New movie BURLESQUE sees singer Christina Aguilera starring in her first leading role alongside pop veteran Cher, the story of a girl named Ali who helps turn the failing Burlesque Lounge into a hot spot.
Official Synopsis
Aguilera’s Ali runs away from Iowa in search of fame and ends up waitressing at The Burlesque Lounge on the Sunset Strip. That is until Kristen Bell’s headliner, Nikki, shows up tipsy one night and Ali must fill in. Ali helps turn what once was a lip-sync club into a singing-and-dancing revue after she displays her vocal fireworks onstage in numbers like “But I’m a Good Girl.” Cher is Tess, owner of a retro club who has a modern-day problem: She can’t make the payments on her over-mortgaged property. Together, Ali and Tess manage to transform the Burlesque Lounge into a success. Stanley Tucci is Sean, the lounge’s stage manager, a go-to guy for the gals and best friend to Tess.
Every night, Tess and Sean put together the costumes for that evening’s performance. Other men in the cast include Cam Gigandet (Twilight) as Jack, Ali’s piano-playing love interest; Eric Dane as entrepreneur Marcus, who tries to woo Ali away; and Alan Cumming as Alexis, the gender-bending doorman.
Check out the trailer now:
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I think that the movie Burlesque clearly does not represent the actual burlesque society.
From looking at the trailer, just the music, dance style and ,costumes just there alone say it all.
Its merely a cabaret club and not burlesque at all.
I think its sad that the producers actually have lied with a movie like this. and of course it has the same old hollywood story. It s sad as the burlesque history in america is magical as it is today
sharon k
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http://www.retrotease.net
THANK YOU! I feel like I am taking crazy pills. This is offensively NOT burlesque but indeed cabaret, I guess they would have called it cabaret but they already have one of those. I will give it a go see chance but can not see from the previews that my mind will be changed at all. I only hope people will not show up to one of my shows expecting cabaret we will have to send them to the snazzy side of town.