With Pleasure (2021)
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上映時間 : 7分
演出 : Carl Fry, Maxwell Nalevansky
シノプシス
Inside a fruit themed burlesque bar, time and space take a backseat to poetry and proverb.
バーレスク・ラウンジは、最盛期を過ぎてしまった。引退したダンサーであり、会場のオーナーであるテスは、老朽化した劇場を存続させるために、経済的にも芸術的にもさまざまな困難に直面しながら奮闘しています。ラウンジの一座のメンバーは個人的な問題にますます気を取られ、裕福なビジネスマンがテスからその場所を買おうとしていることから来る脅威もあり、幸運はこのクラブを完全に見捨ててしまったかのようです。一方、アイオワ州の田舎町に住む少女アリの人生は大きく変わろうとしていた。テスにラウンジのウェイトレスとして雇われたアリは、空虚な過去から逃れ、すぐにバーレスクの芸術に魅了される。バーレスクの魅力に取りつかれたアリは、劇場のスタッフとの交流を深め、自分も舞台に立ちたいという夢を叶えていく。しかし、アリはその大きな声で会場の主役になってしまい、事態は一変する。
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.
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Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
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