Obscene Beauty examines New York's Burlesque scene and how it has withstood the test of time. It looks at the artistry a | dG1fUG1zenRVYVRrQWM
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00:00I thought to myself, oh, this is such an incredible thing, showing what's beautiful, showing what's
00:12ugly, showing what's scary to a lot of the population.
00:15Boo!
00:16It tends to be that at a burlesque show, you're going to be provoked if you're in the audience.
00:21No matter who you are, what your limits are, what you think you're okay with, that's going
00:25to be nudged a bit.
00:28We were sort of the strip club rejects when we started.
00:32It was almost like Fellini meets, you know, Times Square sets.
00:37It was punk rock in your face, responding to our world, our life.
00:42It's a down and dirty art form.
00:44It's always been 10 cents a ticket to get in.
00:49It's going on.
00:50It's always going on.
00:51There's always a thrilling, exciting, transgressive thing happening.
00:56You just have to find it.