-deep look at school for stripping

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Six weeks feels like a lifetime in "A Wink and a Smile," a documentary that follows 10 students through a term at Seattle's Academy of Burlesque. Like most strippers, the film promises more than it delivers, offering abbreviated versions of a dozen or so tired routines along with endless critiques, explications and on-camera soul-searching.

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