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Long before strippers started twirling on shiny brass poles in G-strings, men would get goofy watching women twirl their pasties at the old-timey burlesque shows. America’s big cities often had dozens of burlesque theaters that featured bodacious babes in barely-there costumes, at least until prudish city officials started banning the shows. But with the neo-burlesque movement coming back into vogue, and with Christina Aguilera and Cher co-starring in the new movie, “Burlesque”, here’s a fond look back at the heyday of burlesque. This piece includes a number of high resolution vintage black-and-white photographs, a slide show and two musical documentary short films. http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/classic-bump-n-grind-the-old-time-bu… added by: disembedded