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A 'Crazy' Look at Paris Strip Palace

JL;DR SUMMARY Frederick Wiseman's documentary "Crazy Horse" offers a behind-the-scenes look at the famed Parisian cabaret known for its unique and captivating dance performances. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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DocumentaryParisPerformance ArtDanceCabaretBalletFrederick WisemanCinematographyCrazy HorseEroticism

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Paris, France
"Its said that playwright Samuel Beckett used to frequent Pariss Crazy Horse Saloon, with its nude dancers and its acute attention to what the French call les fesses (a term that evokes, by cognate, the backsides fissure but has no adequate English equivalent)."

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