Review of A Wink and a Smile (2008) by Bill B — 23 Jun 2009

Interesting documentary. It made want to learn burlesque dancing. There are a few things I noticed that especially interested me. First, a lot of these women who learn burlesque dancing in the documentary seem to have issues with sex in different ways.

I wonder what burlesque dancing, which is symbolic sex, really does to them. What has drawn them to this art form. Secondly, I realized when they were talking about their characters and acts, they used the third person to refer to themselves/their character.

It might be a convention in the trade (as in acting), but at the same time, I suspect it also distances themselves from the idea of sexually charged seductive women, or sluts in my dictionary, so that they can feel a bit more comfortable with the whole thing.

Very interesting.