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Satire that undresses pretension, then literally undresses everything else.
means A theatrical variety show mixing comedy, parody, and provocative striptease, traditionally mocking high culture with low antics.
from From Italian burla, meaning joke or mockery — long before feathers and rhinestones, burlesque was literary parody, ridiculing the grand by aping it badly on purpose.
Originally bookishBegan as written satire, not strip routines.
The reveal ruleTease outranks nudity; suggestion was the whole craft.
RevivalNeo-burlesque reclaimed the stage in the 1990s.