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Burlesque
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The comedy sketches had all the subtlety of a water-buffalo fight. One sketch involved one of the comics playing an unusual Pachinko machine. The machine was constructed on the lines of a girl wearing only panties and a brassiere. The comic pulled the plunger and let fly. The ball shot to the top of the machine and then fell down into one cup of the girl’s brassiere. This triggered bells and lights and sparks, a panel slid open, and one of the showgirls shoved her unadorned breast through the la
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― The Adventures of Huckleberry Hashimoto
― The Adventures of Huckleberry Hashimoto
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I have no respect for burlesque or its practitioners. Brag all they want about being higher class than real strippers, they’re quick to seek bachelor parties on the down low. Hoping to make money for a change. And I’ve never known a burlesque entertainer who wasn’t a drug addict and/or a communist. Not sure which is worse. It’s communist.
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― Naked Ambition: A Male Stripper's True Account of Making Girls Behave Badly
― Naked Ambition: A Male Stripper's True Account of Making Girls Behave Badly
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