Striporama

An artifact from a bygone era, when the most modest display of female flesh was sufficient to lure horny men into movie theaters. Burlesque films were as straightforward as they come, compilations of striptease and specialty dance acts shot in a bare-bones style (flat lighting, minimal camera set-ups, little sync sound), interspersed with vaudeville comedy and shown in adults-only theaters. This was the first shot in color, and features a couple of well-known peelers, brief appearances by "Queen of Curves" Bettie Page, and a walk-on by future B-movie actress Jeanne Carmen. In a spectacularly silly framing story, a council of cultural experts is choosing examples of c...