Burlesque by Steve Antin

 Burlesque is a Drama/Romance movie directed by Steve Antin and released on November 24, 2010. This movie sold around 90.5 million at the box office and around 130.9 million with DVD sales. Burlesque is about Ali (Christina Aguilera) who moves from a small town in Kentucky to Los Angeles to live out her dream of being a dancer. When she moves, she ends up not getting any gigs and comes across the Burlesque lounge where she falls in love when she notices the burlesque show going on before her. She desperately wants to become a dancer there and talks to Tess (Cher) about becoming a dancer. Tess turns her down and Ali decides not to listen, so she picks up a tray and begins to waitress around the club. Eventually, one of the dancers gets pregnant and Ali auditions for her job. With much hesitation, Tess agrees to hire Ali and she becomes the club’s newest burlesque dancer. The oldest girl, Nikki, becomes threatened and tries to sabotage Ali’s biggest performance by stopping the music she plans on dancing to. Ali then freaks out and sings the song herself while performing her dance routine. She kills the performance and Tess agrees to base the whole show around Ali’s voice. All the while, Tess is struggling to pay the bills to the lounge and has received multiple notices from the bank about foreclosure. Toward the end of the movie, Ali reaches out to Tess with a plan that will save the club. They go to the real estate office next door and explain to the man that he needs to purchase the air rights to the club and the movie ends on a happy note. This is my favorite movie because I loved seeing the Burlesque culture being shown in a modernized way and I loved hearing Christina Aguilera’s voice. I believe her & Cher worked very well together. Written by Tucker Vermillion