Dear (Director) Steven Antin & (Producer) Donald De Line,
Not intending to see your film, I dove into Manohla Dargis's review of it for The New York Times and gasped to find her refer to star Christina Aguilera's character of Ali as a "plucky Iowan dish." A plucky Iowan dish?! Good heavens! As a native Iowan, this piqued my interest. Thus, I googled "Burlesque Christina Aguilera Iowa" and found nearly every entry referencing an "Iowa farm girl" or "an Iowa waitress" or "small town Iowa girl" or, again, "Iowa farm girl".
These, of course, are all entirely accurate descriptions since all girls in Iowa either grew up on a farm, in a small town or worked as waitresses at roadside diners where they poured bitter black coffee and called everyone "hon." Kudos to your screenwriters! (Also, IMDB indicates your movie's only filming location was Los Angeles, CA and so I can only assume you did massive amounts of research on location in Iowa prior to filming.)
Actually, all this reminds me of a funny story! Back in high school a good female friend and I were sitting on a couple hay bales (because bales of hay are everywhere in Iowa! They're like electric cars in L.A.!) and she was telling me how she dreamed of leaving the farm behind and goin' Cali and becoming a cabaret singer and, so, yes! Your plot of "Burlesque" is spot on! SPOT ON!!!
That said, I do take one exception, albeit minor, with your about-to-break-the-box-office masterpiece. I know Iowa farm girls. I've drank beer in cornfields (because, of course, we don't have actual bars in Iowa) with Iowa farm girls. I adore Iowa farm girls. California Gurls are forgettable and deniable. Iowa Farm Gurls are authentical and majestical.
Xtina is no Iowa farm girl.
Sincerely,
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P.S. I'd suggest to Ms. Aguilera that if she wanted to see a real burlesque show she could just check out the next Lady Gaga concert but then Xtina doesn't know who that person is, does she?Source URL: https://extravagancedeplumes.blogspot.com/2010/12/open-letter-to-makers-of-burlesque.html
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Not intending to see your film, I dove into Manohla Dargis's review of it for The New York Times and gasped to find her refer to star Christina Aguilera's character of Ali as a "plucky Iowan dish." A plucky Iowan dish?! Good heavens! As a native Iowan, this piqued my interest. Thus, I googled "Burlesque Christina Aguilera Iowa" and found nearly every entry referencing an "Iowa farm girl" or "an Iowa waitress" or "small town Iowa girl" or, again, "Iowa farm girl".
These, of course, are all entirely accurate descriptions since all girls in Iowa either grew up on a farm, in a small town or worked as waitresses at roadside diners where they poured bitter black coffee and called everyone "hon." Kudos to your screenwriters! (Also, IMDB indicates your movie's only filming location was Los Angeles, CA and so I can only assume you did massive amounts of research on location in Iowa prior to filming.)
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| Beware of Christina Aguilera riding a tractor! |
That said, I do take one exception, albeit minor, with your about-to-break-the-box-office masterpiece. I know Iowa farm girls. I've drank beer in cornfields (because, of course, we don't have actual bars in Iowa) with Iowa farm girls. I adore Iowa farm girls. California Gurls are forgettable and deniable. Iowa Farm Gurls are authentical and majestical.
Xtina is no Iowa farm girl.
Sincerely,
darrlin bands
P.S. I'd suggest to Ms. Aguilera that if she wanted to see a real burlesque show she could just check out the next Lady Gaga concert but then Xtina doesn't know who that person is, does she?Source URL: https://extravagancedeplumes.blogspot.com/2010/12/open-letter-to-makers-of-burlesque.html
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