Line #31 Theatre/CrazyHorse


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3	''Le Crazy Horse de Paris'', formerly ''Le Crazy Horse Saloon'', is a UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}ian cabaret famous for its stage shows performed by female dancers in the nude with [[IntercourseWithYou suggestive songs]] and creative stage lighting, and for its {{stage magic\|ian}} and variety numbers between each nude number (singers like Music/CharlesAznavour performed there before becoming successful). It was founded by Alain Bernardin in 1951 at 12 Avenue George-V, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
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5	Many of the songs that are staples and trademarks of the cabaret's numbers were composed and written by Jacques Morali (1947-1991), the {{disco}} record producer and songwriter who wrote songs for The Ritchie Family and the Music/VillagePeople.
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7	The company has expanded a bit since, producing shows in places such as the MGM Grand in UsefulNotes/LasVegas and (for a short period of time) in UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}.
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9	!!The ''Crazy Horse'' shows provide examples of:
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11	* AllWomenAreLustful: Most of the songs are loaded with IntercourseWithYou, but there are subversions like "Baby Buns", where a girl complains about being followed everywhere and lusted after.
12	* ArtifactTitle: The cabaret had TheWildWest as theming originally back in the 1950s, including the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse Native American name]] that remained despite the changes.
13	* BodyPaint: In some numbers, the dancers are completely naked (i.e. not even a G-string) and paint a black band on their intimate parts so nothing will be visible there.
14	* BritishRoyalGuards: The shows' traditional opening number: female dancers wearing {{stripperiffic}} British Royal Guards uniforms with white gloves, furry hats, spaulders, garters and boots and nothing else, with a choregraphy based on the Changing of the Guard. It was also [[https://youtu.be/voXBEZTK1XU recreated from the dancers' homes]] during the first UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdowns to celebrate the cabaret's 69th anniversary in 2020.
15	* {{Burlesque}}:
16	** More and more of the numbers have evolved into this genre since the TurnOfTheMillennium, highlighted by Creator/DitaVonTeese's SpecialGuest appearances in 2006.
17	** One number uses the song "Let Me Entertain You" by Music/StephenSondheim from the musical ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', about the life of burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee.
18	* CoverVersion: One of the numbers, "Upside Down", uses a slower and more moody cover of [[Music/BritneySpears "Toxic"]] by Yael Naim as soundtrack.
19	* CurtainCall: "You Turn Me On" closes the shows, and it's usually performed by all the dancers that took part to the show that day.
20	* DistaffCounterpart: The number "Monsieur Jules", launched in 2016, has [[ChippendalesDancers male dancers]], for the first time in the cabaret's long history.
21	* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every show ends with the pole dance number "You Turn Me On".
22	* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Many of the songs have English lyrics, but they're peppered with French words for precisely this effect.
23	* GayParee: The cabaret itself is of the symbols of festive and glamorous Parisian nights. Comes with most clichés associated to them in some songs.
24	* GoldDigger:
25	** The number and song "I am a good girl" imply this.
26	--->''"Darling, what did you do for those pearls?"''\
27	''[[BigWhat "WHAT?!]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I am a good girl!]]"''
28	** The same with the English spoken lyrics of "You Turn Me On".
29	* TheImmodestOrgasm: Expect to hear at least one in some of the songs.
30	* IntercourseWithYou: Many of the songs are just about this.
31	* MsFanservice: The dancers, of course. It's the ''raison d'être'' of this cabaret.
32	* PunnyName: Per this cabaret's tradition, dancers have suggestive StageNames such as Lova Moor, Polly Underground or Trauma Tease.
33	* SexForServices: One of the {{spoken\|Word In Music}} English lyrics of "You Turn Me On" goes like this:
34	-->''"After all, sex is fun but it doesn't pay the rent... Well, not all the time."''
35	* SexySilhouette: Some numbers are solely based on silhouettes, or feature them before the dancers show up under the spotlights.
36	* ShoutOut: The German spoken lyrics of "You Turn Me On" include ''"Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt"'' (literally "I am, from head to toe, ready for love", which goes by the title "Falling in Love Again" in English otherwise), which was famously sung by Creator/MarleneDietrich in ''Film/TheBlueAngel''.
37	* SpecialGuest: Starting with Dita von Teese in 2006 (she came back in 2016), the cabaret periodically invites a celebrity to perform in the shows. The list includes the likes of Creator/PamelaAnderson, Arielle Dombasle, Clotilde Courau, Music/ConchitaWurst and Viktoria Modesta.

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