Last night Eric and I went to see a burlesque show put on by members of Suicide Girls, and it totally sucked. When will people learn that sequined pasties do not a burlesque show make? Where are the theatrics? Where are the cohesive themes? Where are the fabulous costumes? Immediately after the show, I called Jeremy and told him we really need to get on the ball with this high-class strip act we keep fake talking about.
I mean, Dita and the Pussycat Dolls have largely cornered the market on the "retro" burlesque show, but who says the Los Angeles metro area couldn't use a post-modern burlesque show? A vampire act! A space act! A Victor/Victoria-style "is she or isn't she?" act! A catholic school girl act...with a twist (the nun gets naked)! I mean, come ON people! If you're just going to gyrate around to a Nine Inch Nails song, get a fucking job at Jumbo's. This is ART.
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