burlesque• Born in Nashville, Cheatham began his career as a burlesqueperformer.• He was made inflated, musclebound and awkward by the shirt, a burlesque act.• In typical Almodovar burlesque, Marina has become a star of pornographic and B-movies.• Ohio Street with its burlesque houses is out of the question.• The Hollywood was one of the last pureburlesque theaters anywhere.• Though his banner read burlesque, he occasionally dabbled in slightly more legitimatevaudevillefare.• He also wrote skits, burlesques, and film scenarios, and was an inspired anthologist.
Originburlesque
(1600-1700)FrenchItalianburlesco, from burla“joke”