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May 25, 2017 11:43 AM Subscribe
Spend an hour with New York City’s breathtaking, hilarious, inspiring burlesque diva, Fancy Feast, in this documentary from Leon Chase.
Or just catch this quick 2 minute teaser. She’ll leave you hungry for more.
She seems like great fun! I'm going to a burlesque show in a week(ish) where a lot of my friends are performing, and there are a lot of performers of size. I've thought about taking burlesque classes, just cause it looks like it would be fun, but I've let age and size stop me from ever doing it. Perhaps this is the year that this grey haired, round, hobbit can let her freak flag fly. ;)
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 12:53 PM on May 25, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 12:53 PM on May 25, 2017 [6 favorites]
You go, Fancy Feast!
posted by Bob Regular at 1:44 PM on May 25, 2017
posted by Bob Regular at 1:44 PM on May 25, 2017
Of course if you can tap the margin on boutique appeal, do as you please. Otherwise... do as you must?
posted by dmh at 5:27 PM on May 25, 2017
posted by dmh at 5:27 PM on May 25, 2017
Tnx for posting this doc. I was inadvertently exposed to this world at the after party for the Coney Island Film Festival two summers ago. There were many fat -- Fancy Feast's word -- burlesque performers as part of a late night "side show." At first it was totally "Springtime For Hitler": as in, WTF?? But it became obvious that these women were performance artists. And they were totally comfortable taking off their clothes as part of their art on stage.
Main take away: it was amazingly great to see there are still vibrant counter cultures in NYC, even if this one is at the very end of the D train. Especially given so much gentrification has replaced artists lofts with $3,000 per square foot condos. That said, around 2:30 AM I left when the people putting big needles through their skin took the stage.
posted by Dean358 at 7:01 PM on May 25, 2017
Main take away: it was amazingly great to see there are still vibrant counter cultures in NYC, even if this one is at the very end of the D train. Especially given so much gentrification has replaced artists lofts with $3,000 per square foot condos. That said, around 2:30 AM I left when the people putting big needles through their skin took the stage.
posted by Dean358 at 7:01 PM on May 25, 2017
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