FORMAT: DVD
This surprisingly fun Burlesque act movie begins with a musical number that introduces all the ladies in the cast. Mary Andes from Everybody’s Girl then takes the stage doing a Spanish inspired striptease with castanets. Then, there’s a comedy bit about a doctor whose latest invention transfers his patients’ ailments to a “dummy”. After that, we are treated to a striptease by the curvy Jennie Lee, followed by a sketch about two guys who take two hot girls out for dinner and can’t pay the check. Then, a cute blonde does a hip-shaking strip number followed by more comedy, this one about a guy trying to make time with his girlfriend under her grandpa’s nose. Next, a brunette does a short strip number before another comedy bit about a doctor running a nuthouse. Afterwards, there’s a song called “Pucker Up” featuring the ladies in the cast coming onstage and looking on as a brunette performs a striptease. Then there’s a comedy sketch about a drunk that buys whisky from a pretty blonde. Finally, the headliner, Val de Val (who has a great nickname, “The H-Bomb of Burlesque”) closes the show.
I don’t know if Val de Val really lives up to her nickname, but she's sure fun to watch. Her performance starts slow, and eventually builds with her jiggling and wiggling. For me, Jennie Lee was the real star of the show. She does a great tassel twirling routine and ends her act with a lot of cartwheels. The print unfortunately gets very jumpy near the end of her performance, which can mean one of two things: Some lucky protectionist made a couple of snips for his own collection, or the censors had to cut some bits since her pubic hair is visibly creeping up above her undies as her act goes on. Either way, the footage that remains in the flick is hot enough to keep your pulse racing.
Another plus is that the comedy sketches don’t wear out their welcome as is usually the case with these sorts of things. I can’t say they were laugh-out-loud funny or anything, but at least they had a beginning, middle, and end. It all adds up to a briskly paced and entertaining Burlesque revue film.
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