Mark Kermode 

Exposed: Beyond Burlesque – review

A touching love story is at the heart of this documentary about burlesque, writes Mark Kermode
  
  

exposed
Julie Atlas Muz in Exposed: Beyond Burlesque: 'insightful'. Photograph: Laure Leber Photograph: Laure Leber/PR

Positivity about alternative body images oozes from this goodheartedly explicit documentary in which articulate burlesque performers discuss the transformative power of transgressing the boundaries of gender, performance and taste. At the heart of the often gaudy cabaret is the tender and touching love story of Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz, whose in-bed interviews offer an insightful counterpoint to their confrontational stage acts – performed both together and alone. Those in search of safely exploitative titillation will be both disappointed and surprised; whatever their gender, it's the performers who wear the trousers.

 

Leave a Comment

Required fields are marked *

*

*