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All The News That’s Fit To Strip

By Kelly DiNardo ⋅ May 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The New York Times takes a look at the city’s current burlesque scene, New York’s burlesque stars and the history of burly in the Big Apple. Author Mark Caldwell writes:
“Burlesque, that fabled if slightly soiled fantasy realm whose heraldic totem was the twirling pasty and whose undisputed queen was Gypsy Rose Lee, has returned to […]

The Return of the Return of Burlesque

By Jo Boobs ⋅ May 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

There is an article about burlesque in the New York Times today:
‘Burlesque, that fabled if slightly soiled fantasy realm whose heraldic totem was the twirling pasty and whose undisputed queen was Gypsy Rose Lee, has returned to New York, dripping with rhinestones and trailing clouds of glitter. Under the rubric neo-burlesque, a Depression-era genre whose […]

Miss Exotic World 2008

By Kelly DiNardo ⋅ May 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The official announcement on the Burlesque Hall of Fame’s annual All-Star Burlesque Weekend is out.
The four-day festival, which will take place Thursday, June 5 — Sunday, June 8 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, will include performances from the reigning Miss Exotic World, Immodesty Blaize, left, Michelle L’amour, Kitten DeVille and more than […]

Is Burlesque Degrading?

By Jo Boobs ⋅ May 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The article on Millie Dollar I linked a few posts back sparked a bit of a controversy among readers, one of whom said, ‘It is mostly men who attend these shows and they are quite happy to ogle the women and treat them as nothing more than sex objects.’
Sadly, the other letters intended to respond […]

All The News That’s Fit To Strip

By Kelly DiNardo ⋅ May 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When the feathers get stored away, Miss Gypsy Charms morphs into Sarah Vernon, 32-year-old sociology tutor, PhD student and brains behind a rapidly growing dance academy. She talks about her double life with the Edinburgh Evening News. She tells the paper:
“Burlesque is becoming such a popular form of entertainment. More and more people are understanding […]

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