Review – A Wink and a Smile

The art of burlesque dancing is alive and well in Seattle. Well, alive anyway. This documentary follows the progress of a handful of students in a burlesque dancing class. Though I'm highly in favor of women's sexual self-expression, I thought the endless talking-head discourse on the subject got repetitive after awhile. Most of the women were reasonably interesting, but none of them was so interesting that I wanted to hear them say the same things over and over again. Further, my general opinion of artists of all stripes is that they should communicate with their art, not with statements about their art. The interviews and class segments are interspersed with clips of professional dancers doing their sometimes-bizarre acts at a local club. Mildly amusing