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Burlesque · The Art of Costume Podcast

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I love that. He was like alright share here
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your clothes and she just was like yeah I'll be wearing this
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this in this. Thank you.
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I imagine super nerve-wracking but probably super easy because
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you just filled her room up with black clothes and she was like
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all right and I mean she's been in the she'd been in the
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industry for how Many decades. At this point, all of them.
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Yeah, you can trust her and you can trust her.
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Yeah, she knows what she's doing.
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Hello and welcome to the art of costume on those with joy glass
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and I am shares tour manager, Spencer Williams.
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What's up? Spencer?
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You certainly look look the part today.
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Thank you. I just, I really needed a dress
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up for the special occasion. There are few things in life
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that I love more than burlesque and share.
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So, today's feels like a holiday at the art of costume.
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I know you've I like, I feel like this is one over here like
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day one. I swear you are like burlesque
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performer last does like okay so you might have noticed that
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Elizabeth just addressed us as the Arctic costume a little
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little change great around here we will eventually be dropping
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the word blogcast. Yeah.
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And you know just combining all of our platforms into one kind
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of but we'll just be going by the Arctic costume from this
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point forward because blogcast isn't real word.
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I've seen you all try to say it in real life and it's just never
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goes. Well no, Elizabeth happy pride
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month, happy Pride, happy Pride to everybody.
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Yes. Yes, Welcome to our pride month,
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/ burlesque e, Cabaret musical theater month?
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Yeah. Yes.
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How have you been? It's been a while actually.
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I've been okay. Hey working hard on a musical a
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here. Yes.
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Working with a local community theater.
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Who's doing? Jesus Christ?
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Superstar so. Okay, it's been.
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It's been a journey so far. It's so funny when Elizabeth and
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I talked behind the scenes, she sounds like every single costume
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designer that we've ever interviewed.
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That's how I know you're doing it right.
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You know, thank you. Thank you.
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I try, it's been busy over here. Lots of things are very busy.
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It's fyc season. My favorite.
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So been going to lots of events supporting costume.
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Designers was that Netflix Tyler day supporting all the Netflix
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costume designers ran into our pal?
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Louis cicada. Which by the way, I just have to
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say we have a million and a half bonus episodes coming out to the
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to the point where Like I'm starting to make list of
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episodes that still need to be edited and I feel really bad for
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Daniel who who's killing it by the way.
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I wish we had like, applause sound for Daniel.
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But yeah. So recently I well, I'm actually
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nursing a hangover right now because I was partying with
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Cynthia, Summers and Laura, Montgomery, guess to the
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podcast. We were at a variety of event
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which was super cool. And I also want to promote a few
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things for For all of you that are listening.
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Just recently, I interviewed costume designer Kate, Holly
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someone who we've been dying to talk to on the podcast.
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She was in town to talk about the Lord of the Rings, the rings
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of power, which I interviewed her at the costume designers,
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Guild space. So that's available.
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Now on YouTube, just look up CDG masterclass on YouTube with Kate
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Holly and you can watch our conversation.
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It is hilarious. Kate is so funny and I'm
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obsessed with her. And then for all of you
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currently listening, and you want to come see one of these
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events live. And in person coming up on June
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17th in Los Angeles at the Beverly Center.
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Yeah, this is crazy. I can be interviewing costume
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designer Tracy, GG field, and production designer, Judy Lee,
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for a little show on Peacock, called Poker Face, which if you
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haven't see that, it's so good. So amazing.
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So funny, it's with Natasha Lyonne it's a murder mystery
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directed by Rian Johnson. No created by Rian Johnson, I
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believe and come to the Beverly Center on June 17th from 1 to 4
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p.m., it's taking place at the Beverly Center Grand Court.
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There will be costumes from the show, enjoy some beverages, get
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some bites to eat and there will be Beats by DJ Asha.
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And of course, I'll be there. So that makes it all worth it.
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I'm so excited to see you all and RSVP.
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Information will be posted and are shown out.
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So check it out in the description but it's a, it's a
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public mall so they can't keep you out from them also.
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Nope, if you don't find RSVP details.
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Just be there. June, 17th.
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I'll sponsor you so much going on.
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Look at you, we have another big announcement coming, but I can't
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announce that just yet but that one's going to be pretty crazy
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for July. So, Look out for that July this.
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Yes, this summer is going to be packed with so many cool
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interviews and episodes and just all of your all your interviews.
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Spencer, like, you really are getting that good.
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Those good questions and answers.
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Thank you. I mean, you're part of some of
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them, it's always so fun when you get to be there too, which I
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believe we have some coming out. I mean just think of any show
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that you've been And lately, we might already have recorded an
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interview and Tommy we've done. So the summer is going to be
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busy. Oh yes, oh yes with that.
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I think we should get into one of my favorite movies.
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Let's do it. Would you like to give a summary
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this week? Elizabeth, I wrote a good one
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for you. Okay.
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Okay. Yeah.
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Spencer will be taking the lead on this one since he is a
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burlesque superfan. I will give our summary
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burlesque Wagon Wheel want to see a lease Ali.
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A small alley, a small town, gal with a great voice, but he's a
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troubled life behind and follows her dreams to Los Angeles.
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She lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the burlesque
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Lounge. A once Majestic Theater that
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houses and inspired Musical Review led by test the
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proprietor Ali vows to perform there and with the help of a
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Savvy stage manager, she makes the leap from bar to Stage.
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Helping restore the club's former glory.
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That was great Elizabeth. Thank you.
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Well done. Thank you.
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Oh well, now let's dive behind. The costumes burlesque was
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directed by Steve antin and costumes.
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Designed And by one of our favorites, the Michael Kaplan
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you will know this Legend. Recently, we talked about his
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work and I am just I have not stopped thinking about this film
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since we just did an episode Blade Runner for which he won a
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bafta Flashdance Christmas Vacation, another one of my
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favorites. Armageddon Fight Club and Star
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Wars 7 through 9, we've been talking a lot about Michael
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Kaplan A lot. And when I found out originally
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that he did burlesque that really was crazy to me because I
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think of Blade Runner and Star Wars and Fight Club, very like
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sci-fi dystopian type films. So when I finally did burlesque
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I was I had to double-check it and it's true.
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It's it's I think his like, you know, kind of like you said,
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like a Almost like post-apocalyptic sci-fi, like
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aesthetic kind of comes through, but in like, the best way
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possible in this movie, right? Exactly.
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And I was reading. This is one of those films that
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doesn't have a ton of, you know, behind a costume facts.
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But we will put some in one interview.
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I read actually is with the LA Times.
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And they were talking about Michael kaplan's impact on
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fashion, which we talked a lot about in Blade.
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Runner, that was We a big part of our episode, despite his past
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impact on a cultural scene with films such as Blade Runner
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Fight, Club, Etc, and Captain actually talked about
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influencing a Zeitgeist and that not being a part of his focus in
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films, especially burlesque. He said, with LA Times, I won't
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be doing my job. If I was thinking about the
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effect of the movie on fashion, I do I think is right for the
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character, I want them to look like they exist in a world,
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which makes sense to me. Because at the end of the day
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that costume designers focus on a script and not the effect it
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would have on the world. After the fact, the, you know,
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like he created Blade Runner to be a good movie, he read the
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script, he wasn't thinking back then like, oh, you know, one day
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this is going to be influencing Alexander McQueen and this is
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Singapore. Last, you know, it's a, it's
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storytelling. It's not thinking you're
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thinking about the after effects, then you're not really
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doing a job, the way you should be no.
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And like I think there were very few Few instances where costume
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designers are concerned with that because it's like, they
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need to make a movie, they need to dress these actors and help
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create these characters. You know, they're not, they're
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not really, they aren't worried about what people are gonna
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think about it, right? And by just focusing on the
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storytelling in a script, and just bringing these characters
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to life, that's how you end up influencing the Zeitgeist and
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fashion by just doing, you know, focusing on the job.
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And then all the fun comes after Kaplan.
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Also talked about getting into the actual costumes that art
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forms long history. Michael said in that same piece
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of philosophy. I'm just I'm set to costume span
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the 20s through to 40s. There's also a feeling of the
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50s and 60s to some of it even has a tiny bit of futurism, so
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it's make contemporary film. It's not a period film, but
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sometimes when you watch it, 72 costumes can feel bit period,
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which I think is really fun. Fun actually.
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Yeah, it's very fun and I think that's kind of like in the world
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of burlesque like it. There is this kind of like You
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do feel like you're stepping back into time a little bit when
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you watch it. So I feel like that's just like
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a natural part of you know, the world are creating.
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Yeah, especially like going back to like, you know, you know,
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older songs Like Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, you know,
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gaining to like old Hollywood history.
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So and with that Elizabeth, let's go down our dancing shoes
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and take a little break. Spencer, yes.
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Are you ready to follow a lie on her journey?
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Annie. I'm so ready.
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So I have never seen this before.
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I know, that's so crazy to me. I've seen this movie almost as
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much as I've seen the Lord of the Rings this wild, but I had
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never seen it. But I like, I do remember when
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it came out because it was like, such a big deal.
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Yeah. At the time when it came out,
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but like I literally knew nothing about it.
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So like when Ali's here in this like small.
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Town, like knit top, brown leather motorcycle jacket.
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I was like, wait, what's happening?
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This isn't our last, yeah. So wait, what was your thoughts
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on veut? Les.
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The deal of it. Did you hate it?
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Do you think I'm crazy? She's like all the above.
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No, you're not crazy. I enjoyed it.
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I was a little weirded out when I saw James was her love
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interest. I was like, wait that's a toilet
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reference for everyone. Who's really confused.
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What's his name Cam Newton and yet?
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I don't I think that's what it is.
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I just don't know how to pronounce it still.
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So we just call him James from Twilight.
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James from Twilight. Yeah, I was like a little
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confused especially because he looks very different than he did
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in Twilight. So I was looking at this man,
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and I was like, who are you? Okay, I'm gigging that.
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Why did I put an n in there? That's embarrassing.
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Well yes it's James from Twilight made.
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He's not pale. He's not as like you know his
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hair is very short so like so like because you don't see him
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outside the club for a second. So I was very just like, why do
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I know that this person was? So I'll be honest.
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I was kind of distracted, seems distracted by the men's has.
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I was, I was Well, the first opening number the song is
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Something's Got a Hold on Me. There's also ray of light.
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Beautiful people does your just like Ali and she's moving to Los
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Angeles and trying to, you know, figure out her place in the city
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which you and I can relate to. I remember when I moved to LA
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and I was doing the most, I was just like, I don't know what
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it's like to be fashionable, but I think I figured it out.
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I was like, wearing Blazers and stuff to work which I was a
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barista at the time so it was not necessary.
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But You know, everyone knows what it's like to move from a
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small town and just trying to find your place.
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Absolutely. It's so funny that you say that
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because I remember because we didn't mean to like our second
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year of college. Yeah, but I like where this is
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going because he was the person who caused you were so many Lady
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Gaga's new. You're gonna say that it's the
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guy who always wears Lady Gaga t-shirts and work.
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And when he works in the cafe, he's always like dressed up.
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Remember meeting you and being like, oh, this is Spencer.
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This is who this person is because we had classes together.
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That first year, this is mortifying, will stop it.
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You look too good for the times more.
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The times all of 2015. Back in the day back in the 2013
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When We Were Young whippersnappers I was a mess.
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I obviously sometimes feel like I went to college too soon.
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You know, I cuz I say my graduate high school and I moved
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to Downtown LA within a week of a half of graduating high
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school. Yeah.
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So I just, I don't know. I like, don't you remember
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college? I was still like, developing in
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my head. Sometimes I don't remember that
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first year. All that.
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Well, I kind of like I remember like the beginning of the year
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and the end of the year, but then that second year, when like
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IDs, I feel like we made our life Like all of our friends.
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Yeah. Well like from there on, I'm
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like, oh okay. But yeah, I think I, I think
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most of us are too young when we first go to college, not to
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mention you and I were drunk all the time.
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We were not drunk all the time. Okay, well I love you is he
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working? That's true, that's true.
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It's more me than Elizabeth but we did have fun.
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We did we didn't have a lot of fun for all of you listening.
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Free to send us your moving to La stories.
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That would be fun to read. That would be very fun to read.
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Yeah. But yes, I do.
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I do understand a lie and lie in these opening scenes.
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She has their earphones, and she's just like doing a snap and
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pop as she's walking through the streets, which is kind of
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unrealistic. If you do that, now, you might
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get murdered. You may, you know, I get it, but
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then we get to the burlesque club and this is why I'm the
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costume. Um start and we have the
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entrance of one of my heroes share Spencer's I feel like
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shares your favorite person on the planet I would do anything
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for her. She is at the real goddess and I
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just don't feel like we deserve her and she's going to outlive
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all of us and she gives me like Galadriel Vibes, you know?
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Yes. Like if Galadriel was dark, if
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she got the ring, if she actually took the ring from
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Frodo, it would be shy. Yeah.
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Yeah, so that first look, she has as for the song, Welcome to
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burlesque which I love that song.
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I've seen share performed twice. She performs the every time and
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she wears this exact outfit. I don't think it's the costume,
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but, you know, Recreation of it probably Bob Mackie obviously or
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not. Obviously, but honestly, and
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Michael Kaplan, actually talked a little bit, just about The
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Vibes in a burlesque club. Do we know we talked about the
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periods and the futurism, but talking about just like the club
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looks in general. He said, in an interview with
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ew, I want to take a modern take on Burlesque with a retro feel
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and a nod to its history and Origins not Enos without being
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crass. He said there's a bit of the
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Crazy Horse Saloon and Paris the musical Cabaret as well as the
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60s TV show hullabaloo as well as the folies bergere.
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Some, you know, good french stuff going on here.
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So lots of influence is happening in these costumes and
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for some reason that really comes through for me with shares
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first outfit. Absolutely, the whole first
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scene. You really get that that whole
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vibe. He's trying to create.
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I also, especially like this because it's like, also like,
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oh, but it's still modern because, like this, like kind of
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likes it sailor girlish. Yeah, look was pretty popular.
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At that time, she's like a ringmaster to me.
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Yeah. And I just like, especially like
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with how it contrasts with everyone, like everyone around
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her. Like it kind of fits in.
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Like you can see like her course that are.
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I think it's a corset or bustier that she has underneath the
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jacket it matches the people around her but then she's got,
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you know, her like nice fitted jacket.
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And you're like, yes share, you are in charge.
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Yes. Yeah, she stands out but at the
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same time, it's like, you know, like you said, they all look
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similar, but you just know that she's the leader and it's share
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just by the way, her costume is cut.
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So definitely a favorite. Absolutely.
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So now, let's dive into some of our other characters, like you
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mentioned, we have James from Twilight is appropriately,
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underdressed the entire time I love the bowler hat, you know,
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it's not a choice. I would usually go for but it
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works on him and it's definitely, that's definitely
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what threw me off at first. Like that is why I could not
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place where he was until I think it's like his apartment is the
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first place we see him like without like the eyeliner and
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everything. Yeah and I was like oh my gosh
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it's James and IMDb confirmed that I've now officially looked
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it up. His name is Act in the movie.
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Oh, Jack, it's close to James, but is actually very close.
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But yeah, Jack looks good. I mean, I get why a lie Falls
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for him? Pretty quickly.
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All of the apartment scenes where he's like walking around
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shirtless and stuff, I'm like this scene is Catered for
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nothing else but just love interest Vibes, everyone in a
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theater. Was probably all like hot and
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bothered. I was like, Sarah, you are Not
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acting like you have a fiance. What is happening here?
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Ain't no. So bad.
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It's so bad. And then we have, of course,
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Stanley Tucci who plays Sean who I remember when we talked to our
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favorite. Ladies, at makeover Montage,
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talking about how Stanley Tucci always has the Stanley Tucci
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glasses. This is like a Stanley Tucci
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glasses moment. That's always ringing in my
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head. Absolutely, absolutely.
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And I loved, I loved his character in this Because I'm
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like I feel like this is the twin brother of his character in
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The Devil Wears Prada. Yeah.
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It was just like nice. This is the knights version.
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He is just so good. I am obsessed with him and I
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just, I feel like we'd be good friends.
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I love him. Yeah, you know what movie, I
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forgot he was in and then I was like, I was listening to a
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podcast about the other day. Easy, a, you know, it's not an
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easy. A I've still never see me.
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Easy. A.
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You would like it. I know all about it but I've
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never actually seen it, but that's funny.
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He's in everything. He's an everything and like he's
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so good last night, I Was preparing for our upcoming
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Fourth of July episode eyebrow eyebrows and I watched the first
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film Captain America and I forgot Stanley.
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Tucci was it again? I was watching with my Dad, we
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this is a Stanley, Tucci Stan podcasts.
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So where Stanley say the word we'll have you on as a guest.
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I need to watch his like travel show that's like on my list of
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Summer things to watch the Italian one where he just eats
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food. Yeah, yeah but I imagine the
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pitch and like the HBO or CNN conference room and like imagine
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this Stanley Tucci eating pasta And I would be like, yeah, so
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yeah, very easy. So, I'm sure.
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Also, what's a very easy? Sell is, Christina, Aguilera in
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this for last cop uniform. So, the Tough Lover scene were a
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lie. You know, starts to use her
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vocals. This scene is burned into my
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memory so good. I love the look.
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It's just a simple. Little black leather.
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Get up with the hat. Hat and it just it works well
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with with it works so well with the performance and I'll never
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forget the moment. I heard.
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Ali. Start singing that song Who.
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Yeah, I also love it because it fits, it fits the whole look and
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Vibe. They're going for, but it's so
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simple that it lends her performance and her voice shine.
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Yeah, it's not because most burlesque outfits are made to be
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stared at this one. Is very subdued and Her Shine as
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a performer. Yeah, that's true.
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And there's also you know, she has other two performers with
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her but she really stands out and you know she it's tough love
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her. So I'm guessing it's like
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leather and like law enforcement supposed to be tough but it
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gives her just enough room to really like shine.
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So, you know, props to Michael Kaplan, one of the best.
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I'm sure that's definitely what he was thinking as he created
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it. Absolutely.
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And then we go into, like all of our montages of different Ali
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moments. And the one more time out now is
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one of my favorites. It's the but I'm a good girl
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look and it's lots of feathers and very kind of in a white
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pearly and Michael Kaplan said about this, look, that's a
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costume from a number called. I'm a good girl, I wanted
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Kristina to kind of look like a desert.
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There's feathers, there's satin, and she's all pink, and Peach
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and adorable, like some kind of sorbet.
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Great behind the costume. Fact, it is a great.
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It is a great fact. He achieved what he was going
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for. Hmm.
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Wow, yes just find exactly what this is.
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Yeah. Yeah I love this Montage because
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it's just filled with like Fantastic.
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Look after Fantastic. Look.
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Yeah. So fun.
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I love the pink lighting and it gives you dessert is such a good
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way to put it. She just looks so great and I
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love the way that the feathers move around.
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Her hips for this at number. It's a lot of fun and her new
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blond. Bob look is such a that's
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killer, are you all right? More costumes.
25:54
Then we have, we have Kristen Bell as her character.
26:00
Nikki when she performs Long, John Blues.
26:04
Hi was so confused because I did not know.
26:07
Kristen Bell was in this movie. Yeah, Nikki plays the Character
26:13
in ways, which was shocking and she's wearing this all black
26:18
number and it looks hot. It looks so good.
26:23
She looks incredible in this scene.
26:26
Yeah, she's supposed to be the competitor for Ali and she she
26:32
really does it. My favorite scene in this film?
26:36
Well, I have several, but one of my favorite is the share scene
26:39
where she's snapping at Nikki, and she's like, I'm a About to
26:43
lose. The only thing.
26:44
That means anything to me, I have more to worry about the try
26:47
to keep you from pouring, tequila in your Cheerios and
26:51
Nikki smashes shares window. That's what solid solid moment.
26:55
Yeah, it definitely is. Yeah.
26:59
I like Nikki, like, confuse me so much, because I'm just, like,
27:02
not used to Kristen Bell being mean.
27:04
I'm like, no. You're like, you're nice.
27:09
It's such a good little look, though.
27:10
The black, yeah, lingerie. Look.
27:14
But another fan favorite that I've noticed through the years
27:17
is the guy, what takes his time moment where Ali is in all
27:22
pearls until she's wearing nothing at all.
27:25
And yes, I love this. Look, especially because this
27:28
feels like a look that takes us back to a different period.
27:32
I would say like Michael is talking about at the beginning.
27:35
Hmm, it's definitely like a like golden age of Hollywood like
27:43
Over the top look, and I love it.
27:47
I also love how like the dancers around her compliment her
27:52
because it is, it's so old Hollywood.
27:55
And then, they also look very old Hollywood.
27:57
So it kind of just, like, compliments, the whole
28:00
aesthetic. Yeah, I was thinking a little
28:02
bit like Mae West, maybe. I don't know if that's the way
28:05
each, but that's what I was saying and she looks amazing.
28:09
I forgot that she like loses her costume toward the end, I just
28:12
We watch that their names like, damn surprised.
28:16
They went that far because I think it's a PG-13 movie, right?
28:20
I think. So I'm sure I was like, oh okay.
28:27
Oh man. And then we have another
28:28
favorite Express. This one's a lot of fun because
28:32
we have the famous bra that has the black hands covering most of
28:38
the bra and I people reference this costume all the time and I
28:42
guess to burlesque community. So, like I've seen this look
28:47
before and I had no idea. It was from this movie.
28:50
Yeah, I saw and I was like oh because like I've seen this
28:53
picture of Christina Aguilera with like her hair in the bowler
28:55
hat and she's like looking to the side and I think I just
28:59
assumed it was like from one of her music videos.
29:01
I didn't know. It was from Burlesque.
29:03
Yeah, that's fair. It's definitely kind of is
29:07
giving me Chicago Vibes at this moment to which I love to do at
29:10
some point Michael. Kaplan actually talked about
29:14
this scene in particular since since it's such a favorite.
29:17
He said all of the costumes in this dance.
29:21
Number have a little bit of surrealism in them.
29:23
That was kind of my departure point, and other costumes have a
29:26
little bit of Man. Ray, she has beaded hands on her
29:29
breast and a set of hands on her butt.
29:32
So, there were some humor, some sexiness, there's also a skirt
29:35
made of just garter belts that moves wildly, with the dancer,
29:39
it was a lot of fun to do that one.
29:41
It was one of my favorites. It's and it was fun.
29:44
It was a fun number. Yeah, I I know a lot of people
29:48
who are like, that is my favorite song, not mine in
29:51
particular, but I love that costume.
29:53
Yeah, no, it's a great one. Also, although this was sad, my,
30:01
I think my favorite song, the song, I listen to the most is,
30:04
You Haven't Seen the Last of Me by Cher.
30:07
It's just like the moment where shared gets to be share for a
30:10
whole minute and a half. Yeah, I love, she looks so
30:16
elegant. And it's like, very simple and
30:18
you're like, yes, let's share, we share.
30:21
That's what this outfit is made for she gets to show off for
30:24
vocals. Michael talked about shares
30:27
working outfits because most of the time he see tests walking
30:30
around and just simple black elegant chair looks, you know,
30:34
because she's she owns the club and she performs that first
30:37
number. But then today, she's making
30:39
sure that this thing is running as best says, As can be because
30:43
otherwise she's gonna lose the club.
30:46
Michael said about shares, working outfits.
30:48
When she's in a club, she doesn't wear pure clothes.
30:51
She's just test running her club with her beautiful blue black
30:55
hair. I want to share to have her own
30:57
color, and I felt the character test should be in Black.
31:01
That was her color share. Always puts her in prayer on
31:04
everything she was wearing. I put clothes in her room every
31:07
day and she'd walk up. Combining them in different ways
31:10
than I thought she would share and her care.
31:12
Our tests are not that unalike, both are Show Business Troopers.
31:17
Yeah, that doesn't shock me at all.
31:20
I love that. He was like alright share here
31:22
your clothes and she just was like yep.
31:26
I'll be wearing this this and this.
31:27
Thank you, probably I imagine super nerve-wracking but
31:32
probably super easy because he just filled her room up with
31:35
black clothes and she was like, all right?
31:36
Yeah and I mean she'd been in she'd been in the industry for
31:39
how many decades at this point, all of them.
31:42
Oh yeah. You can trust her.
31:45
You can trust her. Yeah, she knows what she's
31:47
doing. He has so many other costumes to
31:50
worry about. So yeah, test share, kills it in
31:54
this performance. Another Fair performance is the
31:59
Bound to You number, where we have Ali performing in this lime
32:03
green off the shoulder dress at the same time as we get these
32:08
cut scenes with Ali and Jack like rolling around in bed for
32:11
like the longest. Two and a half minutes of my
32:15
life. Oh gosh, this a, I love this
32:21
look and it was another one of those looks I knew but I just
32:24
thought it was like a Christina Aguilera look.
32:27
I didn't know. It was a burlesque.
32:28
Look. She looks so good.
32:32
She looks so good. Um no.
32:35
I like it because it's simple. It's like very romantic and her
32:39
and Jack are falling in love. Yeah.
32:42
It's hard to watch her and Jack like rolling in bed taking
32:45
photos of each other and alleys, like, taking off the pantyhose
32:49
over and over GE GE, but yeah, that green a look.
32:55
That one's like burned into my memory.
32:57
The structure of the drape on the bodice is so strong.
33:00
And I just, you know, I don't know how it's being held
33:02
together but it's beautiful and the fabric just hit so perfectly
33:08
in the lighting. I imagine Michael calf would
33:11
must have been like so. This look in particular.
33:14
Oh, absolutely. I think it's one of Christina
33:16
Aguilera's. Favorites too.
33:18
She just looks incredible. Oh yeah.
33:21
Oh yeah. And we're getting down to the
33:24
ends. Of course, we're going to go out
33:27
with over-the-top costumes and we're talking about the final
33:30
number. Show me how you burlesque and
33:34
what a finale Elizabeth. Oh yes.
33:37
Oh, yes. This is one of those images that
33:41
whether or not you've seen, In Burlesque, if you're interested
33:44
in costumes, you know, you know, this dress, yeah.
33:47
How is this? Not nominated for an Oscar
33:49
makes? Well, probably because no one
33:51
watched it at the time, but it's a fan favorite and they'll be
33:54
watch forever. Michael talked about the final
33:58
number. He said, that's Christina and a
34:01
finale wearing a costume. I made of gold chains.
34:04
All the costumes, on, all the dancers in this number.
34:07
And there were quite a few were made of gold chains, all
34:10
handmade and Link together, link by link.
34:12
Gold chains is for röszke crystals.
34:16
That sounds a lot like a lot. Yeah, he goes, even for the say
34:22
I invited swarvoski to see the finale of the movie.
34:25
I guess she loved what she saw because she said she was very
34:28
moved and a few days later she called and asked me if I would
34:31
design a line of jewelry for swarvoski which I just
34:34
completed. So hello and got a little brand
34:38
deal out of it. Yeah, laughs and like
34:42
Rightfully, so this final number is like stunning.
34:47
It is stunning, it's so good. Just all the numbers two gold
34:51
chains. The linking of the chains is
34:53
really beautiful to give so much movement.
34:56
I wonder if it's heavy. I don't know props probably, but
35:02
it's just such a good number with all the gold, the lights,
35:05
the burlesque letters in the background really just really
35:08
pops. Absolutely Spencer.
35:12
Doth. Are you ready to play our
35:14
favorite game? I'm very ready.
35:17
Let's do it. Hit it.
35:18
Daniel the one costume to rule them all.
35:28
Spencer, what is your one costume to rule them all?
35:31
This one is actually difficult for me because I love all of
35:35
them. So I decided to just go back to
35:38
a classic which is just Tessa's working outfits.
35:41
I just love seeing share walk around and the all black.
35:45
It just feels like, I don't know, just a tad.
35:48
The real goddess walking around set and it's all black look or
35:51
hairs looking right? It's just a simple costume.
35:55
I just feel like that's a good place for me to sit because I Of
35:58
all the costumes. So, I'll just fall back with
36:00
good old test, just being test. I I love it.
36:06
I love it and I went in a similar Direction.
36:10
I love Tessa's first. Look her first burlesque
36:14
performance. Look because I think it really
36:17
is like one of the, the iconic look from this.
36:20
Like I knew it was a burlesque look.
36:22
Before I even watch the movie, it suits share perfectly.
36:28
And like really I feel like represents what he was trying to
36:31
do with the entire film. Oh man yeah it's definitely a
36:35
good one and actually Elizabeth we have a little bit of audience
36:40
participation for this week's one comes to rule them all I
36:43
know. And I think you'd be happy to
36:46
know that the audience seems to agree with you.
36:49
Yes, our first. I know I was like, come on,
36:53
everyone's agreeing with Elizabeth so our good And Jazz
36:59
at variety, the senior Artisans editor actually says that her
37:04
favorite costume is shares. Welcome to her.
37:07
Welcome to burlesque look. So you have whole senior editor
37:12
at variety on your side. Yeah, I knew I was right at
37:17
Priscilla. Junk on Instagram says that
37:19
their favorite look is the lime green bound to you dress another
37:24
fan. Favorite.
37:25
Yeah. Salvador Perez costume.
37:28
Your of hocus-pocus to amongst many other incredible films.
37:32
And shows says that his favorite look is, the pearls costume that
37:36
we talked about. That was my second, that was my
37:39
second choice. I was going in between this look
37:41
and the Pearl. Look, because the Pearl look is
37:42
just so fabulous. Yeah.
37:45
And knowing Salvador, Perez that is really a line of his
37:48
personality that pearls. Look, definitely 100%.
37:53
Another listener said their name is at Marcio The Strain.
38:00
Sorry, if I got that wrong. Their favorite look is welcome
38:03
to burlesque and the other one is at costume frown.
38:09
The they said, their favorite look is the green off.
38:12
The shoulder look from Barrow to you.
38:14
So, I'm seeing a trend here. Yeah.
38:16
And our final one is from our good friend Natalie Lucia, who
38:21
is just on our Empire Strikes Back episode.
38:24
Her favorite look is the green gown from the bounce you for
38:28
Orbit. So it's either the Bound to You
38:31
Look order. Welcome to burlesque look.
38:33
That is the one costume to rule them all this week.
38:36
Oh, I love that. I love that.
38:38
That's great. Looks like I was outnumbered
38:40
this week but that's okay. I agree with all of you.
38:44
Yes. You definitely should have gone
38:48
with shares. Welcome to Pearl s look Spencer.
38:51
Yeah, I feel stupid. Now think that was that was the
38:54
choice, but if you would also like, Like to let us know what
38:59
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39:02
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39:10
Yes and Elizabeth. I'm so excited to say that our
39:14
burlesque Cabaret pride month is getting even spicier because
39:19
next week we're watching perhaps one of the spiciest films of all
39:22
time. Next week we are watching The
39:26
Rocky Horror Picture Show. I'm so stoked.
39:31
So excited. I'm so excited.
39:33
This is a great, this is a great movie.
39:35
It is actually we had a different film in mind at first
39:39
and we swapped this one in and when Elizabeth was like we
39:42
should do Rocky Horror. I was like, yes, yes, yes,
39:45
actually, that's that's it. That's the one.
39:48
I don't want to wait till Halloween to do it.
39:50
So let's just do it now. So excited.
39:52
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40:35
This is a fun episode Elizabeth. I feel like I need to go dancing
40:38
or something. I yeah, yeah I would I wish I
40:43
was in Los Angeles right now so we could go out.
40:45
Yeah, very fun. Except it's a little too hot
40:48
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40:52
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40:57
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best and costume design. Chuck.
42:01
So in like Spencer. Yeah.
42:06
Oh, I thought you were frozen. Sorry.
42:08
No. I was just listening.
42:10
I looked over and you were so still and you're still wearing
42:12
those sunglasses. Like, I couldn't tell.
42:01
Chuck. So in like Spencer.
42:06
Yeah. Oh, I thought you were frozen.
42:07
Sorry. No.
42:08
I was just listening. I looked over and you were so
42:11
still and you're still wearing those sunglasses.
42:14
Like, I couldn't tell.