Whether or not Christina Aguilera can act remains to be seen, but I love her voice. The trailer for Steve Antin's new musical, Burlesque, has been released and frankly I think it stinks. Trying hard to look like a high class act, it strikes me more as a combination of Showgirls and Nine, mixed with a little bit of Coyote Ugly. No thanks. Aguilera and Kristen Bell seem woefully out of place, and Cher just looks bored. I think she ad-libbed that line about where all the good dancers have gone.
It's your basic small town girl looks for her shot at fame on stage, but she'll run into jealous tramps who'll try to keep her down. With Diablo Cody(Juno) co-writing, I expected snappier sounding dialogue. Maybe they left that out of the trailer for once. But I'll leave it up to you to judge. Check it out, and let us know what you think!
Burlesque makes it's way into theaters on November 24th, 2010.