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'Crazy Horse': Legendary documentarian lays bare a cabaret's appeal ✭✭✭
![Coming after the great "Boxing Gym" (2010), which revealed a universe of sweaty truth inside an Austin, Texas, punching-bag emporium, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's"Crazy Horse" settles for a bit less. The subject is smaller and, weirdly, more modest: the Paris cabaret known as the Crazy Horse, providing locals and visitors with naked and semi-clothed women since 1951 in a celebration (according to its web site) of "beauty, raw talent and personality of the sensual dancers in an unimitable, sophisticated and glamourous way." I think they mean "inimitable," but you get the idea.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-02/68294519-22142817.jpg "Coming after the great "Boxing Gym\" (2010), which revealed a universe of sweaty truth inside an Austin, Texas, punching-bag emporium, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's\"Crazy Horse\" settles for a bit less. The subject is smaller and, weirdly, more modest: the Paris cabaret known as the Crazy Horse, providing locals and visitors with naked and semi-clothed women since 1951 in a celebration (according to its web site) of \"beauty, raw talent and personality of the sensual dancers in an unimitable, sophisticated and glamourous way.\" I think they mean \"inimitable,\" but you get the idea.")
Coming after the great "Boxing Gym" (2010), which revealed a universe of sweaty truth inside an Austin, Texas, punching-bag emporium, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's"Crazy Horse" settles for a bit less. The subject is smaller and, weirdly,...Tags: London Theatre, Movies, Arts and Culture, Frederick Wiseman, Entertainment
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‘Weekend’: Tender is the night
LakeviewWhen my friend Stan and I walked into “Weekend,” I was surprised at the crowd: very substantial considering it was 9:45 p.m. on a Monday and the film had been out a few weeks. Ninety minutes later, I wondered why the audience wasn't larger. As... -
Monster Mash: National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum; Banksy artwork
Culture MonsterThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is said to be close to suing the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum foundation over hundreds of millions of dollars in disputed costs. Banksy, the anonymous street artist, is causing a stir with a sculpture... -
You gotta ‘Rocky Horror’ at least once
LakeviewThis morning, I was doing my thrice-weekly scour of the Music Box Theatre website, to see what's on tap that I can share with y'all. When I learned they'll once again present “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” this weekend, I wasn't surprised.... -
Drink (er, ring) in Halloween at Roadhouse SixtySix
LakeviewMy friend Cat works at Roadhouse SixtySix, a cool bar located at 3330 N. Clark in Wrigleyville. I often run into her after getting my namaste on at Moksha Yoga Center a few doors down. Cat always compliments my writing (aw) and gives me a hug, even though... -
Reeling LGBT Film Fest continues this weekend
LakeviewThey're here, they're queer and they're coming to Lakeview. And we love it. Reeling: The Chicago Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival kicked off last night and continues this weekend at several venues throughout the city, among them Lakeview's very... -
William Shatner bringing solo show to Pantages for one night
Culture Monster"Star Trek" actor Wiliam Shatner will bring his comic show "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It" to the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for a one-night engagement set for March 10, following its Broadway run.... -
William Shatner on Broadway: What did the critics think?
Culture MonsterCritics have mixed reviews on William Shatner’s one-man Broadway show, "Shatner's World: We All Just Live in It.”... -
Music Box gives movie geeks chance to Outguess Ebert at the Oscars
Geek To MeWhen I was a young teen, one of my favorite shows on television was At the Movies, the movie review show starring film-critic Roger Ebert and his late partner Gene Siskel. It was one of the most compelling things on television to me. I was convinced that...
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