“I thought both she [Gypsy Rose Lee] and her story would be ill-served by a conventional, birth-to-death narrative, and so I structured the book like one of her stripteases: revealing a peek of shoulder, then a glimpse of knee, pulling back a bit before you go a bit further, until all is revealed at the end.” BookEndsStoriesWould BeBitsBirthRoseIllShouldersNarrativeKneesConventionalPullingGlimpseRevealingGypsy Author:Karen Abbott
“When Gypsy was older, after she became Gypsy Rose Lee, I think she was both proud and slightly ashamed of her Seattle roots. She worked very hard to rid her voice of any trace of a local accent, cultivating an affected way of speaking that sounded as if she pinned the ends of her words.” IfsThinkingWayEndsHardVoiceProudRootsRoseLocalsAshamedAffectedAccentsGypsySeattleCultivating Author:Karen Abbott
“Classic burlesque in the style of Gypsy which many modern burlesque troupes practice is, at its core, so playful and teasing and innocent. It's not hardcore stripping so much as letting your body tell a story; the women are playing characters and unfolding a complete narrative onstage, with beginning, middle, and end.” EndsCharacterStoriesBodyPracticeModernMiddleStyleYour BodyCoreInnocentNarrativeClassicUnfoldingTeaseGypsyHardcoreStrippingBeginning Middle And EndBurlesqueTroupe Author:Karen Abbott
