am i allowed to be irritated by the bunch of inane "models" who insist they are burlesque dancers?
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more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
tiff, thank you. that is exactly what i mean.
also i do not want to watch girls parade around on stage like they are 8 yearolds dressing up in their mommy's negligee.
do not disturb said, (73 days ago)
am i allowed to be irritated by the bunch of inane "photographers" who insist they are concert photographers?
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
it's just a growing crowd of girls who are joining up because it's trendy and "sexy" and not because they're actually interested in the history or art. weekend warriors. poseurs. SADFACE.
Previous Toast said, (73 days ago)
Eh, most of them will get bored with it within a week. And the rest will increase your community. It won't be an all bad thing.
Guitar Hero did the same thing.
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
yes, it is. it's been featured on several primetime tv shows in the last year-ish and used in advertising campaigns.
plus dita's fame garners attention and has for a bit now.
artschooled said, (73 days ago)
I could see how dita's fame, even in the fashion world, would bring in a group of ridiculous girls.
I would like to be all irritated at people that call themselves "photographers" or even better, "artistic photographers", who just use it as an excuse to post nude "self portraits" on the internet [or even worse, buy a sweet camera that they have no idea how to use and use it to capture their crotch]. Sorry, I went to university and I've got a degree in photography and you don't see my vagina all over the place.
Previous Toast said, (73 days ago)
"You don't see my vagina all over the place" is my new favorite out of context quote.
soulcamp said, (73 days ago)
A similar thing happens to my karate classes after a big martial arts movie is out. I find a good 1000 kick workout does a pretty good job of clearing out the posers. ;-)
Laydee Ohracuhl said, (73 days ago)
As long as I can rag on wannabe science geeks. I mean do you HAVE a chemistry lab? I do.
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
for serious!
also stripper moves are pretty unnecessary in burlesque. burlesque is defined as ribald comedy, dancing and striptease. not BOOTYJIGGLING. unless it's comedic bootyjiggling. ;)
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
@soulcamp: i wish we had that for burlesque. a three hour gogo session maybe?
@lady oracle: HAWT.
scurvyman said, (73 days ago)
Yeah, I know what you mean. There are several burlesque troupes here in town that are full of trust fund hipsterettes who are into burlesque because it's "edgy" and sexy or fucking whatever, but who aren't any good at actually DOING it. And then they open for bands I want to see all the time and I have to sit through 40 minutes of half-hearted rhythm-challenged hip waving.
makelikepaper said, (73 days ago)
yeah watch out for this lady ga ga chick. she's about to take the pop-burlesque world by storm. she strips on stage and stuff. she sucks.
soulcamp said, (73 days ago)
@scurvyman: I saw the HELL ON HEELS troupe last week and they weren't so bad.
Pagne said, (73 days ago)
Damn it, I have no one to be crabby about. You don't get a lot of people claiming to be forensic anthropologists. It's just not cool enough... yet. One day I will make anthropology sexy!
Skanko said, (73 days ago)
@nikki - in re: to the "photographers" thing. i have a friend exactly like that. nude pictures and all.
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
@pagne: i have no doubt.
@caprisun: it's not so much that there's a definitive burlesque dancer prototype- as burlesque is open to many many types of people and performance- but wearing a corset and bra and walking around in heels on stage doesn't make you a burlesque dancer. burlesque involves comedy and dancing, it's often satirical, and while (much like a certain supreme court justice) i might not be able to define it, i know it when i see it.
when you go to a burlesque show and someone's number changed the energy of the audience into a hormonal sex show? that's not burlesque. that's stripping.
Centropomus said, (73 days ago)
Just because they let their "photographer" boyfriend do a nude shoot doesn't make them "models". They're just attention whores, and they want the kind of attention you get.
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
those aren't photographers! those are GUYS WITH CAMERAS. i see a lot of them.
JasAsian v2.0 said, (73 days ago)
Unfortunately with mainstream exposure comes the wanna-be's. Hold your ground, educate the willing, and take advantage of the money being dumped into the field.
Hey, Pepper...maybe you should hold Burlesque Weekend Seminars?
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
@caprisun: yes! i am actually the reigning miss viva las vegas.
@centro: lol, that's a ringing endorsement.
@johnny: HEARRRRRRRTS
@jasasian: would you be in attendance? i noticed no asian boylesque performers at MEW this year. you'd be in a league of your own.
El Indio said, (73 days ago)
you know what pisses me off? when the girl comes out ALREADY naked, basically. and there is no tease. no sexiness at all.
i've spoken of this before.
more pepper! said, (73 days ago)
you would have blown a gasket at what i saw the other night.
i was confused about my location.
Branwell said, (72 days ago)
Man, at least you have it easier than comedians. We have a bunch of wacky high school guys who graduate from high school and think their labored puns and whatnot are funny, and a bunch of drunks who hit the age of 40 or so and decide they have to do something with their lives, and of course the aspiring actors who want to do stand-up as a credit.
Of course, those guys tend to fail pretty overtly on stage and go nowhere professionally. (Except the actors, if they have some money/an agent behind them.) That is the one great thing about comedy -- if you're not funny, it is very difficult to hide, even from someone who doesn't know anything about the form.
(So, are you doing VVH next month? I'm scheduled again!)
soulcamp said, (72 days ago)
@Branwell: You want me to break GT! by listing the horrifically awful bands I've seen? I could probably do it just by listing the drummers who I've auditioned for my band. ;-)
Which reminds me, I have to start auditioning guitar players next week. Somebody kill me, please.
more pepper! said, (72 days ago)
@jasasian: whatever you want! a sampling of boylesque names:
charlie champale
albert cadabra
tigger!
rose wood
hot toddy
sexy mark brown
sin jyn
Branwell said, (72 days ago)
Don't tell me that one guy's exclamation point is part of his name.
Though then again, I can't judge. If I used a stage name, it would probably include a question mark. I'd call myself Clyde Branwell? or something. Hosts would hate me. They'd have to say, "now coming to the stage... he plays clubs all over town... Clyde Branwell?" And then the club owners would go after them for not knowing who was up next, and they'd be like, "no, that's his name", and the owners would be like, "no, you can't make a question mark part of your name", and then they'd be like, "what about ? and the Mysterians?", and the owners would say, "he doesn't count, he says 'question mark', he doesn't make you ask the previous phrase like a question", and then people would start calling me "Clyde Branwell Question Mark", which is even more unwieldy than my current stage (and real) name, though somewhat easier to spell.
What I'm saying is, names should be run-on sentences, much like that last one. Ideally, they should be run-on sentences with no verbs. Unless your name is Drew, in which case that's your problem.
Branwell said, (72 days ago)
(I got on a tangent there, and forgot to ask my follow-up question: is there some kind of pun I'm missing in the stage name "Sexy Mark Brown"? Because unless there is, that really sounds like just a normal guy's name with the word "sexy" in front of it. It's like someone decided to make some guy into a Halloween costume.)
more pepper! said, (72 days ago)
tigger's name does actually have an exclamation point (as does mine, dizzy von damn!). he and i agree that if you say our names without excitement, you've said them wrong.
sexy mark brown is an amusing name because he's not the accepted definition of sexy. it's ironic, i suppose.
I'm a burlesque dancer, I wore a corset once.