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Exposed: Beyond Burlesque (18)

Documentary, Comedy, History

EXPOSED profiles eight women and men who use their nakedness to transport us beyond the last sexual and social taboos that our society holds dear.


The critical consensus

A fun if conventional look at an out-there form of artistic expression.

***(*)(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 09/12/2013

B’s mix of talking heads and reportage is a bit bland for the material, but the extravagant showpieces hoist up the slack. Warning: contains a stripper in lobster drag.

***(*)(*)Kevin Harley, Total Film, 09/12/2013

Funny and sexy and fascinating and intelligent though some of the more 'beyond' parts are watched through fingers.

****(*)Sophie Monks Kaufman, 10/01/2014

The doc itself is a conventional affair, intercutting performances and interviews as if by rote.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 09/01/2014

Burlesque requires mischief and mystery; somehow this low-cost doc reduces both.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 09/01/2014

Those in search of safely exploitative titillation will be both disappointed and surprised; whatever their gender, it's the performers who wear the trousers.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 12/01/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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