So burlesque

[Worriedmumofan8yearoldgirl]

Aibu to think its an art form?

(Just watching itv it's a good documentary!)

oh its often DIRE

women who really shouldnt

I heard burlesque called "stripping for fat birds with glasses"

I couldn't possibly comment

It's grim.

If it is art, what is it trying to express?

I absolutely agree that now its become so popular it has lost all art (if it was considered art in the first place) and lots and lots of woman just think its gives them a chance to be "sexy".

There are some people who will try and tell you a carefully arranged used tampon and a turd are an "art form" Anyfucker you kill me

Mind you I would rather go and view that than have some 'artiste' wave her tits at me tbh even she is super fit and her nips are covered in tasselly things.

Softlysoftly that is hilarious

done badly everything is dire! It's like a toddlers scribble next to a Monet or a school orchestra next to the LSO...some sweaty fat bird from the pub isn't going to be Dita von Teese

Watch on youtube some of ursula Martinez's work, not what many would consider burlesque but it is, and isn't a case of her getting her kit off for thrills! Hanky panky is brilliant and she is very funny, I'm sure many wouldn't agree but I would call her work a form of performance art.

There is an art to stripping (sometimes, I guess ) but that does not mean it is art.

There is an art to making pastry.

There is an art to plaiting hair.

There is an art to tuning an engine.

Both none of those are artistic endeavours in the most widely-held understanding of the concept.

Burleque/stripping/lap dancing - they are purely for titivation.

It may or may not be art. But does it matter? What difference would it make?

Working class woman taking her kit off = stripping.

Middle class woman taking her kit off = burlesque.

First one tacky and exploitative
Second one art.

Go figure.

Stripping tends to be get it all out butt nekkid flash ya bits for the boys

Burlesque tends to be the tease of what's under the clothes and keeping a lot of it on without a big reveal at the end.

I could be wrong though

Still titivation though.

ahem

AF

that rings a bell ;)

You rarely get a thin burlesquer though.

and so cliched all totalyl 40s/50s styled

can NO ONE change the era?

eh ? what ? < wakes up from snooze >

Agreed the girls who do it tend to be larger, rockabilly styled individuals. What era should they go for then?

< inserts ear trumpet >

"fat birds with glasses"

ANYTHING apart from " ooh naughty sailor girl" oh fucking sort it out

LM, did I steal that quote from you ?

it is entirely possible

I plagiarise stuff alllll the time

Some of the burlesque "artistes" around, thank fuck there's no big reveal at the end....

Ha ha true enough! I'm surprised les Mis hasn't sparked a French revolutionary wench style fashion yet

i was too scared to repeat

A stripper is a stripper, doesn't matter how you dress it up...