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burlesque
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Demonstrating how in the early days of cinema in the twentieth century, silent film incorporated the melodramatic techniques of vaudeville and burlesque theaters that supplied the first screen actors, Burningham shows how the comedia similarly corralled--in theaters constructed in courtyards where juglares had earlier performed--that multiform jongleuresque performance tradition in its multiple bill of fare.
s best drag shows; and the X-rated burlesque theater Follies.
Fosse himself had started out performing in burlesque theaters as a Chicago youth.
 
 
 
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