A Historical Whodunnit
Dateline: 1937! Striptease brought burlesque down, or so they say, but who brought striptease to burlesque? Which devilish disrober introduced undressing to that stage? 12 stripping suspects stand accused, over three decades, of the crime that would lay burlesque low.
It's the greatest mystery of burlesque: who brought striptease to the stage? Burlesque investigator Jonny Porkpie delves deep into decades of newspaper archives, trade publications, burlesque memorabilia, vintage ads and promo materials, memoirs, films, police reports, court records, and obituaries from the Jazz Age to the Gilded Age to uncover the culprit in this revealing and entertaining talk.











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