Is 'Burlesque' starring Cher and Christina Aguilera authentic?

I will begin to enumerate the ways "Burlesque" is inauthentic. * Burlesque clubs don't look like that. Burlesque clubs tend to be small cabarets--a bit down-trodden and lacking in bottle service, money and full time performers. read more

It’s not “authentic” in the sense that is doesn’t show a true-likeness of how burlesque is usually viewed in the modern world within the burlesque community. The original definition of burlesque was (more or less, depending on whom you ask): “an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody.” - these were the origins of burlesque. read more

Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin and starring Cher and Christina Aguilera along with Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher, Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci. read more

Burlesque brought Christina Aguilera to the big screen and also saw the return of an icon to the screen in Cher. We’ve got an exclusive clip from Burlesque, starring Aguilera and Cher! Burlesque is a movie musical from writer-director Steven Antin and is meant as a tribute to the song and dance in your face spectacle. read more