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Bulresque Links Not surprisingly, the demise of burlesque coincided in the 1960’s with the large-scale commercial success of strip clubs in America, which effectively replaced this one-time theatrical genre with a broader form of entertainment. Musicals 101 "Burlesque: A Misunderstood Genre" is an excellent history of burlesque in two parts by John Kenrick. California Museum of Photography A series of portrait photographs by Raoul Gradvohl of various burlesque stars. www.theatrelinks.com /burlesque.htm   (225 words)

burlesque - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about burlesque For example, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) is a burlesque of 18th-century opera, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Critic (1777) satirizes the sentimentality in contemporary drama. In the USA from the mid-19th century, ‘burlesque’ referred to a sex-and-comedy show invented by Michael Bennett Leavitt in 1866 with acts including acrobats, singers, and comedians. These sorry figures are made to pass very unheroically through a series of burlesque adventures. encyclopedia.farlex.com /burlesque   (204 words)

Amazon.com: New Burlesque: Books: Katharina Bosse,Cecile Camart Before it was a show business genre, burlesque was an attitude. Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese by Dita Von Teese The afterward is a scholarly article on the photographs and the neo-burlesque revival, perhaps best appreciated by those with a background in art historical jargon. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/189102499X?v=glance   (916 words)

Port Halcyon's Pontani Sisters BURLESQUE Sweepstakes Remembering the time when a striptease was a theatrical act complete with humor, live music, and skits, Burlesque: Legendary Stars Of The Stage captures the spirit of the genre with photographs, interviews, and histories. Author Jane Briggeman is the founder of the Golden Days of Burlesque Historical Society, whose mission is to unite former stage performers and promote the story of their craft. They were temptresses of tease and specialists in seduction—bawdy and beautiful burlesque performers. www.porthalcyon.com /entertainment/200410/sweeps_burlesque.shtml   (717 words)

Genre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This parsing into subgenres can continue: "comedy" has its own genres, for example, including farce, comedy of manners, burlesque, and satire. A genre is a division of a particular form of art according to criteria particular to that form. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Genre   (542 words)

Swing High, Swing Low Swing High Swing Low is a new coat of paint on the old stage play Burlesque, first filmed in 1929 as The Dance of Life. In the film's calculatedly teary finale, Skid is rescued emotionally and professionally by Maggie, now a big star in her own right. As indicated by the synopsis, the film is banal and old-hat, but the stars are terrific, especially Carole Lombard, who sings in several scenes (and not all that badly!) Swing High, Swing Low was remade in 1948 as When My Baby Smiles at Me. www.djangomusic.com /item_movie.asp?id=V++++48161   (191 words)

Annotated Best Country Music on CD List This set includes performances by most of the important Western Swing bands from the late 20's to the 40's, and in that sense provides a good overview of the genre. Roger Miller was quite unique among country performers, particularly during the few years of his heyday, when he surprised the country establishment with the success of a series of eccentric songs that combined cornball lyrics, scat singing, and a sparse acoustic sound. It perhaps puts a bit less emphasis on their blues performances than JM or I would prefer, but other than that it is a good collection for this duo who played Spanish and slide guitar respectively. people.qualcomm.com /determan/Country.html   (10989 words)

Literary Theory: Bibliography Fielding, Henry, 1707 -- 1754 [1742], Preface [in, Joseph Andrews] (Printed for A. Millar [etc.], London, 1742) (subjects=Joseph Andrews; Fielding Henry; Burlesque; Satire; Romance; Novel; ;.) [Fielding,H:Preface] (genre=m). Horne Tooke [in, The Spirit of the Age] (Printed for Henry Colburn, London, 1825) (subjects=Took John Horne; Romanticism; Grammar; Conversation; Oratory; ; ;.) [Hazlitt,W:LateMrHorneTooke] (genre=m). Gates, Henry Louis [1988], The Signifying Monkey and the Language of Signifyin(g) [in, The Signifying Monkey] (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988) (subjects=AfricanAmerican criticism; AfricanAmerican literature; Trope; Rhetoric; Signifier/Signified; Oral tradition; ;.) [Gates,H:SignifyingMonkeyLanguageSignifyin] (genre=m). www.lib.uchicago.edu /efts/LITTH/LitTh.bib.html   (15271 words)

Brautigan Bibliography plus+ Richard Brautigan who has often been cast as a writer of "hippie" fiction of the 1960's has proven himself otherwise with important novels like Trout Fishing in America, In Watermelon Sugar, and The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966, novels that have made their impression and left their mark on the genre itself. Brautigan's special appeal to readers of all ages lies in his ability to capture the remnants of the American dream and frame it within either a lost pastoral background, or a utopian hope for a future society, or even to transform that dream into a sad burlesque. Kinsella dedicated his book in memory of Brautigan, claiming he inspired a new literary genre called "Brautigans," a term Kinsella used describe his own short written vignettes (Kinsella 5-8). www.nouspace.net /brautigan/inspiration.html   (12607 words)

pythag.html One dimension, as we have seen, is that the Metamorphoses is an even more comprehensive heir to Homer than is the Aeneid because Ovid was able to incorporate into it genres such as comedy, pantomime, and burlesque that were not suitable for the Roman national epic. It is legitimate for academics to be attentive to aspects of poetology, genre, and the like in the Metamorphoses, provided we realize that these are not the immediate reasons for the popularity and appeal of the poem through the ages. Horsfall, N. 'Epic Burlesque in Ovid's Metamorphoses 8.260ff.' CJ 74.319-32 www.utexas.edu /depts/classics/faculty/Galinsky/pythag.html   (12607 words)

He Has Nothing But Kung Fu In the west Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo-Ping are the best known names associated with k-f comedy, but there were many others involved with this sub-genre; such as Wong Yu, kung-fu comedy’s original naughty kid or actor/action choreographer Lau Kar-wing (also known as Liu Chia-yung). HE HAS NOTHING BUT K-F is a lively burlesque farce full of slapstick, pratfalls and k-f fights. Wily and a bit scruffy looking, he was far from the conventional ideal of a stoic hard-boiled martial art hero but had a quirky comedic flair, which made him perfect for burlesque farce. www.brns.com /pages4/action103.html   (12607 words)

SCARRON Paul Scarron joue un rĂ´le dĂ©cisif dans les destinĂ©es du genre burlesque en France. L’ouvrage le plus cĂ©lèbre de Scarron reste sans doute le roman burlesque intitulĂ© Scarron est le premier Ă  manifester sa rĂ©probation ; il fait alors appel aux « bons esprits » pour mettre un terme Ă  cette mode en laquelle il voit un flĂ©au et abjure ce style « qui avait gâtĂ© tout le monde ». www.biblioweb.org /-SCARRON-Paul-.html   (1264 words)

Classical Classics - Poulenc's Gloria, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann Nearly all his work is a deft mixture of styles, suffused with ideas from Gregorian chant to burlesque. Poulenc's own work in this vein culminated in Les Mamelles de Terésias, an absurd genre-bending satire (men spawn children when women refuse), enlivened by a dazzling musical send-up of the conventions of grand opera. Poulenc was largely self-taught and thus apt to absorb a wider range of musical sources than those normally imposed by strict classical training. www.classicalnotes.net /classics/gloria.html   (1241 words)

New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock BA-BH And if that's not enough, there are also pieces which sound like action/horror movie soundtracks, country/western songs, burlesque honky-tonk piano, and Devo-esque electro-punk music. The "moods" of the tracks vary from the diminished chord soundscapes commonly used in horror movies to very melodic keyboard and drum interactions, in the best traditions of the genre. Rather uninteresting soundtrack-type compositions which start and end nowhere, but might be suitable themes for a movie if more work was done to bridge the sections together. www.gepr.net /ba.html   (1241 words)

BookkooB: The Revenger's Tragedy - Cyril Tourneur, Thomas Middleton Vindice's language is characterised by Comicall Satyre, rhetoric and religious imagery interspersed with sexual connotations; it is this language that enhances his stance as a moraliser on the court and allows the introduction of the concept of the 'Tragic Burlesque', a genre that may or may not be applied to the play as a whole. Above you will see a list of UK book stores, along with their stock and price details for Revenger's Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur, Thomas Middleton. Concerned with the exoticism of Italy, the general preoccupations of Mediaeval writers (sin and human frailty) and with insanity, indulgence and excess within the context of conventional Christianity, I would recommend this play to admirers of Marston, Middleton, Seneca and Chettle. www.bookkoob.co.uk /book/0719043751.htm   (1241 words)

Musicals On Stage: A Capsule History Crude American Variety and Minstrel Shows eventually gave way to the more refined pleasures of Vaudeville -- and the rowdy spirit of Burlesque. Composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim and director Hal Prince refocused the genre in the 1970s by introducing concept musicals – shows built around an idea rather than a traditional plot. The comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan (1871-1896) were witty, tuneful and exquisitely produced – leading to new standards of theatrical production. www.musicals101.com /stagecap.htm   (1024 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Paul Scarron MORILLOT, Scarron et le genre burlesque (Paris, 1888); IDEM., Scarron, Etude biographique et litteraire (Paris, 1890); CHARDON, Scarron inconnu (Paris, 1904); MAGNE, Scarron et son milieu (Paris, 1905). There is no certainty about the place where Scarron's remains were taken, but it is now believed that he was buried in the church of Saint-Gervais. For Shippensburg University Ezra Lehman Memorial Library, home of this encyclopedia set. www.newadvent.org /cathen/13516a.htm   (334 words)

§9. The Heroic Couplet in Drama. I. Dryden. Vol. 8. The Age of Dryden. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 Dryden himself, in A Parallel of Poetry and Painting (1695), refuses to defend The Spanish Fryar on this score, and declares its faults to be those of its genre, which is “of an unnatural mingle” (Ker, vol. Not only in certain kinds of romantic comedy, for which it has been claimed as a suitable vehicle, but, also, for various eccentric species which have been or may be invented—such as pantomime, burlesque or extravaganza—it may readily be allowed to be both well fitted and effective. 46 The heroic couplet, as used in Dryden’s plays and those which followed their example, therefore, operates against, instead of in favour of, theatrical illusion and the sway of the imagination on the stage, and helps to urge the dramatist who employs it in the direction of conventionalism and artificiality. www.bartleby.com /218/0109.html   (632 words)

D.S. Brewer's Book -1957 Nykrog: fabliau is as courtly a genre as a romance; is aristocratic burlesque, holding up to amusement the coarse buffooneries of lower classes and some clergy; subject matter low, but no erotic elaboration, no pornography, no perversion Manly omitted fabliaux from his edition, Root has divided judgment: low in artistic value, extreme indecency but brilliant characterization and consummate narrative skill wsu.edu:8080 /~hanly/chaucer/coursematerials/interactive/9295.3859.html   (736 words)

dj dan mollen Forty-three albums later and Bob Dylan is still hitting his stride with this beautiful moonlight stroll through rockabilly, burlesque, ragtime, and the blues. The Green Album is the smartest rock record of the year, and with standouts like "Hash Pipe" and "Island in the Sun," the only "alternative" hit that transcends the frat-boy tylings that have come to define the genre. Cure fans of any stripe can content themselves with three songs that serve as the record's centerpiece. www.mollen.net /jukebox9.htm   (736 words)

TrouserPress.com :: Verlaines With the strings, reeds and genre exercises largely shelved, this is a true rock'n'roll album (arguably the Verlaines' first), and Downes rises to the occasion with enough top-drawer material to mark him as one of the best singer/songwriters currently plying the trade. Augmenting their sound with horns, strings and piano, the Verlaines craft a truly memorable album that builds from delicate, hushed ballads to explosive rock'n'roll burlesque. Until Way Out Where, that is. After years of leading the Verlaines as a trio, Downes added a second guitarist to the group for this record, and the results are apparent from the very first moments of the album's bracing opener, "Mission of Love," by far the band's most electrified tune ever. www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=verlaines   (587 words)

EI > Video Risks > Vampyr (1931) (1931) I picked up "Vampyr" at Woody Wise's "Hollywood's Attic." For this movies and thousands of other classic, rare, silent, hard to find, burlesque, horror and science fiction films, "Hollywood's Attic" offers prompt delivery at excellent prices. Filled with unforgettable images, fluid camera work marked by muted gray tones and the disconcerting practice of having the soft spoken cast speak in French, German and English from scene to scene, "Vampyr" is one of the greatest films of any genre ever filmed. I've seen many stills from this film and found that the movie is still full of other images which are just as striking as the famous shot of the vampire looking into the hero's coffin during a nightmare. www.einsiders.com /reviews/videorisks/vampyr.php   (587 words)

Wacky Comedy film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wacky comedy or anarchy comedy is a genre of cinema using nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness humor which often lampoons some form of authority. The surreal stylings of humor that mark the wacky comedy still reigned supreme in the comedy of the '90s; as long as there are sacred cows to be mocked and ridiculed, the subgenre will continue to live long and prosper well into the millennium. The wacky comedy has its roots in the low-brow popular stage, namely the circus, minstrel shows, the traveling medicine and Western shows, vaudeville, burlesque, and the music hall. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wacky_Comedy_film   (587 words)

Opening Night - Sidebar: The Opening Act of Francophone Theatre in Québec It was a neighbourhood theatre that staged nearly every style of Francophone production: drama, melodrama, comedy, vaudeville (later to develop into a distinctly French version of burlesque called "joual"), bye-bye shows similar to the modern traditional "year in review", and French adaptations. The Commitment genre later took on the proportions of propaganda, preaching the benefits of colonization, abstinence, electoral behavior, French survival in North America and the value of missionary work. Charles Farhood -- newcomer to French society and culture, an immigrant from Lebanon -- had succeeded in making the actors feel comfortable and supported at his Chanteclerc. www.whitepinepictures.com /seeds/ii/23/sidebar.html   (1381 words)

PortlandTribune.com Portland Tribune There’ll be a hook-suspension dance troupe from Seattle (dancers are suspended from hoops pierced through their flesh), fire dancers who incorporate bondage elements into their routines and burlesque performers, as well a band called the Nightgaunt Ensemble, which plays “improvisational chamber music.” Not content to mastermind a single genre-bending show, Mickens has started work on another production called “Societas Insomnia,” which will take place at the Roseland Grill, 8 N.W. Sixth Ave., in May. He describes the event as a “modern primitive” gathering, and says the theme will be “nightmare oriented.” The aim, Mickens says, is to “remove the professional atmosphere from many of these performances. www.portlandtribune.com /archview.cgi?id=29501   (1182 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Musical Mayhem - Spike Jones And His City Slickers at Epinions.com His parodies often insulted every politically correct institution in the world and he was a true pioneer of the sarcastic comedy genre. In 1943, Radio Mirror magazine called Spike Jones's music "a subtle burlesque of all corny, hillbilly ballads." In 1944, Downbeat magazine proclaimed Spike Jones as "The King Of Corn" and actually gave him a crown in honor of the award. Spike Jones began his career as a serious jazz/Big Band musician whose credits include playing drums on Bing Crosby (that's Spike playing his wire brushes in the background on the mega-hit "White Christmas"), Judy Garland, Al Jolson and Hoagy Carmichael recordings. www.epinions.com /content_138679914116   (1602 words)

A review by Catherine Larson of Daniel Eisenberg's book: A Study of Don Quixote Eisenberg's reconstruction of the lost Bernardo is important for “setting the context” of Don Quixote, a task that he continues in a chapter devoted to the question of genre. This discussion analyzes Cervantes's works from the perspective of the generic categories that existed in the author's time, moving from the lost Bernardo, the ideal libro de caballerías, to the Quixote, which Eisenberg describes as a burlesque libro de caballerías. Bernardo del Carpio would be, according to Eisenberg, the perfect subject of the ideal Spanish libro de caballerías, and he further suggests that this Christian hero would have none other than Santiago serving as his sabio encantador. users.ipfw.edu /jehle/cervante/csa/articf91/larson.htm   (1602 words)

Amazon.com: Showstoppers: Books Rubin shows how Berkeley absorbed the declining theatrical tradition during his years as a Broadway dance director and then transferred it to the new genre of the early movie musical. Showstoppers emphasizes his relationship to a colorful, somewhat disreputable tradition of American popular entertainment: that of P.T Barnum, minstrel shows, vaudeville, Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, burlesque, and the Ziegfeld Follies. In analyzing the production numbers of Busby Berkeley (of those of any other musical/dance director), it is important to consider those numbers not only in terms of themselves but in terms of their relationship to the musical work as a whole. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0231080549?v=glance   (869 words)

book_excerpt.asp?bookid=1152 Dickie Goodman is going to take age-old parody and satire, burlesque, and make it contemporary, forever changing the face of radio. Starting here, Dickie Goodman will reel in the baby-boom generation to Rock-N-Roll and R&B. He will create a genre of novelty records that will span four decades, pioneering a music concept called mixing and sampling, that in the 1990s will become the music industry's number one source of revenue. Dickie Goodman is launching a career to influence the lives of millions, and he is doing it by leading us to laughter. www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=1152   (401 words)

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