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Burlesque in the Big Apple

By AAN Staff
march 6, 2003  02:58 pm
Burlesque in the Big Apple
As a nation gears up for war, its tastes become more tawdry, Tricia Romano observes in The Village Voice. Bawdy striptease shows are springing up all over the city, providing eye-popping entertainment for the late-recession budget. Romano quotes historian Irving Zeidman: "Burlesque thrives on depression. Prettier girls are obtainable at burlesque wages, and the unemployed or indigent male reverts to simple and less expensive forms of entertainment." So it's plus ca change at the Va Va Voom and other New York City hot spots, where the new era of burlesque comes with a hip veneer of performance art chic.
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