{"id":58009,"date":"2009-07-24T06:35:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T09:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordgrrls.com\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2009-07-24T06:35:38","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T09:35:38","slug":"a-vintage-burlesque-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2009\/a-vintage-burlesque-star\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vintage Burlesque Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Renee Andre: Burlesque Star\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1558301\/\">Renee Andre<\/a> claims to be one of the first strippers to have a breast enlargement. It almost killed her. I read this in a book review (<a title=\"Chatelaine: Canadian Women's Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chatelaine.com\">Chatelaine<\/a> magazine) for <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/books\/9780060889449\/Pretty_Things\/index.aspx\">Pretty Things<\/span>, about <a title=\"BBC News UK: Burlesque\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/magazine\/8066966.stm\">burlesque <\/a>queens and vintage glamour shots, by <a title=\"Liz Goldwyn Films\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lgoldwynfilms.com\/\">Liz Goldwyn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t find anything about Renee Andre, just mentions of her in regards to other <del>burlesque stars<\/del> and movies. I thought that&#8217;s kind of sad.<\/p>\n<p>So, invent her life. Who was she from her humble beginnings, through her torrid youth and on into her creaky old age? Write up a biography for a vintage burlesque star.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.burlesquewomensinstitute.com\/\">The Burlesque Women&#8217;s Institute<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.burlesqueguide.net\/\">The Burlesque Guide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Toronto Burlesque Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoburlesquefestival.com\/\">Toronto Burlesque Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Glossary of\u00a0 New Burlesque (from the <a title=\"BBC News UK: Burlesque\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/magazine\/8066966.stm\">BBC News<\/a> article)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Neo-Burlesque: A wide range of performance styles, from classic striptease to modern dance, from satirical comedy to theatrical mini-dramas.<\/li>\n<li>American Burlesque: Originated in 19th Century music hall entertainment. In the early 20th Century it re-emerged as a populist blend of comedy, theatre and striptease.<\/li>\n<li>Male Burlesque: Acts who have become popular in recent years include Bearlesque and the Dream Bears.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wikipedia: Guerrilla Burlesque\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerrilla_burlesque\">Guerrilla Burlesque<\/a>: When a burlesque act happens spontaneously at a show, or when burlesque performers descend upon a show uninvited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2009\/a-vintage-burlesque-star\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to A Vintage Burlesque Star\"><p>Renee Andre claims to be one of the first strippers to have a breast enlargement. It almost killed her. I read this in a book review (Chatelaine magazine) for Pretty Things, about burlesque queens and vintage glamour shots, by Liz Goldwyn. I couldn&#8217;t find anything about Renee Andre, just mentions of her in regards to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[962],"tags":[244,385,459,43,570,117,730,763],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}