Quentin Tarantino-Inspired L.A. burlesque Tarantina unfolds as 'revenge fantasy show'
In the monthly revue, dancers and acrobats — some who have performed with Jennifer Lopez and Lizzo — channel the auteur's iconic female characters from 'Kill Bill's' The Bride to 'Pulp Fiction's' Honey Bunny."It works because everyone loves Tarantino and everyone's mad at somebody."burlesque show at Echo Park's Club Bahia on Thursday night, in hopes that the game-changing filmmaker whose work inspired the unofficial production might arrive.
The show, which had previously been running at the Belasco downtown and in other venues since January, was making its debut at its new home, Club Bahia — a spacious half-dive bar, half-Latin dance hall.
"I have been a Tarantino fan for a long time, and his women characters have always inspired me — I've always liked the outlaw woman," Rivola toldahead of the performance. "I feel like I know the women he has in his movies. And I know all these women with these really insane specialty skills…. Like, I literally know a girl who does that mace ball [move] that Gogo Yubari does [in]. I know the girl who's the best at this in L.A.
Indeed, after an opening prelude from a zaftig lounge singer named Coco with a smoky purr-roar reminiscent of Amy Winehouse powering her through tracks like "Let's Stay Together" and "Son of a Preacher Man" , the saucy-mouthed ringmaster/dominatrix Miss Emma summoned the filmmaker's pantheon of femme fatales one by one to come to life on stage, accented with sky-high stiletto heels, bedazzled pasties, tear-away costumes and lots and lots of skin.
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