∩╗┐1 00: 00: 04,874 -> 00: 00: 06,484 [emcee] Women and men,
are you ready to see some banter?
[audience cheers]
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to see this girl?
Come on, let me hear it!
[audience cheers]
Give to Gal Friday!
[playing hot music]
[human] ΓÖ ¬ I'm going down
ΓÖ¬ To the Saint James hospital
ΓΓ¬ Look at my baby there
¬ ¬ He is lying On a long white table ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ And he Just lay there Γ¬
[Friday Gal] I'm from Tennessee.
For many Southern families,
it's really big women married or have a family.
That's not my lifestyle.
[audience cheers]
[song ends]
[emcee] Let's listen to Gal Friday!
[cheers and applause]
[Julie Atlas Muz] Everyone can do it.
Everyone can do burlesque if they really want it.
You need to get a costume, You need to get a gimmick,
and you have to get up on stage and have the courage to do it.
[cheers and applause]
I was asked, I believe, in 1996 or 1997,
by Catherine Hourihan,
he said, "Will you do it burlesque number for me?"
And I don't know what that is.
He said, "This is a short dance
which starts or ends naked to music. "
You know, at that time you can match
all burlesque players in New York City in two taxis.
I remember it was still the same like me,
Scotty the Blue Rabbit, Gross Martini,
Speed Chyaldd, Tigger,
and Famous Bob in the World, and like just a handful
from the first wave from what we consider the initial wave burlesque revival movement in New York City.
Experimental artists who are only really whack-a-doodle
and inspire and think outside of any form of concept. Think = triangles. When I started making fun,
no one knew what the word was "Burlesque" is.
I don't even care what the word "burlesque" means.
But then it's like a snowball.
You know, there is second wave
Then there is the third wave. Then there is the fourth wave.
And then Christina Aguilera and Cher.
And then there is seventh wave.
Burlesque is a developing term,
which includes aesthetics sparkles and eyelashes
and high heels and fancy dresses and nudity.
And femininity.
And comedy.
This is also now becoming the more lifestyle.
But the banter is always, and I'm sure it will always be,
lowest than low entertainment.
Because, really, who are we?
Only strippers from New York City.
[laughs]
I always know I want to stay here.
Even when I was young and had no concept
what that means.
I feel very strange where I come from.
I don't know, it never feels like
right behind there.
My mother always said I was an old woman born in a tiny body.
And from the start, smart people who talked too much,
and a little too wise for such a small person.
And he has great stories where I will be,
even as a 7 year old child,
only destroys the ball from all of his friends.
And he said, you will make them feel bad about themselves.
My mother used to be a construction worker.
Sometimes for fun he will do it Take me on the site with him,
and I always like that time with him.
Now he is a motorcycle mechanic.
My father is a contractor and indeed is like an electrical job
and things like that, but I don't grow with them.
He left when I was a baby.
But we always have kindness, friendship relationship.
He knows what I'm doing. He doesn't care.
When you are in the family where your mother is a biker,
a Harley mechanic, and very broad
who does his own business also it's like,
what will they say?
I have become a professional burlesque player
for about six years.
I got it well.
I live in New York and I can
for sometimes maybe hardly scratches,
but I can still to support myself.
[emcee 1] Gal Friday!
[host 2] Gal Friday!
This is Friday's Gal!
[audience cheers]
[Julie] There are already months where I struggle to make my rent.
But, you know, that's life classic strippers.
- [unclear chat] - [pulsating techno music]
[applause]
[Jonny Porkpie] Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda,
10 years ago
do the number you want to go to see in just a few minutes.
That's right, they went to appear
their first number from 2004 for us tonight,
which I thought was extraordinary.
[cheers and applause]
So, ladies and gentlemen, please join me
in welcoming to the stage, the Sisters Schlep.
[cheers and applause]
[harmonization]
[singing in Yiddish]
[Darlinda] In Yiddish, "schlep" like,
oh, you're good careless person,
or like, you know, oh, you have to have the big bag.
So this is like, that's a funny word.
And it's not necessarily has like a sexy connotation.
Γ ¬ Turn left, turn right Hold Γ¬¬
¬¬ Lift Lift your legs The heart will follow ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ ¬ Lift your voice Fill in the basin ΓÖ¬
ΓΓ– Spread your wings like The swallow ΓÖ¬
ΓΓ¬ Fly away Sapa days Γ¬
¬ ¬ Dance, dancing Everyone dances ΓÖ¬
[Darlinda] Hava Nagila we acted was our first action.
We're out in grandma's underwear.
We have these luggage full of random clothes.
And then we only use them.
We do a reverse strip, because I don't want to disarm.
I feel intimidated, huh.
At that time, that's when, like, type of gay marriage
starting to enter into news, and we are like, oh...
-When we developed the action. -When we developed the action, yes.
And we are like oh, well, Hava Nagila is a wedding song,
so why not two brides?
[audience cheers]
[interviewer] How to style Sister Schlep
different from your individual style and routine?
I mean, I tend to do, like, really strange things.
Pull everything from my vagina, and...
[crowd cheering]
You know, it's like things like that, like,
Sisters of Schlep will never do it, you know?
- [laughs] -And I will never do it.
And, yes, he will never do it, yes, yes.
[Minnie] Before I became burlesque,
I'm really in this matter Jewish Journey.
I got my master in Jewish Education.
At graduate school I feel very, is very out of place.
That's very stifling and conservative for me.
I don't match the typical print
from someone who will go Jewish theological seminary.
Welcome to the stage,
from New York City, Minnie Tonka!
[audience cheers]
[playing rock music]
So, I was really excited and interested in trying banter.
[audience cheers]
But I am very, very scared to do strips tempt alone on the stage.
And Darlinda always really encouraged me to, you know,
more naked and more naked.
¬¬¬ Cover your mouth
Γ¬¬ Cover your mouth
[Minnie] I think about it sometimes,
when I think about how I not fully get it, by the way.
You know, it took years to fully get
and understand banter.
Or maybe an animal do you like?
Or are you curious about.
In the last few years I started teaching banter.
[woman laughing]
If you are a snake, for example,
You want, like, crawling the way you go to the sun.
Or you - You see a mouse that you want to eat.
I want to make class give people space
to explore what Burlesque means to them.
What is the reason for making banter?
If you are affected by different types of body, you will find--
You will find your mindset changes,
and you will start thinking, like,
wow, this type of body that I never saw was actually beautiful,
because you are only being exposed to more and more.
Burlesque is an opportunity is a statement, a statement.
I'm pretty, I'm fine, I'll share it.
If you don't want it, is good, but here it is.
- [woman] Yes. - [laughter]
This is it.
[woman] Yes.
Facts we have sexuality
and we can display this without shame.
And, you know, look, like, any kind of weird
You have entered.
[all laugh]
[Minnie] I don't know if there is is a specific moment
who told me this is what I will do.
Only a lot of small steps.
[Hazel Honeysuckle] It's from that time I took my grandma's scarf came out of the drawer and tied it around me into a costume.
[laughs]
But I know that I have this, like,
just a secret dream.
I will go up to my room and play dress and, like,
pretend I'm a princess.
Like, much slower than... than I have to admit.
I have a problem with social anxiety.
I think I got the breast early, and it's a little tempting.
I feel that if I show cleavage I am slutty.
[ambulance sirens wailing far]
My first performance, I was very nervous.
I remember being in the locker room
with this other player.
Change room in the Sandal Room
covered in in sparkling graffiti.
All the names of these players that I see.
And back there
where all this artist has...
intimidating and interesting.
But I remember that kind of thing When I stepped on the stage...
[emcee] Hazel Honeysuckle...
... and hear the applause and see the audience...
it feels like that a homecoming.
[crowd cheering]
[applause]
You know, I'm here for many conversations
which is like this:
"Oh, he was hired because he seduced."
"He was hired because he is very beautiful,
but he can't dance," you know.
Tells me that I'm not really that's good.
-Hi, Minnie. Sorry. -Hai, it's okay.
-Hi, Hazel. -Hai-- ooh.
[emcee] How are you? Thank you for coming.
[woman] We both use g-string white.
Yes. Yes.
[emcee] I see.
Bean bag masturbation. What is that?
Women and men,
get ready for the Shake Room.
[Hazel] I have no doubt if I have a different body,
there is a very good chance I will not get
many jobs, or the same number of jobs
what I got.
It left me with something to prove.
[emcee] Here he is, beautiful,
the talented, my ex-wife, Hazel Honeysuckle!
[woman] ΓÖ ¬ Honey dear, want you to be close
Γ ¬ Just turn on the lights And then come here Γ ¬
Γ¬¬ Nestle close to my side
[Hazel] I don't want to succeed based on just beautiful.
I want to be valuable as an artist.
[woman] Γ ¬ I never knew that life could be Very sweet ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Until I meet you
ΓÖ¬ Some time ago
ΓÖ¬ But now you know
ΓÖ¬ I love you so much
[song ends]
Hazel Honeysuckle, everyone!
[Friday Gal] I have a large collection of shoes.
So we have all the ways from Lucite,
boots, thigh-high, the stripper heel used is lower.
And my Golden Pasty Award for the Best Booty.
This will be a problem.
All various shades of red
fall for all my different red haired moments.
When I first started appeared,
I remember thinking that I had to do it
kind of changed my personality for this character.
That I will be much calmer and more graceful
with that view from that classic pin-up.
The dirt just flew the window was very fast.
Your true personality is fair will eventually come out.
And my true personality is quite tomboy-ish.
And you know, sarcastic
and sometimes a little is a bit aggressive.
So, you know, you can try to hold everything back,
but finally they come out too.
And I found that it's actually,
I thought, making my performance better.
You know, there are only so many dance moves that you can do.
I tend to do a lot of classic banter, I would say.
Many bumps and lumps,
and lots of and trembling booty movements.
Certain places or, you know, producers have hope.
They will even tell you, you know,
This is more than a classic show.
Please bring classic numbers.
But I want to have it my taste in it too.
[audience cheers]
I don't want to just leave out there and be like,
"I'm a Princess."
Because I really don't.
[laughs] I can't even fake it.
[emcee] Yes!
[unclear chat]
We start, let's try again.
That's good. Try once again.
[Friday Gal] For some people I might have a one-trick pony.
I mean, there might be being the person out there
which automatically assumes is just classic.
You don't want to get it in such habits,
that's what Gal Friday did.
[police sirens blaring]
I want to do something out of my comfort zone.
I just want to do it something different.
And I know that seems ridiculous,
but I'm a little afraid of failure,
and I don't like that.
[emcee] Women and men,
welcome to Slipper Room shows, Glitter Gutter.
Now please welcome your host for that night,
a flying man height talent
goes beyond human imagination,
Mr. Mel Frye.
[playing optimistic music]
Yes!
How are we? How are we doing? How are you?
And others, how are you?
I went to the doctor today.
Present with this little one clipboard and he said,
"Mel, you have to stop masturbating."
I said, "Why, doc? Why do I have it? Stop masturbating?
I mean, that's ridiculous."
And he said, "Because I tried to examine you."
[laughter]
This is Glitter Gutter, women and men.
This is Glitter Gutter.
[James Habacker] When I first opened Center Slipper Room,
it's very much an art center.
You know, many are small experimental theater
run by people who are interested in art and supports art.
They all leave now.
We're the last from the cinema on the Lower East Side.
I think that New York is far more money-oriented rather than art oriented.
One of the things, I think, is what makes Slipper Room
the unique type is that it is run by people which is in it as an art project first and foremost.
One of the things that really solidifies it as the Slipper Room style is that you have the host who's the comedian
who plays the character,
You know who does an old style variety show,
likes that kind of thing you might have seen,
you know, on television in the 1950s.
[human] Yes!
- [balloons appear] - [woman shouting]
We order various events,
and I consider burlesque that side
being a tempting strip.
And it's not just every strip teasing.
There is a difference between strippers
and burlesque dancers.
Burlesque itself as an art form, you know,
hundreds of years older from teasing strips.
And that's a political parody.
This holds the mirror to our community and says,
see how ridiculous this is.
This forces people to think about how oppressed their lives are.
We got lots of squares people come here,
and they see these people who are on the stage
which is completely free.
And it's in the direct line from you know, Warhol Factory.
Like what, you know, coming out from New York in the 60s.
There is still a fair amount of people who come to New York because they are interested in for that.
Because they know about that.
And if they find us, then they have a house.
[audience cheers]
[woman] Four, five, six, seven, eight.
[Minnie] Every year, Darlinda and me
for new actions.
And this year we debuted our action Schlep-A-Con.
When we are working on it, we are developing.
Every few months we have friends come in.
and help us tighten it up even more.
And, of course, our costumes are from Garo Sparo.
Whoo!
- [laughs] - I think it's funny.
I mean, people are like camel feet.
[Minnie] The costume is very showbiz.
And, damn hot, that's the main camel toe.
-That-- I mean-- - The most camel toes ever.
- [Minnie] This-- - [Darlinda] More camel legs
than other Schlep actions.
[Minnie] We applied for
Burlesque Hall of Fame this year,
for the Best Small Groups.
[applause]
[Darlinda] They mentioned the Oscars of Burlesque Burlesque of Fame Hall.
The contest is valuable,
because people from all over the world come,
and then they want
your book because they have seen your actions.
This is like a work
items from worldwide.
The first time I went to the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2009,
and we competed with Party In My Pants.
[man] ΓÖ¬ There's a party in my pants
ΓÖ¬ And everyone comes
[Minnie] Then we competed again in 2011.
When we performed, I really like coming out of my body And like it, see us on the stage.
-That's like... -It's very scary.
[audience cheers]
[Darlinda] This will be the third time we compete.
We haven't won yet, and we really want to win this year.
[Perle Noire] For most women, the Burlesque Hall of Fame,
this is the weekend about the network
and big competition where they announced The new Queen Burlesque for this year.
But actually an opportunity
to respect the truth legends who do it themselves.
This is a rebellious woman.
I'm looking for through a magazine
and see the picture from Josephine Baker
in his skirt
And I read about his life. and I'm so enamored with this woman what I think
very beautiful and reckless.
And the more I find about him,
the more I am fascinated with the story,
because he grew poor.
Very, very poor.
And the possibility... he is a black woman in the 20s
which became this sensation in Paris,
and the only woman speaking in March in Washington,
and then also spy for the French Resistance.
I said, "I want to be this woman. and I want to pay homage to her one day."
[audience cheers]
I found the problem people don't see me
as a glamorous woman,
or just want to see a kind of savage persona.
I already have a producer who tells me,
"You should only do it an African-themed action."
Or they want me a voodoo priest.
But it's not glamorous.
You know, it's really dark voodoo priest.
And I just feel it's interesting which people can't see a black woman as this glamorous creature.
[emcee] Women and men,
I am happy to bring to the stage
Miss Perle Noire.
- [audience cheers] - [playing piano music]
[Perle Noire] People go to burlesque to escape,
for fun, laugh.
But banter makes people feel certain things,
and sometimes they don't like it.
Sometimes people turn on, and that bothers him.
Women are being turned on by other women,
and that... they really discombobulated.
They can't understand what happened.
Men are turned on by a woman who is not their ideal body.
You know, maybe a blond wife,
but he was turned on by a black player.
Or he is turned on by the player 200 pounds.
[cheering audience]
[Jezebel Express] You know, I'm a player
who will not be on the cover of Maxim.
I like my body. Um...
You can call it many different things.
I am curved.
I don't fit ordinary size clothes.
What I do mostly is seductive straight lines.
So I wake up, and I do section.
And I do it sincerely, and I do it 100%,
and I did it for that audience.
I'm here. This is what I have.
You can like it or you can't like it.
I like that. I think it looks good.
I want to show it to you. I did it.
I don't go out to be political,
but when people see me goes on stage,
it is inherently political.
It's easier for people if a fat woman is funny.
You know, it's easier people if you do your thing,
and it's funny, and it's cleaned,
and that does not mean is sexy,
and it shouldn't be dirty,
and it shouldn't be erotic.
People come to me after my show and say, like,
"When did you appear again?
" My wife looks like you, and she is very beautiful,
"And I love him, and he won't like it let me see him naked,
" and I need him to come here so he can see
what I saw when I saw it. "
You know, like someone said those things to me,
so I know what I did has an effect on people,
and I think, well... what does that mean? if I'm like...
am I really thin?
Like, is my job still political?
[emcee] Give it to Jezebel Express, women and men!
[alarm clock buzzing]
[tap running water]
[spit]
[Hazel] I work in the office.
Ordinary 9-5 assignments.
That's not what I have is set to do.
It just ended up being a job I fell into,
And I live because it's easy.
I told my boss that I stopped.
I said, "I entered my notification.
I will be a full-time burlesque player."
[Scott] I always try to be supportive - whatever he wants to do.
But I'm a little nervous.
Cognitively, it takes a second to get used to the idea
what my wife wants to appear naked
for rooms full of foreigners.
Hazel and I met on the first day lecture.
Besides being beautiful,
one of the first things that pulled me to Hazel
is I coming to the dorm room
and he has brought Super Nintendo to college.
So he has this, like, retro game stuff,
and then she mopped the floor with me when we played "Dr. Mario,"
which has never happened in my life before.
[laughs]
And to this day, I can't touch it.
This is my latest costume.
This is the Audience,
which is a monster from Dungeons & Dragons universe.
It has eyeballs.
[laughs]
This also has this bra that blinks.
[sighs]
And voil├á.
Pretty good, right?
I learned to use stitches machine from my mother.
But I never did it every time I did the actual training.
I like making costumes,
make something that you can hold
and show people and say, see, I do this. [laughs]
[Scott] He really hit ground running.
One day my wife has never been on the stage before,
two days later he had a show ordered out
to finally this month.
[Hazel] Since entering Burlesque,
I really came out from my shell, to use cliché├⌐.
And maybe I go a little too much.
[laughs]
[Scott] I really don't understand
what is the burlesque.
You know, I learned a lot, and I have to learn quickly.
Because he fell in love with that.
[woman] ¬ ¬ I have my man
ΓÖ¬ In the Wrangler's jeans
I already got my man ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ ¬ bull machine
ΓΓ He is on the road
ΓÖ¬ Far from me
[Hazel] Now I work four to six nights a week,
and I am fully supported by my burlesque income.
I am now established but I--
You know, I'm not really a veteran player so I still see myself as one of the beginners
try to get respect from veteran players.
[woman] ΓÖ ¬ Yes, yes, she loves me ΓÖ ¬ I'm a queen rodeo
[audience applauds]
[playing hot music]
[crowd whoops]
[song ends]
[audience cheers]
[Gal Friday] My hair is always like that like part of my identity.
That's the kind of thing I think that's who I am,
or people as expected a certain look for me.
And then one day I like, fuck it,
I just go to cut my hair. [laughs]
I'm so tired about my hair.
My hair is my saving grace.
His face might be messed up, and it's like,
but look at the hair.
And then I just took it.
I think this will be fine.
If they are too long they hit.
As small as possible,
his mind is that person not necessarily
will take you seriously because you don't look like,
for them, what idea is that of a joke player is.
There are some girls who are really proficient sewing and designing,
and they can make it their own items.
And then there are others, like me,
where we might this concept
and we will design it and, you know,
pull out and have this idea,
and then bring it to someone
who knows what happened they did.
I just made this one.
I hope to debut
in New York Burlesque Festival.
But it's actually down the spear.
[audience cheers]
[applause]
Every year I feel honored to be part of it.
When I first started, I applied and entered.
I remember then how much that means to me to,
as the first year player enters the festival,
You know, and the first I registered.
And it really saves a special place in my heart.
The actual costume is quite ready,
but I don't know if the acting is ready.
[man in recording] ΓÖ¬ Schlep-A-Con Schlep -A-- Schlep-A-Con ΓÖ¬
[Minnie] Running man.
[Darlinda] We saw the video, and feedback from others,
like, yes, is a great action,
but it's like all your other actions.
You do this, you do this, and we just...
just kind of recycling many of our old movements.
So we just, like, let's try again.
Basically, we decided to make it that's a little more funny.
Like, oh, we tried to do it like the 80s hip-hop movement.
That's funny in his creation,
because, like, we don't know anything.
Down, down, down, down,
down, down, down,
down, down.
When we do this, we will not go to touch the hand.
- Just to pay attention. -Mm-hmm.
No, look, it's just like, down.
Seven eight...
[Darlinda] It's finished.
Because we take off our pants.
Boom, boom.
Do you want coconut water?
Yes. This is good.
- [sighs] - Good.
[Hazel] I really would like it
to appear in Burlesque Weekend Hall of Fame.
That will definitely happen to do that humungous stage
for all... for all this people I admire.
[mouth]
It's a big problem to come to Vegas.
You know, because people come from all over the world.
And they got a lot of applications.
[human] Five, six, seven, eight.
ΓÖ¬ Bumblebee, big bee Bumblebee ΓÖ¬
- [Shelly] Chin down. - [Hazel] ΓÖ¬Bumblebee
ΓÖ¬ Bumblebee, big bee Bumblebee, bumblebee ΓÖ¬
Amazing. Let's do it some lions.
Do you remember that?
Super-super-super _ wrinkles that face, Hazel,
and then open very wide.
Ah.
One more, super super super...
I'm so nervous about singing.
His...
like, that's a scary thing to wake up and--
to stand in front of people and sing.
This is far more frightening than naked on the stage.
All right, so here we go.
Boobs.
Γ ¬ You have to have breasts
Γ ¬ If you want to impress Tycoons and rubes ΓÖ¬
-Good! - & apos; & apos; ¬ You need breasts
ΓÖ¬ To fill the sweater
¬ ¬ You will get two But three may be better Γ ¬ ¬
That's one behind for dancing.
[Clamshell] I think one of the things that separates Hazel is the continuing drive
to improve itself as an artist as a total,
and not only as a very beautiful girl.
Like, I'm honest doesn't even think
that Hazel looked at himself and like,
Oh, my God, I'm very sexy.
Like, there are lots of other girls who, like,
as hot as he is fair, like, super cunty.
[laughs]
And Hazel isn't.
ΓÖ¬ Even a cow must show the ΓÖ¬
-Good. And keep going. -Γ & apos; ¬ You have to have breasts
[Shelly laughs]
ΓÖ¬ B-O-O-B-S
Okay, now this one is a little bit crisper, right?
I want to sing to prove that I can do it.
I want to sing so I can show people
that I can go up there and do more
to entertain people than, you know, smile and be naked.
ΓΓ¬ Make a man stand on And lift his hat ΓÖ¬
Yes, much better. Did you hear that?
Because you said...
¬Ö¬ Ha
This gives you a chance to hit that.
But once you get to that O--
ΓÖ¬ Stop it
[both sing continuous notes]
That's it. Again, so I know it is no accident.
[human] Do you come out with a bra?
[Minnie] I'm out, and here it is.
This is the costume. Like the only thing that I took off
will be a bra and gloves,
bras and skirts, and potentially this.
Okay, gloves.
[Minnie] I mean, that idea really is,
I think, turning the note on my chest.
Yes. It's like pi's persistence.
Yes. So, like, this is more like, hey, hello.
-I'm covered in something & apos; 80s. -Yes.
[Garo] I mean, year & apos; 80s is about,
like, high waist and it's funny to have, like,
the little heart upstream,
so you don't show, like, too much skin.
But, Sarah, we have to bring it breast, waist, hips and length.
There must be a unique challenge when you're working with banter clients
than other clients,
only because, of course, you have to think
from the mechanic the clothes.
The mechanism of how relates to acting,
the mechanism for how will be released.
So there is no, like, bumps on the road.
It has to take photos quickly,
the zipper to come smoothly.
It must be beautiful when it comes too,
inside and outside,
because everyone is looking for in everything.
Now, I will go My finger is there,
so see if you can be comfortable open yourself.
-Like that? Oh, I see.
[Garo whistle] Yes.
Burlesque is very interesting things to do,
because you are constantly doing something it's meant to be to change
from one country to another, and to deceive the audience.
And that's always a very big challenge to have burlesquer it out on the stage,
and have the audience not measure his body and become like,
okay, it comes first and it comes from the second.
Close your eyes and open your hands.
-Yes! - [laughs]
[giggling]
This is a down payment.
[Minnie] When I first started it in 2004,
You know, at that time it was only this place
wherever you can really experiment.
At that time, everyone was very individual,
what they created in banter,
that's if someone is wearing a panel skirt,
if someone likes to wear it, nobody will do it,
because it's like, oh, they did that.
Okay, cool, then I go to go and, you know, whatever.
There's nothing rude skinny then.
[horn car horn]
[wailing police siren]
There seems to be an trend,
since banter has become mainstream,
the restaurant and more upscale bars
interested in having this kind of entertainment.
Throughout history, burlesque has become a source,
like, lowbrow entertainment.
It's cheap, you know, can be accessed.
Anyone can come. Like, people are used to bring their wives.
That's like, you know, my mother even saw burlesque shows,
like, when he was little with his father,
because he left saw a jazz band.
However, people are kind looking over,
You know, try to make it smart,
or try making it
only for people with money,
or only for people who want to see thin people,
or one body type.
And the people who bought it,
it does not come from a place soul or heart.
[audience shouting]
[human]
[Hazel] I am very, very much.
[Hazel] Today, I signed a contract
to appear in Atlantic City this summer.
I will do a show once a week
at Borgata Casino.
I never thought that I would be in this situation:
more work than I needed, and became a request as a player.
It's like a dream come true,
except that I never really dreamed like this,
because I don't know is a possibility.
Even a few years ago, I would say
I will not appear all the time.
I will only appear for fun.
But now I appear all the time,
and I am traveling, and...
Casino really ruined me.
[laughs]
[Minnie] To be honest,
banter doesn't pay bills,
and my rent is very expensive.
So I'm, um...
I have to look for something else
in terms of my income.
But the thought of returning for a full time day job now
like...
just makes me feel, like, terrible.
[laughs]
[Tatah Dujour]
- [Minnie] We are-- - [Tatah] Really comes down.
[Minnie]
Some people don't do it like a city.
[Minnie] No, and I understand that.
-Yes. - I think it's like
they are awkward, position that is not profitable,
because they are right next to New York.
I mean, and you know that I'm not New York-centric.
Take the right, take the right.
Whoo-hoo!
-Let's do Newark! -Let's do it Newark!
[dance music throbs]
Hi.
Nice to see you.
Hi.
-What are you doing? -Well.
It's really moist back to normal, here.
-What is this mold? -Uh huh.
Is that-- it's bad.
Mushrooms are bad.
[laughs]
[sighs]
And we are here.
-Do you slam the wine? -Yes.
[moans]
Oh God.
Good.
Let's do this.
[emcee]
We will play music,
and you go to show them
lots and lots of love, lots and lots of joy.
Let them know that you are experiencing the right time.
And then you get to see the item, you dig it?
The magic of burlesque.
And the power of boobies. Salute.
[audience cheers]
[playing hot music]
[Hazel] Doing full-time burlesque is...
is hard work.
You know, working every night, practicing and practicing.
[audience cheers]
This is very fun, but I don't want to see myself working in a small bar several years at the end of the road.
I got it, thank you.
Oy. Well.
[Friday Gal] As a New York Burlesque Festival is coming,
I am very nervous for this action.
I'm all stressed about it because I'm like,
Will this work, or is this boring?
I don't do that much.
I'm really scared.
For me, I'm not that fast to make a new action.
It's very expensive and, you know,
sometimes like that inspiration
to do it is not there.
I can go and go in this case.
-Oh yeah. - [laughs]
[Friday Gal] When you first start ,
you're excited.
So you're fair pumping out,
and you come up with all of these ideas,
and you will go crazy.
And everything feels fresh.
Well, after a while things won't be refreshed.
Welcome to the stage Gal Friday!
[playing seductive music]
[Gal Friday] So now you have to start ask yourself, you know,
"What did I get from this? What did they get out of this?"
Everyone goes through times when they don't feel confident.
You know, that's difficult.
Especially when you're naked women on stage, you know,
there are many things through your head.
Am I pretty enough?
Is my body good enough? And all that nonsense.
But once you are on the stage,
Your job is to entertain your audience.
Just enter, and this works, and you like, zoom.
[playing jazzy music]
[music ends]
[siren sound]
As time goes by,
I hope I also have something something else I can do.
Only so far I think I can go with this,
but I'm not, at this point in my life,
really have lots of other choices.
I go to school for theater.
Maybe shoot yourself in the foot.
That's actually the reason I moved here to New York.
I want to be part of it.
I didn't cut for the crowd.
His cruel nature, is not for me.
And then there is an error that accompanies it,
because you moved here and everyone will go home,
"So what are you doing now?"
And it's like, I'm waiting for a table.
You feel like a crazy loser and a disappointment.
Everything your mother ever said to you,
like, this is a pipe dream.
You know, what do you do with yourself?
[Minnie] I'm going through now many transitions in my life.
I was diagnosed with seronegative arthritis,
which is a version of rheumatoid arthritis, in 2000.
I am in remission for 10 years,
and then return.
Very complicated.
It seems I look healthy and I look like, good.
But I don't always feel good and I'm not fully healthy.
[Darlinda] Maybe we can run through our new number
new on stage with, like, our telephone.
Good.
[Minnie] My body is very bad,
it's very-- I can hardly move.
My range of motion and flexibility are very limited,
because my knees are very deep hurts and they are very stiff.
For shows, usually adrenaline kicks in,
but it's not healthy to live with adrenaline,
and to appear on adrenaline.
If we can just play Scott Intro,
then we will play your opening number, okay?
[singing men scale]
[Darlinda] I see a change in Minnie.
He has a few days It's very difficult,
and that can really frustrate me,
because it's like, oh, well, we can't go down to the floor,
You know, or we can't do this or we can't do this.
You know, sometimes I feel like, How are we going to get better
if you can't do it ?
[woman] We have another Legend East Village.
He is considered a one-woman burlesque riot.
Let's give up for Minnie Tonka.
Minnie Tonka!
- [audience cheers] - [playing rock music]
[Minnie] I am very selective in what my energy will turn out.
But at the same time is already this balance.
Like, oh, I don't want people to forget me, you know?
So this is like, I have to take care of this person
from, like, Minnie Tonka, whoo-hoo!
[cheering audience]
It's big,
only emotional and physical travel and change.
I think my perspective is _ in everything is changing now.
[playing percussion music]
Hello, motherfucker!
[audience cheers]
And welcome to the 12th _ Burlesque Festival in New York.
[all cheering]
He thinks, is it a man or a woman, is it a man or a woman?
Sir, the answer is no.
[laughter]
[Jen Gapay] This is good.
We are on Day 3 today.
We were at Saturday Spectacular
at B.B. King & apos; s in Times Square.
This is our type cr├¿me de la crme from the player.
Murray Hill is hosting tonight.
And then we show that is basically the best in banter from all over the world.
This is for all women
who thinks life in New York City is very glamorous.
I'm really sick.
Like I have a panic attack before.
[horn car horn]
This might be something that the audience might not
like it or get it.
If it is a strange action, sometimes if people
uncomfortable or if it's weird,
if people are uncomfortable they will laugh.
I am afraid, like, if one person starts to laugh,
that I will fall into that
to treat it like a joke.
But I don't want to make fun of myself.
- [audience applauds] - [Murray] Ladies and gentlemen,
our next player, he did a new number.
That's right, and if you don't know banter,
know that no one has ever said that or done that.
He is doing a new number.
[audience cheers]
Women and men, is not Monday,
not Tuesday, is not Wednesday,
this is not Thursday.
Today is Friday Gal!
[all cheering]
[playing synthetic music]
[Friday Gal] When I'm there,
everything is fair kind of clicked.
And that's it out of me,
and it's very good, honest moment.
And I throw all of me into it.
That is something like, like,
feel, like, sexually oppressed.
Until the hood is released.
And that's all like orgasm.
- [music ends] - [cheers of audience]
[Murray] Let's listen for him, everyone: Friday Gal!
[Friday Gal] After New York Burlesque Festival,
I was surprised at how much it was torn from me.
Everything I want kind of explodes out.
You know, like, it's just enough of my comfort zone,
but still has an aspect about who I am as a player.
Like, I just did it, and it feels really good,
and feels real, and it feels from the heart.
And I think it's a rare thing to hit something it feels very honest, but it also feels right.
[INAUDIBLE]
I feel very excited, and nervous and, you know,
it's like, the pressure is there, do you know?
Mom Just Mom?
[woman] Who else can do it?
[Darlinda] You are on the camera.
I just got an interview with .
- [woman laughing] - [Darlinda] Hi.
God, you see is beautiful.
God, he is not joking.
No, you... yes.
[interviewer] When did you find Darlinda was a banter player?
Well, at birth.
[laughs]
The day he was born,
I was in a hospital room, good?
And he must be three hours,
and he has eye contact.
And I have a witness.
Fifteen people came to visit me that day.
And he really looked around the room in everyone's eyes,
and they remembered that day.
That's very strange, huh.
So he is on stage at birth.
[chuckles]
[interviewer] What are your feelings? about the Schlep Sisters?
They are funny.
But they also-- they are very--
they are funny by the way.
They are adorable.
[interviewer] Do you have Twitter
about them happening in the competition?
They will win.
[laughs] They will win.
You heard it here.
Yes!
[unclear chat]
I got this for, like, $ 9 from China on eBay.
And with - plus shipping, is like 14 dollars.
Is this hot or what?
[human] It's amazing.
[Minnie] So, you guys...
You need to take photos of me in the hallway.
How are you feeling?
[Hinda] Well, of course, I am filled with pride.
Oh, I want to cry.
Well, every time I see you appearing,
it brought me back for the time being
when you are figure skating first time
and you compete, You are like four years old.
When I see you there, it brings joy to everyone and joy for yourself, there is such pride.
So I want you to know that.
We are just, like, really, really thankful and really excited.
You know, just, like, is here
far more
rather than just getting opportunity to compete.
I just feel like that, you know,
this validation from the universe
that, like, you know, I'm healing.
And the stage is very slippery,
so I'm nervous about that!
-I am very sorry you said that to me. -Yes I know.
- [laughs] -You will come back.
-I know. -Yes. You will flip.
Thank you for being here.
Of course.
[Hazel] I'm very nervous.
I'm happy.
I have appeared to an audience, you know,
for this large audience before many times,
but there was never an audience full of my friends.
Mostly I just want to feel like I deserve to be there.
[Scott] I feel very proud of my wife,
and sometimes I feel like that he doesn't fully understand
how proud I am, or what is that big problem,
what he did.
Five years ago he worked daily work, Internet support.
There is nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't show business,
that is not the type set of contemplated skills
which he is now doing,
and recognized by more people.
[playing rock music]
[audience cheers]
Welcome, from New York City,
soft flowers,
Hazel Honeysuckle.
[audience cheers]
[playing music fanfare]
You have to have breasts
¬¬ If you want to impress ΓΓ¬ Tycoons and rubes
You need breasts
ΓÖ¬ To fill the sweater
¬ ¬ You will get two But three may be better Γ ¬ ¬
Oh, that's one behind to dance.
[audience cheers]
¬¬ Boobs always gives sensations
ΓΓ¬ Two fried eggs You will definitely get it ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Like grapefruits will
Oh, both of them breakfast food.
ΓÖ¬ But listen, friends
ΓÖ¬ What determines everything A-spin ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ Is a pair of naked breasts With twisted tassels ΓÖ¬
You have to have breasts
ΓÖ¬ B-O-O-B-S
Do you think it's easy to write songs like this?
Lots of research.
Γ ¬ ¬ Just think if all our girls Have boobies with fluoride ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ We can take the cavity out From the whole nation damn ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ A A bite a day Keep the dentist away ΓÖ¬
Even drag queen love big titties.
This will be amazing on the goat farm.
ΓΓ¬ Pasties are breasts a
ΓΓ¬ Best friends
[cheering audience]
[song ends]
[Sailor Sinclaire] Friends and lovers,
keep running for Hazel Honeysuckle!
[Darlinda] I feel, like, oh, my goodness,
we are on this show with all these amazing people and, like--
I just feel they look amazing on that big stage.
I'm like, wow, they're really talented and I'm just, you know,
it's like they're flexible and I'm like, wow, and I'm here.
[Darlinda] Choose one another.
[Minnie] Yes, throwing with each other in the air.
[Darlinda] No matter the result,
I feel like that is positive things we do.
I feel we are both in good places like that,
like emotional and physically.
And, like, whatever happens, I feel very happy about that.
Like, I feel we will like that fucking rock stage.
People will be like, "What is this?"
Yay, we can run.
- [laughs] -I don't know.
We have the cart.
[laughs]
I feel confident.
Yes. Yes, me too.
Yes.
[Darlinda] Okay, I can feel the toes of the camel.
Yes, I have the main camel toe.
[applause]
Are you ready for the Tease Tournament?
[crowd cheering]
Our first category, as usual, is...
- Small group. - [audience cheers]
[playing rock music]
[applause]
- [music ends] - [audience cheers]
But our players tonight are showbiz sisters,
and has been for 12 years!
[cheers and applause]
So please welcome to the stage, Sisters Schlep!
[cheering]
ΓÖ¬ Schlep-A-Con Schlep -A-- Schlep-A-Con ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Schlep-A-Con is A Schlep ΓÖ¬ convention Sisters
¬ ¬ ¬ These are the things to think about They do for attention Γ ¬ ¬
¬ ¬ Darlinda spins like A beautiful dreidel life ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ While Minnie is clapping He is like shaina maidel ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ Everyone says shalom For Sister Schlep ΓÖ¬
-ΓÖ¬ Oh, yes -ΓÖ¬Ooh, watch them dance Just look at them go ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ When they start moving Get ready for the ΓÖ¬ show
ΓA¬ A little nervous? Do not know what to do? ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ Just order a few schnapps Like one or two ¬¬
Γ ¬ But leave a good tip
ΓÖ¬ You don't want to be like that Schnorrer ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Oy gevalt That's a very sexy aura ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Baby, let's join The party is now ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Well, I'm very happy To see you ¬¬
ΓÖ¬ Well, you know It's a good time now ΓÖ¬
Γ ¬ Singing Hava Nagila
Γ¬¬ I feel warm Γ¬¬ I feel warm
Γ¬¬¬ Feel my tinct
Γ ¬ You gave me Bush burned like that ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ If I can't have you I will break Γ¬
ΓΓ¬ Diving on the ground
ΓÖ¬ I said, oy
-ΓÖ¬ Infants -ΓÖ¬ Infants
ΓÖ¬ "Jews" that you can Be me ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ I said, oy
ΓÖ¬ Baby
ΓΓ I know Jews It is said to see you there ¬Ö¬
ΓÖ¬ I said, oy
ΓÖ¬ Baby
ΓÖ¬ Well, I love you Shlemiel ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Schlep, Schlep, Schlep Schlep-A-- Schlep-A-Con ΓÖ¬
ΓÖ¬ Oy
[audience cheers]
Do you realize, I did nothing...?
I think we only need to take it for granted.
[emcee] What is that this amazing show.
Now, whatever happens starts from this point,
I think you will do it all remember
that this group is human
gives you extraordinary performances.
[cheers and applause]
And the Best Small Group goes to...
[second] 2 for Flying!
[applause]
[Minnie] So...
Darlinda and I feel very good about our performance.
I will cry.
Like, we have fun
and we swing it.
And...
like, we got off the stage and we were very happy and happy,
and I feel like that
even though we don't go home with trophies,
we really won.
We win on many levels.
We really won.
[INAUDIBLE]
[woman] Red beans.
[human] Red beans, yuzu,
Nutella.
- Bro. -Coconut.
[Friday Gal] I sent a message to him first
-on OkCupid. - [man] Yes.
I saw that he liked the film Pooty Tang.
Oh, you like Tang Pooty.
If you like The Last Dragon,
I might appear a small child right now.
And of course I like The Last Dragon.
And he was like, "I see it theater like three times."
[both laugh]
And I, like, getting wet like making love, so it's active.
[laughs]
I said, "I work at night, . I'm a player."
When I mentioned I did banter, he was like,
"Oh, that's the way I really know."
Do you know how difficult it is to find a normal picture,
when all your photos are titties and, like, eyebrows.
That's very difficult for me to search for images
where I don't have eyebrows, like, drawn thick,
You know, and four inches makeup.
I like, oh, I work a lot in the Slipper Room,
he visited.
For me I'm like, what it is a better way to show someone
what I do instead of being, like, this is my home.
[emcee] It's Friday night.
This is the night for girls.
Please approach. Make good friends with him.
I went with a friend of mine to see it appear
in the Sandal Room.
And I got a naked ass. Matt put his cock in my head.
And then I sit on his face. [laughs]
- [Sebastian] Then we go to IHOP. - [Gal Friday] Oh yeah.
Then we go to IHOP on, like, at 4:00 a.m.
It's romance.
It's definitely like that the most interesting date
I've been in Very long time.
[Friday Gal] During the first date,
we have a long time not talking.
But I don't feel like that looking for something to say.
It's like, oh, now we have a moment of silence.
It's like, I can be me.
You know, that's good I don't have to live.
I don't always have to be Friday's Gal.
[interviewer] Where you see yourself as a banter player
when you continue on this trip?
[Hazel] By being burlesque is far more mainstream,
You got a lot of shows sparkling ladies in costumes
and not much substance behind it.
And I was one of those girls in sparkly costumes.
I am a little beautiful princess.
And that's what I like on stage, because that's me.
And the problem is, it must be a part of your personality,
what you put on the stage.
When I do burlesque, I can be sexy,
I can be stupid.
I can be beautiful, or ugly, or funny.
I can do whatever I want when I go out on stage.
And that's kind of magical.
[Minnie] I made a decision to change my life,
focus on me, to put myself and my healing first.
But I don't know what to do,
so I finally got this extraordinary part time job.
Administrative work alone for a synagogue.
[emcee] Let's start this horah
with Sister Schlep!
[cheers and applause]
[Darlinda] This partnership, Sister Schlep,
like the longest partnership I have ever had.
[Minnie] To quote Viva La Fever, _ burlesque legend,
"Congratulations to you . The first 10 years."
And that was very inspiring when he said that.
We don't even see it like that.
We are like, our first 10 years.
-Yes. -Wow.
[Friday Gal] Know what I think we will need?
- [Sebastian] What? - Even more coffee.
[Sebastian] Coffee again?
Espresso. I am burning through it.
[Sebastian] Okay, I'll choose some.
-Thank you. - I also took rent.
Oh, thank you.
Love you.
[Sebastian] Goodbye, I love you.
Tits, check.
Legs, check.
Vagina, check.
[playing hot music