Ten women set out to learn the art of burlesque dancing and striptease at Seattle's Academy of Burlesque. They have just six weeks to peel and reveal their hidden talents with little more than a tassel and a twirl. Seasoned burlesque divas strut on stage in their own performances to illustrate the candid lectures by the Academy's headmistress, Miss Indigo Blue.
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“A Wink and a Smile’’ is a documentary about burlesque. Not your grandfather’s burlesque, that smoky pre-strip club world of the 1940s and ’50s, where performers disrobed one white glove at a time. More like your older-sister’s-with-a-graduate-degree-in-gender-studies burlesque. (Full review)