by Andrew Osborne
Cinema and Turkey Day go together like awkward lip-syncing and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Whether you’re watching Miracle on 34th Street in a tryptophan coma, or meeting old friends to see any damn movie that’ll get you out of the house and away from your family for a few hours, November 25 may be America’s least picky film viewing day of the year. That makes it the exact right time for the release of Burlesque, featuring Cher and Christina Aguilera in “a star is bustier-ed” saga clearly designed to unseat Glitter, Showgirls, Sex and the City 2 (and, hell, maybe even The Wizard of Oz) as the world’s deepest well of pure drag-queen euphoria. And yet, while I certainly enjoy high camp, leggy dames, and Stanley Tucci in bitchy Devil Wears Prada mode, my guess is that watching the actual film now won’t be nearly as much fun as, say, hearing Mario Cantone recycle the juiciest bits for his nightclub act later.
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