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In order to break from the gloom of September 11 and its coverage, I believed I’d feature some thing each diverse and uplifting. From The Los Angeles Occasions, this audio slideshow seems ideal to do just that…it is about Monday Evening Tease, which is the longest-operating weekly burlesque show in Los Angeles. It is acknowledged as a venue for dancers of all shapes and shades, as properly as for its cheeky humor.
The audio slideshow features Lili VonSchtupp, who draws crowds to bar in Hollywood every week to celebrate genuine females with true bodies. “One particular of the troupes taking the stage just ahead of midnight at VonSchtupp’s weekly Monday Evening Tease calls itself the Rubenesque Burlesque. For 4 minutes, the women shake, bounce and bump to a hip-hop song, at some point stripping down to black leather bras. When those come off, the crowd at Three Clubs erupts. They hoot approvingly at these dancers, each of whom weighs over 200 pounds.“
According to Wikipedia, American burlesque shows were originally an offshoot of Victorian burlesque in Britain, and when those went out of favor at the finish of the 19th centruy, the American style of burlesque flourished, but with rising concentrate on female nudity.
