1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000 ∩╗┐1 00: 00: 04,874 -> 00: 00: 06,484 [emcee] Women and men, 3 00:00:06,528 --> 00:00:07,833 are you ready to see some banter? 4 00:00:07,877 --> 00:00:09,618 [audience cheers] 5 00:00:09,661 --> 00:00:12,055 Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to see this girl? 6 00:00:12,099 --> 00:00:13,361 Come on, let me hear it! 7 00:00:13,404 --> 00:00:15,015 [audience cheers] 8 00:00:15,058 --> 00:00:18,061 Give to Gal Friday! 9 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:20,629 [playing hot music] 10 00:00:40,518 --> 00:00:43,130 [human] ΓÖ ¬ I'm going down 11 00:00:43,173 --> 00:00:45,088 ΓÖ¬ To the Saint James hospital 12 00:00:47,917 --> 00:00:50,311 ΓΓ¬ Look at my baby there 13 00:00:52,226 --> 00:00:57,492 ¬ ¬ He is lying On a long white table ΓÖ¬ 14 00:00:57,535 --> 00:01:01,844 ΓÖ¬ And he Just lay there Γ¬ 15 00:01:01,887 --> 00:01:04,281 [Friday Gal] I'm from Tennessee. 16 00:01:04,325 --> 00:01:06,327 For many Southern families, 17 00:01:06,370 --> 00:01:10,026 it's really big women married or have a family. 18 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:13,464 That's not my lifestyle. 19 00:01:36,487 --> 00:01:38,533 [audience cheers] 20 00:01:41,884 --> 00:01:43,625 [song ends] 21 00:01:43,668 --> 00:01:45,844 [emcee] Let's listen to Gal Friday! 22 00:01:45,888 --> 00:01:47,803 [cheers and applause] 23 00:03:16,065 --> 00:03:17,806 [Julie Atlas Muz] Everyone can do it. 24 00:03:17,849 --> 00:03:19,677 Everyone can do burlesque if they really want it. 25 00:03:19,721 --> 00:03:21,549 You need to get a costume, You need to get a gimmick, 26 00:03:21,592 --> 00:03:24,029 and you have to get up on stage and have the courage to do it. 27 00:03:30,732 --> 00:03:32,647 [cheers and applause] 28 00:03:34,083 --> 00:03:40,132 I was asked, I believe, in 1996 or 1997, 29 00:03:40,176 --> 00:03:42,091 by Catherine Hourihan, 30 00:03:42,134 --> 00:03:43,962 he said, "Will you do it burlesque number for me?" 31 00:03:44,006 --> 00:03:45,877 And I don't know what that is. 32 00:03:45,921 --> 00:03:47,705 He said, "This is a short dance 33 00:03:47,749 --> 00:03:50,665 which starts or ends naked to music. " 34 00:03:52,101 --> 00:03:54,930 You know, at that time you can match 35 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:57,280 all burlesque players in New York City in two taxis. 36 00:03:57,324 --> 00:03:59,587 I remember it was still the same like me, 37 00:03:59,630 --> 00:04:02,590 Scotty the Blue Rabbit, Gross Martini, 38 00:04:02,633 --> 00:04:05,506 Speed Chyaldd, Tigger, 39 00:04:05,549 --> 00:04:07,334 and Famous Bob in the World, and like just a handful 40 00:04:07,377 --> 00:04:10,685 from the first wave from what we consider the initial wave burlesque revival movement in New York City. 41 00:04:10,728 --> 00:04:14,602 Experimental artists who are only really whack-a-doodle 42 00:04:14,645 --> 00:04:18,040 and inspire and think outside of any form of concept. Think = triangles. When I started making fun, 43 00:04:18,083 --> 00:04:22,349 no one knew what the word was "Burlesque" is. 44 00:04:22,392 --> 00:04:24,046 I don't even care what the word "burlesque" means. 45 00:04:26,353 --> 00:04:27,919 46 00:04:27,963 --> 00:04:30,357 47 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,229 48 00:04:34,491 --> 00:04:36,058 But then it's like a snowball. 49 00:04:37,842 --> 00:04:40,323 You know, there is second wave 50 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:45,241 Then there is the third wave. Then there is the fourth wave. 51 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:48,897 And then Christina Aguilera and Cher. 52 00:04:50,507 --> 00:04:52,161 And then there is seventh wave. 53 00:04:53,902 --> 00:04:56,121 Burlesque is a developing term, 54 00:04:56,165 --> 00:05:01,083 which includes aesthetics sparkles and eyelashes 55 00:05:01,126 --> 00:05:04,782 and high heels and fancy dresses and nudity. 56 00:05:04,826 --> 00:05:07,350 And femininity. 57 00:05:07,394 --> 00:05:09,700 And comedy. 58 00:05:09,744 --> 00:05:11,963 This is also now becoming the more lifestyle. 59 00:05:15,489 --> 00:05:19,144 But the banter is always, and I'm sure it will always be, 60 00:05:19,188 --> 00:05:22,104 lowest than low entertainment. 61 00:05:22,147 --> 00:05:25,847 Because, really, who are we? 62 00:05:25,890 --> 00:05:28,153 Only strippers from New York City. 63 00:05:28,197 --> 00:05:30,199 [laughs] 64 00:05:38,860 --> 00:05:40,731 I always know I want to stay here. 65 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:42,951 Even when I was young and had no concept 66 00:05:42,994 --> 00:05:45,736 what that means. 67 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:49,871 I feel very strange where I come from. 68 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:51,307 I don't know, it never feels like 69 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:53,309 right behind there. 70 00:05:56,834 --> 00:06:01,970 My mother always said I was an old woman born in a tiny body. 71 00:06:02,013 --> 00:06:07,410 And from the start, smart people who talked too much, 72 00:06:07,454 --> 00:06:12,197 and a little too wise for such a small person. 73 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:14,591 And he has great stories where I will be, 74 00:06:14,635 --> 00:06:17,681 even as a 7 year old child, 75 00:06:17,725 --> 00:06:19,553 only destroys the ball from all of his friends. 76 00:06:19,596 --> 00:06:21,468 And he said, you will make them feel bad about themselves. 77 00:06:21,511 --> 00:06:24,862 My mother used to be a construction worker. 78 00:06:24,906 --> 00:06:28,518 Sometimes for fun he will do it Take me on the site with him, 79 00:06:28,562 --> 00:06:31,434 80 00:06:31,478 --> 00:06:33,871 and I always like that time with him. 81 00:06:33,915 --> 00:06:37,962 Now he is a motorcycle mechanic. 82 00:06:38,006 --> 00:06:41,923 My father is a contractor and indeed is like an electrical job 83 00:06:41,966 --> 00:06:44,926 and things like that, but I don't grow with them. 84 00:06:44,969 --> 00:06:46,797 He left when I was a baby. 85 00:06:46,841 --> 00:06:48,625 But we always have kindness, friendship relationship. 86 00:06:48,669 --> 00:06:52,107 He knows what I'm doing. He doesn't care. 87 00:06:52,150 --> 00:06:54,979 When you are in the family where your mother is a biker, 88 00:06:55,023 --> 00:06:58,722 a Harley mechanic, and very broad 89 00:06:58,766 --> 00:07:01,464 who does his own business also it's like, 90 00:07:01,508 --> 00:07:04,032 what will they say? 91 00:07:06,034 --> 00:07:08,515 I have become a professional burlesque player 92 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:10,212 for about six years. 93 00:07:10,255 --> 00:07:12,388 I got it well. 94 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,738 I live in New York and I can 95 00:07:14,782 --> 00:07:16,348 for sometimes maybe hardly scratches, 96 00:07:16,392 --> 00:07:18,525 but I can still to support myself. 97 00:07:18,568 --> 00:07:21,049 [emcee 1] Gal Friday! 98 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:23,834 [host 2] Gal Friday! 99 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:26,881 This is Friday's Gal! 100 00:07:30,362 --> 00:07:32,408 [audience cheers] 101 00:07:39,328 --> 00:07:42,549 [Julie] There are already months where I struggle to make my rent. 102 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:51,122 But, you know, that's life classic strippers. 103 00:07:55,605 --> 00:07:58,173 - [unclear chat] - [pulsating techno music] 104 00:08:06,529 --> 00:08:08,313 [applause] 105 00:08:08,357 --> 00:08:10,315 [Jonny Porkpie] Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda, 106 00:08:10,359 --> 00:08:12,187 10 years ago 107 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:15,495 do the number you want to go to see in just a few minutes. 108 00:08:15,538 --> 00:08:17,235 That's right, they went to appear 109 00:08:17,279 --> 00:08:20,587 their first number from 2004 for us tonight, 110 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:21,892 which I thought was extraordinary. 111 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:24,112 [cheers and applause] 112 00:08:24,155 --> 00:08:25,766 So, ladies and gentlemen, please join me 113 00:08:25,809 --> 00:08:28,203 in welcoming to the stage, the Sisters Schlep. 114 00:08:28,246 --> 00:08:29,552 [cheers and applause] 115 00:08:29,596 --> 00:08:31,554 [harmonization] 116 00:08:31,598 --> 00:08:33,425 [singing in Yiddish] 117 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,221 [Darlinda] In Yiddish, "schlep" like, 118 00:08:46,264 --> 00:08:48,049 oh, you're good careless person, 119 00:08:48,092 --> 00:08:50,834 or like, you know, oh, you have to have the big bag. 120 00:08:50,878 --> 00:08:52,880 So this is like, that's a funny word. 121 00:08:52,923 --> 00:08:55,839 And it's not necessarily has like a sexy connotation. 122 00:08:55,883 --> 00:08:58,929 Γ ¬ Turn left, turn right Hold Γ¬¬ 123 00:08:58,973 --> 00:09:00,670 124 00:09:00,714 --> 00:09:02,454 ¬¬ Lift Lift your legs The heart will follow ΓÖ¬ 125 00:09:02,498 --> 00:09:04,326 Γ ¬ ¬ Lift your voice Fill in the basin ΓÖ¬ 126 00:09:04,369 --> 00:09:05,849 ΓΓ– Spread your wings like The swallow ΓÖ¬ 127 00:09:05,893 --> 00:09:08,809 ΓΓ¬ Fly away Sapa days Γ¬ 128 00:09:08,852 --> 00:09:12,987 ¬ ¬ Dance, dancing Everyone dances ΓÖ¬ 129 00:09:13,030 --> 00:09:15,946 [Darlinda] Hava Nagila we acted was our first action. 130 00:09:15,990 --> 00:09:18,209 We're out in grandma's underwear. 131 00:09:18,253 --> 00:09:21,082 We have these luggage full of random clothes. 132 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:22,649 And then we only use them. 133 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:28,437 We do a reverse strip, because I don't want to disarm. 134 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,874 I feel intimidated, huh. 135 00:09:35,052 --> 00:09:37,272 At that time, that's when, like, type of gay marriage 136 00:09:37,315 --> 00:09:41,102 starting to enter into news, and we are like, oh... 137 00:09:41,145 --> 00:09:43,321 -When we developed the action. -When we developed the action, yes. 138 00:09:43,365 --> 00:09:46,194 And we are like oh, well, Hava Nagila is a wedding song, 139 00:09:46,237 --> 00:09:48,239 so why not two brides? 140 00:09:54,550 --> 00:09:56,596 [audience cheers] 141 00:10:00,861 --> 00:10:02,645 [interviewer] How to style Sister Schlep 142 00:10:02,689 --> 00:10:06,649 different from your individual style and routine? 143 00:10:06,693 --> 00:10:10,914 I mean, I tend to do, like, really strange things. 144 00:10:16,964 --> 00:10:18,487 Pull everything from my vagina, and... 145 00:10:18,530 --> 00:10:20,750 [crowd cheering] 146 00:10:28,192 --> 00:10:29,933 You know, it's like things like that, like, 147 00:10:29,977 --> 00:10:31,718 Sisters of Schlep will never do it, you know? 148 00:10:31,761 --> 00:10:33,284 - [laughs] -And I will never do it. 149 00:10:33,328 --> 00:10:36,636 And, yes, he will never do it, yes, yes. 150 00:10:41,205 --> 00:10:42,946 [Minnie] Before I became burlesque, 151 00:10:42,990 --> 00:10:48,343 I'm really in this matter Jewish Journey. 152 00:10:48,386 --> 00:10:52,390 I got my master in Jewish Education. 153 00:10:52,434 --> 00:10:54,958 At graduate school I feel very, is very out of place. 154 00:10:55,002 --> 00:10:57,657 That's very stifling and conservative for me. 155 00:10:57,700 --> 00:11:01,051 I don't match the typical print 156 00:11:01,095 --> 00:11:05,926 from someone who will go Jewish theological seminary. 157 00:11:05,969 --> 00:11:07,318 Welcome to the stage, 158 00:11:07,362 --> 00:11:10,234 from New York City, Minnie Tonka! 159 00:11:10,278 --> 00:11:11,671 [audience cheers] 160 00:11:11,714 --> 00:11:13,673 [playing rock music] 161 00:11:25,467 --> 00:11:31,778 So, I was really excited and interested in trying banter. 162 00:11:31,821 --> 00:11:34,128 [audience cheers] 163 00:11:38,785 --> 00:11:40,525 But I am very, very scared to do strips tempt alone on the stage. 164 00:11:40,569 --> 00:11:45,356 And Darlinda always really encouraged me to, you know, 165 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:50,318 more naked and more naked. 166 00:11:50,361 --> 00:11:52,624 ¬¬¬ Cover your mouth 167 00:11:52,668 --> 00:11:54,409 ¬¬¬ Cover your mouth 168 00:11:56,019 --> 00:11:57,717 Γ¬¬ Cover your mouth 169 00:11:59,196 --> 00:12:00,763 170 00:12:02,069 --> 00:12:03,940 [Minnie] I think about it sometimes, 171 00:12:03,984 --> 00:12:08,205 when I think about how I not fully get it, by the way. 172 00:12:08,249 --> 00:12:10,294 You know, it took years to fully get 173 00:12:10,338 --> 00:12:12,253 and understand banter. 174 00:12:12,296 --> 00:12:14,037 Or maybe an animal do you like? 175 00:12:14,081 --> 00:12:16,387 Or are you curious about. 176 00:12:16,431 --> 00:12:18,520 In the last few years I started teaching banter. 177 00:12:18,563 --> 00:12:19,869 [woman laughing] 178 00:12:19,913 --> 00:12:22,393 If you are a snake, for example, 179 00:12:22,437 --> 00:12:24,569 You want, like, crawling the way you go to the sun. 180 00:12:24,613 --> 00:12:28,138 Or you - You see a mouse that you want to eat. 181 00:12:28,182 --> 00:12:31,098 I want to make class give people space 182 00:12:31,141 --> 00:12:35,450 to explore what Burlesque means to them. 183 00:12:35,493 --> 00:12:39,280 What is the reason for making banter? 184 00:12:39,323 --> 00:12:41,456 If you are affected by different types of body, you will find-- 185 00:12:41,499 --> 00:12:44,024 You will find your mindset changes, 186 00:12:44,067 --> 00:12:45,895 and you will start thinking, like, 187 00:12:45,939 --> 00:12:49,594 wow, this type of body that I never saw was actually beautiful, 188 00:12:49,638 --> 00:12:52,815 because you are only being exposed to more and more. 189 00:12:52,859 --> 00:12:57,777 Burlesque is an opportunity is a statement, a statement. 190 00:12:57,820 --> 00:13:01,563 I'm pretty, I'm fine, I'll share it. 191 00:13:01,606 --> 00:13:04,784 If you don't want it, is good, but here it is. 192 00:13:04,827 --> 00:13:06,176 - [woman] Yes. - [laughter] 193 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:07,482 This is it. 194 00:13:07,525 --> 00:13:09,005 [woman] Yes. 195 00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:10,659 Facts we have sexuality 196 00:13:10,702 --> 00:13:13,183 and we can display this without shame. 197 00:13:13,227 --> 00:13:16,621 And, you know, look, like, any kind of weird 198 00:13:16,665 --> 00:13:18,754 You have entered. 199 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,974 [all laugh] 200 00:13:21,017 --> 00:13:23,411 [Minnie] I don't know if there is is a specific moment 201 00:13:23,454 --> 00:13:28,068 who told me this is what I will do. 202 00:13:28,111 --> 00:13:31,027 Only a lot of small steps. 203 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:38,992 [Hazel Honeysuckle] It's from that time I took my grandma's scarf came out of the drawer and tied it around me into a costume. 204 00:13:39,035 --> 00:13:43,387 [laughs] 205 00:13:43,431 --> 00:13:45,868 But I know that I have this, like, 206 00:13:45,912 --> 00:13:49,045 just a secret dream. 207 00:13:49,089 --> 00:13:50,917 I will go up to my room and play dress and, like, 208 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,354 pretend I'm a princess. 209 00:13:53,397 --> 00:13:55,791 Like, much slower than... than I have to admit. 210 00:13:55,835 --> 00:14:00,796 I have a problem with social anxiety. 211 00:14:03,451 --> 00:14:05,801 I think I got the breast early, and it's a little tempting. 212 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:10,632 I feel that if I show cleavage I am slutty. 213 00:14:10,675 --> 00:14:16,464 [ambulance sirens wailing far] 214 00:14:20,033 --> 00:14:22,687 215 00:14:24,124 --> 00:14:28,389 My first performance, I was very nervous. 216 00:14:31,218 --> 00:14:32,872 I remember being in the locker room 217 00:14:32,915 --> 00:14:36,049 with this other player. 218 00:14:37,964 --> 00:14:40,183 Change room in the Sandal Room 219 00:14:40,227 --> 00:14:45,362 covered in in sparkling graffiti. 220 00:14:45,406 --> 00:14:48,539 All the names of these players that I see. 221 00:14:49,932 --> 00:14:51,629 And back there 222 00:14:51,673 --> 00:14:54,719 where all this artist has... 223 00:14:54,763 --> 00:14:58,245 intimidating and interesting. 224 00:15:00,508 --> 00:15:04,599 But I remember that kind of thing When I stepped on the stage... 225 00:15:04,642 --> 00:15:07,341 [emcee] Hazel Honeysuckle... 226 00:15:07,384 --> 00:15:11,171 ... and hear the applause and see the audience... 227 00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:15,523 it feels like that a homecoming. 228 00:15:17,046 --> 00:15:19,483 [crowd cheering] 229 00:15:27,796 --> 00:15:29,711 [applause] 230 00:15:41,114 --> 00:15:45,683 You know, I'm here for many conversations 231 00:15:45,727 --> 00:15:47,424 which is like this: 232 00:15:47,468 --> 00:15:50,601 "Oh, he was hired because he seduced." 233 00:15:51,907 --> 00:15:54,301 "He was hired because he is very beautiful, 234 00:15:54,344 --> 00:15:58,000 but he can't dance," you know. 235 00:15:58,044 --> 00:16:00,568 Tells me that I'm not really that's good. 236 00:16:02,526 --> 00:16:04,615 -Hi, Minnie. Sorry. -Hai, it's okay. 237 00:16:04,659 --> 00:16:07,618 -Hi, Hazel. -Hai-- ooh. 238 00:16:07,662 --> 00:16:09,055 [emcee] How are you? Thank you for coming. 239 00:16:09,098 --> 00:16:11,622 [woman] We both use g-string white. 240 00:16:15,235 --> 00:16:17,237 Yes. Yes. 241 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,282 [emcee] I see. 242 00:16:19,326 --> 00:16:22,198 Bean bag masturbation. What is that? 243 00:16:22,242 --> 00:16:23,721 Women and men, 244 00:16:23,765 --> 00:16:26,986 get ready for the Shake Room. 245 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:32,774 [Hazel] I have no doubt if I have a different body, 246 00:16:32,817 --> 00:16:34,689 there is a very good chance I will not get 247 00:16:34,732 --> 00:16:37,344 many jobs, or the same number of jobs 248 00:16:37,387 --> 00:16:39,215 what I got. 249 00:16:41,087 --> 00:16:43,045 It left me with something to prove. 250 00:16:43,089 --> 00:16:45,047 [emcee] Here he is, beautiful, 251 00:16:45,091 --> 00:16:50,009 the talented, my ex-wife, Hazel Honeysuckle! 252 00:16:50,052 --> 00:16:53,664 [woman] ΓÖ ¬ Honey dear, want you to be close 253 00:16:53,708 --> 00:16:58,669 Γ ¬ Just turn on the lights And then come here Γ ¬ 254 00:16:58,713 --> 00:17:03,326 Γ¬¬ Nestle close to my side 255 00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:05,067 [Hazel] I don't want to succeed based on just beautiful. 256 00:17:05,111 --> 00:17:09,289 I want to be valuable as an artist. 257 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:16,209 [woman] Γ ¬ I never knew that life could be Very sweet ΓÖ¬ 258 00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:19,647 ΓÖ¬ Until I meet you 259 00:17:19,690 --> 00:17:22,302 ΓÖ¬ Some time ago 260 00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:25,131 ΓÖ¬ But now you know 261 00:17:26,654 --> 00:17:29,178 ΓÖ¬ I love you so much 262 00:17:30,701 --> 00:17:34,227 [song ends] 263 00:17:36,446 --> 00:17:37,969 Hazel Honeysuckle, everyone! 264 00:17:38,013 --> 00:17:40,624 265 00:17:45,412 --> 00:17:47,109 [Friday Gal] I have a large collection of shoes. 266 00:17:47,153 --> 00:17:53,202 So we have all the ways from Lucite, 267 00:17:53,246 --> 00:17:58,033 boots, thigh-high, the stripper heel used is lower. 268 00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:03,865 And my Golden Pasty Award for the Best Booty. 269 00:18:05,475 --> 00:18:06,694 This will be a problem. 270 00:18:06,737 --> 00:18:10,350 All various shades of red 271 00:18:10,393 --> 00:18:15,703 fall for all my different red haired moments. 272 00:18:20,925 --> 00:18:22,927 When I first started appeared, 273 00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:25,234 I remember thinking that I had to do it 274 00:18:25,278 --> 00:18:28,150 kind of changed my personality for this character. 275 00:18:28,194 --> 00:18:31,284 That I will be much calmer and more graceful 276 00:18:31,327 --> 00:18:35,157 with that view from that classic pin-up. 277 00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:39,335 The dirt just flew the window was very fast. 278 00:18:39,379 --> 00:18:42,208 Your true personality is fair will eventually come out. 279 00:18:42,251 --> 00:18:44,775 And my true personality is quite tomboy-ish. 280 00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:47,474 And you know, sarcastic 281 00:18:47,517 --> 00:18:49,737 and sometimes a little is a bit aggressive. 282 00:18:49,780 --> 00:18:52,870 So, you know, you can try to hold everything back, 283 00:18:52,914 --> 00:18:55,786 but finally they come out too. 284 00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:58,137 And I found that it's actually, 285 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:00,443 I thought, making my performance better. 286 00:19:02,576 --> 00:19:05,144 You know, there are only so many dance moves that you can do. 287 00:19:11,802 --> 00:19:14,805 I tend to do a lot of classic banter, I would say. 288 00:19:17,504 --> 00:19:19,027 Many bumps and lumps, 289 00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:23,118 and lots of and trembling booty movements. 290 00:19:25,251 --> 00:19:28,819 Certain places or, you know, producers have hope. 291 00:19:28,863 --> 00:19:30,778 They will even tell you, you know, 292 00:19:30,821 --> 00:19:32,171 This is more than a classic show. 293 00:19:32,214 --> 00:19:34,347 Please bring classic numbers. 294 00:19:35,870 --> 00:19:38,438 But I want to have it my taste in it too. 295 00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:40,788 [audience cheers] 296 00:19:47,011 --> 00:19:48,883 I don't want to just leave out there and be like, 297 00:19:48,926 --> 00:19:50,101 "I'm a Princess." 298 00:19:50,145 --> 00:19:51,581 Because I really don't. 299 00:19:51,625 --> 00:19:54,280 [laughs] I can't even fake it. 300 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:00,024 [emcee] Yes! 301 00:20:03,463 --> 00:20:05,160 [unclear chat] 302 00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:07,554 We start, let's try again. 303 00:20:07,597 --> 00:20:09,730 That's good. Try once again. 304 00:20:09,773 --> 00:20:13,255 [Friday Gal] For some people I might have a one-trick pony. 305 00:20:13,299 --> 00:20:15,344 I mean, there might be being the person out there 306 00:20:15,388 --> 00:20:18,913 which automatically assumes is just classic. 307 00:20:20,436 --> 00:20:22,525 You don't want to get it in such habits, 308 00:20:22,569 --> 00:20:24,527 that's what Gal Friday did. 309 00:20:24,571 --> 00:20:26,616 [police sirens blaring] 310 00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:32,579 I want to do something out of my comfort zone. 311 00:20:33,971 --> 00:20:37,279 I just want to do it something different. 312 00:20:40,674 --> 00:20:42,197 And I know that seems ridiculous, 313 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,939 but I'm a little afraid of failure, 314 00:20:44,982 --> 00:20:46,070 and I don't like that. 315 00:20:48,116 --> 00:20:50,336 [emcee] Women and men, 316 00:20:50,379 --> 00:20:53,904 welcome to Slipper Room shows, Glitter Gutter. 317 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,517 Now please welcome your host for that night, 318 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,346 a flying man height talent 319 00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:02,173 goes beyond human imagination, 320 00:21:02,217 --> 00:21:05,525 Mr. Mel Frye. 321 00:21:05,568 --> 00:21:07,918 [playing optimistic music] 322 00:21:12,836 --> 00:21:14,316 Yes! 323 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,013 How are we? How are we doing? How are you? 324 00:21:16,057 --> 00:21:18,581 And others, how are you? 325 00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:20,801 I went to the doctor today. 326 00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:23,499 Present with this little one clipboard and he said, 327 00:21:23,543 --> 00:21:26,110 "Mel, you have to stop masturbating." 328 00:21:26,154 --> 00:21:29,200 I said, "Why, doc? Why do I have it? Stop masturbating? 329 00:21:29,244 --> 00:21:30,680 I mean, that's ridiculous." 330 00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:33,553 And he said, "Because I tried to examine you." 331 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:35,119 [laughter] 332 00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:36,599 This is Glitter Gutter, women and men. 333 00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:37,992 This is Glitter Gutter. 334 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:46,827 [James Habacker] When I first opened Center Slipper Room, 335 00:21:46,870 --> 00:21:49,003 it's very much an art center. 336 00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:51,527 You know, many are small experimental theater 337 00:21:51,571 --> 00:21:54,138 run by people who are interested in art and supports art. 338 00:21:54,182 --> 00:21:56,489 They all leave now. 339 00:21:56,532 --> 00:21:57,838 We're the last from the cinema on the Lower East Side. 340 00:21:57,881 --> 00:21:59,318 I think that New York is far more money-oriented rather than art oriented. 341 00:21:59,361 --> 00:22:01,320 One of the things, I think, is what makes Slipper Room 342 00:22:01,363 --> 00:22:04,584 the unique type is that it is run by people which is in it as an art project first and foremost. 343 00:22:04,627 --> 00:22:06,629 344 00:22:06,673 --> 00:22:08,588 345 00:22:08,631 --> 00:22:10,851 346 00:22:10,894 --> 00:22:14,289 347 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:17,031 One of the things that really solidifies it as the Slipper Room style is that you have the host who's the comedian 348 00:22:17,074 --> 00:22:19,120 who plays the character, 349 00:22:19,163 --> 00:22:21,035 You know who does an old style variety show, 350 00:22:21,078 --> 00:22:22,993 likes that kind of thing you might have seen, 351 00:22:23,037 --> 00:22:26,214 you know, on television in the 1950s. 352 00:22:26,257 --> 00:22:28,129 [human] Yes! 353 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:30,914 - [balloons appear] - [woman shouting] 354 00:22:31,741 --> 00:22:33,395 We order various events, 355 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:37,399 and I consider burlesque that side 356 00:22:38,705 --> 00:22:40,315 being a tempting strip. 357 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,099 And it's not just every strip teasing. 358 00:22:42,143 --> 00:22:44,363 There is a difference between strippers 359 00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:46,930 and burlesque dancers. 360 00:22:46,974 --> 00:22:49,629 Burlesque itself as an art form, you know, 361 00:22:49,672 --> 00:22:51,152 hundreds of years older from teasing strips. 362 00:22:52,936 --> 00:22:56,287 And that's a political parody. 363 00:22:56,331 --> 00:22:58,333 364 00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:00,422 365 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:05,862 This holds the mirror to our community and says, 366 00:23:05,906 --> 00:23:08,387 see how ridiculous this is. 367 00:23:08,430 --> 00:23:13,087 This forces people to think about how oppressed their lives are. 368 00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:16,656 We got lots of squares people come here, 369 00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:18,440 and they see these people who are on the stage 370 00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:20,834 which is completely free. 371 00:23:20,877 --> 00:23:23,445 And it's in the direct line from you know, Warhol Factory. 372 00:23:23,489 --> 00:23:26,666 Like what, you know, coming out from New York in the 60s. 373 00:23:26,709 --> 00:23:30,887 There is still a fair amount of people who come to New York because they are interested in for that. 374 00:23:30,931 --> 00:23:32,541 Because they know about that. 375 00:23:33,673 --> 00:23:35,501 And if they find us, then they have a house. 376 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,157 [audience cheers] 377 00:23:41,158 --> 00:23:42,638 [woman] Four, five, six, seven, eight. 378 00:23:49,079 --> 00:23:51,517 [Minnie] Every year, Darlinda and me 379 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,997 380 00:23:54,041 --> 00:23:56,217 for new actions. 381 00:23:56,260 --> 00:24:01,440 And this year we debuted our action Schlep-A-Con. 382 00:24:03,703 --> 00:24:07,576 When we are working on it, we are developing. 383 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,839 Every few months we have friends come in. 384 00:24:09,883 --> 00:24:12,494 and help us tighten it up even more. 385 00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:17,717 And, of course, our costumes are from Garo Sparo. 386 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,370 Whoo! 387 00:24:19,414 --> 00:24:20,633 - [laughs] - I think it's funny. 388 00:24:20,676 --> 00:24:22,678 I mean, people are like camel feet. 389 00:24:22,722 --> 00:24:26,160 [Minnie] The costume is very showbiz. 390 00:24:26,203 --> 00:24:28,945 And, damn hot, that's the main camel toe. 391 00:24:28,989 --> 00:24:31,034 -That-- I mean-- - The most camel toes ever. 392 00:24:31,078 --> 00:24:32,775 - [Minnie] This-- - [Darlinda] More camel legs 393 00:24:32,819 --> 00:24:34,342 than other Schlep actions. 394 00:24:34,385 --> 00:24:36,344 [Minnie] We applied for 395 00:24:36,387 --> 00:24:38,128 Burlesque Hall of Fame this year, 396 00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:40,870 for the Best Small Groups. 397 00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:43,743 [applause] 398 00:25:01,282 --> 00:25:05,025 [Darlinda] They mentioned the Oscars of Burlesque Burlesque of Fame Hall. 399 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:06,809 The contest is valuable, 400 00:25:06,853 --> 00:25:08,550 because people from all over the world come, 401 00:25:08,594 --> 00:25:09,943 and then they want 402 00:25:09,986 --> 00:25:11,379 your book because they have seen your actions. 403 00:25:11,422 --> 00:25:12,902 This is like a work 404 00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:14,948 items from worldwide. 405 00:25:17,994 --> 00:25:21,128 The first time I went to the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2009, 406 00:25:21,171 --> 00:25:23,565 and we competed with Party In My Pants. 407 00:25:23,609 --> 00:25:25,611 [man] ΓÖ¬ There's a party in my pants 408 00:25:25,654 --> 00:25:27,743 ΓÖ¬ And everyone comes 409 00:25:27,787 --> 00:25:30,529 [Minnie] Then we competed again in 2011. 410 00:25:36,447 --> 00:25:39,494 When we performed, I really like coming out of my body And like it, see us on the stage. 411 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:40,756 -That's like... -It's very scary. 412 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,802 [audience cheers] 413 00:25:42,845 --> 00:25:44,630 414 00:25:44,673 --> 00:25:47,502 [Darlinda] This will be the third time we compete. 415 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:51,506 We haven't won yet, and we really want to win this year. 416 00:25:56,293 --> 00:25:58,426 [Perle Noire] For most women, the Burlesque Hall of Fame, 417 00:25:58,469 --> 00:26:01,342 this is the weekend about the network 418 00:26:01,385 --> 00:26:04,171 and big competition where they announced The new Queen Burlesque for this year. 419 00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:06,303 But actually an opportunity 420 00:26:06,347 --> 00:26:09,219 to respect the truth legends who do it themselves. 421 00:26:09,263 --> 00:26:14,224 This is a rebellious woman. 422 00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:17,619 I'm looking for through a magazine 423 00:26:27,020 --> 00:26:29,152 and see the picture from Josephine Baker 424 00:26:29,196 --> 00:26:31,241 in his skirt 425 00:26:31,285 --> 00:26:33,156 And I read about his life. and I'm so enamored with this woman what I think 426 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,855 very beautiful and reckless. 427 00:26:35,898 --> 00:26:37,770 And the more I find about him, 428 00:26:37,813 --> 00:26:40,468 429 00:26:40,511 --> 00:26:42,035 430 00:26:42,078 --> 00:26:43,950 the more I am fascinated with the story, 431 00:26:43,993 --> 00:26:45,604 because he grew poor. 432 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:47,214 Very, very poor. 433 00:26:47,257 --> 00:26:49,608 And the possibility... he is a black woman in the 20s 434 00:26:49,651 --> 00:26:52,219 which became this sensation in Paris, 435 00:26:52,262 --> 00:26:55,178 and the only woman speaking in March in Washington, 436 00:26:55,222 --> 00:26:58,704 and then also spy for the French Resistance. 437 00:26:58,747 --> 00:27:00,227 I said, "I want to be this woman. and I want to pay homage to her one day." 438 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:02,272 [audience cheers] 439 00:27:02,316 --> 00:27:04,231 I found the problem people don't see me 440 00:27:06,233 --> 00:27:09,802 as a glamorous woman, 441 00:27:09,845 --> 00:27:12,195 or just want to see a kind of savage persona. 442 00:27:12,239 --> 00:27:15,721 I already have a producer who tells me, 443 00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:17,418 "You should only do it an African-themed action." 444 00:27:17,461 --> 00:27:19,899 445 00:27:19,942 --> 00:27:22,205 Or they want me a voodoo priest. 446 00:27:22,249 --> 00:27:24,033 But it's not glamorous. 447 00:27:24,077 --> 00:27:27,646 You know, it's really dark voodoo priest. 448 00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:32,520 And I just feel it's interesting which people can't see a black woman as this glamorous creature. 449 00:27:32,563 --> 00:27:35,958 [emcee] Women and men, 450 00:27:37,090 --> 00:27:38,831 I am happy to bring to the stage 451 00:27:38,874 --> 00:27:40,876 Miss Perle Noire. 452 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,967 - [audience cheers] - [playing piano music] 453 00:27:45,011 --> 00:27:47,666 [Perle Noire] People go to burlesque to escape, 454 00:27:58,154 --> 00:28:01,418 for fun, laugh. 455 00:28:01,462 --> 00:28:03,203 But banter makes people feel certain things, 456 00:28:05,509 --> 00:28:08,861 and sometimes they don't like it. 457 00:28:08,904 --> 00:28:10,471 Sometimes people turn on, and that bothers him. 458 00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:17,043 Women are being turned on by other women, 459 00:28:17,086 --> 00:28:19,262 460 00:28:19,306 --> 00:28:22,701 and that... they really discombobulated. 461 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:24,877 They can't understand what happened. 462 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,271 Men are turned on by a woman who is not their ideal body. 463 00:28:28,315 --> 00:28:30,534 You know, maybe a blond wife, 464 00:28:30,578 --> 00:28:32,493 but he was turned on by a black player. 465 00:28:32,536 --> 00:28:35,757 Or he is turned on by the player 200 pounds. 466 00:28:35,801 --> 00:28:37,977 [cheering audience] 467 00:28:43,373 --> 00:28:45,158 [Jezebel Express] You know, I'm a player 468 00:28:45,201 --> 00:28:46,855 who will not be on the cover of Maxim. 469 00:28:46,899 --> 00:28:49,379 I like my body. Um... 470 00:28:49,423 --> 00:28:50,816 You can call it many different things. 471 00:28:50,859 --> 00:28:52,295 I am curved. 472 00:28:52,339 --> 00:28:56,343 I don't fit ordinary size clothes. 473 00:28:56,386 --> 00:28:58,562 What I do mostly is seductive straight lines. 474 00:28:58,606 --> 00:29:00,695 So I wake up, and I do section. 475 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,045 And I do it sincerely, and I do it 100%, 476 00:29:03,089 --> 00:29:06,440 and I did it for that audience. 477 00:29:06,483 --> 00:29:08,007 I'm here. This is what I have. 478 00:29:08,050 --> 00:29:09,922 You can like it or you can't like it. 479 00:29:09,965 --> 00:29:12,098 I like that. I think it looks good. 480 00:29:12,141 --> 00:29:14,143 I want to show it to you. I did it. 481 00:29:18,191 --> 00:29:20,671 I don't go out to be political, 482 00:29:20,715 --> 00:29:23,892 but when people see me goes on stage, 483 00:29:23,936 --> 00:29:25,981 it is inherently political. 484 00:29:29,332 --> 00:29:31,726 It's easier for people if a fat woman is funny. 485 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,989 You know, it's easier people if you do your thing, 486 00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:37,079 and it's funny, and it's cleaned, 487 00:29:37,123 --> 00:29:38,472 and that does not mean is sexy, 488 00:29:38,515 --> 00:29:39,865 and it shouldn't be dirty, 489 00:29:39,908 --> 00:29:41,344 and it shouldn't be erotic. 490 00:29:48,264 --> 00:29:50,745 People come to me after my show and say, like, 491 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:52,878 "When did you appear again? 492 00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:54,923 " My wife looks like you, and she is very beautiful, 493 00:29:54,967 --> 00:29:57,534 "And I love him, and he won't like it let me see him naked, 494 00:29:57,578 --> 00:29:59,188 " and I need him to come here so he can see 495 00:29:59,232 --> 00:30:01,234 what I saw when I saw it. " 496 00:30:04,324 --> 00:30:06,326 You know, like someone said those things to me, 497 00:30:06,369 --> 00:30:09,764 so I know what I did has an effect on people, 498 00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:11,897 and I think, well... what does that mean? if I'm like... 499 00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:14,247 am I really thin? 500 00:30:14,290 --> 00:30:15,770 Like, is my job still political? 501 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,467 [emcee] Give it to Jezebel Express, women and men! 502 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,276 [alarm clock buzzing] 503 00:30:48,977 --> 00:30:51,501 [tap running water] 504 00:31:02,730 --> 00:31:04,775 [spit] 505 00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:10,520 [Hazel] I work in the office. 506 00:31:16,962 --> 00:31:18,789 507 00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:22,010 Ordinary 9-5 assignments. 508 00:31:22,054 --> 00:31:24,926 That's not what I have is set to do. 509 00:31:24,970 --> 00:31:28,408 It just ended up being a job I fell into, 510 00:31:28,451 --> 00:31:30,497 And I live because it's easy. 511 00:31:30,540 --> 00:31:33,543 I told my boss that I stopped. 512 00:31:35,284 --> 00:31:37,939 I said, "I entered my notification. 513 00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:42,683 I will be a full-time burlesque player." 514 00:31:42,726 --> 00:31:45,686 [Scott] I always try to be supportive - whatever he wants to do. 515 00:31:45,729 --> 00:31:48,167 But I'm a little nervous. 516 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:51,083 Cognitively, it takes a second to get used to the idea 517 00:31:51,126 --> 00:31:52,823 what my wife wants to appear naked 518 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:54,913 for rooms full of foreigners. 519 00:31:56,044 --> 00:31:57,567 Hazel and I met on the first day lecture. 520 00:31:57,611 --> 00:31:59,265 Besides being beautiful, 521 00:32:00,831 --> 00:32:03,225 one of the first things that pulled me to Hazel 522 00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:05,836 523 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,708 is I coming to the dorm room 524 00:32:07,751 --> 00:32:10,972 and he has brought Super Nintendo to college. 525 00:32:11,016 --> 00:32:13,018 So he has this, like, retro game stuff, 526 00:32:13,061 --> 00:32:15,237 and then she mopped the floor with me when we played "Dr. Mario," 527 00:32:15,281 --> 00:32:16,717 which has never happened in my life before. 528 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,458 [laughs] 529 00:32:18,501 --> 00:32:19,763 And to this day, I can't touch it. 530 00:32:19,807 --> 00:32:22,462 This is my latest costume. 531 00:32:25,856 --> 00:32:28,207 This is the Audience, 532 00:32:29,338 --> 00:32:32,341 which is a monster from Dungeons & Dragons universe. 533 00:32:32,385 --> 00:32:36,867 It has eyeballs. 534 00:32:38,826 --> 00:32:40,784 [laughs] 535 00:32:41,785 --> 00:32:44,005 This also has this bra that blinks. 536 00:32:44,049 --> 00:32:46,529 [sighs] 537 00:32:54,494 --> 00:32:55,582 And voil├á. 538 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:57,410 Pretty good, right? 539 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,414 I learned to use stitches machine from my mother. 540 00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:07,333 541 00:33:07,376 --> 00:33:11,598 But I never did it every time I did the actual training. 542 00:33:12,642 --> 00:33:15,036 I like making costumes, 543 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,777 make something that you can hold 544 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:20,476 and show people and say, see, I do this. [laughs] 545 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,958 [Scott] He really hit ground running. 546 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:26,134 One day my wife has never been on the stage before, 547 00:33:26,178 --> 00:33:28,876 two days later he had a show ordered out 548 00:33:28,919 --> 00:33:32,532 to finally this month. 549 00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:35,143 [Hazel] Since entering Burlesque, 550 00:33:35,187 --> 00:33:42,237 I really came out from my shell, to use cliché├⌐. 551 00:33:43,151 --> 00:33:46,241 And maybe I go a little too much. 552 00:33:46,285 --> 00:33:47,721 [laughs] 553 00:33:47,764 --> 00:33:49,201 [Scott] I really don't understand 554 00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:51,029 what is the burlesque. 555 00:33:51,072 --> 00:33:53,292 You know, I learned a lot, and I have to learn quickly. 556 00:33:53,335 --> 00:33:57,078 Because he fell in love with that. 557 00:33:57,122 --> 00:33:59,820 [woman] ¬ ¬ I have my man 558 00:33:59,863 --> 00:34:03,128 ΓÖ¬ In the Wrangler's jeans 559 00:34:03,171 --> 00:34:06,131 I already got my man ΓÖ¬ 560 00:34:06,174 --> 00:34:09,047 Γ ¬ ¬ bull machine 561 00:34:09,090 --> 00:34:12,311 ΓΓ He is on the road 562 00:34:12,354 --> 00:34:15,314 ΓÖ¬ Far from me 563 00:34:15,357 --> 00:34:19,013 [Hazel] Now I work four to six nights a week, 564 00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:23,974 and I am fully supported by my burlesque income. 565 00:34:24,018 --> 00:34:25,846 I am now established but I-- 566 00:34:25,889 --> 00:34:28,109 You know, I'm not really a veteran player so I still see myself as one of the beginners 567 00:34:28,153 --> 00:34:31,721 try to get respect from veteran players. 568 00:34:31,765 --> 00:34:35,986 [woman] ΓÖ ¬ Yes, yes, she loves me ΓÖ ¬ I'm a queen rodeo 569 00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:39,077 570 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,122 571 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:43,168 [audience applauds] 572 00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:46,910 [playing hot music] 573 00:34:48,738 --> 00:34:51,001 [crowd whoops] 574 00:35:02,578 --> 00:35:04,319 [song ends] 575 00:35:04,363 --> 00:35:07,017 [audience cheers] 576 00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:10,543 [Gal Friday] My hair is always like that like part of my identity. 577 00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:14,982 That's the kind of thing I think that's who I am, 578 00:35:15,025 --> 00:35:18,246 or people as expected a certain look for me. 579 00:35:20,161 --> 00:35:21,684 And then one day I like, fuck it, 580 00:35:21,728 --> 00:35:24,078 I just go to cut my hair. [laughs] 581 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,559 I'm so tired about my hair. 582 00:35:27,864 --> 00:35:29,388 My hair is my saving grace. 583 00:35:29,431 --> 00:35:31,390 His face might be messed up, and it's like, 584 00:35:31,433 --> 00:35:32,782 but look at the hair. 585 00:35:32,826 --> 00:35:34,741 And then I just took it. 586 00:35:41,922 --> 00:35:43,271 I think this will be fine. 587 00:35:43,315 --> 00:35:45,404 If they are too long they hit. 588 00:35:47,493 --> 00:35:49,451 As small as possible, 589 00:35:49,495 --> 00:35:52,280 his mind is that person not necessarily 590 00:35:52,324 --> 00:35:54,761 will take you seriously because you don't look like, 591 00:35:54,804 --> 00:35:58,678 for them, what idea is that of a joke player is. 592 00:36:24,660 --> 00:36:27,402 There are some girls who are really proficient sewing and designing, 593 00:36:27,446 --> 00:36:28,882 and they can make it their own items. 594 00:36:28,925 --> 00:36:30,449 And then there are others, like me, 595 00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:33,147 where we might this concept 596 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,845 and we will design it and, you know, 597 00:36:35,889 --> 00:36:37,195 pull out and have this idea, 598 00:36:37,238 --> 00:36:38,631 and then bring it to someone 599 00:36:38,674 --> 00:36:40,110 who knows what happened they did. 600 00:36:40,154 --> 00:36:42,243 I just made this one. 601 00:36:42,287 --> 00:36:44,506 I hope to debut 602 00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:47,944 in New York Burlesque Festival. 603 00:36:47,988 --> 00:36:50,251 But it's actually down the spear. 604 00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:53,428 [audience cheers] 605 00:37:04,744 --> 00:37:06,659 [applause] 606 00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:16,843 607 00:37:16,886 --> 00:37:19,149 Every year I feel honored to be part of it. 608 00:37:19,193 --> 00:37:23,632 When I first started, I applied and entered. 609 00:37:23,676 --> 00:37:27,070 I remember then how much that means to me to, 610 00:37:27,114 --> 00:37:30,291 as the first year player enters the festival, 611 00:37:30,335 --> 00:37:32,250 You know, and the first I registered. 612 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:36,993 And it really saves a special place in my heart. 613 00:37:37,037 --> 00:37:39,822 The actual costume is quite ready, 614 00:37:39,866 --> 00:37:44,914 but I don't know if the acting is ready. 615 00:37:44,958 --> 00:37:47,439 [man in recording] ΓÖ¬ Schlep-A-Con Schlep -A-- Schlep-A-Con ΓÖ¬ 616 00:37:47,482 --> 00:37:49,092 [Minnie] Running man. 617 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,751 [Darlinda] We saw the video, and feedback from others, 618 00:37:55,795 --> 00:37:57,231 like, yes, is a great action, 619 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:58,667 but it's like all your other actions. 620 00:37:58,711 --> 00:38:00,321 You do this, you do this, and we just... 621 00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:02,192 just kind of recycling many of our old movements. 622 00:38:02,236 --> 00:38:05,935 So we just, like, let's try again. 623 00:38:05,979 --> 00:38:10,331 Basically, we decided to make it that's a little more funny. 624 00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:14,596 Like, oh, we tried to do it like the 80s hip-hop movement. 625 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,816 That's funny in his creation, 626 00:38:16,859 --> 00:38:18,731 because, like, we don't know anything. 627 00:38:18,774 --> 00:38:21,690 Down, down, down, down, 628 00:38:21,734 --> 00:38:23,866 down, down, down, 629 00:38:23,910 --> 00:38:25,564 down, down. 630 00:38:25,607 --> 00:38:27,870 When we do this, we will not go to touch the hand. 631 00:38:27,914 --> 00:38:30,351 - Just to pay attention. -Mm-hmm. 632 00:38:30,395 --> 00:38:33,746 No, look, it's just like, down. 633 00:38:33,789 --> 00:38:35,269 Seven eight... 634 00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:38,794 [Darlinda] It's finished. 635 00:38:38,838 --> 00:38:41,406 Because we take off our pants. 636 00:38:42,624 --> 00:38:44,322 Boom, boom. 637 00:38:47,107 --> 00:38:48,978 Do you want coconut water? 638 00:38:49,022 --> 00:38:51,067 Yes. This is good. 639 00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:54,114 - [sighs] - Good. 640 00:38:57,900 --> 00:38:59,598 [Hazel] I really would like it 641 00:38:59,641 --> 00:39:01,469 to appear in Burlesque Weekend Hall of Fame. 642 00:39:01,513 --> 00:39:04,690 That will definitely happen to do that humungous stage 643 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:08,389 for all... for all this people I admire. 644 00:39:08,433 --> 00:39:12,437 [mouth] 645 00:39:17,703 --> 00:39:19,574 It's a big problem to come to Vegas. 646 00:39:23,273 --> 00:39:25,450 You know, because people come from all over the world. 647 00:39:25,493 --> 00:39:28,931 And they got a lot of applications. 648 00:39:28,975 --> 00:39:33,458 [human] Five, six, seven, eight. 649 00:39:34,763 --> 00:39:36,765 ΓÖ¬ Bumblebee, big bee Bumblebee ΓÖ¬ 650 00:39:36,809 --> 00:39:40,160 - [Shelly] Chin down. - [Hazel] ΓÖ¬Bumblebee 651 00:39:40,203 --> 00:39:41,901 ΓÖ¬ Bumblebee, big bee Bumblebee, bumblebee ΓÖ¬ 652 00:39:41,944 --> 00:39:46,035 653 00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:47,733 Amazing. Let's do it some lions. 654 00:39:47,776 --> 00:39:49,169 Do you remember that? 655 00:39:49,212 --> 00:39:51,040 Super-super-super _ wrinkles that face, Hazel, 656 00:39:51,084 --> 00:39:52,738 and then open very wide. 657 00:39:52,781 --> 00:39:54,609 Ah. 658 00:39:54,653 --> 00:39:57,133 One more, super super super... 659 00:39:57,177 --> 00:39:58,787 I'm so nervous about singing. 660 00:39:58,831 --> 00:40:00,267 His... 661 00:40:00,310 --> 00:40:02,878 like, that's a scary thing to wake up and-- 662 00:40:02,922 --> 00:40:05,925 to stand in front of people and sing. 663 00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:09,537 This is far more frightening than naked on the stage. 664 00:40:09,581 --> 00:40:11,191 All right, so here we go. 665 00:40:11,234 --> 00:40:12,584 Boobs. 666 00:40:14,107 --> 00:40:17,371 Γ ¬ You have to have breasts 667 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:21,680 Γ ¬ If you want to impress Tycoons and rubes ΓÖ¬ 668 00:40:21,723 --> 00:40:24,291 -Good! - & apos; & apos; ¬ You need breasts 669 00:40:24,334 --> 00:40:27,250 ΓÖ¬ To fill the sweater 670 00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:32,255 ¬ ¬ You will get two But three may be better Γ ¬ ¬ 671 00:40:32,299 --> 00:40:34,475 That's one behind for dancing. 672 00:40:38,044 --> 00:40:44,006 [Clamshell] I think one of the things that separates Hazel is the continuing drive 673 00:40:44,050 --> 00:40:46,922 to improve itself as an artist as a total, 674 00:40:46,966 --> 00:40:51,361 and not only as a very beautiful girl. 675 00:40:51,405 --> 00:40:54,582 Like, I'm honest doesn't even think 676 00:40:54,626 --> 00:40:56,454 that Hazel looked at himself and like, 677 00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:58,847 Oh, my God, I'm very sexy. 678 00:40:58,891 --> 00:41:00,545 Like, there are lots of other girls who, like, 679 00:41:00,588 --> 00:41:02,198 as hot as he is fair, like, super cunty. 680 00:41:02,242 --> 00:41:05,680 [laughs] 681 00:41:05,724 --> 00:41:06,942 And Hazel isn't. 682 00:41:06,986 --> 00:41:08,466 ΓÖ¬ Even a cow must show the ΓÖ¬ 683 00:41:08,509 --> 00:41:12,382 684 00:41:12,426 --> 00:41:15,995 -Good. And keep going. -Γ & apos; ¬ You have to have breasts 685 00:41:16,038 --> 00:41:17,300 [Shelly laughs] 686 00:41:17,344 --> 00:41:19,999 ΓÖ¬ B-O-O-B-S 687 00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:21,870 Okay, now this one is a little bit crisper, right? 688 00:41:21,914 --> 00:41:24,743 I want to sing to prove that I can do it. 689 00:41:26,005 --> 00:41:31,489 I want to sing so I can show people 690 00:41:31,532 --> 00:41:34,230 that I can go up there and do more 691 00:41:34,274 --> 00:41:39,497 to entertain people than, you know, smile and be naked. 692 00:41:39,540 --> 00:41:43,892 ΓΓ¬ Make a man stand on And lift his hat ΓÖ¬ 693 00:41:43,936 --> 00:41:45,459 Yes, much better. Did you hear that? 694 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:46,547 Because you said... 695 00:41:46,591 --> 00:41:47,940 ¬Ö¬ Ha 696 00:41:47,983 --> 00:41:49,202 This gives you a chance to hit that. 697 00:41:49,245 --> 00:41:50,464 But once you get to that O-- 698 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,335 ΓÖ¬ Stop it 699 00:41:52,379 --> 00:41:54,599 [both sing continuous notes] 700 00:41:57,079 --> 00:41:59,952 That's it. Again, so I know it is no accident. 701 00:42:03,608 --> 00:42:05,261 [human] Do you come out with a bra? 702 00:42:05,305 --> 00:42:07,307 [Minnie] I'm out, and here it is. 703 00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:09,483 This is the costume. Like the only thing that I took off 704 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:13,052 will be a bra and gloves, 705 00:42:13,095 --> 00:42:15,533 bras and skirts, and potentially this. 706 00:42:15,576 --> 00:42:17,273 Okay, gloves. 707 00:42:17,317 --> 00:42:19,188 [Minnie] I mean, that idea really is, 708 00:42:19,232 --> 00:42:21,190 I think, turning the note on my chest. 709 00:42:21,234 --> 00:42:23,541 Yes. It's like pi's persistence. 710 00:42:23,584 --> 00:42:28,763 Yes. So, like, this is more like, hey, hello. 711 00:42:28,807 --> 00:42:31,810 -I'm covered in something & apos; 80s. -Yes. 712 00:42:31,853 --> 00:42:33,681 [Garo] I mean, year & apos; 80s is about, 713 00:42:33,725 --> 00:42:35,727 like, high waist and it's funny to have, like, 714 00:42:35,770 --> 00:42:37,467 the little heart upstream, 715 00:42:37,511 --> 00:42:40,732 so you don't show, like, too much skin. 716 00:42:40,775 --> 00:42:44,213 But, Sarah, we have to bring it breast, waist, hips and length. 717 00:42:44,257 --> 00:42:46,607 There must be a unique challenge when you're working with banter clients 718 00:42:46,651 --> 00:42:48,522 than other clients, 719 00:42:48,566 --> 00:42:51,220 only because, of course, you have to think 720 00:42:51,264 --> 00:42:52,831 from the mechanic the clothes. 721 00:42:52,874 --> 00:42:54,615 The mechanism of how relates to acting, 722 00:42:54,659 --> 00:42:56,965 the mechanism for how will be released. 723 00:42:57,009 --> 00:43:01,013 So there is no, like, bumps on the road. 724 00:43:01,056 --> 00:43:02,580 It has to take photos quickly, 725 00:43:02,623 --> 00:43:05,147 the zipper to come smoothly. 726 00:43:05,191 --> 00:43:07,802 It must be beautiful when it comes too, 727 00:43:07,846 --> 00:43:10,022 inside and outside, 728 00:43:10,065 --> 00:43:11,719 because everyone is looking for in everything. 729 00:43:11,763 --> 00:43:13,547 730 00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:15,723 Now, I will go My finger is there, 731 00:43:15,767 --> 00:43:18,508 so see if you can be comfortable open yourself. 732 00:43:18,552 --> 00:43:19,988 -Like that? Oh, I see. 733 00:43:20,032 --> 00:43:21,816 [Garo whistle] Yes. 734 00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:25,080 Burlesque is very interesting things to do, 735 00:43:25,124 --> 00:43:27,517 because you are constantly doing something it's meant to be to change 736 00:43:27,561 --> 00:43:29,650 from one country to another, and to deceive the audience. 737 00:43:29,694 --> 00:43:32,435 And that's always a very big challenge to have burlesquer it out on the stage, 738 00:43:32,479 --> 00:43:34,307 and have the audience not measure his body and become like, 739 00:43:34,350 --> 00:43:38,267 okay, it comes first and it comes from the second. 740 00:43:38,311 --> 00:43:40,661 Close your eyes and open your hands. 741 00:43:40,705 --> 00:43:44,099 -Yes! - [laughs] 742 00:43:44,143 --> 00:43:46,972 [giggling] 743 00:43:50,062 --> 00:43:51,367 This is a down payment. 744 00:43:51,411 --> 00:43:53,021 [Minnie] When I first started it in 2004, 745 00:43:53,065 --> 00:43:55,154 746 00:43:58,592 --> 00:44:01,726 747 00:44:01,769 --> 00:44:04,032 You know, at that time it was only this place 748 00:44:04,076 --> 00:44:07,253 wherever you can really experiment. 749 00:44:09,124 --> 00:44:12,519 At that time, everyone was very individual, 750 00:44:12,562 --> 00:44:15,043 what they created in banter, 751 00:44:15,087 --> 00:44:18,699 that's if someone is wearing a panel skirt, 752 00:44:18,743 --> 00:44:21,484 if someone likes to wear it, nobody will do it, 753 00:44:21,528 --> 00:44:23,486 because it's like, oh, they did that. 754 00:44:23,530 --> 00:44:27,926 Okay, cool, then I go to go and, you know, whatever. 755 00:44:31,886 --> 00:44:34,976 There's nothing rude skinny then. 756 00:44:46,074 --> 00:44:47,772 [horn car horn] 757 00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:51,427 [wailing police siren] 758 00:44:56,955 --> 00:45:00,872 There seems to be an trend, 759 00:45:00,915 --> 00:45:03,657 since banter has become mainstream, 760 00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,791 the restaurant and more upscale bars 761 00:45:06,834 --> 00:45:10,708 interested in having this kind of entertainment. 762 00:45:13,667 --> 00:45:16,452 Throughout history, burlesque has become a source, 763 00:45:16,496 --> 00:45:17,976 like, lowbrow entertainment. 764 00:45:18,019 --> 00:45:20,282 It's cheap, you know, can be accessed. 765 00:45:20,326 --> 00:45:22,545 Anyone can come. Like, people are used to bring their wives. 766 00:45:22,589 --> 00:45:24,634 That's like, you know, my mother even saw burlesque shows, 767 00:45:24,678 --> 00:45:26,027 like, when he was little with his father, 768 00:45:26,071 --> 00:45:27,855 because he left saw a jazz band. 769 00:45:30,336 --> 00:45:33,295 However, people are kind looking over, 770 00:45:33,339 --> 00:45:34,644 You know, try to make it smart, 771 00:45:34,688 --> 00:45:35,776 or try making it 772 00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:37,778 only for people with money, 773 00:45:37,822 --> 00:45:40,520 or only for people who want to see thin people, 774 00:45:40,563 --> 00:45:42,914 or one body type. 775 00:45:42,957 --> 00:45:44,916 And the people who bought it, 776 00:45:44,959 --> 00:45:48,746 it does not come from a place soul or heart. 777 00:45:48,789 --> 00:45:50,617 [audience shouting] 778 00:46:00,322 --> 00:46:01,584 [human] 779 00:46:01,628 --> 00:46:03,325 [Hazel] I am very, very much. 780 00:46:07,808 --> 00:46:09,810 [Hazel] Today, I signed a contract 781 00:46:09,854 --> 00:46:12,770 to appear in Atlantic City this summer. 782 00:46:12,813 --> 00:46:15,990 I will do a show once a week 783 00:46:16,034 --> 00:46:17,818 at Borgata Casino. 784 00:46:21,213 --> 00:46:23,781 I never thought that I would be in this situation: 785 00:46:23,824 --> 00:46:29,134 more work than I needed, and became a request as a player. 786 00:46:31,310 --> 00:46:32,833 It's like a dream come true, 787 00:46:32,877 --> 00:46:34,530 except that I never really dreamed like this, 788 00:46:34,574 --> 00:46:37,055 because I don't know is a possibility. 789 00:46:39,927 --> 00:46:42,277 Even a few years ago, I would say 790 00:46:42,321 --> 00:46:44,062 I will not appear all the time. 791 00:46:44,105 --> 00:46:46,891 I will only appear for fun. 792 00:46:49,328 --> 00:46:51,156 But now I appear all the time, 793 00:46:51,199 --> 00:46:53,941 and I am traveling, and... 794 00:46:56,074 --> 00:46:57,510 Casino really ruined me. 795 00:46:57,553 --> 00:46:59,425 [laughs] 796 00:47:00,513 --> 00:47:02,123 [Minnie] To be honest, 797 00:47:02,167 --> 00:47:04,822 banter doesn't pay bills, 798 00:47:04,865 --> 00:47:06,780 and my rent is very expensive. 799 00:47:06,824 --> 00:47:10,218 So I'm, um... 800 00:47:11,567 --> 00:47:13,874 I have to look for something else 801 00:47:13,918 --> 00:47:16,137 in terms of my income. 802 00:47:16,181 --> 00:47:19,706 But the thought of returning for a full time day job now 803 00:47:19,749 --> 00:47:21,273 like... 804 00:47:21,316 --> 00:47:24,363 just makes me feel, like, terrible. 805 00:47:24,406 --> 00:47:25,799 [laughs] 806 00:47:27,627 --> 00:47:30,630 [Tatah Dujour] 807 00:47:30,673 --> 00:47:32,458 - [Minnie] We are-- - [Tatah] Really comes down. 808 00:47:48,648 --> 00:47:50,345 [Minnie] 809 00:47:53,348 --> 00:47:55,263 Some people don't do it like a city. 810 00:47:55,307 --> 00:47:56,786 [Minnie] No, and I understand that. 811 00:47:56,830 --> 00:47:58,440 -Yes. - I think it's like 812 00:47:58,484 --> 00:48:01,008 they are awkward, position that is not profitable, 813 00:48:01,052 --> 00:48:02,923 because they are right next to New York. 814 00:48:02,967 --> 00:48:05,708 I mean, and you know that I'm not New York-centric. 815 00:48:18,417 --> 00:48:20,419 Take the right, take the right. 816 00:48:24,553 --> 00:48:26,077 Whoo-hoo! 817 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:29,471 -Let's do Newark! -Let's do it Newark! 818 00:48:29,515 --> 00:48:31,256 [dance music throbs] 819 00:48:31,299 --> 00:48:32,822 Hi. 820 00:48:32,866 --> 00:48:34,781 Nice to see you. 821 00:48:34,824 --> 00:48:36,391 Hi. 822 00:48:36,435 --> 00:48:39,525 -What are you doing? -Well. 823 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:52,364 It's really moist back to normal, here. 824 00:48:53,321 --> 00:48:55,454 -What is this mold? -Uh huh. 825 00:48:56,716 --> 00:48:58,544 Is that-- it's bad. 826 00:48:58,587 --> 00:48:59,806 Mushrooms are bad. 827 00:48:59,849 --> 00:49:01,416 [laughs] 828 00:49:15,213 --> 00:49:17,389 [sighs] 829 00:49:17,432 --> 00:49:19,391 And we are here. 830 00:49:21,784 --> 00:49:23,873 -Do you slam the wine? -Yes. 831 00:49:23,917 --> 00:49:25,527 [moans] 832 00:49:27,051 --> 00:49:28,835 Oh God. 833 00:49:28,878 --> 00:49:30,402 Good. 834 00:49:32,056 --> 00:49:34,014 Let's do this. 835 00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:37,713 [emcee] 836 00:49:39,150 --> 00:49:40,673 We will play music, 837 00:49:40,716 --> 00:49:42,327 and you go to show them 838 00:49:42,370 --> 00:49:44,068 lots and lots of love, lots and lots of joy. 839 00:49:44,111 --> 00:49:46,374 Let them know that you are experiencing the right time. 840 00:49:46,418 --> 00:49:48,855 And then you get to see the item, you dig it? 841 00:49:48,898 --> 00:49:52,032 The magic of burlesque. 842 00:49:52,076 --> 00:49:53,991 And the power of boobies. Salute. 843 00:49:54,034 --> 00:49:55,644 [audience cheers] 844 00:49:56,732 --> 00:49:58,865 [playing hot music] 845 00:50:31,245 --> 00:50:33,987 [Hazel] Doing full-time burlesque is... 846 00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:35,728 is hard work. 847 00:50:37,469 --> 00:50:42,126 You know, working every night, practicing and practicing. 848 00:50:56,183 --> 00:50:58,359 [audience cheers] 849 00:51:06,933 --> 00:51:09,457 This is very fun, but I don't want to see myself working in a small bar several years at the end of the road. 850 00:51:09,501 --> 00:51:14,375 I got it, thank you. 851 00:51:16,029 --> 00:51:17,726 Oy. Well. 852 00:51:17,770 --> 00:51:20,555 [Friday Gal] As a New York Burlesque Festival is coming, 853 00:51:40,749 --> 00:51:44,362 I am very nervous for this action. 854 00:51:44,405 --> 00:51:47,843 I'm all stressed about it because I'm like, 855 00:51:56,243 --> 00:51:58,202 856 00:51:58,245 --> 00:52:00,813 Will this work, or is this boring? 857 00:52:00,856 --> 00:52:04,208 I don't do that much. 858 00:52:05,644 --> 00:52:07,559 I'm really scared. 859 00:52:19,092 --> 00:52:22,574 For me, I'm not that fast to make a new action. 860 00:52:23,662 --> 00:52:26,055 It's very expensive and, you know, 861 00:52:26,099 --> 00:52:27,666 sometimes like that inspiration 862 00:52:27,709 --> 00:52:30,190 to do it is not there. 863 00:52:30,234 --> 00:52:32,236 I can go and go in this case. 864 00:52:34,803 --> 00:52:36,675 -Oh yeah. - [laughs] 865 00:52:36,718 --> 00:52:38,894 [Friday Gal] When you first start , 866 00:52:38,938 --> 00:52:40,244 you're excited. 867 00:52:40,287 --> 00:52:42,071 So you're fair pumping out, 868 00:52:42,115 --> 00:52:43,247 and you come up with all of these ideas, 869 00:52:43,290 --> 00:52:44,422 and you will go crazy. 870 00:52:44,465 --> 00:52:46,467 And everything feels fresh. 871 00:52:46,511 --> 00:52:50,210 Well, after a while things won't be refreshed. 872 00:52:50,254 --> 00:52:53,735 Welcome to the stage Gal Friday! 873 00:52:56,738 --> 00:52:59,654 [playing seductive music] 874 00:52:59,698 --> 00:53:02,309 [Gal Friday] So now you have to start ask yourself, you know, 875 00:53:02,353 --> 00:53:05,921 "What did I get from this? What did they get out of this?" 876 00:53:15,540 --> 00:53:18,456 Everyone goes through times when they don't feel confident. 877 00:53:18,499 --> 00:53:19,979 You know, that's difficult. 878 00:53:21,502 --> 00:53:25,767 Especially when you're naked women on stage, you know, 879 00:53:25,811 --> 00:53:28,248 there are many things through your head. 880 00:53:28,292 --> 00:53:29,902 Am I pretty enough? 881 00:53:29,945 --> 00:53:32,644 Is my body good enough? And all that nonsense. 882 00:53:44,656 --> 00:53:46,223 But once you are on the stage, 883 00:53:46,266 --> 00:53:49,748 Your job is to entertain your audience. 884 00:53:49,791 --> 00:53:54,056 Just enter, and this works, and you like, zoom. 885 00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:56,233 [playing jazzy music] 886 00:54:04,632 --> 00:54:05,807 [music ends] 887 00:54:05,851 --> 00:54:08,506 [siren sound] 888 00:54:19,821 --> 00:54:21,997 As time goes by, 889 00:54:22,041 --> 00:54:27,220 I hope I also have something something else I can do. 890 00:54:27,264 --> 00:54:30,441 Only so far I think I can go with this, 891 00:54:30,484 --> 00:54:32,399 but I'm not, at this point in my life, 892 00:54:32,443 --> 00:54:34,967 really have lots of other choices. 893 00:54:35,010 --> 00:54:36,621 I go to school for theater. 894 00:54:36,664 --> 00:54:39,580 Maybe shoot yourself in the foot. 895 00:54:41,626 --> 00:54:44,106 That's actually the reason I moved here to New York. 896 00:54:44,150 --> 00:54:46,108 I want to be part of it. 897 00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:52,332 I didn't cut for the crowd. 898 00:54:52,376 --> 00:54:55,379 His cruel nature, is not for me. 899 00:55:00,079 --> 00:55:02,037 And then there is an error that accompanies it, 900 00:55:02,081 --> 00:55:04,083 because you moved here and everyone will go home, 901 00:55:04,126 --> 00:55:05,606 "So what are you doing now?" 902 00:55:05,650 --> 00:55:08,130 And it's like, I'm waiting for a table. 903 00:55:10,611 --> 00:55:13,048 You feel like a crazy loser and a disappointment. 904 00:55:14,572 --> 00:55:16,269 Everything your mother ever said to you, 905 00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:18,489 like, this is a pipe dream. 906 00:55:18,532 --> 00:55:21,274 You know, what do you do with yourself? 907 00:55:33,330 --> 00:55:37,856 [Minnie] I'm going through now many transitions in my life. 908 00:55:37,899 --> 00:55:43,470 I was diagnosed with seronegative arthritis, 909 00:55:43,514 --> 00:55:46,430 which is a version of rheumatoid arthritis, in 2000. 910 00:55:57,441 --> 00:55:58,920 I am in remission for 10 years, 911 00:55:58,964 --> 00:56:00,531 and then return. 912 00:56:02,010 --> 00:56:05,187 Very complicated. 913 00:56:05,231 --> 00:56:09,148 It seems I look healthy and I look like, good. 914 00:56:09,191 --> 00:56:14,632 But I don't always feel good and I'm not fully healthy. 915 00:56:33,912 --> 00:56:36,131 [Darlinda] Maybe we can run through our new number 916 00:56:36,175 --> 00:56:38,395 new on stage with, like, our telephone. 917 00:56:38,438 --> 00:56:39,613 Good. 918 00:56:39,657 --> 00:56:41,746 [Minnie] My body is very bad, 919 00:56:41,789 --> 00:56:45,140 it's very-- I can hardly move. 920 00:56:45,184 --> 00:56:48,840 My range of motion and flexibility are very limited, 921 00:56:48,883 --> 00:56:53,497 because my knees are very deep hurts and they are very stiff. 922 00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,719 For shows, usually adrenaline kicks in, 923 00:56:58,763 --> 00:57:00,417 but it's not healthy to live with adrenaline, 924 00:57:00,460 --> 00:57:02,375 and to appear on adrenaline. 925 00:57:02,419 --> 00:57:04,725 If we can just play Scott Intro, 926 00:57:04,769 --> 00:57:08,207 then we will play your opening number, okay? 927 00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:10,252 [singing men scale] 928 00:57:10,296 --> 00:57:12,037 [Darlinda] I see a change in Minnie. 929 00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:14,431 He has a few days It's very difficult, 930 00:57:14,474 --> 00:57:16,781 and that can really frustrate me, 931 00:57:16,824 --> 00:57:19,000 because it's like, oh, well, we can't go down to the floor, 932 00:57:19,044 --> 00:57:21,612 You know, or we can't do this or we can't do this. 933 00:57:21,655 --> 00:57:24,484 You know, sometimes I feel like, How are we going to get better 934 00:57:24,528 --> 00:57:27,008 if you can't do it ? 935 00:57:27,052 --> 00:57:30,751 [woman] We have another Legend East Village. 936 00:57:30,795 --> 00:57:36,061 He is considered a one-woman burlesque riot. 937 00:57:36,104 --> 00:57:38,498 Let's give up for Minnie Tonka. 938 00:57:38,542 --> 00:57:41,762 Minnie Tonka! 939 00:57:41,806 --> 00:57:44,461 - [audience cheers] - [playing rock music] 940 00:57:50,902 --> 00:57:57,952 [Minnie] I am very selective in what my energy will turn out. 941 00:57:58,257 --> 00:58:00,738 But at the same time is already this balance. 942 00:58:00,781 --> 00:58:02,957 Like, oh, I don't want people to forget me, you know? 943 00:58:03,001 --> 00:58:05,917 So this is like, I have to take care of this person 944 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,049 from, like, Minnie Tonka, whoo-hoo! 945 00:58:08,093 --> 00:58:10,574 [cheering audience] 946 00:58:16,275 --> 00:58:18,930 It's big, 947 00:58:18,973 --> 00:58:23,369 only emotional and physical travel and change. 948 00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:28,026 I think my perspective is _ in everything is changing now. 949 00:58:28,069 --> 00:58:30,419 [playing percussion music] 950 00:58:31,464 --> 00:58:33,553 Hello, motherfucker! 951 00:58:35,860 --> 00:58:38,079 [audience cheers] 952 00:58:38,123 --> 00:58:40,386 And welcome to the 12th _ Burlesque Festival in New York. 953 00:58:40,429 --> 00:58:46,000 [all cheering] 954 00:58:46,044 --> 00:58:47,959 He thinks, is it a man or a woman, is it a man or a woman? 955 00:59:15,334 --> 00:59:19,338 Sir, the answer is no. 956 00:59:19,381 --> 00:59:21,427 [laughter] 957 00:59:22,471 --> 00:59:23,864 [Jen Gapay] This is good. 958 00:59:23,908 --> 00:59:26,301 We are on Day 3 today. 959 00:59:26,345 --> 00:59:27,825 We were at Saturday Spectacular 960 00:59:27,868 --> 00:59:29,827 at B.B. King & apos; s in Times Square. 961 00:59:29,870 --> 00:59:31,785 This is our type cr├¿me de la crme from the player. 962 00:59:31,829 --> 00:59:36,747 Murray Hill is hosting tonight. 963 00:59:36,790 --> 00:59:39,619 And then we show that is basically the best in banter from all over the world. 964 00:59:39,663 --> 00:59:42,143 This is for all women 965 00:59:42,187 --> 00:59:43,841 966 00:59:49,629 --> 00:59:51,196 967 00:59:51,239 --> 00:59:54,373 who thinks life in New York City is very glamorous. 968 00:59:59,508 --> 01:00:01,859 I'm really sick. 969 01:00:01,902 --> 01:00:03,774 Like I have a panic attack before. 970 01:00:03,817 --> 01:00:05,645 [horn car horn] 971 01:00:05,689 --> 01:00:07,647 This might be something that the audience might not 972 01:00:07,691 --> 01:00:10,432 like it or get it. 973 01:00:10,476 --> 01:00:12,478 If it is a strange action, sometimes if people 974 01:00:12,521 --> 01:00:14,088 uncomfortable or if it's weird, 975 01:00:14,132 --> 01:00:16,482 if people are uncomfortable they will laugh. 976 01:00:16,525 --> 01:00:20,051 I am afraid, like, if one person starts to laugh, 977 01:00:20,094 --> 01:00:22,314 that I will fall into that 978 01:00:22,357 --> 01:00:25,186 to treat it like a joke. 979 01:00:25,230 --> 01:00:27,232 But I don't want to make fun of myself. 980 01:00:27,275 --> 01:00:29,582 - [audience applauds] - [Murray] Ladies and gentlemen, 981 01:00:29,626 --> 01:00:33,499 our next player, he did a new number. 982 01:00:33,542 --> 01:00:35,762 That's right, and if you don't know banter, 983 01:00:35,806 --> 01:00:38,286 know that no one has ever said that or done that. 984 01:00:38,330 --> 01:00:41,028 He is doing a new number. 985 01:00:41,072 --> 01:00:42,987 [audience cheers] 986 01:00:44,684 --> 01:00:46,294 Women and men, is not Monday, 987 01:00:46,338 --> 01:00:48,514 not Tuesday, is not Wednesday, 988 01:00:48,557 --> 01:00:49,863 this is not Thursday. 989 01:00:49,907 --> 01:00:53,737 Today is Friday Gal! 990 01:00:53,780 --> 01:00:55,652 [all cheering] 991 01:00:58,002 --> 01:01:00,700 [playing synthetic music] 992 01:02:02,631 --> 01:02:04,721 [Friday Gal] When I'm there, 993 01:02:04,764 --> 01:02:07,332 everything is fair kind of clicked. 994 01:02:10,030 --> 01:02:11,945 And that's it out of me, 995 01:02:11,989 --> 01:02:14,513 and it's very good, honest moment. 996 01:02:32,574 --> 01:02:34,315 And I throw all of me into it. 997 01:02:34,359 --> 01:02:36,840 That is something like, like, 998 01:02:36,883 --> 01:02:40,844 feel, like, sexually oppressed. 999 01:02:45,457 --> 01:02:47,851 Until the hood is released. 1000 01:02:47,894 --> 01:02:50,201 And that's all like orgasm. 1001 01:03:22,494 --> 01:03:25,018 - [music ends] - [cheers of audience] 1002 01:03:28,587 --> 01:03:31,024 [Murray] Let's listen for him, everyone: Friday Gal! 1003 01:03:39,554 --> 01:03:42,601 [Friday Gal] After New York Burlesque Festival, 1004 01:03:42,644 --> 01:03:45,734 I was surprised at how much it was torn from me. 1005 01:03:45,778 --> 01:03:48,781 Everything I want kind of explodes out. 1006 01:03:50,478 --> 01:03:53,133 You know, like, it's just enough of my comfort zone, 1007 01:03:53,177 --> 01:03:56,267 but still has an aspect about who I am as a player. 1008 01:03:58,660 --> 01:04:00,880 Like, I just did it, and it feels really good, 1009 01:04:00,924 --> 01:04:05,754 and feels real, and it feels from the heart. 1010 01:04:05,798 --> 01:04:08,888 And I think it's a rare thing to hit something it feels very honest, but it also feels right. 1011 01:04:08,932 --> 01:04:12,892 [INAUDIBLE] 1012 01:04:58,503 --> 01:05:00,331 I feel very excited, and nervous and, you know, 1013 01:05:03,769 --> 01:05:08,339 it's like, the pressure is there, do you know? 1014 01:05:08,382 --> 01:05:11,559 Mom Just Mom? 1015 01:05:12,430 --> 01:05:13,953 1016 01:05:13,997 --> 01:05:15,389 [woman] Who else can do it? 1017 01:05:15,433 --> 01:05:16,869 [Darlinda] You are on the camera. 1018 01:05:16,913 --> 01:05:18,262 I just got an interview with . 1019 01:05:18,305 --> 01:05:19,611 - [woman laughing] - [Darlinda] Hi. 1020 01:05:19,654 --> 01:05:22,222 God, you see is beautiful. 1021 01:05:22,266 --> 01:05:24,659 God, he is not joking. 1022 01:05:24,703 --> 01:05:27,358 No, you... yes. 1023 01:05:27,401 --> 01:05:31,536 [interviewer] When did you find Darlinda was a banter player? 1024 01:05:31,579 --> 01:05:33,016 Well, at birth. 1025 01:05:33,059 --> 01:05:35,018 [laughs] 1026 01:05:35,061 --> 01:05:37,542 The day he was born, 1027 01:05:37,585 --> 01:05:39,544 I was in a hospital room, good? 1028 01:05:39,587 --> 01:05:41,241 And he must be three hours, 1029 01:05:41,285 --> 01:05:42,851 and he has eye contact. 1030 01:05:42,895 --> 01:05:44,679 And I have a witness. 1031 01:05:44,723 --> 01:05:47,987 Fifteen people came to visit me that day. 1032 01:05:48,031 --> 01:05:52,905 And he really looked around the room in everyone's eyes, 1033 01:05:52,949 --> 01:05:55,212 and they remembered that day. 1034 01:05:55,255 --> 01:05:57,301 That's very strange, huh. 1035 01:05:57,344 --> 01:05:59,738 So he is on stage at birth. 1036 01:05:59,781 --> 01:06:01,827 [chuckles] 1037 01:06:01,870 --> 01:06:04,177 [interviewer] What are your feelings? about the Schlep Sisters? 1038 01:06:04,221 --> 01:06:05,526 They are funny. 1039 01:06:05,570 --> 01:06:07,354 But they also-- they are very-- 1040 01:06:07,398 --> 01:06:09,182 they are funny by the way. 1041 01:06:09,226 --> 01:06:10,923 They are adorable. 1042 01:06:10,967 --> 01:06:12,272 [interviewer] Do you have Twitter 1043 01:06:12,316 --> 01:06:14,274 about them happening in the competition? 1044 01:06:14,318 --> 01:06:15,754 They will win. 1045 01:06:15,797 --> 01:06:17,538 [laughs] They will win. 1046 01:06:17,582 --> 01:06:18,887 You heard it here. 1047 01:06:18,931 --> 01:06:20,628 Yes! 1048 01:06:20,672 --> 01:06:22,195 [unclear chat] 1049 01:06:30,682 --> 01:06:33,380 I got this for, like, $ 9 from China on eBay. 1050 01:06:33,424 --> 01:06:36,166 And with - plus shipping, is like 14 dollars. 1051 01:06:36,209 --> 01:06:37,297 Is this hot or what? 1052 01:06:37,341 --> 01:06:39,299 [human] It's amazing. 1053 01:06:39,343 --> 01:06:41,301 [Minnie] So, you guys... 1054 01:06:41,345 --> 01:06:43,695 You need to take photos of me in the hallway. 1055 01:06:44,826 --> 01:06:46,698 How are you feeling? 1056 01:06:46,741 --> 01:06:48,830 [Hinda] Well, of course, I am filled with pride. 1057 01:06:48,874 --> 01:06:50,180 Oh, I want to cry. 1058 01:06:50,223 --> 01:06:53,096 Well, every time I see you appearing, 1059 01:06:53,139 --> 01:06:55,446 it brought me back for the time being 1060 01:06:55,489 --> 01:06:58,449 when you are figure skating first time 1061 01:06:58,492 --> 01:07:00,103 and you compete, You are like four years old. 1062 01:07:00,146 --> 01:07:03,106 When I see you there, it brings joy to everyone and joy for yourself, there is such pride. 1063 01:07:03,149 --> 01:07:07,110 So I want you to know that. 1064 01:07:07,153 --> 01:07:09,590 We are just, like, really, really thankful and really excited. 1065 01:07:09,634 --> 01:07:13,464 You know, just, like, is here 1066 01:07:14,639 --> 01:07:17,772 far more 1067 01:07:17,816 --> 01:07:20,036 rather than just getting opportunity to compete. 1068 01:07:20,079 --> 01:07:22,473 I just feel like that, you know, 1069 01:07:22,516 --> 01:07:23,778 this validation from the universe 1070 01:07:23,822 --> 01:07:25,258 1071 01:07:25,302 --> 01:07:29,175 that, like, you know, I'm healing. 1072 01:07:29,219 --> 01:07:30,959 And the stage is very slippery, 1073 01:07:31,003 --> 01:07:33,788 so I'm nervous about that! 1074 01:07:33,832 --> 01:07:36,095 -I am very sorry you said that to me. -Yes I know. 1075 01:07:36,139 --> 01:07:37,488 - [laughs] -You will come back. 1076 01:07:37,531 --> 01:07:40,273 -I know. -Yes. You will flip. 1077 01:07:40,317 --> 01:07:41,622 Thank you for being here. 1078 01:07:41,666 --> 01:07:43,320 Of course. 1079 01:07:58,987 --> 01:08:00,815 [Hazel] I'm very nervous. 1080 01:08:00,859 --> 01:08:02,426 I'm happy. 1081 01:08:02,469 --> 01:08:05,342 I have appeared to an audience, you know, 1082 01:08:05,385 --> 01:08:08,562 for this large audience before many times, 1083 01:08:08,606 --> 01:08:12,349 but there was never an audience full of my friends. 1084 01:08:14,133 --> 01:08:19,530 Mostly I just want to feel like I deserve to be there. 1085 01:08:25,971 --> 01:08:28,234 [Scott] I feel very proud of my wife, 1086 01:08:28,278 --> 01:08:33,544 and sometimes I feel like that he doesn't fully understand 1087 01:08:33,587 --> 01:08:35,850 how proud I am, or what is that big problem, 1088 01:08:35,894 --> 01:08:38,723 what he did. 1089 01:08:38,766 --> 01:08:42,727 Five years ago he worked daily work, Internet support. 1090 01:08:42,770 --> 01:08:46,426 There is nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't show business, 1091 01:08:46,470 --> 01:08:49,386 that is not the type set of contemplated skills 1092 01:08:49,429 --> 01:08:51,214 which he is now doing, 1093 01:08:51,257 --> 01:08:55,305 and recognized by more people. 1094 01:08:57,568 --> 01:09:00,136 [playing rock music] 1095 01:09:42,787 --> 01:09:44,919 [audience cheers] 1096 01:09:46,965 --> 01:09:51,012 Welcome, from New York City, 1097 01:09:51,056 --> 01:09:53,406 soft flowers, 1098 01:09:53,450 --> 01:09:55,887 Hazel Honeysuckle. 1099 01:09:55,930 --> 01:09:57,889 [audience cheers] 1100 01:09:59,238 --> 01:10:01,675 [playing music fanfare] 1101 01:10:03,373 --> 01:10:07,290 You have to have breasts 1102 01:10:07,333 --> 01:10:09,335 ¬¬ If you want to impress ΓΓ¬ Tycoons and rubes 1103 01:10:09,379 --> 01:10:11,511 You need breasts 1104 01:10:11,555 --> 01:10:13,731 ΓÖ¬ To fill the sweater 1105 01:10:13,774 --> 01:10:16,429 1106 01:10:16,473 --> 01:10:20,346 ¬ ¬ You will get two But three may be better Γ ¬ ¬ 1107 01:10:20,390 --> 01:10:23,088 Oh, that's one behind to dance. 1108 01:10:25,569 --> 01:10:27,484 [audience cheers] 1109 01:10:28,659 --> 01:10:31,836 ¬¬ Boobs always gives sensations 1110 01:10:31,879 --> 01:10:34,273 ΓΓ¬ Two fried eggs You will definitely get it ΓÖ¬ 1111 01:10:34,317 --> 01:10:36,057 ΓÖ¬ Like grapefruits will 1112 01:10:36,101 --> 01:10:38,016 Oh, both of them breakfast food. 1113 01:10:38,059 --> 01:10:39,496 ΓÖ¬ But listen, friends 1114 01:10:39,539 --> 01:10:42,194 ΓÖ¬ What determines everything A-spin ΓÖ¬ 1115 01:10:42,238 --> 01:10:47,721 Γ ¬ Is a pair of naked breasts With twisted tassels ΓÖ¬ 1116 01:10:47,765 --> 01:10:51,247 You have to have breasts 1117 01:10:51,290 --> 01:10:55,642 ΓÖ¬ B-O-O-B-S 1118 01:10:55,686 --> 01:10:58,254 Do you think it's easy to write songs like this? 1119 01:10:58,297 --> 01:11:00,734 Lots of research. 1120 01:11:00,778 --> 01:11:06,523 Γ ¬ ¬ Just think if all our girls Have boobies with fluoride ΓÖ¬ 1121 01:11:06,566 --> 01:11:12,311 Γ ¬ We can take the cavity out From the whole nation damn ΓÖ¬ 1122 01:11:12,355 --> 01:11:15,967 Γ ¬ A A bite a day Keep the dentist away ΓÖ¬ 1123 01:11:16,010 --> 01:11:18,796 Even drag queen love big titties. 1124 01:11:18,839 --> 01:11:21,929 This will be amazing on the goat farm. 1125 01:11:21,973 --> 01:11:26,194 ΓΓ¬ Pasties are breasts a 1126 01:11:26,238 --> 01:11:30,677 ΓΓ¬ Best friends 1127 01:11:30,721 --> 01:11:33,201 [cheering audience] 1128 01:11:36,901 --> 01:11:39,077 [song ends] 1129 01:11:45,953 --> 01:11:47,781 [Sailor Sinclaire] Friends and lovers, 1130 01:11:47,825 --> 01:11:51,698 keep running for Hazel Honeysuckle! 1131 01:11:51,742 --> 01:11:53,874 [Darlinda] I feel, like, oh, my goodness, 1132 01:11:53,918 --> 01:11:57,356 we are on this show with all these amazing people and, like-- 1133 01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:00,054 I just feel they look amazing on that big stage. 1134 01:12:00,098 --> 01:12:04,407 I'm like, wow, they're really talented and I'm just, you know, 1135 01:12:04,450 --> 01:12:09,063 it's like they're flexible and I'm like, wow, and I'm here. 1136 01:12:09,107 --> 01:12:10,630 [Darlinda] Choose one another. 1137 01:12:10,674 --> 01:12:12,066 [Minnie] Yes, throwing with each other in the air. 1138 01:12:12,110 --> 01:12:13,807 [Darlinda] No matter the result, 1139 01:12:13,851 --> 01:12:16,332 I feel like that is positive things we do. 1140 01:12:16,375 --> 01:12:18,725 I feel we are both in good places like that, 1141 01:12:18,769 --> 01:12:20,684 like emotional and physically. 1142 01:12:20,727 --> 01:12:24,078 And, like, whatever happens, I feel very happy about that. 1143 01:12:24,122 --> 01:12:26,254 Like, I feel we will like that fucking rock stage. 1144 01:12:26,298 --> 01:12:27,952 People will be like, "What is this?" 1145 01:12:27,995 --> 01:12:29,823 Yay, we can run. 1146 01:12:29,867 --> 01:12:31,477 - [laughs] -I don't know. 1147 01:12:31,521 --> 01:12:33,784 We have the cart. 1148 01:12:33,827 --> 01:12:35,481 [laughs] 1149 01:12:38,310 --> 01:12:39,572 I feel confident. 1150 01:12:39,616 --> 01:12:41,487 Yes. Yes, me too. 1151 01:12:41,531 --> 01:12:43,228 Yes. 1152 01:12:45,665 --> 01:12:47,841 [Darlinda] Okay, I can feel the toes of the camel. 1153 01:12:47,885 --> 01:12:50,366 Yes, I have the main camel toe. 1154 01:13:01,551 --> 01:13:03,422 [applause] 1155 01:13:03,466 --> 01:13:05,250 Are you ready for the Tease Tournament? 1156 01:13:05,293 --> 01:13:08,122 [crowd cheering] 1157 01:13:08,166 --> 01:13:10,647 Our first category, as usual, is... 1158 01:13:10,690 --> 01:13:12,431 - Small group. - [audience cheers] 1159 01:13:12,475 --> 01:13:14,259 [playing rock music] 1160 01:13:37,935 --> 01:13:39,850 [applause] 1161 01:14:15,538 --> 01:14:17,844 - [music ends] - [audience cheers] 1162 01:14:21,065 --> 01:14:24,938 But our players tonight are showbiz sisters, 1163 01:14:24,982 --> 01:14:27,027 and has been for 12 years! 1164 01:14:27,071 --> 01:14:29,203 [cheers and applause] 1165 01:14:30,596 --> 01:14:36,123 So please welcome to the stage, Sisters Schlep! 1166 01:14:36,167 --> 01:14:39,083 [cheering] 1167 01:14:39,126 --> 01:14:41,607 ΓÖ¬ Schlep-A-Con Schlep -A-- Schlep-A-Con ΓÖ¬ 1168 01:14:41,651 --> 01:14:43,827 ΓÖ¬ Schlep-A-Con is A Schlep ΓÖ¬ convention Sisters 1169 01:14:43,870 --> 01:14:46,003 ¬ ¬ ¬ These are the things to think about They do for attention Γ ¬ ¬ 1170 01:14:46,046 --> 01:14:48,266 ¬ ¬ Darlinda spins like A beautiful dreidel life ΓÖ¬ 1171 01:14:48,309 --> 01:14:50,007 ΓÖ¬ While Minnie is clapping He is like shaina maidel ΓÖ¬ 1172 01:14:50,050 --> 01:14:52,575 Γ ¬ Everyone says shalom For Sister Schlep ΓÖ¬ 1173 01:14:52,618 --> 01:14:55,534 -ΓÖ¬ Oh, yes -ΓÖ¬Ooh, watch them dance Just look at them go ΓÖ¬ 1174 01:14:55,578 --> 01:14:57,493 ΓÖ¬ When they start moving Get ready for the ΓÖ¬ show 1175 01:14:57,536 --> 01:14:59,364 ΓA¬ A little nervous? Do not know what to do? ΓÖ¬ 1176 01:14:59,407 --> 01:15:00,626 Γ ¬ Just order a few schnapps Like one or two ¬¬ 1177 01:15:00,670 --> 01:15:02,410 Γ ¬ But leave a good tip 1178 01:15:02,454 --> 01:15:04,151 ΓÖ¬ You don't want to be like that Schnorrer ΓÖ¬ 1179 01:15:04,195 --> 01:15:07,067 ΓÖ¬ Oy gevalt That's a very sexy aura ΓÖ¬ 1180 01:15:07,111 --> 01:15:10,941 ΓÖ¬ Baby, let's join The party is now ΓÖ¬ 1181 01:15:10,984 --> 01:15:14,988 ΓÖ¬ Well, I'm very happy To see you ¬¬ 1182 01:15:15,032 --> 01:15:18,731 ΓÖ¬ Well, you know It's a good time now ΓÖ¬ 1183 01:15:18,775 --> 01:15:22,169 Γ ¬ Singing Hava Nagila 1184 01:15:22,213 --> 01:15:24,911 Γ¬¬ I feel warm Γ¬¬ I feel warm 1185 01:15:24,955 --> 01:15:26,913 Γ¬¬¬ Feel my tinct 1186 01:15:26,957 --> 01:15:30,482 Γ ¬ You gave me Bush burned like that ΓÖ¬ 1187 01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:34,268 ΓÖ¬ If I can't have you I will break Γ¬ 1188 01:15:34,312 --> 01:15:37,141 ΓΓ¬ Diving on the ground 1189 01:15:37,184 --> 01:15:39,056 ΓÖ¬ I said, oy 1190 01:15:39,099 --> 01:15:41,580 -ΓÖ¬ Infants -ΓÖ¬ Infants 1191 01:15:41,624 --> 01:15:44,670 ΓÖ¬ "Jews" that you can Be me ΓÖ¬ 1192 01:15:44,714 --> 01:15:46,803 ΓÖ¬ I said, oy 1193 01:15:46,846 --> 01:15:49,675 ΓÖ¬ Baby 1194 01:15:49,719 --> 01:15:53,026 ΓΓ I know Jews It is said to see you there ¬Ö¬ 1195 01:15:53,070 --> 01:15:54,593 ΓÖ¬ I said, oy 1196 01:15:54,637 --> 01:15:57,030 ΓÖ¬ Baby 1197 01:15:57,074 --> 01:16:00,599 ΓÖ¬ Well, I love you Shlemiel ΓÖ¬ 1198 01:16:00,643 --> 01:16:02,688 ΓÖ¬ Schlep, Schlep, Schlep Schlep-A-- Schlep-A-Con ΓÖ¬ 1199 01:16:02,732 --> 01:16:04,124 ΓÖ¬ Oy 1200 01:16:04,168 --> 01:16:06,344 [audience cheers] 1201 01:16:22,882 --> 01:16:24,884 Do you realize, I did nothing...? 1202 01:16:24,928 --> 01:16:28,627 I think we only need to take it for granted. 1203 01:16:28,671 --> 01:16:32,239 [emcee] What is that this amazing show. 1204 01:16:32,283 --> 01:16:34,851 Now, whatever happens starts from this point, 1205 01:16:34,894 --> 01:16:36,679 I think you will do it all remember 1206 01:16:36,722 --> 01:16:40,421 that this group is human 1207 01:16:40,465 --> 01:16:42,989 gives you extraordinary performances. 1208 01:16:43,033 --> 01:16:45,209 [cheers and applause] 1209 01:16:49,561 --> 01:16:52,172 And the Best Small Group goes to... 1210 01:16:55,480 --> 01:16:57,438 [second] 2 for Flying! 1211 01:16:57,482 --> 01:16:59,223 [applause] 1212 01:17:23,769 --> 01:17:25,771 [Minnie] So... 1213 01:17:28,252 --> 01:17:32,169 Darlinda and I feel very good about our performance. 1214 01:17:32,212 --> 01:17:33,518 I will cry. 1215 01:17:33,561 --> 01:17:35,607 Like, we have fun 1216 01:17:35,651 --> 01:17:38,697 and we swing it. 1217 01:17:38,741 --> 01:17:40,090 And... 1218 01:17:42,832 --> 01:17:46,226 like, we got off the stage and we were very happy and happy, 1219 01:17:46,270 --> 01:17:48,620 and I feel like that 1220 01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:51,667 even though we don't go home with trophies, 1221 01:17:51,710 --> 01:17:54,234 we really won. 1222 01:17:54,278 --> 01:17:57,107 We win on many levels. 1223 01:17:57,150 --> 01:17:59,892 We really won. 1224 01:17:59,936 --> 01:18:01,677 [INAUDIBLE] 1225 01:18:09,554 --> 01:18:10,686 [woman] Red beans. 1226 01:18:10,729 --> 01:18:13,950 [human] Red beans, yuzu, 1227 01:18:13,993 --> 01:18:15,168 Nutella. 1228 01:18:15,212 --> 01:18:16,909 - Bro. -Coconut. 1229 01:18:16,953 --> 01:18:19,259 [Friday Gal] I sent a message to him first 1230 01:18:19,303 --> 01:18:22,523 -on OkCupid. - [man] Yes. 1231 01:18:22,567 --> 01:18:24,177 I saw that he liked the film Pooty Tang. 1232 01:18:24,221 --> 01:18:25,483 Oh, you like Tang Pooty. 1233 01:18:25,526 --> 01:18:27,485 If you like The Last Dragon, 1234 01:18:27,528 --> 01:18:29,313 I might appear a small child right now. 1235 01:18:29,356 --> 01:18:31,184 And of course I like The Last Dragon. 1236 01:18:31,228 --> 01:18:33,230 And he was like, "I see it theater like three times." 1237 01:18:33,273 --> 01:18:34,797 [both laugh] 1238 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:38,191 And I, like, getting wet like making love, so it's active. 1239 01:18:38,235 --> 01:18:40,454 [laughs] 1240 01:18:40,498 --> 01:18:44,676 I said, "I work at night, . I'm a player." 1241 01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:45,982 When I mentioned I did banter, he was like, 1242 01:18:46,025 --> 01:18:47,940 "Oh, that's the way I really know." 1243 01:18:47,984 --> 01:18:50,029 Do you know how difficult it is to find a normal picture, 1244 01:18:50,073 --> 01:18:54,642 when all your photos are titties and, like, eyebrows. 1245 01:18:54,686 --> 01:18:56,514 That's very difficult for me to search for images 1246 01:18:56,557 --> 01:18:59,125 where I don't have eyebrows, like, drawn thick, 1247 01:18:59,169 --> 01:19:02,738 You know, and four inches makeup. 1248 01:19:04,652 --> 01:19:06,742 I like, oh, I work a lot in the Slipper Room, 1249 01:19:06,785 --> 01:19:08,700 he visited. 1250 01:19:08,744 --> 01:19:11,703 For me I'm like, what it is a better way to show someone 1251 01:19:11,747 --> 01:19:15,751 what I do instead of being, like, this is my home. 1252 01:19:15,794 --> 01:19:17,317 [emcee] It's Friday night. 1253 01:19:17,361 --> 01:19:19,015 This is the night for girls. 1254 01:19:19,058 --> 01:19:22,583 Please approach. Make good friends with him. 1255 01:19:22,627 --> 01:19:24,324 I went with a friend of mine to see it appear 1256 01:19:24,368 --> 01:19:25,761 in the Sandal Room. 1257 01:19:28,024 --> 01:19:31,244 And I got a naked ass. Matt put his cock in my head. 1258 01:19:31,288 --> 01:19:33,464 And then I sit on his face. [laughs] 1259 01:19:33,507 --> 01:19:35,814 - [Sebastian] Then we go to IHOP. - [Gal Friday] Oh yeah. 1260 01:19:35,858 --> 01:19:38,817 Then we go to IHOP on, like, at 4:00 a.m. 1261 01:19:39,818 --> 01:19:42,473 It's romance. 1262 01:19:42,516 --> 01:19:44,257 It's definitely like that the most interesting date 1263 01:19:44,301 --> 01:19:46,564 I've been in Very long time. 1264 01:19:55,312 --> 01:19:57,270 [Friday Gal] During the first date, 1265 01:19:57,314 --> 01:20:00,056 we have a long time not talking. 1266 01:20:00,099 --> 01:20:02,667 But I don't feel like that looking for something to say. 1267 01:20:02,710 --> 01:20:05,757 It's like, oh, now we have a moment of silence. 1268 01:20:06,671 --> 01:20:09,065 It's like, I can be me. 1269 01:20:11,807 --> 01:20:14,853 You know, that's good I don't have to live. 1270 01:20:16,550 --> 01:20:18,422 I don't always have to be Friday's Gal. 1271 01:20:43,142 --> 01:20:46,102 [interviewer] Where you see yourself as a banter player 1272 01:20:46,145 --> 01:20:50,541 when you continue on this trip? 1273 01:20:50,584 --> 01:20:54,414 [Hazel] By being burlesque is far more mainstream, 1274 01:20:54,458 --> 01:20:58,331 You got a lot of shows sparkling ladies in costumes 1275 01:20:58,375 --> 01:21:01,595 and not much substance behind it. 1276 01:21:01,639 --> 01:21:04,903 And I was one of those girls in sparkly costumes. 1277 01:21:06,252 --> 01:21:08,124 I am a little beautiful princess. 1278 01:21:08,167 --> 01:21:10,822 And that's what I like on stage, because that's me. 1279 01:21:10,866 --> 01:21:14,391 And the problem is, it must be a part of your personality, 1280 01:21:14,434 --> 01:21:17,133 what you put on the stage. 1281 01:21:17,176 --> 01:21:20,571 When I do burlesque, I can be sexy, 1282 01:21:20,614 --> 01:21:22,181 I can be stupid. 1283 01:21:22,225 --> 01:21:27,665 I can be beautiful, or ugly, or funny. 1284 01:21:28,666 --> 01:21:30,494 I can do whatever I want when I go out on stage. 1285 01:21:30,537 --> 01:21:32,278 And that's kind of magical. 1286 01:21:32,322 --> 01:21:35,368 [Minnie] I made a decision to change my life, 1287 01:21:38,023 --> 01:21:41,287 focus on me, to put myself and my healing first. 1288 01:21:41,331 --> 01:21:46,989 But I don't know what to do, 1289 01:21:47,032 --> 01:21:49,817 so I finally got this extraordinary part time job. 1290 01:21:49,861 --> 01:21:53,604 Administrative work alone for a synagogue. 1291 01:21:53,647 --> 01:21:56,607 [emcee] Let's start this horah 1292 01:22:02,004 --> 01:22:05,355 with Sister Schlep! 1293 01:22:05,398 --> 01:22:08,097 [cheers and applause] 1294 01:22:08,140 --> 01:22:10,186 1295 01:22:12,884 --> 01:22:14,712 [Darlinda] This partnership, Sister Schlep, 1296 01:22:14,755 --> 01:22:16,932 like the longest partnership I have ever had. 1297 01:22:16,975 --> 01:22:20,283 [Minnie] To quote Viva La Fever, _ burlesque legend, 1298 01:22:20,326 --> 01:22:22,372 "Congratulations to you . The first 10 years." 1299 01:22:22,415 --> 01:22:24,852 And that was very inspiring when he said that. 1300 01:22:24,896 --> 01:22:26,419 We don't even see it like that. 1301 01:22:26,463 --> 01:22:28,378 We are like, our first 10 years. 1302 01:22:28,421 --> 01:22:30,206 -Yes. -Wow. 1303 01:22:56,667 --> 01:22:58,495 [Friday Gal] Know what I think we will need? 1304 01:22:58,538 --> 01:23:00,410 - [Sebastian] What? - Even more coffee. 1305 01:23:00,453 --> 01:23:01,933 [Sebastian] Coffee again? 1306 01:23:01,977 --> 01:23:03,761 Espresso. I am burning through it. 1307 01:23:03,804 --> 01:23:05,632 [Sebastian] Okay, I'll choose some. 1308 01:23:05,676 --> 01:23:08,070 -Thank you. - I also took rent. 1309 01:23:08,113 --> 01:23:09,419 Oh, thank you. 1310 01:23:09,462 --> 01:23:10,724 Love you. 1311 01:23:10,768 --> 01:23:12,639 [Sebastian] Goodbye, I love you. 1312 01:23:18,036 --> 01:23:19,777 Tits, check. 1313 01:23:19,820 --> 01:23:21,387 Legs, check. 1314 01:23:22,780 --> 01:23:24,434 Vagina, check. 1315 01:23:38,622 --> 01:23:42,622 [playing hot music