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Rita Hayworth and Robert Mitchum in Fire Down Below (1957). Choreography by Tutte Lemkow
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![Minsky burlesque shows had been produced in Las Vegas for about three years before their first with topless dancers, which premiered January 1957 at the Dunes.
“The most daring show of them all unveiled at the Dunes Thursday night for a nine-week run in the Arabian Room, as Bill Miller presented Minsky Goes to Paris … The show includes comics, acts in the variety field, and girls, both dressed and undressed … Nudity is a form of self-expression that leaves little to the imagination, and certainly is adult entertainment … [but] just how the average mother, housewife, sweetheart, or woman show-viewer reacted to the show is best answered by statements heard in the foyer as the show room emptied after the first show. The majority seemed to think that the show was nowhere near the level of spice they thought they would see. No one seemed to me embarrassed or offended.” – Les Devor, Vegas Vagaries, Las Vegas Review Journal, 1/13/57 #Dunes#1957](https://66.media.tumblr.com/e0c9adf7221da9b6ef429f0671ea14ea/820f6a6ba29187bd-f8/s1280x1920/a98dff3c4192846bdc9b565d38fe931e3459e25e.jpg)
Minsky burlesque shows had been produced in Las Vegas for about three years before their first with topless dancers, which premiered January 1957 at the Dunes.
“The most daring show of them all unveiled at the Dunes Thursday night for a nine-week run in the Arabian Room, as Bill Miller presented Minsky Goes to Paris … The show includes comics, acts in the variety field, and girls, both dressed and undressed … Nudity is a form of self-expression that leaves little to the imagination, and certainly is adult entertainment … [but] just how the average mother, housewife, sweetheart, or woman show-viewer reacted to the show is best answered by statements heard in the foyer as the show room emptied after the first show. The majority seemed to think that the show was nowhere near the level of spice they thought they would see. No one seemed to me embarrassed or offended.” – Les Devor, Vegas Vagaries, Las Vegas Review Journal, 1/13/57
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