This is take two as I had this amazing blog written up and I forgot to press the magic save button!
Now a few Wednesdays ago I went out to The Astor Theatre to go see The Suicide Girls show "Blackheart Burlesque". The last time they toured Australia was in 2005-2006 and poor uni student Dollar missed out on the action that time. But not this time!
The only complaint I had was about the setup of the Astor. It meant when they were doing floor work you couldn't see the performers unless you were a sweaty fan in the front or up above on the balcony, which was exclusive tickets. Someone else complained about the light, but I feel this was all mostly cosmetic and not about the show itself.
These girls are not just a bunch of "alt" pretty girls swanning around on stage in not much but their tatts. These are slick performers. Each girl (there was six) was on stage for 3 group acts, 2 duo or trio acts and 3 solos. Each. The way they worked together on stage was liquid erotica. No one can ever think they just lay around in not much in front of a camera . The amount of work in their routines they did and kept at a high quality should be applauded. And it was.
The one thing I enjoyed about this show is the focus was on something I don't think every show not necessarily focuses on: titilation and fantasy. They all only used as their pasties black tape in crosses over their nipples, but that wasn't what they wanted you to focus on. The clothes were off pretty quickly, there was not the tease you see at your more classic shows. But there was the erotic charge of feeling truly turned on by a woman dressed as Zelda stripping for you behind that shield, or a woman who is holding down her sexy dragons, all of them filled with lust and ready to go.
Burlesque while about comedy, is also about the sex. The eroticism of adult comedy, the fantasy of women being outside the box of the story they're supposed to be telling is something we're all attracted to. Suicide girls may have made the idea of these type of women sexy to a lot of men and women but the idea is there still that they are pushing a different agenda than what the mainstream maintains is acceptable. Even in burlesque possibly.
Was is burlesque? I think it straddled the line like one of the ladies straddled a male member of the audience. Filled with sex and fantasy but not necessarily the traditional show you're used to.
And props to the team for getting an Aussie Suicide Girl, Vorpal to host!
Keep on dazzling,
DD xxx
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