It’s official. Christina Aguilera has confirmed to play a burlesque dancer in the film “Burlesque”. The film is written by Steven Antin, brother to Robin Antin of Pussycat Doll fame. Yeah.
My gut reaction to this project is to automatically dismiss it. I don’t like Christina or the Pussycat Dolls. I don’t really think of the Pussycat Dolls as a burlesque act. They just sing in their underwear. I don’t get it. The plot sounds like every stripper/hooker with a heart of gold movie out there:
“Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds love, family and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club that appears to be right out of Bob Fosse's "Cabaret."”
Hmmm. Sounds a lot like Flashdance and Showgirls. Nomi was from a small town too. All she wanted to do was be a dancer. And look at all the shenanigans she got into!!
Let me guess, she falls in love with her manager, but SURPRISE, he turns out to be a scumbag. After some shaming, fall from grace, she receives help and redemption from her “family of dancers” played by the Pussycat Dolls. She falls in love with the only man to ever believe in her ,an audience member who frequents her shows, and live happily ever after. Awwww.
I can’t wait to snark this. Please, pay me to see this. I can only hope it is as LOL worthy as Showgirls and somebody gets pushed down the stairs.
I know. I know. I’m prejudging something that could be great. Who knows? But I have a tendency to roll my eyes at any watered–down project Hollywood lays it’s hands on these days.
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