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329:‘From 1880 to 1890 burlesque gained considerably in popularity and had developed into a definite form of entertainment, with a first part, olio and afterpiece or burlesque. Most of the shows that were rated as burlesque shows between 1870 and 1880 were partly of the minstrel type, and many contained casts entirely composed of women. Among the shows organized from 1880 to 1890 were the Ida Siddon’s Female Mastodons & Burlesque Co.—Sam T. Jack’s “Lily Clay’s" Adamless Eden Gaiety Co.—Lillie Hall’s Burlesquers—Madame Girard Gyer’s English Novelty Co.—Bob Manchester’s “Night Owls"—May Howard’s Co. (managed by Harry Morris, her husband and Tom Miaco)—the “City Club,” organized by the same managers—Sam T. Jack’s “Creole Burlesquers,” an all-negro show—Fay Foster Co., organized by Joe Oppenheimer—Rose Hill English Folly Co., managed by George W. Rice and Charles Barton—Weber and Fields’ Vaudeville Club—John S. Grieves’ Burlesquers—Boom’s “Model Burlesquers,”—“Parisian Folly”—and John H. Smiths’ “Henry Burlesquers,” in which McIntyre and Heath appeared.’ 284:'s burlesque troupe, "The British Blondes". It was the most popular entertainment in New York during the 1868–1869 theatrical season: "The eccentricities of pantomime and burlesque – with their curious combination of comedy, parody, satire, improvisation, song and dance, variety acts, cross-dressing, extravagant stage effects, risquĂ© jokes and saucy costumes – while familiar enough to British audiences, took New York by storm." Unfortunately, “the female audiences for burlesque did not last for long. In the summer of 1869 a wave of ‘anti-burlesque hysteria’ in the New York press frightened away the middle-class audiences ... and sent the Thompson troupe prematurely packing for a national tour”. After this untimely closure, backlash against burlesque continued to grow. Thompson's shows were described as a “disgraceful spectacle of padded legs jiggling and wriggling in the insensate follies and indecencies of the hour”. The 498: 821: 610: 520:) noted in 1910: "Chicago ... had a fierce pioneer gaiety that enlivened the senses, yet underlying it throbbed masculine loneliness. Counteracting this somatic ailment was a national distraction known as the burlesque show, consisting of a coterie of rough-and-tumble comedians supported by twenty or more chorus girls. Some were pretty, others shopworn. Some of the comedians were funny, most of the shows were smutty harem comedies â€“ coarse and cynical affairs". 529: 341:. Also known as the Columbia Wheel, it produced over three dozen touring shows each year that rotated through an equal number of affiliated theaters. Columbia crushed smaller circuits or bought them outright, and organized a subsidiary circuit, the American Wheel, which played less prominent theaters and didn't censor performers as strictly as the main wheel. Before World War I, Columbia burlesque was generally family-friendly. Performers included 140: 43: 1897: 381:. Many performers and producers abandoned Columbia, which was seen as old-fashioned and in decline. At its peak, Mutual sent up to 50 shows on the road each year to cycle through as many affiliated theaters. Mutual's shows were more risque than Columbia's, but not as racy as shows mounted by local stock burlesque theaters such as the 936:. Critics found it "perversely tame" and "closer to your grandmother’s fan dance than to the neo-burlesque revues that began popping up in the early 1990s". Additionally, it "wags its derriĂšre, in the direction of new burlesque, but it’s strictly old school ... with a story line that had already gathered dust by ... 1933." 439:
Mutual collapsed in 1931 during the Great Depression. As legitimate Broadway shows closed, stock burlesque impresarios like the Minskys expanded out of working class neighborhoods and into theaters in and around Times Square. Stock burlesque companies multiplied in other cities and snatched up former
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The term "burlesque" more generally means a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. Burlesque in literature and in theatre through the 19th century was intentionally ridiculous in
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Producer W. Merle Connell improved on Goldstone's template by staging the action in a movie studio, where he could control the camerawork, lighting, and sound, including close-ups and other studio photographic and editorial techniques. Connell began his burlesque series in 1947, doing business as
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text or music from the original work. The comedy often stemmed from the incongruity and absurdity of the classical subjects, with realistic historical dress and settings, being juxtaposed with the modern activities portrayed by the actors. The dialogue was generally written in rhyming couplets,
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clamped down on burlesque beginning in 1937 and effectively put it out of business by the early 1940s. Burlesque lingered on elsewhere in the U.S., increasingly neglected, and by the 1970s, with nudity commonplace in theatres, American burlesque reached "its final shabby demise".
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Mutual talent. By the late 1930s, shows had changed from ribald ensemble performances of skits and musical numbers to a succession of solo stripteasers. Clergy, anti-vice factions and local businesses urged crack downs on burlesque, which began its downfall. In New York, Mayor
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A new generation nostalgic for the spectacle and perceived glamour of the old times determined to bring burlesque back. This revival was pioneered independently in the early 1990s by Billie Madley's "Cinema" and later with Ami Goodheart in "Dutch Weismann's Follies" revues in
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Quality Pictures. At first Connell produced 10- and 20-minute short subjects for the home-movie market; these were printed in 16mm sound and 8mm silent versions. The format usually called for two lowbrow burlesque comedians, several showgirls, and a featured burlesque dancer.
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recreates a classic American burlesque presentation. In a time when some theater owners were desperate to lure audiences away from their television sets, these low-budget burlesque features were useful novelty attractions, and the format continued through the mid-1950s.
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that it imitated several styles and combined imitations of certain authors and artists with absurd descriptions. Burlesque depended on the reader's (or listener's) knowledge of the subject to make its intended effect, and a high degree of literacy was taken for granted.
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was a comedy sketch set in Egypt, with explorers discovering dancing girls among ancient tombs. These "for men only" attractions sold so well that Merle Connell began producing feature films for movie theaters. His 1951 production
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that, "Burlesque is elastic; more so, perhaps, than any other form in theatrical entertainment", meaning that burlesque performers didn't need to perform in a certain way. The performers could structure their show how they wanted.
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in which a well-known opera, play or ballet was adapted into a broad comic play, usually a musical play, often risqué in style, mocking the theatrical and musical conventions and styles of the original work, and quoting or
753:(1955). These films, as their titles imply, were only teasing the viewer: the girls wore revealing costumes, but there was never any nudity. In the late 1950s, however, provocative films emerged, sometimes using a " 297:(1866), became popular around the same time. The influence of the minstrel show soon followed; one of the first American burlesque troupes was the Rentz-Santley Novelty and Burlesque Company, created in 1870 by 194:
element overshadowed the comedy and subjected burlesque to extensive local legislation. Burlesque gradually lost its popularity, beginning in the 1940s. A number of producers sought to capitalize on
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Neo-Burlesque has taken many forms, but all have the common trait of honoring one or more of burlesque's previous incarnations, with acts including striptease, expensive costumes, bawdy humor,
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DiNardo, Kelly. "Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique"; Archive of articles, video, pictures and interviews about neo-burlesque.
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in which the women did not appear. The show's finish was a grand finale. Sometimes the entertainment was followed by a boxing or wrestling match.
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Columbia's American Wheel subsidiary went bankrupt in 1922, but some of its executives and producers formed a new, independent circuit,
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between the upper classes and lower classes of society, much of the humor and entertainment of later American burlesque focused on
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at the National Winter Garden on the Lower East Side. The popular burlesque show of this period eventually evolved to include
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Siebler, Kay (2015). "What's so Feminist about Garters and Bustiers? Neo-Burlesque as Post-feminist Sexual Liberation".
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consistently expressed its disgust of burlesque, even headlining an article with the plea “Exit British Burlesque”.
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feature classic burlesque routines, such as "The Lemon Bit," "Crazy House," and "Slowly I Turned/Niagara Falls."
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Enterprising low-budget producers transferred actual burlesque revues to film, beginning in 1946. The first was
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There were three main influences on American burlesque in its early years: Victorian burlesque, "leg shows" and
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states that most only cost about $ 15,000 because they were shot quickly and often done in less than a day.
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became popular in the United States in the late 1860s and slowly evolved to feature ribald comedy and female
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Some figures from the 1950s indicate that burlesque films could cost upwards of $ 50,000 to produce, but
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Burlesque in the United States is believed to have begun in New York with the arrival from England of
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from the 1930s to the 1960s. There has been a resurgence of interest in this format since the 1990s.
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written by Douglas Carter Beane, focuses on a camp stock character in a 1930s burlesque troupe.
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Later, other producers entered the field, using color photography and even location work.
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By the 1880s, the four distinguishing characteristics of American burlesque had evolved:
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Diamonds From the Rough â€“ The Darker Side of American Burlesque striptease
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noted that burlesque had made a comeback in the city's art performance scene.
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filmed a very profitable series of burlesque features, usually featuring star
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Burlesque shows have been depicted in numerous dramatic films, starting with
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Burlesque in the first two decades of the 20th century was dominated by the
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Burlesque films, by burlesque impresario Lillian Hunt, filmed at the
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Short routines or sketches with minimal plot cohesion across a show.
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have included political satire and performance art in their acts.
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for the entertainment by recreating burlesque on the stage and in
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Sexually suggestive dialogue, dance, plot lines and staging.
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Quick-witted humor laced with puns, but lacking complexity.
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and ran on competing circuits. Possibly due to historical
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Burlesque performances originally included comic sketches
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and various lowbrow comedians (including future TV star
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opened September 1, 1927 and ran until July 14, 1928.
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Minimal costuming, often focusing on the female form.
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