Is it just me or in this day and age is burlesque usually a code word for “Chunky women in pasties?” I like my women with meat on them, so no disrespect meant to the ladies livin’ large, but I just feel like burlesque has come to mean something very different from what it once did.
The movie Burlesque may disagree with me, as its cast includes such notable skinnies as Cher, Christina Aguilera and Stanley Tucci. The latest ectomorph to join the cast is Alan Cumming, who will be playing the ‘gender bending’ MC at the neo-burlesque club where small-town skank Aguilera goes to sing.
Burlesque is coming from Screen Gems, so expect something on par with Showgirls. It’s being directed by Steve Antin, the star of Inside Monkey Zetterland, a film you would only remember if you were an indie hipster in the 90s.