| Behind the Burly Q | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Zemeckis |
| Written by | Leslie Zemeckis |
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| Cinematography | Sheri Hellard |
| Edited by | Evan Finn |
| Music by | Phil Marshall |
Production companies | Mistress, Inc. |
| Distributed by | First Run Features |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $23,889 [1] |
Behind the Burly Q is a 2010 film documentary examining the golden age of American burlesque in the first half of the 20th century. [2] [3]
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This documentary film about the heyday of burlesque includes interviews with exotic dancers of the time April March, Lorraine Lee, Taffy O’Neill, Blaze Starr, Tempest Storm, and Kitty West; Mike Iannucci, stripper Ann Corio's husband and producer of “This Was Burlesque”; journalists and authors Nat Bodian, Rachel Schteir, and Janet Davis; and actor Alan Alda, whose father Robert Alda was a burlesque singer and straight man.
Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 27 reviews, with an average score of 6.5/10. [4] Emily Hourican of the Irish Independent lauded the film as "an absorbing, moving and cleverly constructed look at the tradition of American burlesque." [5] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was less enthusiastic, claiming the film "settles too easily for an editing formula which alternates talking heads, too cursory performance footage and montages of headlines and photographs." [6] Ronnie Scheib of Variety said the film's "stories run from raunchy to touching to funny to flat-out incredible.” [7]
In 2013, Skyhorse Publishing released a companion book by Zemeckis, also called Behind the Burly Q.
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