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2010·NR

Behind the Burly Q

The Story of Burlesque in America.

DocumentaryHistory1h 37m

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77%

Tomatometer

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64%

Popcornmeter

4.9

TMDB

Storyline

Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.

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Details

DirectorLeslie Zemeckis

ReleasedApr 23, 2010

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$250K

Revenue

$23.9K

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Mistress Inc.

Cast

Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Self

Joan Arline

Self - 'The Sexquire Girl'

Beverly Arlynne

Self

Al Baker Jr.

Self - Son of Al Baker Sr.

Nat Bodian

Self - Historian

Taffy O'Neil

Self

Blaze Starr

Blaze Starr

Self

Sally Rand

Sally Rand

Self (archive footage)

Lili St. Cyr

Lili St. Cyr

Self (archive footage)

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

FlixFling

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

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Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesAug 19, 2010

Settles too easily for an editing formula which alternates talking heads, too cursory performance footage and montages of headlines and photographs.

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Jeff Shannon

RTSeattle TimesAug 6, 2010

More than a dozen of the burlesque performers featured here have died since they were interviewed in 2006, making Zemeckis's slapdash survey definitive by default.

R

Ronnie Scheib

RTVarietyJul 7, 2010

Too scattershot to present a truly coherent picture of the burlesque experience, docu nevertheless provides a privileged front-row seat to sample several of the form's most memorable practitioners.

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Corey Hall

RTMetro Times (Detroit, MI)Oct 22, 2010

Revealing doc tells all about the sassy gals of the vaudeville stage

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Information

Title

Behind the Burly Q

Released

Apr 23, 2010

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Status

Released

Studio

Mistress Inc.

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