Burlesque

Loie Fuller Marie Louise Fuller (1862-1928) was a significant dancer born in Fullersburg, Chicago, later to be known as Loie Fuller or “La Loie”. Fuller is known for her innovation and experimental cooperation with technology and multimedia techniques such as extravagant lighting and usage of mirrors during the twentieth-century in order to ‘hypnotize’ and capture her audience. Fuller’s innovations would inspire many various types of artists and intellectuals, including future modern dancers…

respectable establishments. Jazz music was quickly condemned by the city’s upper class moral reformers and efforts were made by the city to repress and segregate its performers. These jazz legends will be represented on stage and playing live music for burlesque performers recreating the district’s infamous parties and live dance scene. My intention for this stage play is to reexamine this time in history from a feminist perspective and to give a voice to the marginalized groups of this era.…

Life without humor would be like the black and white television shows before color was introduced, dull and lifeless. It’s often used to invite a smile or laugh all whilst brightening up each day. Everyone has their own sense of humor. Some enjoy the slapstick humor of The Three Stooges while others enjoy the satirical humor of the show Family Guy. I find almost everything in life humorous, whether it be or paying off a ten dollar bet with a bag full of pennies, witnessing a friend walk face…

Karin Jackson’s “The Dilemma of Emma: Moral, Ethical, and Spiritual Values” discusses Jane Austen’s writing format. Jackson states Austen’s writing format differ from other conventional authors during the eighteenth century. Austen uses parody and burlesque for comic effect to portray women during the 18th-century in her novels. Jackson believes Austen’s novel consist of the theme of truth, which “is of supreme importance (Jackson).” Austen’s writing consisted of irony and realism. Adding…

Sarcasm. Irony. Parody. Farce. These are a few of the devices that are compiled together to make satire. All of the satirical devices mock a subject and can be light-hearted or bitter. Many television programs utilize the satirical device to mock current events, individuals, and behavior. One such program is Saturday Night Live (SNL). SNL has been part of American culture for about 40 years and each episode satirizes a multitude of topics varying from presidential debates to advertisements. In…

Like most Saturday Night Live skits, this skit uses Horatian Satire. Saturday Night Live uses this type of satire to point out controversial issues without explicitly stating how to correct the issue. Through the use of exaggeration, irony, and burlesque, Saturday Night Live satirizes the ignorance of the white community in the United States throughout the episode “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black.” For the purpose of influencing a change in American society, Saturday Night Live, uses exaggeration…

relationship between mother and daughter. In fact, Gypsy eliminates men and adds women in the second act, Tulsa and all the newsboys leave with June, and they are replaced with girls, then Herbie leaves and the world of vaudeville turns into the world of burlesque and women become central (Wolf, 2002). This next section will look at the central mother-daughter relationship between Rose and Louise but not before we briefly look at the relationship with June. June is the favourite child, on whom…

casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist. Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show. He then spent time on a showboat, worked the burlesque circuit, then entered into vaudeville in 1934. The Doughnut Dunkers, a pantomime sketch of how different people…

Symbolization of WesBurlesque For my final research paper, I want to examine the concept of “WesBurlesque” through an ethnographic analysis of fieldwork I will conduct during the semester. Wesleyan has a very public identity around sexuality and sex and it is through performances like “WesBurlesque” Wesleyan exemplifies their comfort with the erotic. I will be interviewing people who are a part of the production, and people who enjoy the show to better understand why people are drawn to this…

is "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the content of contemporary politics and other topical issues."The word satire has so many tricks, such as parody, irony; burlesque and etc .The satirist subjects are unlimited. In satirical texts, not only the content but also form is equally important. Most satires, except a few ones are socio-cultural, religious and political specific, which need careful consideration…