IMGP3864.JPG
Originally uploaded by jonnyeye.
More successful was a visit to this evening of Burlesque cinema at the Victoria Theatre - possibly the world's most uncomfortable cinema for anyone over 3ft tall.
As part of San Francisco's Tease-o-Rama festival, a premier of the new Suicide Girls DVD was prefaced by a Q&A with 4 Burlesque luminaries from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. I had absolutely no idea who these women were but their stories were compelling, even if their billing as LIVING Legends is hanging by a thread...
Anyway, I'm now the proudly pointless owner of two signed photographs from Dixie Evans ('The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque') and Satan's Angel....
The Suicide Girls film was ok - styled like a pop video and all very 'girl power' but authentic nonetheless. It's less about stripping per se and more about the means by which socially ostracised (but eumorphous) young women form strong, life-changing bonds with like-minded souls......while getting naked, smearing themselves in olive oil and gyrating in front of thousands of whooping men.
The golden moment was a drawled outburst from Dixie in the row behind me - 'Holy smoke!' croaked the 89 year old ex-stripper, 'Won't you look at that little dahlin's booty!'
Recent Comments