Behind the Burly Q
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  • Summary: Burlesque and vaudeville acts were America's most popular form of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century - until cinema drove them from the mainstream. To add insult to injury, the art of burlesque became vilified and misunderstood, and was largely left out of our cultural history. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story of burlesque, even as it experiences a new renaissance. (First Run Features)… Collapse

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    75
    The best commentator is Alda, whose rueful memories of being raised as a boy in burlesque are the film's highlight. "It was a form of abuse," he says of those days, but without rancor. It was, after all, the only childhood he knew.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    The real stars of this film are the same ones who stole every show -- women who once boasted names like Tempest Storm, Candy Cotton and Lady Midnight. Their stories are alternately tragic and inspiring, and often very funny.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    60
    A love note to '30s-era burlesque that plays best for those already invested enough in the milieu to hang on every word of aged strippers.
  4. NPR
    Reviewed by: Bob Mondello
    60
    Behind the Burly Q traces that history all the way back to the early part of the 20th century, but doesn't really come into its own until Zemeckis can interview the stars themselves rather than their children.

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