Burlesque Hot!

This was not the burlesque of your grandfather's memory. Neo-Burlesque threw out the rulebook. It embraced:

: Conversely, this style takes a dignified or serious subject and mocks it using an overly familiar or "low" style. In 19th-century London and Paris, this often took the form of parodying high-brow theatrical plays or operas to make them accessible and hilarious for working-class audiences. The Golden Age and the "Tease"

Simultaneously, the rise of "talkies" (movies with sound) offered cheaper, less scandalous entertainment. Then came the final nail in the coffin: the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the proliferation of hardcore pornography. Why pay to see a woman pretend to take off her glove when you could just go to an adult theater?

So next time you hear the opening crash of a big band drum and see a spotlight hit a sequined glove, remember: You aren’t watching a strip tease. You are watching a survivor.