The gaudily disreputable subculture of nearly-nude dancing gets a bouncy salute in James Lester's Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story. Concentrating on specifically Manhattanite manifestations of what has steadily become a global nightlife phenomenon in in the past 20 years, it's a somewhat square celebration of a supposedly transgressive art form. Nonfiction festivals and tube channels are the likeliest home for this slickly assembled, breezy peek into the lives of some engaging exhibitionists.
Director Lester switches between a small handful of female, NYC-based burlesquers, none of whose real names are given. Saucy, punning monikers like Hazel Honeysuckle and Gal...
Director Lester switches between a small handful of female, NYC-based burlesquers, none of whose real names are given. Saucy, punning monikers like Hazel Honeysuckle and Gal...
- 9/18/2017
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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