Today I'll be giving a review about the film, Burlesque.
Burlesque is a film filled with drama, musicals and romance. It features Christina Aguilera as Ali, a small town girl from Iowa who who sets off for LA to follow her dreams. She stumbles upon a dying club along sunset strip and was instantly taken in by the performance on stage. She manages to land herself a job as a cocktail waitress in the club. She amazes the club owner, Tess (Cher) with her talent during the auditions for a new dancer. With Ali's career setting off she starts getting some 'man attention' from a member of the club. It surfaces her housemates unknown feelings about her.
What really got me into this film was at first, the outrageous costumes it had. As I am a person who is into the dance art, I love watching dance films. Usually a dance film is all about hip hop, break dance and street dancing, but this film wasn't like the norm. It's about a dance art named Burlesque. Burlesque shows incorporated elaborate sets, gorgeous costumes, mood music and dramatic lighting. Novelty acts were often included, such as fire eaters, contortonists and other circus performers. Pastiche, parody and wit, accompanied with dancing girls, chason singers, comedians mime artists made up the typical American Burlesque show.The popular burlesque show of the early 20th century eventually evovled into striptease which became the primary focus by the 1930s, heralding the end of Burlesque and teh birth of striptease.
The dances was a mix of Burlesque with a modern twist to it. It was funny and entertaining. The music played in the film was jazzy and had a broadway musical feel. It's jazzy music makes the dances feel nothing like a striptease but more of a beautiful art.
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| Christina Aguilera in 'I'm a good girl' |
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