Behind the Burly Q

Behind the Burly Q is a 2010 film documentary examing at the golden age of American burlesque in the first half of the 20th century.

Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78 of critics gave the film a positive review, based onreviews, with an average score of 6.510. Emily Hourican of the Irish Independent lauded the film as an absorbing, moving and cleverly constructed look at the tradition of American burlesque. Roger Ebert of the Chicago SunTimes 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. Ronnie Scheib of Variety said the films stories run from raunchy to touching to funny to flatout incredible.

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